Search Results - Work environment.

Verifiering av djurskyddskontroll - en fallstudie från Gotlands län by Joel, Nathalie

Att växa i lekmiljöer by Gråhed, Jenny

“…The aspirations and the wishes from the personnel and the parents influence what contents can work in an environment. Therefore the plants' different characteristics do not fit equally well in all preschool-gardens. …”
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Skillnader i vårvetekärnors utseende by Pålsson, John, Hammargren, Magnus

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Gestaltning med öppet dagvatten i bostadsnära läge by Nerman, Cecilia

Upplevelser av landskapet genom människans fem sinnen by Thörn, Olivia

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Market arrangements used by small scale bean farmers in Kenya: What needs to change for sustainable trade volumes? by Wanjala, S.P.O, Karanja, D., Wambua, S., Otiep, G., Odhiambo, C., Birachi, Eliud Abucheli

“…This case study assessed market arrangements used by small scale farmers in the Lake Basin and Lower Eastern bean corridors of Kenya, to determine which markets work for rural producers and what changes are needed to produce and supply sufficient quantities for trade. …”
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Livestock genomics for developing countries - African examples in practice by Marshall, Karen, Gibson, John P., Okeyo Mwai, Ally, Mwacharo, Joram M., Haile, Aynalem, Getachew, Tesfaye, Mrode, Raphael A., Kemp, Stephen J.

“…African livestock breeds are numerous and diverse, and typically well adapted to the harsh environment conditions under which they perform. They have been used over centuries to provide livelihoods as well as food and nutritional security. …”
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Climate smart interventions and indicators in Ethiopia: Expert’s knowledge and literature review by Adimassu, Zenebe, Tamene, Lulseged D., Abera, Wuletawu, Tesfaye, Kindie, Solomon, Dawit

“…The main objective of this work was to generate evidence on the smartness of selected CSA interventions and develop corresponding indicators of performance.…”
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Kenya: ClimBeR Inception Workshop Report by Rose, Sabrina, Valencia, Lina, Schapendonk, Frans, Girvetz, Evan Hartunian

“…ClimBeR is closely aligned with partner’s demands but there is more work to be done to ensure ClimBeR is Kenya’s initiative, where partners are leading the agenda.…”
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Adoption of the One Health approach to improve zoonosis control in low-income countries: Insights from the case of rabies management in Burkina Faso by Savadogo, M., Zangré, H., Nana, S.D., Ilboudo, Abdoul K., Dahourou, L.D., Ilboudo, Guy S., Simonis, V., Sondo, K.A., Akakpo, A.J., Tarnagda, Z., Alambedji, R.B.

“…Materials and Methods: The stakeholders involved in rabies control were from the Ministry of Livestock, Ministry of Health, Ministry of the Territory Administration, Ministry of Environment and Wildlife, and Ministry of Higher Education and Research. …”
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Developing a satellite-based combined land degradation index for monitoring environmental change: A case study in Tana-Beles watershed, Upper Blue Nile, Ethiopia by Abeyou, Abeyou, Haddad, Mira, Alemayehu, Sintayehu, Govind, Ajit

“…Early detection of land degradation could help to avoid further deterioration and work on reversing the trend. This would require an integrated approach combining indicators such as vegetation condition, soil health (i.e., soil salinity), and soil exposure (i.e., albedo) to characterize land degradation comprehensively. …”
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Identifying pathways that affect the relationship between empowerment and economic outcomes by Paz, Florencia, Heckert, Jessica, Seymour, Greg, Raghunathan, Kalyani

“…Among others, these factors include freedom of movement, access to a safe and healthy work environment, and sound business practices—all of which have a strong theoretical or empirical connection to economic outcomes. …”
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Addressing gender inequalities and strengthening women's agency to create more climate-resilient and sustainable food systems by Bryan, Elizabeth, Alvi, Muzna, Huyer, Sophia, Ringler, Claudia

“…At the same time, women's contributions are critical to make food systems more resilient to the negative impacts of climate change, given their specialized knowledge, skills and roles in agri-food systems, within the household, at work and in their communities. Increasing the resilience of food systems requires going beyond addressing gendered vulnerabilities to climate change to create an enabling environment that supports gender equality and women's empowerment, by removing structural barriers and rigid gender norms, and building equal power dynamics, as part of a process of gender transformative change. …”
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Ghana cereal-legume agronomy scaling and acceleration platform (Gh-CerLeg-GAIP) by Adjei-Nsiah, S., Nkomo, M., Dotse, S.K., Vincent, A., Ndejipo, I.

“…The 3-day workshop adopted a participatory approach using tools such as PowerPoint presentations for information sharing, group work, and plenary discussions for GH-CerLeg-GAIP development. …”
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Factors influencing the performance of community health workers: A qualitative study of Anganwadi workers from Bihar, India by John, Aparna, Nisbett, Nicholas, Barnett, Inka, Avula, Rasmi, Menon, Purnima

“…Individual factors include initial financial motives and family support; programme factors include beneficiaries’ and AWWs’ service preferences and work environment; community factors include caste dynamics and community and seasonal migration; and organisational factors include corruption. …”
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Tanzania Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Small-Scale Irrigation (ILSSI) Baseline Survey, 2015 by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The survey explores these linkages through an in-depth household questionnaire with questions on agricultural production, nutrition and health, a WEAI module and a community questionnaire. This work forms part of the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE).…”
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Ethiopia Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Small-Scale Irrigation (ILSSI) Baseline Survey, 2014 by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The survey explores these linkages through an in-depth household questionnaire with questions on agricultural production, nutrition and health, a WEAI module and a community questionnaire. This work forms part of the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE).…”
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Global food projections to 2020: emerging trends and alternative futures by Rosegrant, Mark W., Paisner, Michael S., Meijer, Siet, Witcover, Julie

“…IFPRI presented the first projections of global food supply and demand based on its IMPACT model in 1995 at its Washington, D.C., conference on a 2020 Vision for Food, Agriculture, and the Environment. The 2020 discussion paper that presented those first projections stressed that the prospects for global food security greatly depend not only on population growth and economic development but also on emerging issues such as trade liberalization, urbanization, environmental degradation, water scarcity, the livestock revolution, and new technologies. …”
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Scaling up community-driven development: a synthesis of experience by Gillespie, Stuart

“…Building on past and ongoing work on CDD, this study addresses the fundamental question: how can CDD initiatives motivate and empower the greatest number of communities to take control of their own development? …”
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Report on assessment of selected One Health resources for eastern and southern Africa by Kang’ethe, Erastus K., Kiugu, E., Muriuki, S., Richards, Shauna, Quan, M., Mutua, Florence, Knight-Jones, Theodore J.D.

“…This process necessitated working closely with the team member who developed the rubric structure and the work package three teams at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). …”
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