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The economic crisis continues to affect many women and men living in poverty. But how these effects are felt depends, to a large extent, on their relationships with the people and institutions with whom they interact. These relationships are profoundly different for women and men.
Unemployment hits poor families hard, regardless of whether it is a man or woman who is laid off. But...
Globalization, technical change and migration are changing the dynamics of poverty and food production. These factors, combined with a better understanding of the nature of complex processes, are also changing the nature of scientific research, the roles researchers can play in poverty alleviation and the niches in which the CGIAR can operate. While keeping strong breeding and research...
Islands are special places with a natural attraction for tourists and a special challenge to sustainability. The thousands of islands on the face of the earth include some of the finest and most sought after destinations, such as the Balearic Islands, the Hawaiian Islands, the Galapagos Islands, the Canary Islands, the French Polynesian Islands, and the Caribbean islands. The mystique...
Phenolic compounds in the leaves of cultivated cucurbits viz. Trichosanthes dioica Roxb., Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl., Luffa cylindrica (L.) Roem., and Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb. were carried out through silica gel chromatographic separation to ascertain their relative phylogenetic position. On phytochemical analysis, paired affinity, group...
The Dang valley consists of several patches of confined and unconfined aquifer systems. Drilling data reveals that the northern portion of the study area has more permeable surfaces than the southern and central portions. Annual domestic draft and safe yield were calculated to be 7.43 x106 m3/year and 3.16 x 107 m3/year, respectively. The fact that...
Effects of low pressure radio frequency (rf) plasma treatment on the surface properties of polycarbonate are presented in this paper. Results obtained from the surface energy measurement after different conditions of treatment are compared. After treatment the surface free energy increased from the original value of 35 mJ/m2 to 63-74 mJ/m2. X-ray photoelectron...
Aqueous extracts of six different plants (Acorus calamus, Ageratum conyzoides, Azadirachta indica, Duranta repens, Spilanthes acmella and Urtica dioca) and diluted animal urine (buffalo and cow) were tested for mortality rate of flea beetle (Phyllotreta nemorum) in the laboratory. Results were compared with the effects of commercial neem product (neem azal) on flea...
The physiochemical properties of soils of two different types of forests (pure Shorea robusta and mixed Shorea robusta) were analysed. Soil samples were collected from both types of forest and analyzed for texture, pH, organic matter, humus content, water holding capacity, nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium. In both the pure and mixed forest, soil was sandy loam (60.12% and 50.58% sand, 28.59...
In the first 24 hrs of germination, the dry matter of the growth axis decreased in the control while in 1 mg/l GA3 solution it increased and in 10 mg/l and 100 mg/l the amount remained the same. Exogenous GA3 overcomes the dry matter loss in the growth axis during the initial stage and results in an increase in the amount of dry matter. GA3 application probably...
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