Kamonyi is one of the leading cassava producing districts in the southern province of Rwanda and cassava is the main source of food and income for farmers. Since 2014, the Cassava Brown Streak Disease outbreak reduced the cassava production and caused a considerable loss to farmers but the government …

To achieve the “well below 2 degrees” targets, a new ecosystem needs to be defined where citizens become more active, co-managing with relevant stakeholders, the government, and third parties. This means moving from the traditional concept of citizens-as-consumers towards energy citizenship. Positive …

The research main aim was to analyse the guinea fowl meat value chain to identify upgrading strategies to improve the profitability of farmers in the northern region of Ghana and the inclusion of women in production. The research was carried out in Savelugu, Tamale and Kumbungu Districts of the Northern …

The municipality of Bergen op Zoom is assuming to overlook climate change problems and possibilities. They are missing knowledge on how to deal with a dry period. This is the reason of the requested for a research on the drought problematic. They want to know how different departments and inhabitants …

Across European cities local entrepreneurs are joining forces in new ways, forming collectives to stimulate business growth and innovation and to create a more attractive business environment. The value of such collectives is increasingly recognized by local governments and policy measures to stimulate …

The ambition is to show that it is possible to deal with the housing challenge within the existing urban framework by creating a high-quality living and business environment in existing mono-functional (industrial-) business districts. The main goal is a new system that delivers a strong synergy between …

According to myth, Rome was created more than 2,500 years ago on two hills. Romulus climbed the Palantine Hill and Remus took up position on a nearby hill, the Aventine Hill. From here, the city grew over seven hills into an unprecedented metropolis. Two millennia later, its inhabitants have barely …

This study was conducted to investigate dairy farming practices and gross margin at smallholder dairy farmer level to design a business model for scaling up climate-smart dairy in Ziway-Hawassa milk shed. 80 sample dairy farmers from five districts (which then categorised as urban and peri-urban dairy …

This study was conducted in Ziway - Hawassa milk shade, found in Oromia administrative region, Ethiopia with the objective to design suitable business models through quantifying greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from smallholder milk producers. Five districts (Shashemane, Arsi - Negelle, Kofelle, Adami …

Aflatoxin is the highly toxic, cancer causing poison that contaminates food produced by the fungus which grows on crops. In Tanzania aflatoxin is a problem in maize and groundnuts, these crops are highly susceptible to fungal infestation and affects the health of consumers. Aflatoxin causes liver cancer …