HArnessing Multi-Stakeholders Involvement in Result Based Aquaculture (HASIRA) Extension Service in Tanzania

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 45-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernard Ronald Tarimo ◽  
Camilius A. Sanga
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Urban Communities ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Extension Service ◽  
Wide Spread ◽  
Extension System ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Rural And Urban

The wide spread of mobile phones to many actors of aquaculture value chain have brought a new opportunity for enhancing access to aquaculture advisory and extension service in developing countries. Despite the potential shown by mobile phones in provision of other social economic services to both rural and urban communities, there are few studies presented how these tools facilitate access to aquaculture extension service among aquaculture farmers in the country, Tanzania. This article assesses how mobile phones can facilitate the provision of aquaculture extension service among aquaculture farmers in Tanzania. The article establishes an understanding on how aquaculture extension service is provided to aquaculture farmers through mobile phones using UshauriKilimo. UshauriKilimo is an agro-advisory and extension system which is now in use for more than two years. The article contributes to the existing body of knowledge with respect to ICT mediated aquaculture extension.

scholarly journals Menace and Mitigation of Health and Environmental Hazards of Charcoal Production in Nigeria

2021 ◽  
pp. 2293-2310
Author(s):  
Philip Olanrewaju Eniola
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Urban Communities ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Charcoal Production ◽  
Agricultural Adaptation ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Definition Of

AbstractThe use of biomass and biofuels, such as wood, charcoal, petroleum, kerosene, and gas, is becoming competitive based on the level of development of each nation. However, charcoal production (CP) and marketing now tends to be a major business among many households in both rural and urban communities with no consideration of its effects on climate change adaptation. While the research question considers the various definition of climate change adaptation, and the importance of charcoal production in Nigeria, the manuscript speaks mainly of the problems of charcoal production, the lack of planning to address these problems, and the lack of planning to move the communities away from this practice and out of poverty. It addresses the impacts of charcoal production on agriculture, such as lack or loss of labor and destruction of arable lands. The paper discusses the effect of charcoal production on health. Also, the environmental problems of CP are highlighted in the manuscript. The policy frameworks on forestry by the Federal Ministry of Environment 2006 with its flaws will be included. Remedy such as the establishment of a Land Use Planning Agency (LUPAG) and panacea for greening the charcoal value chain issues will be discussed. Lastly, attention is given to the agricultural adaptation strategies to climate change which are capable of reducing charcoal production, such as mixed cropping.

scholarly journals Menace and Mitigation of Health and Environmental Hazards of Charcoal Production in Nigeria

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Philip Olanrewaju Eniola
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Urban Communities ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Charcoal Production ◽  
Agricultural Adaptation ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Definition Of

AbstractThe use of biomass and biofuels, such as wood, charcoal, petroleum, kerosene, and gas, is becoming competitive based on the level of development of each nation. However, charcoal production (CP) and marketing now tends to be a major business among many households in both rural and urban communities with no consideration of its effects on climate change adaptation. While the research question considers the various definition of climate change adaptation, and the importance of charcoal production in Nigeria, the manuscript speaks mainly of the problems of charcoal production, the lack of planning to address these problems, and the lack of planning to move the communities away from this practice and out of poverty. It addresses the impacts of charcoal production on agriculture, such as lack or loss of labor and destruction of arable lands. The paper discusses the effect of charcoal production on health. Also, the environmental problems of CP are highlighted in the manuscript. The policy frameworks on forestry by the Federal Ministry of Environment 2006 with its flaws will be included. Remedy such as the establishment of a Land Use Planning Agency (LUPAG) and panacea for greening the charcoal value chain issues will be discussed. Lastly, attention is given to the agricultural adaptation strategies to climate change which are capable of reducing charcoal production, such as mixed cropping.

scholarly journals Private school vouchers in developing countries: A survey of the evidence

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald R. Baum
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
School Choice ◽  
Urban Communities ◽  
Education System ◽  
Private School ◽  
School Attendance ◽  
Underserved Populations ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
School Vouchers ◽  
Rural And Urban

This paper provides a narrative review of the existing rigorous evaluations of private school vouchers in developing countries. The findings suggest that school vouchers can be an effective means of expanding access to education, particularly for underserved populations (e.g., poorer students, girls, and students in undersupplied rural and urban communities). However, there is insufficient empirical evidence to sustain the expectation that universal school voucher policies will substantially raise the performance of an education system by increasing school choice and competition; and, universal vouchers are likely to reinforce socioeconomic stratification. However, as a catalyst for increased school attendance, targeted school vouchers have been effective at improving the performance of students on the margins of participation in the education system; and these outcomes can be achieved at lower costs than in the traditional public school system.

Mobile Phones and Expanding Human Capabilities in Plural Health Systems

2017 ◽  
pp. 93-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Sam
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Urban Communities ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Healthcare Delivery ◽  
Local Health ◽  
Human Capabilities ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Mobile Phone Usage ◽  
Information Poverty

This chapter explores the integration of mobiles into the local health culture in Sierra Leone to advance healthcare delivery to marginalised communities. It draws on Amartya Sen's capability approach to conceptualise the mobile phone as a potential technology to expand healthcare capabilities in an environment of scarce healthcare resources. It builds on ethnographic data collected through mixed-methods from rural and urban communities to analyse the different actors, dynamics and practices of healthcare behaviours in a plural healthcare system. The analysis shows increasing trends towards mobile phone usage to ease healthcare communication and information poverty. Mobile phones enable marginalised publics to collapse distance and reduce time and health infrastructural constraints to seek healthcare within their abilities. It, however, concludes that to fully harness and maintain sustainable mobile phone-enabled healthcare in Sierra Leone requires the need for an appropriate institutional configuration to foster an integrated healthcare information system management and service delivery.

Healthcare Services for Nomadics through a Mobile Framework

2016 ◽  
pp. 46-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suama Hamunyela ◽  
Tiko Iyamu
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Urban Communities ◽  
Primary Healthcare ◽  
Healthcare Service ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Nomadic People ◽  
Geographical Locations

Many patients are often associated with various types of health related records, needing care and attentions. Healthcare system is intended for all that live in the country. Normally, there is spread of people across the geographical locations, of both the rural and urban communities. Even though the healthcare service is intended to spread across the country, the services are not always available as individuals require it. Hence, there is need for Mobility of healthcare services at both primary and secondary healthcare levels, particularly in the developing countries such as Namibia. In Namibia, the population is scantly spread far apart in the average of about 175 kilometres between major towns, necessitating movements of individuals and groups, particularly the old, poor, and nomadic people. The challenge is, healthcare records in the country are not centralised or virtualised, making accessibility into patients' records difficult or impossible. As a result, healthcare service delivering is challenged. This chapter explored the possibility healthcare services through virtualisation or centralisation as empowered by different translation of activities. The objectives of the study were to identify and discuss actors in the mobility of healthcare services. Mobility in this paper refers to the availability of services to the nomadic patients. The study employed the qualitative approach, within which data was gathered from primary healthcare services providers using open-ended questionnaires. The moments of Translation from the perspective of ANT was used a lens to analyse the data to examine and understand the power and factors which could influences mobility of healthcare service in Namibia.

Mobile Phones and Expanding Human Capabilities in Plural Health Systems

2017 ◽  
pp. 504-525 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Sam
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Urban Communities ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Healthcare Delivery ◽  
Local Health ◽  
Human Capabilities ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Mobile Phone Usage ◽  
Information Poverty

This chapter explores the integration of mobiles into the local health culture in Sierra Leone to advance healthcare delivery to marginalised communities. It draws on Amartya Sen's capability approach to conceptualise the mobile phone as a potential technology to expand healthcare capabilities in an environment of scarce healthcare resources. It builds on ethnographic data collected through mixed-methods from rural and urban communities to analyse the different actors, dynamics and practices of healthcare behaviours in a plural healthcare system. The analysis shows increasing trends towards mobile phone usage to ease healthcare communication and information poverty. Mobile phones enable marginalised publics to collapse distance and reduce time and health infrastructural constraints to seek healthcare within their abilities. It, however, concludes that to fully harness and maintain sustainable mobile phone-enabled healthcare in Sierra Leone requires the need for an appropriate institutional configuration to foster an integrated healthcare information system management and service delivery.

Healthcare Services for Nomadics Through a Mobile Framework

2017 ◽  
pp. 303-314
Author(s):  
Suama Hamunyela ◽  
Tiko Iyamu
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Urban Communities ◽  
Primary Healthcare ◽  
Healthcare Service ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Nomadic People ◽  
Geographical Locations

Many patients are often associated with various types of health related records, needing care and attentions. Healthcare system is intended for all that live in the country. Normally, there is spread of people across the geographical locations, of both the rural and urban communities. Even though the healthcare service is intended to spread across the country, the services are not always available as individuals require it. Hence, there is need for Mobility of healthcare services at both primary and secondary healthcare levels, particularly in the developing countries such as Namibia. In Namibia, the population is scantly spread far apart in the average of about 175 kilometres between major towns, necessitating movements of individuals and groups, particularly the old, poor, and nomadic people. The challenge is, healthcare records in the country are not centralised or virtualised, making accessibility into patients' records difficult or impossible. As a result, healthcare service delivering is challenged. This chapter explored the possibility healthcare services through virtualisation or centralisation as empowered by different translation of activities. The objectives of the study were to identify and discuss actors in the mobility of healthcare services. Mobility in this paper refers to the availability of services to the nomadic patients. The study employed the qualitative approach, within which data was gathered from primary healthcare services providers using open-ended questionnaires. The moments of Translation from the perspective of ANT was used a lens to analyse the data to examine and understand the power and factors which could influences mobility of healthcare service in Namibia.

Mobile Phones and Expanding Human Capabilities in Plural Health Systems

2019 ◽  
pp. 718-739
Author(s):  
Steven Sam
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Urban Communities ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Healthcare Delivery ◽  
Local Health ◽  
Human Capabilities ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Mobile Phone Usage ◽  
Information Poverty

This chapter explores the integration of mobiles into the local health culture in Sierra Leone to advance healthcare delivery to marginalised communities. It draws on Amartya Sen's capability approach to conceptualise the mobile phone as a potential technology to expand healthcare capabilities in an environment of scarce healthcare resources. It builds on ethnographic data collected through mixed-methods from rural and urban communities to analyse the different actors, dynamics and practices of healthcare behaviours in a plural healthcare system. The analysis shows increasing trends towards mobile phone usage to ease healthcare communication and information poverty. Mobile phones enable marginalised publics to collapse distance and reduce time and health infrastructural constraints to seek healthcare within their abilities. It, however, concludes that to fully harness and maintain sustainable mobile phone-enabled healthcare in Sierra Leone requires the need for an appropriate institutional configuration to foster an integrated healthcare information system management and service delivery.

Level of use and public awareness in consumption of traditional medicines in work area of Health Center Gombong I

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 26-31
Author(s):  
Naelaz Zukhruf Wakhidatul Kiromah ◽  
Tri Cahyani Widiastuti
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Medicine ◽  
Urban Communities ◽  
Health Center ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Modern Medicine ◽  
Traditional Medicines ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Work Area ◽  
Level Of Use ◽  
Minor Ailments

Indonesia has 20,000 types of plants where 300 species have been used as traditional medicines. The use of traditional medicine as an alternative treatment in Indonesia that has been used by both rural and urban communities. The use of traditional medicine is considered safer than modern medicine. The purpose of this study was to identify the level of use of traditional medicine and public awareness in the use of traditional medicine in work area of  Health Center Gombong 1 which consists of 5 villages. This research is a non-experimental and descriptive research that uses a questionnaire. Respondents who participated in this study were 140 people. The characteristics of respondents who participated in this study were the majority of men (50,71%), last educated of elementary school (41,43%), as housewives (27,86%). The majority of people in work area of Health Center Gombong choose treatment with modern medicine (64,29%). In addition there are 35,71% using traditional medicine and the majority use rhizome species (46%) for the treatment of minor ailments. In this study also showed that the majority of people do not know the safety of traditional medicines (50%) due to lack of information so that information is needed on the benefits and safety and the use of good and appropriate traditional medicines.

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