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PEACEBUILDING RIGHT TO NATURAL RESOURCES CONTROL RESOURCES EXPLOITATION COMPENSATION POLITICAL WILL CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS

Amnesty Programme in Nigeria : the impact and challenges in post conflict Niger Delta region

The study seeks to capture the impact and challenges of the six year old amnesty programme in post-conflict Niger Delta region.
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Saturday, April 2, 2016 - 04:00
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INFORMATION DISSEMINATION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY Food security CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION EXTENSION SERVICES AGRICULTURAL POLICY

Farm Radio Trust to assess ICT agriculture impact

Farm Radio Trust (FRT) will carry out a three-year research study starting in 2018 to find out how Information and Communication Technology (ICT) impacts on agricultural productivity in Malawi.
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Friday, February 2, 2018 - 05:00
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URBANIZATION HUMAN SECURITY URBAN POVERTY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS EMPLOYMENT

Assessment of households’ perceptions of private security companies and crime in urban Ghana

The article is structured into four sections. The first deals with the global rise of private security companies (PSCs) and the Ghanaian case, while section two looks at the study’s methodology.
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Saturday, January 2, 2016 - 05:00
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PETROLEUM INDUSTRY ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION CORRUPTION ORGANIZED CRIME PEACEBUILDING OIL INDUSTRY CRIME

Irony of Amnesty Programme : incessant oil theft and illegal bunkering in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria

The paper posits that the introduction of an amnesty programme (2009) led to reduction in militant activities in the Niger Delta but failed to impact oil theft. It examines connections between the Amnesty Programme and the upsurge of oil theft.
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Sunday, August 2, 2015 - 04:00
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SOCIAL SAFETY NETS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION UNEMPLOYMENT VULNERABLE GROUPS

Facilitating or hindering social cohesion? The impact of the Community Work Programme in selected South African townships

While social cohesion may be considered necessary to prevent violence, some studies show that the concept may also be a source of division, intolerance and violence.
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Wednesday, March 2, 2016 - 05:00
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CRIME PREVENTION VIOLENCE YOUTH APARTHEID UNEMPLOYMENT COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION REHABILITATION

Role of ex-offenders in implementing the Community Work Programme as a crime and violence prevention initiative

The focus of this article is the role of ex-offenders in the Community Work Programme (CWP) towards implementation of crime and violence prevention initiatives in the townships of Ivory Park and Orange Farm, South Africa.
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Friday, January 2, 2015 - 05:00
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Biodiversity DNA BARCODING SPECIES IDENTIFICATION INTERNATIONAL BARCODE OF LIFE (iBOL) DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Thirty-five-million dollar boost for 'Barcode of Life'

The International Barcode of Life (iBOL) project, received a funding boost of $35 million from Canadian agencies for a 26-nation effort to collect specimens, sequence their DNA, and build an informatics platform using digital bar codes to store an
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Friday, April 2, 2010 - 04:00
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Biodiversity DNA BARCODING SPECIES IDENTIFICATION INTERNATIONAL BARCODE OF LIFE (iBOL)

International Barcode of Life Project gets $8.1 million

Researchers are quickly amassing barcodes or identifiers for a database of life forms, and developing new informatics tools and technologies.
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Saturday, January 2, 2010 - 05:00
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VALUE CHAINS POSTHARVEST LOSSES Food security AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY

Unpacking postharvest losses in Sub-Saharan Africa : a meta-analysis

Reducing postharvest losses (PHL) is key to food and nutrition security in sub-Saharan Africa. However, knowledge of PHL magnitudes is limited.
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Monday, February 2, 2015 - 05:00