Agriculture is the mainstay of the Ethiopian economy. However, the production of crops in the Northern Ethiopia especially Tigray Region is at subsistence level due to drought, erratic rainfall and poor soil fertility. Since cactus pear is a drought-resistant plant, it is considered as a lifesaver fruit …

Linking farmers to markets widely viewed as a milestone towards promoting economic growth and poverty reduction. The vast opportunity in agriculture, tourism and light industries is available in Zanzibar will help to boost poverty reduction and sustainable development of the nation. However, the weak …

Introduction: Patient education is a relatively new science within the field of health care. In the past it consisted mainly of the transfer of knowledge and mostly biomedically based advice. Research has shown this to not be effective and sometimes counterproductive. As health care has moved away from …

The number of local energy initiatives in the Netherlands is rising. The so called ‘Buurkrachtbuurten’ are contributing to this growth. ‘Buurkracht’ is a non-profit organisation aiming to support neighbourhoods in their attempts to reduce energy consumption. Their goal is save as much energy as possible …

More and more people suffer from age-related eye conditions, e.g. Macular Degeneration. One of the problems experienced by these people is navigation. A strategy shown by many juvenile visually impaired persons (VIPs) is using auditory information for navigation. Therefore, it is important to train age-related …

The Museum Volkenkunde (National Museum of Ethnology) in Leiden is a museum about people and their cultures. The museum’s activities consist of permanent exhibitions of objects from eight different cultural areas around the world as well as small and large temporary exhibitions. To attract visitors to …

This thesis is written for ‘Theater aan de Schie’ to determine which measures they should take to generate more revenue from the rental of the theater. This research provides insight into how companies find a location and which criteria they find important. This thesis used the Marketing RaDaR of Nate …

PURPOSE: To investigate whether the adapted version of the Gross Motor Function Measure-88 (GMFM-88) for children with Cerebral Palsy (CP) and Cerebral Visual Impairment (CVI) results in higher scores. This is most likely to be a reflection of their gross motor function, however it may be the result …

Purpose: The main purpose of the research was to measure reliability and validity of the Scoring Rubric for Information Literacy (Van Helvoort, 2010). Design/methodology/approach: Percentages of agreement and Intraclass Correlation were used to describe interrater reliability. For the determination …

Background: Immune-related adverse drug reactions (ADRs) to immunotherapy agents have been associated with beneficial clinical outcomes in oncology. Viscum album L. (VA, European mistletoe) is frequently used as an immunomodulatory agent alongside conventional cancer treatment in Europe. VA has been …