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Effect of social capital on adoption of climate-smart agriculture in Nyando Basin, Kenya

Citation Birir A. 2020. Effect of social capital on adoption of climate-smart agriculture in Nyando Basin, Kenya. CCAFS Info Note. Wageningen, The Netherlands: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). Key messages Climate – smart agriculture (CSA) practices have received widespread acceptance by social groupings and community – based organizations ( CBOs ) in Kenya ’...

All about CHITRAL, My hometown

Nusran is a girl in Village Anish, Bumboret Valley, Chitral,Khyber Pakhtunkhwa North Pakistan, The Kalash (Nuristani: Kasivo) or Kalasha, are an ethnic group of the Hindu Kush mountain range, residing in the Chitral district of the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. They speak the Kalash language, a member of the Dardic family of Indo-Aryan. Kalash women usually wear long black...

Contributing With Code: Purity Birir’s Developer Journey

Purity Birir will be attending this year’s Grace Hopper Celebration in Houston, Texas from September 26–28, 2018. Her journey into software development is one that began in apathy towards the status quo, and a burning desire to contribute to the world as best as she could.[1] Not long before Purity became an Andela developer, she was studying for a college...

Cleanliness drive launched in Kalash Valley

PESHAWAR: The Tourism Corporation Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (TCKP) along with the local people and students launched a cleanliness drive in Kalash valley in Chitral district as part of the initiative to restore the natural beauty of scenic sites after the Chilimjusht festival. The cleanliness campaign was launched by the volunteers of TCKP, local people and students who removed garbage and junk...