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  1 - Factors Affecting Health Seeking Behavior among Rural Dwellers in Nigeria and its Implication on Rural Livelihood
  Edward Omeire
  Majority of the Nigerian population lives in rural area, where agriculture is the mainstay. Nigerian rural areas are the most neglected and its people, the most deprived with regard to the provision of modern health care services. Besides, they lack other basic infrastr أکثر

  Majority of the Nigerian population lives in rural area, where agriculture is the mainstay. Nigerian rural areas are the most neglected and its people, the most deprived with regard to the provision of modern health care services. Besides, they lack other basic infrastructural necessary for the maintenance and promotion of good health. The implication is that rural dwellers are subjected to high incidence of morbidity and mortality resulting from the incidence of preventable and infectious disease. Knowledge about health care seeking behavior is very crucial in health care policies formulation, early diagnosis, effective treatment and implementation of appropriate interventions in the rural areas where productive tasks are labor-intensive. In order to build a responsive health system in the rural areas, there is need to understand the health seeking behaviors on the demand side and that is the only way to expect improved health outcomes. This paper explores the factors influencing health-seeking behavior of rural areas in Nigeria and its implication on rural livelihood. تفاصيل المقالة
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  2 - Factors Influencing Rural Livelihood Diversification Activities among Women in Northern Region of Ghana
  Hamza Adam Henny Osbahr
  Livelihood sustainability remains a major challenge for rural households in Northern Ghana. Although farming has traditionally been the core livelihood strategy for most households, diversifying into non-farm activities remains a common livelihood strategy employed to s أکثر

  Livelihood sustainability remains a major challenge for rural households in Northern Ghana. Although farming has traditionally been the core livelihood strategy for most households, diversifying into non-farm activities remains a common livelihood strategy employed to sustain household basic needs, particularly for women, who because of their gender often face challenges in accessing land for farming purposes. There remains a dearth in knowledge regarding understanding fully the factors, which influence livelihood diversification activities women in Ghana. The paper uses a Probit model to examine the factors that influence livelihood diversification activities, using cross-sectional data from households in Northern Ghana. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to select 260 households for investigation. Data were collected by use of survey questionnaire and analysed using Probit model with livelihood diversification being the dependent variable. The findings showed that age, household size, formal education, group membership, participation in training, participation in decision-making, resource access and level of household poverty to influence women’s participation in livelihood diversification. The results suggest that policy to improve women’s participation in decision-making and provide support to women non-farm livelihood groups in the form of training, credit and markets, which will be vital to enhancing livelihood and reducing poverty in Northern Ghana. تفاصيل المقالة
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  3 - Ranking Rural Livelihood Capitals in the Central District of Dena county: the Application of Analytic Network Process (ANP)
  زینب شریفی مهدی نوری پور
  Sustainable Livelihoods Approach emerged in the 1980s as anew analytical approach in the field of rural development inwhich the rural livelihood capitals form the basis of the villagers'empowerment and their ability to get involved in their own individualand social dest أکثر

  Sustainable Livelihoods Approach emerged in the 1980s as anew analytical approach in the field of rural development inwhich the rural livelihood capitals form the basis of the villagers'empowerment and their ability to get involved in their own individualand social destiny. This study aimed to answer thequestion that how much the importance of each type of livelihoodcapitals is in the Central District of Dena County in an attemptto improve rural development interventions. The statistical populationof the study consisted of local experts of Central Districtof Dena County that involved village managers and villagecouncil members out of which 15 individuals were purposefullyselected based on their accessibility. Data were collected througha questionnaire which was developed to conduct pairwise comparisonsof livelihood capitals according to the ANP method.Super Decisions software was used in order to rank livelihoodcapitals and their sub-indexes. The results showed that fromamong the five types of capital, physical capital was at the firstpriority. In addition, human, natural and social capitals were atthe second, third and fourth priorities, respectively. Finally,financial capital was in the last priority. Therefore, in planningand investing to achieve sustainable livelihood in rural areas,physical and human capital should be taken into considerationmore than any other capitals. تفاصيل المقالة
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  4 - Review of Rangeland Stewardship in Central Asia Balancing Improved Livelihoods, Biodiversity Conservation and Land Protection
  Ali Ariapour
  The book is an ambitious attempt to cover a very wide range of topics related Biodiversity Conservation and Land Protection and to serve the interests of a wide variety of plants, ecosystems, managements, rangelands and livestock. Central Asia is vast, and the environme أکثر

  The book is an ambitious attempt to cover a very wide range of topics related Biodiversity Conservation and Land Protection and to serve the interests of a wide variety of plants, ecosystems, managements, rangelands and livestock. Central Asia is vast, and the environmental diversity reflects the contrasts that give rise within the region of the coldest and hottest deserts, extensive steppe, grasslands and rangelands, alpine meadows, glacier fields, and mountains and plains. It is this great variation in geography, topography, and climate that provides the rich and unique diversity found in the region’s ecosystems. There is great disparity too in the ethnicity of its peoples and the economic status of the various countries within the region. The pressures on these rich natural resources (including water from the high mountains) and environmental systems generally have, however, been increasing over the past few decades. Rapid population growth, urbanization, rising economic output, and more consumptive lifestyles, coupled with increasing incidence of poverty, have all contributed to the region’s struggle to adjust to the market economy and the demands of the increasingly disenfranchised citizens, especially those on or just above the poverty line. Sustainable use of rangelands is considered a key component of the ADB (Asian Development Bank)/GEF approach. Development of a land ethic that promotes better long-term management is central to this effort. Sharing and dissemination of experiences in sustainable rangeland management gleaned over many years by local and foreign experts whose knowledge of these Central Asian countries is unsurpassed is a vital part of this effort. This book is a significant and most valuable contribution to the knowledge sharing that has been promoted and implemented through the ADB/GEF partnership. تفاصيل المقالة