Kamonyi is one of the leading cassava producing districts in the southern province of Rwanda and cassava is the main source of food and income for farmers. Since 2014, the Cassava Brown Streak Disease outbreak reduced the cassava production and caused a considerable loss to farmers but the government …

Financial exclusion as a topic over the years has attracted several scholars to investigate the reasons why specific social groups of people get excluded from formal financial services. Some of the social groups discovered to always be excluded are women, the elderly, ethnic groups, minorities, and immigrants. …

The horticultural farming development cannot be achieved without the involvement of various shareholders including the training and research institutions. The absence of collaboration between tomato farmers and TVET higher learning institution weakens farmer’s development and does not disclose the capabilities …

Challenging behaviour, such as aggression towards oneself, others, or objects, arises in interaction with the environment and may prevent individuals from participating in society and compromise their quality of life (QoL). Literature suggests that architects can contribute to prevention, by influencing …

Participant empowerment is a foundational goal of selforganised homeless care. We aim to understand how a selforganised setting contributes to participants' empowerment. The data we analysed (56 interviews, both open and semistructured) were generated in a longitudinal participatory case study into Je …

Samenvatting: The given thesis deals with a specific treatment of outpatients in clinical psycho- oncology who have difficulties in emotionregulation. The aim of the study was to find out to what extent unconscious art therapeutical activity in combination with a following cognitive observation …

Purpose Coronary artery bypass grafting is the most frequently performed cardiac surgical procedure. Despite its benefits on survival and quality of life, it is associated with a considerable financial burden on society including sick leave. Our study aimed to explore the barriers that obstruct return …

Airport capacity has become a constraint in the air transportation networks, due to the growth of air traffic demand and the lack of resources able to accommodate this demand. This paper presents the algorithmic implementations of a decision support system for making a more efficient use of the airspace …

This research report is a casestudy of horeca logistics in Amsterdam. It shows the complexity, bottlenecks and opportunities in collaboration between market parties and the municipality in improving citylogistics. In March 2020 the Reguliersdwarsstraat in Amsterdam was virtually closed for 8 weeks by …

The objective of this study was to understand the best financial practices of members of Githunguri Dairy Farmers Cooperative Society and Olenguruone Dairy Farmers Cooperative Society, and the role of financial service providers operating in Githunguri and Olenguruone, in relation to the adoption of …