Assessment of the Social-Economic Contributions of Mgahinga National Park to Local Communities in Muramba Sub-County, Kisoro District, South-Western Uganda. by Mahoro, Shallon

“…The social-economic contributions of the National Parks to the development of local communities were provision of employment opportunity, poverty reduction, carbon sequestration, water catchment areas, rainfall formation, community development and management of related land use activities. …”
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The Challenges of Social Work and Social Administration on Rural Development: A Case Study of Kabale District. by Sembure, Edson

“…Findings of the study were obtained from the field interpreting the results analyzing basing on the specific objectives of the study and chapter five portrayed the summary of findings, recommendations were made such as the to curb some of the challenges experienced by social work and social administration, Social work education and profession have greater responsibility in the process of community development. Hand by hand support of education and field practice can contribute for the welfare of the various sections of the society. …”
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Role of Community Based Organization on House Hold Income in Kitumba Sub-County Kabale District. by Niwagaba, Alex

“…These included 01Community Development Officer, 02 parish chiefs, 01 sub-county chiefs, 04 political leaders, 01 health officer, 02 CBO representatives, and 71 community members. …”
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Linkages with Practice for Higher-Education Curriculum Innovation. by Nampala, Paul, Kalule, Stephen W., Mshenga, Patience M., Okello, Daniel M., Egeru, Anthony, Ekwamu, Adipala

“…Strengthening linkages between universities and community development actors can enhance curriculum orientation toward problem-solving and entrepreneurial capacity building for young graduates. …”
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Role of Social Workers in Enhancing Chronic Care: A Case Study of Kabale Regional Referral Hospital Kabale District. by Musiimenta, Moureen

“…Recommendations include addressing challenges in social work and social administration through enhanced social work education and professional practice, emphasizing the combined role of academic knowledge and fieldwork in fostering community development. The study advocates for the need for well-trained, practice-oriented, and committed social workers who can improve the socio-economic status and quality of life of community members. …”
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Land Use and its Impact on Agricultural Productivity in Mutara Sub-County Mitooma District. by Tusingwire, Pamellah

“…A sample of 99 respondents, determined using Slovin's formula, was selected, including household heads, the Sub-county Community Development Officer, the Agricultural Officer, LCIII, and Parish Chief from one of Mutara Sub-county's parishes. …”
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Impact of Soil Erosion on Agricultural Productivity in Nyakishenyi Sub-County Rukungiri District. by Nahurira, Brendah

“…The Population of this study comprised 1800 household heads, Sub-county Community Development Officers, Agricultural Officers, LSI, and Parish chiefs and they totaled up to 1804 because they were the basis of the study and this provided the relevant answers to the study questions. …”
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Community Participation and the sustainability of Development projects: A case Study of Essential Nutrition and Health package Project in Kabuga, Gasabo District, Rwanda. by Bernard, Bayasese

“…The study adopted four research questions namely: what are the modalities for community participation in development projects, what are the benefits of community participation and how participation leads to sustainability, what are the conditions required for achieving sustainability of development projects through community or participation and what are the challenges being faced by the community in sustaining community development projects. The study adopted a case study research design because it was more appropriate for this research. …”
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Bacterial community assembly of specific pathogen-free neonatal mice by Elizabeth A. Kennedy, James S. Weagley, Andrew H. Kim, Avan Antia, Anna L. DeVeaux, Megan T. Baldridge

“…This detailed view of bacterial community development across multiple commonly employed mouse strains informs experimental design, allowing researchers to better target interventions before, during, or after the maturation of the bacterial microbiota. …”
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Social Work Practice and Rural Development. A Case Study of Kyanamira Sub-County Kabale District. by Ssembure, Edson

“…Findings of the study were obtained from the field interpreting the results analyzing based on the specific objectives of the study chapter five portrayed the summary of findings, recommendations were made such as to curb some of the challenges experienced by social work and social administration, Social work education and profession have greater responsibility in the process of community development. Hand-by-hand support of education and field practice can contribute to the welfare of the various sections of society. …”
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Experiences and Challenges of the Integrated Development Model on Job Creation in Rwanda’s Gasabo District. by Rutarindwa, Alphonse, Ocan, Johnson, Adyanga, Francis Akena

“…The study aims to understand how this model contributes to job opportunities, economic empowerment, and community development within the district. In terms of methodology, the study adopted a mixed methods approach. …”
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SACCOs and Agricultural Production in Uganda: A Case Study of Kitenga Village in Kebisoni Sub-County Rukungiri District. by Nitwikiriza, Racheal

“…From objective three, the study indicated how do SACCOs affect the income levels of members in the Kebisoni sub-county, Rukungiri district and these included supporting income generating activities, participation in a SACCO often instills financial discipline among members, SACCOS often offer lower interest rates on loans compared to traditional financial institutions, SACCOS encourage a culture of saving among members, SACCOs may engage in community development projects funded by their activities, SACCOs may support entrepreneurial initiatives among their members, members can use SACCO loans to start or expand businesses…”
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Research progress on climate change adaptation strategies to control invasive crop pest in sub-Saharan Africa: a bibliometric and systematic review by Eméline Sêssi Pélagie Assèdé, Eméline Sêssi Pélagie Assèdé, Calvince Ouko Othoo, Calvince Ouko Othoo, Ahmadou Ly, Gobena Bayisa, Temesgen Gashaw Tarkegn, Temesgen Gashaw Tarkegn, Mègnissè Zohoun, Anje-Jokebed N’goran

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Why India is struggling to feed their young children? A qualitative analysis for tribal communities by Sanjay Sharma, Monica Lakhanpaul, Logan Manikam, Priti Parikh, Lorna Benton, Shereen Allaham, Rajesh Khanna, Susrita Roy, Marie Lall, Virendra Kumar Vijay, Neha Santwani, Hanimi Reddy, Hemant Chaturvedi, Satya Prakash Pattanaik, Tol Singh, Pramod Pandya, Priyanka Dang

“…The ultimate goal of the Participatory Approach for Nutrition in Children: Strengthening Health Education Engineering and Environment Linkages project is to identify challenges and opportunities for improvement to subsequently develop socioculturally appropriate, tailored, innovative interventions for the successful implementation of appropriate infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices locally.Design Qualitative research method, involving five phases: (1) identification of local feeding practices; (2) identification of the local needs and opportunities for children aged 6–24 months; and (3–5) analysis of the gathered qualitative data, intervention design, review and distribution.Setting Nine villages in two community development blocks, that is, Ghatol and Kushalgarh, located in the Banswara district in Rajasthan, India.Participants 68 participants completed semistructured interviews or focus group discussions including: mothers, grandmothers, auxiliary nurse midwife, Anganwadi worker, ASHA Sahyogini, school teachers and local elected representative.Phenomenon of interest IYCF practices and the factors associated with it.Analysis Thematic analysis.Results Our results could be broadly categorised into two domains: (1) the current practices of IYCF and (2) the key drivers and challenges of IYCF. …”
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Factors Influencing the Growth of Tourism in Uganda: A Case Study of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. by Katwesigye, Jordan

“…-The findings of this research are expected to be useful to policy makers, academicians and other key players in the tourism industry and community development sector.Although the results have established that local communities participate in the tourism decision-making process through their leaders who are members of the decision-making bodies, overall the local people in Ruhija sub-county felt they were generally not involved. …”
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Land Use and is Impact on Agricultural Productivity in Mutara Sub-County Mitooma District. by Tusingwire, Pamellah

“…The Population of this study will comprise household heads, Sub-county Community Development Officers, Agricultural Officers, LCIII, and Parish Chief from one of the parishes of Mutara sub-county because they are the basis of the study and this will provide the relevant answers to the study questions. …”
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Structure and metabolic function of spatiotemporal pit mud microbiome by Zhihua Li, Chi Zhao, Zhenyu Mao, Fengju Zhang, Ling Dong, Chuan Song, Yao Chen, Xin Fu, Zonghua Ao, Yanfei Xiong, Qin Hui, Weizhi Song, Petri Penttinen, Suyi Zhang

“…The three distinct stages of prokaryotic community development in PM and HGT played critical roles in metabolic function of spatiotemporal PM. …”
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Impact of heavy metal pollution on the use of fishing pond land, a former site of used battery smelting by E. Riani, N.A. Butet, M. Ansori, M.R. Cordova

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Factors influencing evidence-based cardiovascular disease prevention programming in rural African American communities: a community-engaged concept mapping study by Amelia DeFosset, Breanna Deutsch-Williams, Mysha Wynn, Katrina Blunt, Scott Rosas, Mary Wolfe McKinley, Brian Ellerby, Shirley McFarlin, Veena Reddy, Giselle Corbie, Gaurav Dave

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Effect of stocking density on growth performance of African catfish Clarias gariepinus and water spinach Ipomoea aquatica in aquaponics systems with the addition of AB mix nutrient by Wiyoto Wiyoto, Ridwan Siskandar, Ratih Kemala Dewi, Wida Lesmanawati, Muhammad Arif Mulya, Julie Ekasari

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