Search Results - "social science"

Smallholders’ avocado production systems and tree productivity in the southern highlands of Ethiopia by Biazin, B., Haileslassie, Amare, Zewdie, T., Mekasha, Yoseph, Gebremedhin, Berhanu, Fekadu, A., Shewage, Tesfaye

“…The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, analyses of variance and linear regression methods using statistical software for social sciences (SPSS version 20). In the study region, avocado is mainly grown as an integral component of the coffee- and enset-based agroforestry systems. …”
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Mapping the soils of an Argentine Pampas region using structural equation modeling by Angelini, Marcos Esteban, Hauvelink, Gerard B.M., Morras, Hector, Kempen, Bas

“…SEM has its roots in the social sciences and is recently also being used in other scientific disciplines, such as ecology. …”
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Food insecurity and the relative importance of various household assets by Fisseha, Kebebew

“…At the second level with the support of the sustainable livelihood framework analysis the major assets important to food security were identified and their distribution across the groups was analyzed with Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software. The study identified farm land as natural asset and livestock especially oxen, cows and /horses/ donkey /mule as financial assets are key determinant assets to improve the study households’ food security. …”
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Correlation of publication frequency of newspaper articles with environment and public health issues in fire-prone peatland regions of Riau in Sumatra, Indonesia by Ohashi, M., Kameda, A., Kozan, O., Kawasaki, M., Iriana, W., Tonokura, K., Naito, D., Ueda, K.

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Interprovincial food trade aggravates China’s land scarcity by He, Jianjian, Wang, Siqi, Heijungs, Reinout, Yang, Yi, Shu, Shumiao, Zhang, Weiwen, Xu, Anqi, Fang, Kai

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Gendered transformations: rethinking climate resilience building in northwest Ghana by Osei-Amponsah, Charity, Okem, Andrew, Wahabu, E., Quarmine, William, Hyde, Sandra N. T.

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Estudio del servicio de extensión de Ecuador by Naranjo M, Gerardo E., Instituto Interamericano de Ciencias Agrícolas (IICA)

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The challenges of inclusive cross-scale collective action in watersheds by Swallow, B.M., Johnson, Nancy L., Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Knox McCulloch, A

“…The framework integrates concepts drawn from the biophysical and social sciences, including new perspectives on watershed components, poverty, and collective action. …”
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Leaving no one behind: a photovoice case study on vulnerability and wellbeing of children heading households in two informal settlements in Nairobi by Karuga, R., Steege, R., Njoroge, I., Liani, M., Georgi, N.W., Otiso, L., Muturi, N., Okoth, L.A., Theobald, S., Tolhurst, R.

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Global analysis of social learning's archetypes in natural resource management: understanding pathways of co-creation of knowledge by Bonatti, Michelle, Lana, Marcos, Medina, Leonardo, Chevelev, Paul, Baldivieso, Carla, Errismann, Carla, Gleich, Pia, Rodriguez, Tatiana, Eufemia, Luca, da Silva Rosa, Teresa, Borba, Juliano, Matavel, Custodio, Schlindwein, Sandro, Ison, Ray, Eisenack, Klaus, Hellin, Jon, Pacillo, Grazia, Vadez, Vincent, Bossuet, Jérôme, Dolinska, Aleksandra, Sieber, Stefan

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Participatory methods and the coproduction of agricultural advisory services. Results from four case studies in Bolivia and Colombia. by Polar, Vivian, Fernández, J., Ashby, Jacqueline A., Quirós, C.A., Roa, J.

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Spousal decision-making and agricultural investments: The relation between information asymmetries, risk preferences and investments in agricultural intensification in rural Uganda by Schenkel, Leonie

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Factors influencing implementation of bylaws on sustainable crop intensification: evidence from potatoes in southwestern Uganda by Makuma-Henry, M., Kibwika, P., Nampala, P., Manyong, Victor, Yami, M.

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Improving data collection and measurement of complex farms by Kling, Catherine L., Mackie, Christopher D., Panel on Improving Data Collection and Reporting about Agriculture with Increasingly Complex Farm Structures, Committee on National Statistics, Division of behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Arbuckle Jr., J. Gordon, Bradburn, Norman M., Dunn, Richard A., Featherstone, Allen M., Glauber, Joseph W., Hueth, Brent, Katchova, Ani L., Mold, Doris, Opsomer, Jean, Peterson, Greg, Poppe, Krijn J., Sumner, Daniel A., Wagner, James, Weber, Jeremy G.

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Latin America: Where urbanization and poverty peak together with biodiversity? by Sanchez-Sarria, Camilo E., Bonilla-Moheno, Martha, Vázquez, Luis-Bernardo, MacGregor-Fors, Ian

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Motivations and incentives for mechanization in Zambia: a mixed-methods analysis by Mulungu, Kelvin, Ngoma, Lushomo Molly, Mhembere, Rumbidzai, Manyanga, Mark, Simutowe, Esau, Thierfelder, Christian, Matin, Md. Abdul, Ngoma, Hambulo

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Economic perspectives of the diversity of risks among crop farmers in the Northern Guinea Savanna of Nigeria by Olarinde, L.O., Akintola, J.O., Manyong, Victor M.

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Farmers’ preferences for east African highland cooking banana ’Matooke’ hybrids and local cultivars by Madalla, N., Swennen, R., Brown, A., Carpentier, Sebastien C., Bergh, I. van den, Crichton, R.J., Marimo, Pricilla, Weltzien, Eva, Massawe, C., Shimwela, M., Mbongo, D., Kindimba, Grace, Kubiriba, Jerome, Tumuhimbise, Robooni, Okurut, A.W., Cavicchioli, M., Ortíz, R.

“…The quantitative data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The qualitative data from farmers' focus group discussions (FGDs) were described using content analysis. …”
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Decentralising Zimbabwe's water management: the case of Guyu-Chelesa irrigation scheme by Tambudzai, R., Mapedza, Everisto D., Gideon, Z.

“…The Statistical Package for Social Sciences was used to analyse data quantitatively, whilst content analysis was utilised to analyse qualitative data whereby data was analysed thematically. …”
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Ecosystem approach to health (Ecohealth): Theory and practices in environmental health research in Vietnam by Hung Nguyen-Viet, Tran Thi Tuyet Hanh

“…Thus, we believe that it will be a useful reference for undergraduate and postgraduate students in the field of Public Health, Environmental Health, Preventive Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Aquaculture, Animal Sciences, and Social Sciences as well as researchers who are interested in Ecohealth research. …”
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