This article examines the relationship between women’s economic and social empowerment in the context of extreme poverty. It is based on the findings of primary fieldwork on the char islands of north-west Bangladesh, investigating the processes resulting from the implementation of the Chars Livelihoods Programme (CLP). The first phase of the CLP, funded by the UK government’s Department for Int...

This study explores the specific value of women only programmes for the enterprise education needs of women in science and engineering and technology (WISE) through reviewing the impact of EnterpriseWISE, a women-only programme providing entrepreneurial skills training for scientists and engineers. EnterpriseWISE was designed as a specific intervention to raise, in a single-sex environment, the...

The present investigation was undertaken to evaluate ten germplasm of mung bean, used estimate genetic variability, heritability and advance for 16 characters. results showed significant differences among the bean genotypes in all All characters had a larger PCV, showing enfluence environmental variable on their expression. In study, PCV is higher than GCV under study. High coupled with high in...

As Leifer et al. have argued, the management of radical innovation projects necessitates different strategies and practices, including different ways of measuring performance. This paper discusses our efforts to explore indicators of progress for radical innovation in basic and applied research and technology development at both the project and programme levels. The paper provides examples of o...

Four tributaries of Lake St-Jean (Québec, Canada) are used for spawning and juvenile habitat by land-locked Atlantic salmon. Spawning runs have drastically declined since the mid-1980s, and consequently, a supportive-breeding programme was undertaken in 1990. In this study, we analysed seven microsatellite loci and mtDNA, and empirically estimated effective population sizes to test the hypothes...

The silkworm, Bombyx mori is a lepidopteron insect by virtue of its economic importance for over a century has been used in many genetical experiments in several countries, especially China, India, Japan, Soviet Russia, Korea and many Southeast Asian and European countries. Many of the economic traits of this insect are known to be controlled by large number of polygenes. The silkworm varieties...

The microbiological quality of experimental animals can critically influence animal welfare and the validity and reproducibility of research data. It is therefore important for breeding and experimental facilities to establish a laboratory animal health monitoring (HM) programme as an integrated part of any quality assurance system. FELASA has published recommendations for the HM of rodent and ...

Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) is one of the most important perennial forage crops on cultivated fields in the world. Agronomical interests for this crop are based on its numerous advantageous characteristics such as (1) high yield potential and suitable feeding value, (2) different methods of utilisation green mass, hay, silage, greenchop, briquette, pellets, etc., (3) favourable environmental i...

Methods currently used in South Africa for determining the reactions of new sugarcane clones to smut, mosaic, leaf scald and streak during the process d selection are described and results from recent trials are presented. Resistance screening procedures have been expanded and improved in recent years. The main changes have been the regional location of trials involving the different diseases, ...