1. The Executive Secretary is circulating herewith, for the information of participants in the seventh meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA), a background paper prepared by the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI) on on-farm management of crop genetic diversity. This information note supplements the progress report by the Ex...

This manuscript reports results of our study to characterize the historical developments of agricultural practices in The Gambia and related health risks of farm workers. It surveys the various factors that shape production agriculture in the country and examines the degrees to which hand tools, animal traction, motorized traction and manual labour all contribute to the inherent hazards of farm...

The aim of the study is to reveal the essence and structure of the programme for the development of female corporeality, identify psychological features of work in the context of individual consultations, describe the content of group classes, and analyse empirical data obtained as a result of the programme implementation. Methods: Young women under the age of 40, without clinical psychiatric ...

This discussion is focused primarily on developing PMPs at the program level. The program level is represented by the Assistance Objective and Intermediate Results contained in the Results Framework. These form the key objectives that USAID will achieve in a particular country or program over a specific period of time. Projects also require their own Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) plans. Many ...

the increasing cost of peanut production is a major concern in iran. therefore, developing the mechanization of peanut production is a necessity. in this regard, a three-phase delphi study was conducted to identify the promoting and deterring factors affecting peanut cultivation mechanization in guilan province, the main peanut-producing region in iran. after preliminary studies, 26 experts wer...

this fact that marketing can encourage farmers to produce and their products better introduce to compete in the sell market and with market-friendly products to know better is important. the farmer who is not familiar with the importance of marketing and its technology will not be able to succeed in selling their product and may sell your product at a cheaper price and will be deprived of inter...

This chapter is a programme-level overview of the contribution of ACTS to new ways of flexible working, and highlights some of the technological issues that need to be addressed by the IST programme. The task of the ACTSLINE project is to summarise the results of ACTS in a form meaningful to communications professionals in various business sectors external to ACTS. For further information on su...

Implementing the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) as the centerpiece of a poverty-reduction strategy implies that agriculture and its individual subsectors must play a primary role as leading sources of pro-poor growth at national level. Uganda and other African countries pursuing the CAADP agenda are not just seeking to accelerate growth but also to maximize and b...