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Does irrigation enhance and food deficits discourage fertilizer adoption in a risky environment? Evidence from Tigray, Ethiopia
G. Gebregziabher (ed);S. Holden (ed) / Academic Journals, 2011
The northern Ethiopian highland in general and the Tigray region in particular is a drought prone area where agricultural production risk is prevalent. Moisture stress is a limiting factor for improve...
Public procurement and corruption in Bangladesh: confronting the challenges and opportunities
S. Mahmood (ed) / Academic Journals, 2010
Public procurement has been a neglected area of academic research yet it is a major function of government. Policy makers, professionals and academics are aware of the importance of public procurement...
Sustainable rural finance: prospects, challenges and implications
G. Gobezie / Academic Journals, 2008
The poor need sustainable access to financial services to be out of poverty; however, there are keys issues that limit the expansion of the services. The main reason is structural problems of marke...
Addressing unemployment and poverty through public works programmes in South Africa
T. I. Nzimakwe / Academic Journals, 2008
In an effort to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the government of South Africa is implementing a number of programmes that address the country’s high rates of unemployment and p...
Groundwater fluoride levels in villages of Southern Malawi and removal studies using bauxite
S.M.I. Sajidu;W.R.L. Masamba;B. Thole;J.F. Mwatseteza / Academic Journals, 2008
Various natural and anthropogenic ecological factors pollute groundwater because of deep percolation from intensively cultivated fields, disposal of hazardous wastes, liquid and solid wastes from indu...
Participatory variety selection and characterization of Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) elite accessions from Malawian gene pool using farmer and breeder knowledge
K.K. Nkongolo;K.K.L. Chinthu;M. Malusi;Z. Vokhiwa / Academic Journals, 2008
Plant breeding and agricultural promotion programmes in Malawi continue to be patterned after those in western industrialised countries - heavily dependent on inputs. This strategy has not produced th...
Youth development, reintegration, reconciliation and rehabilitation in post-conflict West Africa: a framework for Sierra Leone, Liberia and Cote d’Ivoire
D. Mac-Ikemenjima / Academic Journals, 2008
Young people are susceptible to being used as perpetrators of conflicts and civil disorders, yet they remain the most vulnerable and the most affected in post conflict communities. However, young p...

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