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\r\n ICTs for Nutrition, Agriculture, and Time Use: Can we do better than 24-hour recall by using \u201cinnovative methods\u201d of nutrition data collection?<\/a>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
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  In the over fifty years in which explicit efforts have been made to improve nutrition, there have been countless achievements in global understanding of the causes and consequences of malnutrition, and the actions required to change outcomes for women and children. In these same fifty years, technological advances have changed the modern world. We communicate with friends and family everywhere instantaneously on hand-held devices, and track our location, heart rate, and calories burned real-time. The confluence of smartphones with high resolution cameras and widespread access to social media outlets have made first-person photography ubiquitous. Limitations of traditional methods. However, […]<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>

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\r\n Are benefits from agricultural intensification related to household income, level of education, and gender? \u2013 results from 758 households in Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania and Ghana<\/a>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
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By Robert Shaffer,\u00a0Vital Signs Fellows &Scientists_DSSG 2017\u00a0\u00a0,Africa Innovations Institute,Tanzania Forest Conservation Group,Wildlife Conservation Society Rwanda,The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Ghana This analysis\u00a0is a result of the collaboration between the eScience Insitute Data Science for Social Good Program\u00a0and Vital Signs. Learn more about this program\u00a0here. In developing countries, agricultural intensification (defined as increased input per unit of land) is a key phenomenon of interest. These inputs may include land, fertilizers, pesticides and labor including use of agricultural machinery. Increasing agricultural intensification can contribute to aggregate-level increases in food availability and economic performance. However, these benefits may not be evenly […]<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>

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Successful cassava farmer and beneficiary of the Cassava Seed Systems Project (CSS), Mr. Akuttu Augustine recently won an award for \u201cBest Cassava Seed Entrepreneur 2013-2017\u201d under the Cassava Seed Systems Project. Mr. Akutu, a resident of Amuria district in Eastern Uganda was also awarded a certificate of inspection on fulfilling the quality and plant health standards for cassava planting materials. The certificate qualifies him to supply certified cassava stems for planting during the year 2017. He got the two credits in June 2017 this year. Mr. Akuttu owns over 300 acres of cassava spread out in parts of Amuria, Soroti […]<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>

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\r\n Are the effects of extension services on crop productivity moderated by farmer’s education attainment? Results from 25 Landscapes in Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania and Ghana<\/a>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
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This analysis\u00a0is a result of the collaboration between the eScience Insitute Data Science for Social Good Program\u00a0and Vital Signs. Learn more about this program\u00a0here. Existing studies of farmer field schools (FFS) have found that these programs exhibit a sizable positive effect on per-acre crop productivity value among households with lower educational attainment, with negligible effects on higher-education households[1] [2]. In these\u00a0analyses, we examined whether a similar effect can be observed when examining a broader set of extension services.Agricultural households in Vital Signs landscapes were therefore\u00a0asked whether they\u00a0received extension services in the past 12 months. The categories of extension services used […]<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>

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\r\n Can forests buffer against malnutrition? evidence from vital signs data monitoring in Uganda<\/a>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
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By Matthew Cooper, Tabby Njung\u2019e, Alice Ruhweza, Peter Alele, Felly Tusiime and Julius Okwadi Many studies have demonstrated how forests and natural areas can improve dietary diversity[1], food security and nutrition[2].\u00a0 Forests provide a greater variety of foods than agriculture alone[3], and can remain productive even during times of drought and climate stress, when agriculture fails.\u00a0 People in rural parts of the developing world depend directly on forest food products like bushmeat, fruit, nuts, insects, leaves, and honey to provide nutrition[4]. Nonfood products like building materials and medicines can also bolster food security by providing additional sources of income. The […]<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>

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\r\n Widow highly profitable in HQCF cake production<\/a>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
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Betty Ouni is of age 48 years. She belongs to OryemCan Widows and Orphans group. This group comprises of 36 members of which 12 are men. Her husband died 20 years ago leaving her with their 6 children to singlehandedly care for. She later took into her care 4 orphans. One of the Orphans is doing nursing at Lira Comprehensive with a semester tuition of 2 million shillings while another is doing Computer studies at the Computer Centre in Lira. Betty embarked on the baking business in 2014 after CAVA trained her in processing HQCF and baking using cassava flour. […]<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>","max_pages":2}