Dawn Harris (camp director, stage director, and voice instructor), Sarah Johnson (director), Michael Tilley (director and pianist), and ISYM Musical Theatre Ensemble (performer)
Viewed on 29 January, 2008. "El escritor colombiano volvió después de cuarto siglo al pueblo bananero que inspiró a Macondo. Llegó en una locomotora y fue recibido con cañonazos y globos por 5.000 personas."
22 pages, While climate change threatens global food security, health, and nutrition outcomes, Africa is more vulnerable because its economies largely depend on rain-fed agriculture. Thus, there is need for agricultural producers in Africa to employ robust adaptive measures that withstand the risks of climate change. However, the success of adaptation measures to climate change primarily depends on the communities’ knowledge or awareness of climate change and its risks. Nonetheless, existing empirical research is still limited to illuminate farmers’ awareness of the climate change problem. This study employs a Bayesian hierarchical logistic model, estimated using Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (HMC) methods, to empirically determine drivers of smallholder farmers’ awareness of climate change and its risks to agriculture in Zambia. The results suggest that on average, 77% of farmers in Zambia are aware of climate change and its risks to agriculture. We find socio-demographics, climate change information sources, climate change adaptive factors, and climate change impact-related shocks as predictors of the expression of climate change awareness. We suggest that farmers should be given all the necessary information about climate change and its risks to agriculture. Most importantly, the drivers identified can assist policymakers to provide the effective extension and advisory services that would enhance the understanding of climate change among farmers in synergy with appropriate farm-level climate-smart agricultural practices.
"Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez has been asked informally to help mediate with Fidel Castro in the case of a Cuban doctor banned from leaving the island for Argentina, where her son and grandchildren are residents."
"In 2001, Nichols left Bana and opened Macondo Design in Middle Island, which she named after the magical village in 100 years of Solitude, a novel by Gabriel García Márquez. The name struck a cord with Nichols, who said, I help peoples' dreams come true."
Chile : Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Instituto de Letras
Location:
Library, University of Illinois
Related Item Details:
29 : p. 277-280
Notes:
Reviews "Press articles" by the Diego Barros Center of Studies of DIBAM. The publication compiles all of Chilean novelist Cristian Huneeus' journalistic work. Comments on García Márquez and his 1982 Nobel Prize.
6 pages, The COVID-19 pandemic has restricted traditional delivery of Extension programs. Our group of Rutgers agricultural agents responded by developing a weekly webinar series to remotely continue agricultural consultations and provide an open forum for farmers. Pandemic-related topics included farm labor, compliance with state executive orders, supply-chain disruptions, livestock processing, farmer assistance programs, and other issues. Participation from 258 farmers, agricultural agencies, and other groups resulted in effective networking and timely delivery of information to the agriculture industry. By using available online tools, we were able to efficiently deliver Extension programming and resources to agricultural producers and industry partners. Our efforts may be informative for others as needs related to the pandemic evolve.
Secondary source, About García Márquez: The Man, the Reporter, the Writer
Publication Date:
October, 2002
Published:
Bogotá, Colombia : El Tiempo
Location:
Library, University of Illinois
Notes:
Viewed on January 24, 2008.||The newspapers of the time announced that the first Colombian to speak to Gabriel García Márquez was the president at the time, Belisario Betancur on the morning of the twenty first of October, 1982. The tale says that it was García Márquez who congratulated the president.
