A sustainable food system is a key target of the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The current operates on market mechanisms that prioritise profit maximisation. This paper examines how small businesses grow and develop within grassroot economies operate different mechanisms. Focusing artisan producers farmers’ markets, this research highlights potential resilient, small-scale, diver...

Abstract As quantum technologies (QT) advance, their potential impact on and relation with society has been developing into an important issue for exploration. In this paper, we investigate the topic of democratization in context QT, particularly computing. The paper contains three main sections. First, briefly introduce different theories democracy (participatory, representative, deliberative)...

BACKGROUND HIV transmission among people who inject drugs (PWID) is high in Yunnan and Guangxi provinces in southwest China. To address this epidemic, Population Services International (PSI) and four cooperating agencies implemented a comprehensive harm reduction model delivered through community-based drop-incenters (DiC) and peer-led outreach to reduce HIV risk among PWID. METHODS We used 2...

Amongst the emergent forms of collaborative use of digital technologies it is possible to identify an innovativepractise and experimentation, the Brazilian experience of the Pontos de Cultura, a priority action within theProgramme “Cultura Viva” of the Ministry of Culture of Brazil that contributes to the creation of a grassrootdigital ecosystem promoting Culture, Education and...

Reducing poverty by 50% through the use of information and communication technology (ICT), which is the primary objective of the millennium development goals (MDGs) requires a lot of innovations such as the implementation of e-Government, e-Democracy, e-Learning, e-Voting, eJudiciary, and e-Health to mention but a few. Participatory democracy is a major requiremer1t for achieving the MDGs, part...

Evaluations play a critical role in shaping the way international development interventions are designed and managed. This contributes to fact that there intrinsic power dynamics at during production of evaluation knowledge. In wake growing commitments deal with repercussions colonial past prolonged history white supremacy, has been recognition need decolonize theory practice help foster equali...

Major benefits and constraints related to mineral extraction within the EU have been identified on examples of selected critical raw materials’ deposits. Analyzed case studies include following ore deposits: Myszków Mo-W-Cu (Poland), Juomasuo Au-Co (Finland), S. Pedro das Águias W-Sn (Portugal), Penouta Nb-Ta-Sn (Spain), Norra Kärr REEs (Sweden) Trælen graphite (Norway). They represent differen...

Jika sebelumnya karya sastra ekologis hanya merepresentasikan lingkungan fisik alam dalam karyanya, saat ini juga permasalahan-permasalahan yang ditimbulkan manusia memanfaatkan alam. Perubahan tidak bersifat netral, tetapi merupakan bentuk politik banyak melibatkan aktor-aktor berkepentingan baik pada tingkat lokal, regional, maupun global. Oleh karena itu, pembahasan mengenai ekologi meliputi...

Community development tends to focus on large-scale, government-funded transformations or small-scale, grassroot initiatives. In the US, financial resources, available infrastructure, and broad-based civic support implement large-scale community are frequently lacking. contrast, niche interventions, while often locally successful, tend be unscalable. Accordingly, many programs either do not go ...