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Agricultural Education: Universities do not have a money problem. They have a courage problem.
By Dr. Stephen Onakuse Underfunding is often presented as the principal obstacle facing African agricultural education universities. While financial constraints are real, this explanation oversimplifies a far more complex challenge. Institutional culture, political instability, weak infrastructure, ineffective budgeting, poor governance, limited global engagement and weak strategic leadership all shape university performance.
Understanding smallholder dairy productivity and poverty reduction in Eritrea
Abstract Improving the poverty status of smallholder dairy farmers in Eritrea necessitates an increase in dairy production efficiency. This study investigated the influence of empowerment programs on smallholder dairy production, specifically those aimed at fostering the development of knowledge and skills for both male- and female-headed households.
Food price volatility and socio-economic inequalities in poor food consumption status during coronavirus disease-2019 lockdown among slum and non-slum households in urban Nansana municipality, Uganda | Nutrition Journal | Full Text
Price volatility of staple foods This study demonstrates that the price of staple common bean and maize flour was significantly higher during enforcing the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions compared to just before the lock down, and when the lockdown restrictions were partially eased. Similar findings of increased food prices during enforcing COVID-19 lockdown restrictions were reported in China [42] and some European countries [43].
Opinion: Climate offsetting is merely a damaging and ineffective accounting trick
AFTER JOHN OLIVER lambasted corporate carbon offsetting programmes during the summer, I was reminded of a company called YepYou, which offers the world’s first human breath carbon offset service for $17 per year. YepYou is part of a growing market that allows individuals or businesses to buy carbon credits to offset some of their CO2 emissions. That market could be worth more than $50 billion by 2030 according to a report published by McKinsey last year.
As the environment becomes crucial for economies, it’s time to ditch GDP for a better growth metric
For more than 70 years, the gross domestic product has been the key yardstick by which nations have measured economic progress. But GDP is designed to exclusively account for the monetary benefits accrued from economic activity. It is blind to the degradation of the natural environment, finite resources and human wellbeing. It is time we came up with something better.
why it's time for a more sustainable growth metric
For more than 70 years, Gross Domestic Product, or GDP, has been the key yardstick by which nations have measured economic progress. But GDP is designed to exclusively account for the monetary benefits accrued from economic activity. It is blind to the degradation of the natural environment, finite resources and human wellbeing. It’s time we came up with something better.
GDP ignores the environment: why it's time for a more sustainable growth metric
Researchers have estimated the gross ecosystem product (GEP) of Qinghai province in China. Jiaye Liu / shutterstock For more than 70 years, Gross Domestic Product, or GDP, has been the key yardstick by which nations have measured economic progress. But GDP is designed to exclusively account for the monetary benefits accrued from economic activity. It is blind to the degradation of the natural environment, finite resources and human wellbeing. It’s time we came up with something better.
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Poll: Do you think schools should close earlier for Christmas due to Covid? THE IRISH INDEPENDENT is reporting today that the Department of Education will not be closing schools early for Christmas, and that there are no plans to delay the return of schools in January. As it stands, all schools close from Wednesday 22 December until Thursday 6 January.
Opinion: Castigating farmers won’t reduce agricultural carbon emissions
AS IT STANDS, discourse around our strategy to reduce agricultural carbon emissions has, almost exclusively, centred around telling farmers what they should do. Worse still, the tone of the commentary surrounding the issue can often be laden with condescension, where farmers are pigeonholed as climate-denying anti-intellectuals who want to do little to limit their emissions.
Politics of a pandemic: How Covid-19 changes could open doors to a better Ireland
MAJOR INTERNATIONAL CRISES have a habit of accelerating the pace of change. They expose fault lines in society and exacerbate issues that may have been concealed by feebly constructed social contracts and a false sense of harmony. While the crisis arising from Covid-19 might yet prove to be no different, we remain fortunate enough to be in a position to control some of the wider social implications arising from the pandemic.
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Poll: Should artists be allowed to paint murals on the sides of buildings? A MURAL PAINTED on the side of a house in Dublin has sparked controversy recently after the local authority issued an enforcement order to have it removed. The Horseboy mural is just one of few which have been painted on buildings but later removed following an order from Dublin City Council – a mural of grime artist Stormzy was also ordered to be removed in 2017.
Opinion: Irish people must reduce meat and dairy consumption and production to tackle emissions
THE CLIMATE CHANGE Performance Index 2019 might yet prove to be a watershed moment in the campaign to keep global warming below two degrees Celsius. Its publication, along with the civil protest movement led by Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg, has caught the attention of the public, many of whom responded by voting for green parties in the recent European Elections.
Promoting value addition among farmers in the cassava food value chain in Nigeria
Abstract Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the effects of the determinants of farmer participation in value addition through cassava processing in Nigeria.
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