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Showing 1 to 20 of 58 for “"Farming communities"”.
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Information dissemination for farming communities in Thailand
The use of information and communication technology tools has been applied in many disciplines, including agricultural sectors. It may be applied in many modules such as data gathering, data processing, information management and information dissemination. One issue that cannot be neglected is the …
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Cycles of landscape change and place-meanings in Midwestern farming communities
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2024-08-01
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Gendered Production Roles and Integrated Pest Management in Three Jamaican Farming Communities
… of gendered participation in three rural Jamaica farming communities. The thesis examines the gendered participation in crop production, marketing, and decision making as well as the ability of farmers to identify key pests of three nontraditional agricultural exports: callaloo, "Scotch Bonnet" …
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Society in transformation : early Iron Age mixed farming communities in the lower Thukela Basin, Zululand
… and the nature of first millennium mixed-farming, valley bottom settlements reported on. The ceramic finds are described and compared with other known samples from this period and are chronologically placed in the light of recent classificatory suggestions. Some arguments are submitted as …
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Reciprocal Technologies: Enabling the Reciprocal Exchange of Voice in Small-Scale Farming Communities through the Transformation of Information and Communications Technologies
… recognition—may be fostered in small-scale farming communities by (1) the appropriation and transformation of information and communications technologies, (2) artistic intervention, and (3) cross-community research. This study contributes to participatory research methodologies, particularly …
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Relational rural geographies, resilience, and narratives of small-scale fruit farming in the metropolitan countryside of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
This thesis analyses the processes through which farming and rural communities in transition economies build resilience in the face of changes to rural areas caused by globalisation and urbanisation. The study is based on analysis of how urban-rural interactions have affected small-scale farming in …
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Human-Plant Interactions in Semi-Arid Regions: An Archaeobotanical Study of the Iron Age Site of Mtanye, Southwestern Zimbabwe
… other economic activities supported the Early farming communities in a variety of ways. Unfortunately, the available information about plant use, the role of crops and wild plants beyond diet and subsistence is widely dispersed. Studies that adequately analyse plant remains from Early Iron Age …
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The adoption of blockchain-based food traceability systems among smallholder farmers in the Western Cape
… focus on enhancing food traceability within farming communities located in the Western Cape. Despite the prospective merits of blockchain technology, ranging from improving supply chain efficiency to guaranteeing food safety, its implementation in the agricultural sector has remained limited. …
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Importance of utilization of social capital in agro-based poverty reduction strategies in smallholder farming area in North-Eastern Zimbabwe
… Zimbabwe aiming to reduce poverty in smallholder farming communities. However, limited success has been realized. This highlights the need for finding lasting solutions to this challenge. The current study investigated how poverty could be tackled considering its linkages with social capital and …
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Strangers to brothers : interaction between south-eastern San and southern Nguni/Sotho communities
… the effects of such contact on hunter- gatherer communities of the south-western Cape and the Kalahari. The aim of this thesis has been to assess the nature and extent of relationships established between the south-eastern San and southern Nguni and Sotho communities and to identify the extent to …
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The Nonpartisan League Leader's Role in the Development of the Nonpartisan League
… of mass media, specifically newspapers, on farming communities is a forceful tool in shaping social, economic and political processes of those communities. This impact provides a perspective that news is embedded with values, beliefs, and customs of a specific political, economic and …
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An investigation of skeletons from Type-R settlements along the Riet and Orange Rivers, South Africa, using stable isotope analysis
… Northern Cape, South Africa were inhabited by communities of hunter-gatherers and herders whose life ways are little understood. These people were primarily of Khoesan descent, but their large stone-built stock pens attest to the presence of substantial herds of livestock, very likely for …
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Specialist Banking and Sustainable Agricultural Development in Rural Areas: A Case Study of the Libyan Agricultural Bank in the Jafara Region
… to identify the main challenges being faced by farming communities and to discover the agricultural-related perceptions of farmers. In stage two, 13 semi-structured interviews with key individuals in the Banking System and the Ministry of Agriculture to establish how the Bank currently supports, …
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Origini e diffusione dell’agricoltura in Sardegna: studio dei resti vegetali della preistoria
… exploring the subsistence system of the first farming communities in the island. More specifically, the main goals are: • Identification of the first domesticated plants in Sardinia (cereals, legumes and others) and investigate the pathways and time of agricultural adoption. • Recognizing the …
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Local Realities and Structural Constraints of Agricultural Health: Pesticide Poisoning of Jamaican Small-holders
Field research was undertaken in three Jamaican farming communities to understand the localized health impact of pesticide poisoning in a developing country. The primary research tool was the collection of data through an intra-household survey, complemented by field observations. The goal was to …
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A Line in the Sand: Archaeological Evidence for the Interactions of Settled Farmers and Mobile Pastoralists in the Late Bronze Age (1950 - 1500 BC) Murghab alluvial fan, Turkmenistan
… of mobile pastoralist groups with sedentary farming communities in the Late Bronze Age period (1950 - 1500 BCE) in the Murghab alluvial fan of present-day Turkmenistan. Traditional archaeological and historical studies in Central Asia, focused as they are on urban contexts or centers of dense …
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A medieval woodland manor: Hanley Castle, Worcestershire
… of considerable woodland, gave scope for the farming communities described in the region in Domesday Book. 1-lanley not only supported a robust agricultural economy in its priJne, supplemented by woodland industries such as pottery manufacture, but it was also, with its castle built by king …
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Investigating Linkages Between Engineering and Petrophysical Properties of Unconsolidated Geomaterials and Their Geoelectrical Parameters
… in complex fractured terrains at selected farming communities in Ghana.</p><p>The results from this study improve on our knowledge and understanding of the influence of fundamental engineering properties of geomaterials on their electrical responses. It results will aid in the …
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