Agriculture drives the economy of Ghana, but the sector is plagued with several challenges of which agriculture financing is no exception. The research was therefore conducted to assess the rice value chain financing within the Kpong Irrigation Scheme which is one of the major rice producing areas of …

Improving smallholder farmers’ access to markets is critical in helping towards raising rural incomes and reducing poverty. Small-scale farmers in developing countries are excluded from formal markets due to power imbalance in the value chains, lack of transparency, and presence of too many intermediaries. …

ABSTRACT It is unknown whether heterogeneity in effects of self-management interventions in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can be explained by differences in programme characteristics. This study aimed to identify which characteristics of COPD self-management interventions are …

Vanuit de literatuur is bekend dat kanker en met name ook de behandeling van kanker invloed hebben op het seksuele functioneren (Rice, 2000, Ananth et al., 2003, Hughes, 2008, Galbraith and Crighton, 2008, Mercadante et al., 2010, Flynn et al., 2011). Er is echter veel minder bekend over wat voor (Nederlandse) …

This study seeks to explore the sources of strength giving rice to resilience among older people. Twenty-nine in-depth interviews were conducted with older people who receive long-term community care. The interviews were subjected to a thematic content analysis. The findings suggest that the main sources …