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Drought and Flood Risk, Impacts and Adaptation Options for Resilience in Rural Communities of Uganda

Lwasa, Shuaib - In: International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research (IJAGR) 9 (2018) 1, pp. 36-50

frequency of drought risk from one locale to another especially in Africa. At micro spatial scale of households and villages …

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Stakeholders Approach for Relief Provision to Distressed Farmers

Baporikar, Neeta; Deshpande, MV - In: International Journal of Civic Engagement and Social … 5 (2018) 3, pp. 16-31

in drought prone areas of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra and Kerala with heavy rainfall. Insufficient rains or …

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Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture and Food Security

Londhe, Sunil - In: International Journal of Disease Control and … 1 (2016) 1, pp. 32-46

Many studies have demonstrated the sensitivities of crop yield to a changing climate, a major challenge for the agricultural research community is to relate these findings to the wider societal concern with food security. Apart from few exceptions, the likely impacts of climate change on...

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Irrigation Measurement System for Dry Areas Based on WSN

Granda, Juan; Almanza, Mauricio; Fontalvo, Jose; Calle, … - In: International Journal of Interdisciplinary … 9 (2017) 3, pp. 10-20

exceeded. Water pressure provides the kinematic energy used on irrigation systems to spray the water on the field. The amount … of water that the irrigation system can provide per hour should be carefully monitored to save water in dry areas. The …. Results show sensor nodes exhibit a 4% average error, and 9% packet loss maximum. Both values are adequate for crop irrigation …

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Die optimale Organisation der Wasserversorgung aus ökonomischer Perspektive / The Optimal Organisation of the Water Supplying Industry – An Economic Perspective

Sauer, Johannes - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 225 (2005) 2, pp. 225-244

Zusammenfassung Der vorliegende Beitrag diskutiert die optimale Organisation der Wasserversorgung unter … Liberalisierungsdiskussion in den Wassersektoren. Im Hinblick auf eine Restrukturierung der Wasserversorgung könnte das sog. ,Pool-Modell‘ eine …

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Impact of Violence in Movies on Juvenile Delinquency

Saeed, Naima; Rehman, Tansif Ur; Usmani, Mehmood Ahmed - In: International Journal of Civic Engagement and Social … 5 (2018) 1, pp. 55-68

very fact that in Pakistan this issue of great significance has not been paid proper attention. Juvenile delinquency is one …

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Impact of Socioeconomic Factors on the Nutritional Status of Elementary School's Children in Rural Areas of Karachi (Pakistan)

Saeed, Naima; Rehman, Tansif Ur; Usmani, Mehmood Ahmed - In: International Journal of Civic Engagement and Social … 5 (2018) 2, pp. 36-47

This article determines children's nutritional status of (1-5) years in a rural setting in Karachi, i.e., Gadap. It also analyzes the impact of socioeconomic factors on nutritional status of children. Nutrition has a deep influence on well-being all the way through the individuals' lives, which...

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A Sociological Study of the Role of Language in Education

Saeed, Naima; Rehman, Tansif Ur; Usmani, Mehmood Ahmed - In: International Journal of Civic Engagement and Social … 5 (2018) 2, pp. 48-60

The present article is on the role of language in education. This article collected opinions of respondents about the role that language plays in the process of learning and education. Subjects were asked about their preferred mediums of instruction and their feelings about studying in a...

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Measuring the Effects of Risk and Cultural Dimensions on the Adoption of Online Stock Trading: A Developing Country Perspective

Khan, Safeer Ullah; Liu, Xiangdong; Khan, Ikram Ullah; … - In: International Journal of Enterprise Information Systems … 14 (2018) 3, pp. 106-127

gap by identifying the influential risk factors that impede the acceptance of OST in a developing country, Pakistan. The …

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SCOR Implementation in Oil and Gas Company from an Emerging Market

Hafeez, Jibran; Khalid, Rameez; Mir, Shahid - In: International Journal of Operations Research and … 8 (2017) 1, pp. 93-107

Measuring supply chain performance is an important business success factor in today's competitive environment and continuous improvement culture. Several models have been developed for this purpose, however, such models lack standardized language and are not well known in the developing...

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