John R. Teasdale is a plant physiologist at the Sustainable Agricultural Systems Laboratory, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland. N o-tillage cropping systems are known to provide many benefits to soils that can enhance production of grain crops. Many of the improvements to soils that result from no-tillage production such as increases in soil aggregation, water-holding cap...

An agent-based model of conflict among herders and between herders and private farmers of east Africa is presented using the MASON agent-based simulation environment. Herders survive by keeping their herds fed and watered in the inhospitable environment with some of the land becoming unavailable due to privatization. Our model develops realistic population and conflict dynamics. With only basic...

background: chemical exposure is a major health problem globally. poison control centers (pccs) play a leading role both in developed and developing countries in the prevention and control of poisonous chemical exposures. in this study, we aimed to assess the current state of pccs in pakistan and highlight capacity building needs in these centers. methods: a cross-sectional survey of the two re...

The concept of a farmer producer company (FPC) has emerged as an inclusive to address the issues farmers, especially, small, and marginal farmers. present study is examine impact companies on small 150 farmers were chosen through multi-stage stratified random sampling in Osmanabad district Maharashtra state, India assess impact. It was found that organized under FPCs area are not getting adequa...

The U.S. joint military medical community has an increasing role in collaborative health sector engagement internationally as part of a whole of government approach to successful operations. The military must master the ability to catalyze health sector gains that can be developed by hosts, U.S. Government, and international agencies in both permissive environments and conflict zones. Capacity ...

AIM An evaluation exercise was carried out to assess the performance of Community Animal Health Workers (CAHWs) in the delivery of animal health care services in Karamoja region, identify capacity gaps and recommend remedial measures. MATERIALS & METHODS Participatory methods were used to design data collection tools. Questionnaires were administered to 204 CAHWs, 215 farmers and 7 District V...

BACKGROUND Capacity development in health research is high on the agenda of many low- and middle-income countries. OBJECTIVE The ARCADE projects, funded by the EU, have been working in Africa and Asia since 2011 in order to build postgraduate students' health research capacity. In this short communication, we describe one initiative in these projects, that of research clinics - online journal...

The role of New Zealand health professional training institutions in capacity building in the Pacific region. otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.

Poverty, drought, and hunger devastate people on Africa's rangelands. We used an action-oriented approach from 2000 to 2004 to build capacity among thousands of pastoralists to diversify livelihoods, improve living standards, and enhance livestock marketing. The process included collective action, microfinance, and participatory education. Poor women previously burdened by domestic chores becam...