Banana farming: source of enhancing income and sustaining livelihoods in Meloor Panchayath

Sustaining Livelihoods through Animal Genetic Resources Conservation

Enhancing and sustaining empathy in medical students.

BACKGROUND Empathy is an important component of physician competence that needs to be enhanced. AIM To test the hypotheses that medical students' empathy can be enhanced and sustained by targeted activities. METHODS This was a two-phase study in which 248 medical students participated. In Phase 1, students in the experimental group watched and discussed video clips of patient encounters mea...

6. Social Mobilization and Enhancing Livelihoods

Numerous government and non-government programs and approaches have been used to promote rural development and poverty alleviation. Among these have been initiatives designed to build rural infrastructure, mobilize communities, enhance access to rural finance, and provide a social safety net. This chapter provides an overview of the major programs in Pakistan and underscores the importance of s...

Sustainability, Sustainable Livelihoods, Climate Risks, Small Scale -Farming

Farmers frequently cope with risks due to the uncertainty of climatic conditions. Population growth, changes in agricultural policies, environmental regulations and the degradation of natural resources such as soil and water also present farmers with numerous challenges. Although farmers have experience in coping with a certain degree of uncertainty, increased climate variability and changes ma...

The contribution of indigenous fruit trees in sustaining rural livelihoods and conservation of natural resources

The dependency of many African rural households on natural resources for sustenance is widely acknowledged. The utilization and commercialization of indigenous fruit trees (IFTs) has in the past been overlooked by extension agencies due to the misconception that they do not play a major role in contributing to the rural livelihoods. There is new and increasing emphasis on the contribution of in...