AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION PLATFORMS IN RWANDA: A CASE STUDY OF RESEARCH INTO USE PROJECT Leonidas Dusengemungu (Makerere University‚ Agriculture extension/Education M.Sc. Tel. +250788617194‚ e mail:leonidassusenge@yahoo.com) SUMMARY The research was conducted in Rwanda with four agricultural Innovation Platforms (IPs). These IPs focus on cassava‚ round potato‚ maize production and farmers’ associations. RIU funding will end in 2011. Capacity building is vital to sustain these platforms beyond the project
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person‚ what was their problem with me‚ and how was I involved. I’m naturally a problem solver someone attempts to have a rational discussion in an effort to come up with some solution. I was taught from a young age to try and handle confrontation which involves someone intentionally bringing physical or verbal harm to a person in a manner that no one would get hurt. With that being said by no means am I afraid to defend myself‚ being raised in a big family 8 brothers and 5 sisters I can surely hold
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CARE AND EXPLORE THE EXTENT TO WHICH EMPIRICAL WORK HAS BEEN ABLE TO ESTABLISH ITS EXISTENCE Introduction: In the traditional market‚ consumers decide how much to consume and suppliers decide how much to supply and prices coordinate the decisions. For perfect competition it is assumed inter alia that there is: perfect information so that individuals are fully informed about prices‚ qualities etc; a lot of buyers and sellers; no single buyer or seller that has influence on the price. But health
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Had there been no Macdonald‚ it’s all but certain there would not be a single Canadian reading this article or others like it‚ never mind raising a celebratory toast to him on the 200th anniversary of his birth on Jan. 10 or 11 (the records of his father and of the local Register Office in Glasgow‚ where he was born‚ differ). That’s because had there been no Macdonald‚ there would have been no Canada for anyone to be a citizen of. Under Macdonald’s leadership as prime minister (1867-1873 and 1878-1891)
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where the family institutions have failed to inculcate noble values in the young generation. The easy availability of pornographic materials as well as the influence of pornography through the Internet is also a factor that cannot be ignored and this has led to the emergence of many social ills. In the wake of all these disturbing reports of baby-dumping‚ child abuse and child neglect‚ the question that comes to mind is whether the government and society as a whole have done enough to address the issue
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software and hardware work together? This is kind of a complex question. I think the most important thing connecting software and hardware would probably be the register. Commands or services requested by the software are encoded into binary values of 0’s and 1’s and are written into a register. For example‚ some register may hold a value of "01101100". This encoding has a total of 8 bits. Each value of either 0 or 1 is called a bit‚ and 8 bits are called a byte. At the hardware level‚ the computer
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This paper is based on the article titled ‘Samsung vs Apple‚ The Battle for Design Dominance’ written by Haydn Shaughnessy and retrieved from www.forbes.com. The article is about Samsung vs Apple executing a new foundation and platform for business strategy. This is a key change in the business strategy of the software organization. This material is very important and relevant to the course content of business strategy because of the following reasons: It talks about business strategy of one
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As easy as it would be to say there is no effectiveness between the business and IT‚ I think this is a somewhat shortsighted perspective. Jenny clearly has an understanding of the needs of the business and how IT functions and may be able to help bridge the gap between these two departments. At the end of the case study it is clear that Farzad recognizes there are shortcomings as well‚ and appears to be willing to work to change and enhance the relationship between the two areas of the organization
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they align their activities to do so with the help of college festivals and events. This research project is descriptive in nature. It describes the various agendas for sponsors to enter into the world of youth. It also describes the fashion in which this is done. It will explain briefly what brands do to engage the college festival attendees with the brand. This research was carried out with the help of a few industry experts and college festival committee members. It also contains relevant
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Men and women have different thoughts and feelings towards love. Generally women are always ready to take responsibilities of any relationships and ready to give commitment‚ but that’s not the case with men. When it comes to commitment men think to escape because they feel trapped with the thought of living with a woman for long time. I can’t blame men for that‚ maybe it is because they feel they are very strong and don’t need anyone in life but the fact is that men become frustrated if they are
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