This study offers evidence of the robustness of farmer rice varieties (Oryza glaberrima and O. sativa) in West Africa. Our experiments in five West African countries showed that farmer varieties were tolerant of sub-optimal conditions, but employed a range of strategies to cope with stress. Varieties belonging to the species Oryza glaberrima - solely the product of farmer agency - were the most...

there are some ambiguities about the status of women in islam, andthis paper studies exemplary women in the holy koran by content analysis, referringto valid interpretations. its basic questions include: koran’s method in introducingmodels, gender roles in koran, and koran’s criteria and modeling principles aboutexemplary women. the findings demonstrate that the koran has acted very preciselyto...

The different instantiations of the SmartKom demonstration system offer a broad range of application functions and sophisticated dialogue capabilities. We provide a first look at the final SmartKom prototype from the point of view of the end user. In particular, a typical interaction sequence will be presented in order to illustrate the functionality of the integrated multimodal dialogue system.

In recent years, entrepreneurship has been gaining more prominence as a potential tool for solving poverty in developing countries. This paper mainly examines the relationship between farmer entrepreneurship and rural poverty alleviation in China by assessing the contribution of farm entrepreneurs towards overcoming poverty. Data were collected from 309 employees of farmer entrepreneurships in ...