De arbeidsparticipatie van vrouwelijke statushouders in Nederland is laag. Publieke professionals die vanuit de Wet inburgering en de Participatiewet vrouwelijke statushouders ondersteunen, zoals klantmanagers en trajectcoaches, geven aan dat het hen nog onvoldoende lukt om de drijfveren, mogelijkheden …

De arbeidsparticipatie van vrouwelijke statushouders is laag. Intensieve professionele begeleiding kan uitkomst bieden. Van de quick fix die het regeerakkoord voorstaat, valt niets te verwachten, aldus onderzoekers Simone Boogaarts en Floor ten Holder.

Waar moet ik op letten bij het begeleiden van vrouwelijke statushouders naar werk? Met deze vraag vanuit het werkveld zijn onderzoekers van een aantal hogescholen, samen met professionals en vrouwelijke statushouders, twee jaar aan de slag gegaan.

Weinig vrouwelijke statushouders doen betaald werk. Een snelle oplossing, zoals het kabinet wil, is onmogelijk. Laat gemeenteambtenaren hen langdurig ondersteunen, betogen onderzoekers Simone Boogaarts en Floor ten Holder.

Avocado farming is a popular enterprise among small holder avocado farmers in Meru-County Kenya. The sector is rapidly growing and the country is ranked as the 6th world producer of avocado. However, the developed avocado value chain is experiencing high food losses along different phases of the chain. …

Climate change is undermining the importance and sustainability of cooperatives as important organizations in small holder agriculture in developing countries. To adapt, cooperatives could apply carbon farming practices to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and enhance their business by increasing yields, …

Market information is important to farmers because it helps them to make optimal production and marketing decisions. This study focused on the development of a practical and operational strategy that increases market information access for soybean small holder farmers, consequently improving access to …

Cooperatives are fundamental organizations in small holder agriculture in developing countries. With the rising and immeasurable climate change effects in such economies, cooperatives urgently need to compete as more ecologically as compared to their current economic and social targets. With the deteriorating …

Smallholder farmers in Tepus, Gunungkidul, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, rely on rain fed farming that is based on indigenous knowledge. The indigenous knowledge farming practice is called ngawu-awu relying on weather predictions on the traditional Javanese calendar called Pranata Mangsa. The traditional Javanese …

Maize cultivation in Ghana has been ongoing for centuries. Maize production in Ghana, is predominantly done under rain-fed conditions by smallholder farmers. The agro-ecological zones for maize cultivation in Ghana are grouped into four; the coastal savannah, forest zone, transition zone and the Guinea …