This research was conducted in Rulindo District to analyze the existing layer chicken value chain and designing a market oriented chain which should empower the medium chicken farmers to access on the market and maximizing their profit. The research was conducted in six sectors of Rulindo District through …

The Ministry of Agriculture of Rwanda (MINAGRI) launched the Crop Intensification Program (CIP) in 2007 with the aim of making agricultural systems more commercially-oriented in order to increase productivity, self-sufficiency; reduce poverty and improve food security outcomes. This program was implemented …

In his latest book, Recursivity and Contingency (2019), the Hong Kong philosopher Yuk Hui argues that recursivity is not merely mechanical repetition. He is interested in “irregularity deviating from rules.” He develops what could be called a neovitalist position, which goes beyond the view, dominant …

Good practices verteld door VSO docenten betreft taakgericht gedrag stimuleren bij jongeren met gedragsproblematiek

The Knowledge Centre NoorderRuimte conducts practice-oriented research into the built environment in the Northern Netherlands. In Oldambt, a region in the northeast of the province Groningen, it was observed that the current demographic, behavioural and economic development causes a low business succession …

De bijdrage van de gezondheidsprofessional in het ondersteunen en bevorderen van healthy ageing heeft de meeste kans van slagen als het planmatig, evidence-based en persoons- en netwerkgericht uitgevoerd wordt. Er zijn verschillende theorieën en modellen die hierbij behulpzaam kunnen zijn. Het gebruik …

Professionals are increasingly expected to collaborate in interdisciplinary settings. Higher education institutes offer students opportunities to develop necessary skills, often in the context of project-led education. In such types of education, the role of the tutor is changing, from a focus on teacher-oriented …

Objectives: Art therapy (AT) as a treatment option for anxiety is regularly employed in clinical practice, but scientific evidence for its effectiveness is lacking, since this intervention has hardly been studied. The aim was to study the effectiveness of AT on anxiety in adult women. The specific type …

Only a small number of children with atypical language development who can benefit from early intervention are actually identified before reaching school age. Our aim was to explore perceptions of caregivers of monolingual and multilingual children with and without atypical language development in order …

In an on-going smart city development project, we are exploring the potential of distributed conversational speech interfaces in the public context of a city. By using the well-known Wizard of Oz method in combination with a lo-fi prototype, we involve participants in co-design with the focus on potential …