The decision-making process of the public in case of conflicts is quite varied, given the many types of actors within what we refer to as the public
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Civic Education, Development Studies
Once a conflict is ‘chosen’ as being important and requiring attention and resources, other actors jump on in a sort of ‘bandwagon’ effect, so that soon all of the actors of conflicts are talking about it.
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Civic Education, Conflicts Resolution, Development Studies
Data Collection and Dissemination The Central Statistical Office and the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives play a critical role in the collection, processing and dissemination of early warning information for food security, Methods for Collection of Food Security information Food security information is mostly generated from primary sources through field surveys. Surveys are carried using
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Business, Development Studies, Food Security
There is need to adopt Several food security interventions, in order to address food insecurity in a holistic manner.
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Development Studies, Food Security
The FBS does not provide a complete picture on the food situation and so government turns to other sources of data. Now we shall introduce you to the concept of vulnerability and food security.
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Development Studies, Food Security
Gender is a very important element in analysis if one takes into account its role. In this post we discuss the importance of taking gender into account when designing and implementing food security interventions. We also explain that addressing gender based constraints to attainment of food security will make women contribute effectively to both household
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Development Studies, Food Security
The article defines the availability of food, accessibility to food, affordability of food and the utilisation of food as the four pillars of food security.
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Business, Development Studies, Food Security
The food balance sheet is basically a ‘mathematical spread sheet’ presentation of aggregate food requirements netted against available food stocks with the resultant balance either being a surplus or a deficit. It is used by countries world-wide and was developed by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). The food balance sheet is time bound, for
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Development Studies, Food Security
The agendas and priorities of the academia in their response to conflict can be seen through the development and application of theory, through academic materials such as journals and books, and through history and the teaching of history. In this topic we will see how the handling of conflicts in academia is also Western-centric, and that consequently,
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Civic Education, Conflicts Resolution, Development Studies
We have seen in the previous articles that, like policymakers outside the continent, the role of media in reporting conflicts in Africa hasn’t been considerably significant. This seems to apply to even to certain media corporations within Africa. This topic aims to investigate why this is the case. Media agenda-setting is determined, to a certain
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Civic Education, Conflicts Resolution, Development Studies