Essays about: "Livelihood program"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 24 essays containing the words Livelihood program.

  1. 6. Cash Transfers in Emergencies : The Lost Money of Turkana

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Jonas Andersson; [2019]
    Keywords : Cash transfers in emergencies; Kenya; Hunger Safety Net Program; Money disappearing;

    Abstract : Today, millions of people are living in poverty and in emergency situations with lack of basic needs. This thesis will look into cash transfers in emergencies in Kenya and Kenya’s cash transfer program; Hunger Safety Net Program. READ MORE

  3. 7. A Critical Review of the UNDP Guyana Hinterland Rural and Poor Communities (HRPC) Project

    University essay from KTH/Energisystemanalys

    Author : Gisela Norman; [2019]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The Government of Guyana sees the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) diffusion as critical in quality of life improvement. Together with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) they are conducting a project to provide internet access to Hinterland, Rural and Poor Communities (HRPC) through Very Small Aperture Terminals (VSATs) powered by stand-alone hybrid energy systems including solar Photovoltaics (PV) and Li-Ion batteries. READ MORE

  4. 8. Tracking transboundary diseases in small ruminants in the border region Tanzania-Zambia : a minor field study focusing on Peste des petits ruminants and Foot-and-mouth disease

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

    Author : Elsa Wilén; [2019]
    Keywords : FMD; PPR; infectious diseases; sheep; goats; Tunduma; Momba; risk factor; seroprevalence;

    Abstract : Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) and Foot and mouth disease (FMD) are two infectious diseases of major socioeconomic impact. The devastating effects of these diseases are mostly seen in developing countries, such as Tanzania, where small ruminants play an important role in livelihood resilience and are a major source of income. READ MORE

  5. 9. Socioecological Transformation and the History of Indian Cotton, Gujarat, Western India

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : JUYEON SIM; [2018]
    Keywords : Cotton cultivation; Agricultural landscape management; Ecologically unequal exchange; Cotton improvement program; GM cotton; Power dynamics;

    Abstract : Landscape management is often referred to as a holistic concept, which deals with large-scale processes and multidisciplinary manners in regards to natural resource use with ecological and livelihood considerations. Seen in this light, landscape transformation should be understood within the context of the human-nature relationship, viewing human activities and their institutions as an essential part of the system rather than as external agents. READ MORE

  6. 10. By whose rules, for whose needs? The power of elites, livelihood implications and potential for resistance in two Nepalese community forest user groups

    University essay from SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

    Author : Constantin Harrer; [2017]
    Keywords : community forestry; power; recentralization; professionalization; elite capture; livelihoods; resistance; Nepal;

    Abstract : The Nepalese community forestry program entitles user groups to autonomously manage their forest within the confines of an officially approved operational plan. While widely considered a conservation success, recent discourses on elite capture, professionalization and recentralization question the program’s anticipated social outcomes. READ MORE