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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Livelihood improvement"”.
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Women Livelihood Improvement through Small Scale Pottery Production at Kiembesamaki Zanzibar
This piece of work focused on women lack access to financial resources to run their businesses, poor marketing system and lack of appropriate knowledge on pottery processing skills. In Kiembesamaki village various methodologies and methods were used in this work. The details of information revealed …
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Investigating the perceptions of the graduates and beneficiaries of the adult education programmes towards livelihood improvement: The case of informal settlements, Windhoek
… of the adult education programmes aimed at livelihood improvement in informal settlements of Windhoek. The adult education programmes that were looked at are the National Literacy Programme in Namibia (NLPN), Adult Upper Primary Education (AUPE) and Adult Skills Development for Self …
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Forests and Farming: An analysis of rural livelihood programs for poverty reduction in eastern Zambia
… programs in Africa have been aimed at improving livelihoods, creating tangible benefits, and increasing incomes from forests and forest products through the sustainable use and conservation of forest resources. Agricultural programs have often had similar goals regarding improved livelihoods, …
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Forests and Farming: An analysis of rural livelihood programs for poverty reduction in eastern Zambia
… programs in Africa have been aimed at improving livelihoods, creating tangible benefits, and increasing incomes from forests and forest products through the sustainable use and conservation of forest resources. Agricultural programs have often had similar goals regarding improved livelihoods, …
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Comparative assessment of matching grants and microcredit interventions in improving livelihood of peasant farmer in Mazabuka District, Zambia
… know which model has greater impact in improving livelihoods of peasant farmers so that it can be advocated for as a model best suited to fund peasant farmers. The respondents for the study are peasant farmers who have accessed funding from Vision Fund Zambia a microcredit institution and …
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A Gendered Perspective On Migrant Women Farmers’ Lived Experiences In The Brong-Ahafo Region Of Ghana
… these limitations, and the current state of livelihood improvement interventions. The findings revealed that migrant women’s livelihoods may not have improved as they had expected pre-migration, due to structural and cultural barriers which inhibit their effective utilisation of economic, …
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Improving Paddy Production Through Strengthening Capacities of Smallholder Farmers on System of Rice Intensification and Saving and Credit: A Case of Igurusi Ward, Mbarali District in Mbeya Region
… in Igurusi ward, with the aim to improve the livelihood for smallholder farmers involved in paddy production. However, producer’s farmers in Igurusi ward are facing challenges of lacking access to reliable saving and Credit for their products, rice being one of them. Currently, few farmers’ …
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Organising Beekeepers to Generate Income from Bee Products in Solya ward, Manyoni District Tanzania
Beekeeping is a livelihood improvement potential that is yet to be fully utilized in most rural areas of Tanzania. Majority of rural communities practice beekeeping mainly for domestic consumption and rarely for commercial purposes. This potential (beekeeping) has failed to improve beekeepers’ …
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Decision-Making Analyses of Farmers in Rural China Regarding Forestry Under Different Contexts of Risk: Investment, Cooperation, and Provision of Public Goods
… communities in China play crucial roles in both livelihood improvement and ecological conservation. The government recognizes their importance and has implemented various measures to regulate and guide their behaviors. In this thesis, I attempt to analyze the decision-making of farmers in rural …
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Impacts of Lutheran Church Microcredit Loans on Borrowers in Northern Tanzania: A Case Study of Building A Caring Community Project
… to assess impact of BCC microcredit program on livelihood improvement of the respondent households. Specifically the study evaluated the client’s changes of livelihood on income, food adequacy, assets, capital, health and education and to assess factors that influence the loan repayment …
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The Performance of Microfinance Institutions on Poverty Reduction: A Case of Pride Tanzania in the City of Mwanza
… for the purpose of improving the income and livelihood of rural and urban poor people. This study intended to examine the performance of microfinance institutions on poverty reduction in terms of accessibility to microfinance services, employment creation, income growth and livelihood …
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Economic analysis of participatory forest management in Kenya
… incentives such as plantation establishment and livelihood improvement scheme (PELIS), eco-tourism, harvesting of forest products among others. These efforts were aimed at deepening community participation in forest management and improving welfare of forest adjacent communities. However, despite …
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The informal sector’s contribution to the economic wellbeing of people in Timor-Leste
… play a role in job creation, income generation, livelihood improvement, and living standards despite it still being far from their expectations. Overall, the findings of empirical research in this thesis clarifies issues related to the informal sector. The policy implications of this work include …
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Restoring forest landscapes for nature conservation and human well-being: Advanced spatial decision support tools
… is particularly dangerous in poor regions, where livelihoods are strongly based on locally available natural resources. In 2000, IUCN and WWF have introduced a new restoration approach called Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) that aims to regain ecological integrity and enhance human well-being …