Will more women in agricultural research change the agenda?

How the semantic web will change KR: challenges and opportunities for a new research agenda

Currently, the Web is the largest available environment for the deployment of agents, and much work in agent research is driven by Web-based applications ([Luke et al., 1997, Joachims et al., 1997, Bollacker et al., 1998, Doorenbos et al., 1997] are just some examples; see also the May 2000 special issue of the Artificial Intelligence Journal on Intelligent Internet Systems, vol. 118, no 1-2). ...

Putting black women on the research agenda

The aim of this chapter is to review the available literature relating to the experience of health and health services of black women in Britain and to analyse the extent to which it adequately describes and contributes to an understanding of underlying concepts and perceptions of health and illness. Although there is a growing literature on the health experiences of black and minority ethnic w...

Will Climate Change Spark More Wildfire Damages?

Constraints to Increasing Agricultural Production and Productivity among Women Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for Agricultural Transformation Agenda

Agriculture is an important engine of growth and poverty reduction in much of Africa, Nigeria inclusive. But the sector is underperforming in part because women, who are often crucial resource in agriculture and rural economy, face constraints that reduce their productivity. An understanding of these constraints is a prerequisite to devising policies to improve agricultural production and produ...

Research-agenda Bias: letters to the editor