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Access to improved water source and satisfaction with services: Evidence from rural Ethiopia by Abebaw, Degnet, Tadesse, Fanaye, Mogues, Tewodaj

“…While expanding improved water source schemes is generally essential, it is equally important to ensure that the schemes have increased users' satisfaction with water quality and availability for everyday use. Using household survey data and employing univariate and bivariate probit models, this paper attempts to investigate the effect of access to an improved water source on users' satisfaction with both quality and availability of water. …”
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Ett gott liv : perspektiv på vardagen i Gällivare kommuns landsbygdsområden by Säfström, Ida

Prefabricerade stödmurar i betong by Pettersson, Linda

“…My hope is that the booklet will be used as a source for inspiration and help during the everyday work as a Landscape Architect. The booklet is made as a degree thesis in Landscapearchitecture at the institution SOL at SLU Ultuna.…”
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What about women’s representation? by Ioannou, Anna

“…Through nuancing how Bolivian salespersons narrate their social positions in the Argentinean society, in relation to the state and the society at large, and why Bolivian women are underrepresented in leadership positions, this thesis offers a discussion of how discrimination often is enacted by structural positions that turn into but also constrain everyday actions and routines, at the same time as being discriminated can enhance a group’s potential to hoard opportunities.…”
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Markanvändningens förändring i vardagslandskapet by Israelsson, Jessica

“…Studies of selected parts of the everyday landscape, that earlier have been settlement with small crofter’s holding, show that the changes in the landscape mostly depends on the human factor and that a lot of the cultivable soil have been replaced with spruce. …”
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Personality traits in competition dogs : a quantitative genetic study on competition dogs by Kess, Evelina

“…Questionnaire data from a modified C-BARQ about everyday behaviour was also collected for analysis. …”

I skuggan av storstadssamhället by Schmidt, Matilda

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Continuity and Change: Performing Gender in Rural Tanzania by Badstue, Lone B., Farnworth, Cathy Rozel, Umantseva, Anya, Kamanzi, Adelbertus, Roeven, Lara

“…The paper demonstrates how the continuous performance, reproduction and renegotiation of gender takes place as part of everyday life, as women and men seek to secure their personal well-being in a context of limited cultural and economic options.…”
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Masculinities in a feminist pedagogy: lessons for transformative gender and agriculture training by Mwiine, A.A., Mangheni, M.N., Asiimwe, E., Businge, M., Shimali, F., Sanya, L.N.

“…Masculinities and femininities are closely interconnected with men and women farmers’ everyday lives; hence critical reflection on these interconnections should be central in gender training in agriculture. …”
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Caste, social networks and variety adoption by Gupta, Ishika, Veettil, Prakashan Chellattan, Speelman, Stijn

“…Often, information flow and technology diffusion are constrained by social and economic boundaries where informal nodes such as caste play a very decisive role in everyday life. Proper targeting and dissemination of technology to the marginalized sections of society are very important for their development. …”
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Access and use of Climate Risk Management in Agricultural Extension (CRMAE) by Belay, Berhanu, Ambaw, Gebermedihin, Solomon, Dawit

“…These sessions equipped subject-matter specialists, development agents, and facilitators with the knowledge and skills to disseminate climate insights at the grassroots level and incorporate climate knowledge products into everyday farming practices. An assessment was conducted to evaluate the relevance and contributions of the Climate Risk Management in Agricultural Extension (CRMAE) initiative. …”
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Governing the ungovernable: practices and circumstances of governance in the irrigation sector by Venot, Jean-Philippe, Suhardiman, Diana

“…Beyond the idiosyncrasies of the two case studies that highlight that everyday practices are embedded in, and constrained by, existing institutional rules and mechanisms, but also contribute to shaping these, we make a broader theoretical point. …”
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Reforming the research policy and impact culture in the CGIAR: Integrating science and systemic capacity development by Leeuwis, Cees, Klerkx, Laurens, Schut, Marc

“…The paper proposes changes in the CGIAR impact culture, driven by a shift in policies that govern the everyday implementation and assessment of research. …”
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In the hands of the next generation farmers : a study of farm succession in Västmanland by Almgren, Rebecca

“…In order to understand the farmer’s everyday life, I use a phenomenological approach and central concepts such as lifeworld, farming projects, ontological security and the theory of structuration. …”

Planning for active living by Sverrisdóttir, Sigridur Duna

“…Walking  in  particular  as  a  form  of  physical activity, has received an increased attention when it comes to health promotion  approaches,  but  also  due  to  its  benefits  for  the  environment,  economy, physical and mental health, and potential of integration into people’s  everyday  life.  Environments  that  encourage  walking  are  furthermore considered to possess many of the urban qualities that are integral to people’s healthy lifestyles and well‐being, as well as contributing to  sustainability.  …”
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Resilience pathways: Understanding remittance trends in post-coup Myanmar by Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity

“…Asset-poor households, income poor households, and hungry households were more likely to spend remittances on everyday food and non-food expenses, education, and loan repayment. …”
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In-between green by Bengtsson, Jens

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Introducing lean production process model for the horse business sector in Sweden by Öwall, Johanna

“…By streamlining everyday processes, introducing mechanisation and the lean production process model, benefits in economics and working conditions can be obtained. …”
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Promenadvänliga miljöer för ett aktivt stadsliv by Karlzén, Niklas

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Uses of local plant species by agropastoralists in south-western Niger by Ayantunde, Augustine A., Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y., Briejer, M., Udo, H.M.J., Tabo, Ramadjita

“…Knowledge pertaining to local plant species in West African Sahel has been poorly documented despite the central role local vegetation plays in the everyday lives of the rural people. An ethnobotanical study was conducted between April and November 2005 to document knowledge and uses of local herbaceous and woody species by the agropastoralists in South-western Niger. …”
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