1) Agricultural risks in Sub-Saharan Africa are linked to low soil fertility, unpredictable water availability due to climate, and low use of soil amendments and other inputs.
2) These risks have contributed to low and unstable crop yields, increasing poverty and hunger in the region.
3) Risk mitigation strategies are needed to address soil fertility depletion and make better use of water resources through improved farming practices and investment in soil health and water management.
You cannot think your way, work your way or fight your way to God, but God ma...Rhea Myers
This document discusses how God may reach out and inspire people, rather than people being able to think or fight their way to God. It notes that God can touch and inspire people. The overall message is that people cannot achieve God through their own efforts alone, but that God can choose to inspire and connect with people.
Do today what you want to postpone until tomorrow.Rhea Myers
This document contains a collection of quotes and passages on various topics such as technology, the internet, censorship, information flow, and change. It discusses how advanced technology can seem like magic, the importance of context for information, and how the internet routes around censorship and represents a point of no return in terms of moving forward. It advocates for harnessing cross-media influencers and magnetic returns on investment.
The document summarizes key points from a conference on conservation in Kerala held in 2012. It provides 12 recommendations to improve conservation efforts in the state, including strengthening laws around wetlands and coastal zones, improving enforcement of existing regulations, addressing issues facing farmers and fishermen, and promoting sustainable development practices. Overall, the recommendations aim to balance conservation needs with livelihood concerns in Kerala.
This document discusses landslide risk mapping for the entire Swiss national road network. It describes the Swiss Federal Roads Office's (FEDRO) risk management process, which includes creating intensity maps to assess hazard likelihood and attributes. FEDRO then uses its GIS-based tool called RoadRisk to overlay the maps with road segments and calculate segment-specific risks of impacts like human death, property damage, and closure costs from various natural hazards such as landslides, floods, and rockfalls. The goal is to produce a Swiss-wide risk map to help prioritize risk reduction measures across the national road network.
This document contains a summary of Vinay Kumar's professional experience and qualifications. He has over 15 years of experience in facility management roles, having worked as a shift engineer, facility executive, and supervisor for various companies. His responsibilities have included building maintenance, responding to emergencies, managing teams, and coordinating with vendors. Vinay holds a diploma in electrical engineering and has technical qualifications in wireman trades. He is seeking a suitable position as a facilities engineer or consultant.
1) Agricultural risks in Sub-Saharan Africa are linked to low soil fertility, unpredictable water availability due to climate, and low use of soil amendments and other inputs.
2) These risks have contributed to low and unstable crop yields, increasing poverty and hunger in the region.
3) Risk mitigation strategies are needed to address soil fertility depletion and make better use of water resources through improved farming practices and investment in soil health and water management.
You cannot think your way, work your way or fight your way to God, but God ma...Rhea Myers
This document discusses how God may reach out and inspire people, rather than people being able to think or fight their way to God. It notes that God can touch and inspire people. The overall message is that people cannot achieve God through their own efforts alone, but that God can choose to inspire and connect with people.
Do today what you want to postpone until tomorrow.Rhea Myers
This document contains a collection of quotes and passages on various topics such as technology, the internet, censorship, information flow, and change. It discusses how advanced technology can seem like magic, the importance of context for information, and how the internet routes around censorship and represents a point of no return in terms of moving forward. It advocates for harnessing cross-media influencers and magnetic returns on investment.
The document summarizes key points from a conference on conservation in Kerala held in 2012. It provides 12 recommendations to improve conservation efforts in the state, including strengthening laws around wetlands and coastal zones, improving enforcement of existing regulations, addressing issues facing farmers and fishermen, and promoting sustainable development practices. Overall, the recommendations aim to balance conservation needs with livelihood concerns in Kerala.
This document discusses landslide risk mapping for the entire Swiss national road network. It describes the Swiss Federal Roads Office's (FEDRO) risk management process, which includes creating intensity maps to assess hazard likelihood and attributes. FEDRO then uses its GIS-based tool called RoadRisk to overlay the maps with road segments and calculate segment-specific risks of impacts like human death, property damage, and closure costs from various natural hazards such as landslides, floods, and rockfalls. The goal is to produce a Swiss-wide risk map to help prioritize risk reduction measures across the national road network.
This document contains a summary of Vinay Kumar's professional experience and qualifications. He has over 15 years of experience in facility management roles, having worked as a shift engineer, facility executive, and supervisor for various companies. His responsibilities have included building maintenance, responding to emergencies, managing teams, and coordinating with vendors. Vinay holds a diploma in electrical engineering and has technical qualifications in wireman trades. He is seeking a suitable position as a facilities engineer or consultant.
The document provides advice for homeowners looking to sell their house, including cleaning and presenting the home, getting an objective evaluation and inspection done, highlighting desirable selling points, considering the optimal time to sell based on market conditions, and seeking professional assistance for legal and building issues.
This document summarizes Fredrik Bynander's presentation at GRF Davos 2012 on dealing with disaster in transitional democracies. The presentation discusses how regimes in transition are unstable due to constitutional compromises feeding power struggles and inertia. It also notes that transitions breed replacement strategies across institutions, causing a lack of coordination. Specifically, it examines mechanisms of state response to disasters in transitional democracies, looking at factors that influence crisis occurrence like institutional erosion, rigidity, and underinstitutionalization as well as crisis response factors such as authoritarian reflexes, leadership, politics, external influence, media, and learning.
This document contains a collection of quotes and passages on various topics such as technology, innovation, and social networks. It discusses how technologies can have unintended consequences, the importance of information occurring in context, and how social networks allow individuals to establish an online identity and share it with their connections. The document concludes by recommending companies disintermediate data-driven markets, drive one-to-one channels, strategize standards-compliant metrics, and remember that all people need moments of reflection.
IJERD (www.ijerd.com) International Journal of Engineering Research and Devel...IJERD Editor
This document summarizes an experimental study on the effect of changing the grade of concrete on composite structural members. Beams and columns were cast using rolled steel sections like angles and pipes as reinforcement, with varying grades of concrete from M20 to M30. The beams and columns were tested to determine failure loads and deformations under flexure and axial compression. Test results showed that using rolled steel sections as reinforcement was advantageous even with variations in concrete grade. Failure loads generally increased with higher concrete grades. The modulus of elasticity was also calculated from load-deflection data and compared for the different grades and member types. The results and comparisons were used to determine the effect of changing concrete grade on the behavior of composite members.
This document discusses annualized earthquake fatalities and targets for long-term risk reduction. It examines average annualized earthquake deaths in different countries normalized by population. Models are presented for estimating annualized casualties based on earthquake scenarios, building damage and population exposure at different times of day. The impact of policy options like retrofitting buildings, improving building codes, and reducing informal housing on casualty reduction are explored. Targets for decreasing long-term earthquake mortality through 2025 and 2035 are proposed based on modeled average annual losses.
The document provides advice for homeowners looking to sell their house, including cleaning and presenting the home, getting an objective evaluation and inspection done, highlighting desirable selling points, considering the optimal time to sell based on market conditions, and seeking professional assistance for legal and building issues.
This document summarizes Fredrik Bynander's presentation at GRF Davos 2012 on dealing with disaster in transitional democracies. The presentation discusses how regimes in transition are unstable due to constitutional compromises feeding power struggles and inertia. It also notes that transitions breed replacement strategies across institutions, causing a lack of coordination. Specifically, it examines mechanisms of state response to disasters in transitional democracies, looking at factors that influence crisis occurrence like institutional erosion, rigidity, and underinstitutionalization as well as crisis response factors such as authoritarian reflexes, leadership, politics, external influence, media, and learning.
This document contains a collection of quotes and passages on various topics such as technology, innovation, and social networks. It discusses how technologies can have unintended consequences, the importance of information occurring in context, and how social networks allow individuals to establish an online identity and share it with their connections. The document concludes by recommending companies disintermediate data-driven markets, drive one-to-one channels, strategize standards-compliant metrics, and remember that all people need moments of reflection.
IJERD (www.ijerd.com) International Journal of Engineering Research and Devel...IJERD Editor
This document summarizes an experimental study on the effect of changing the grade of concrete on composite structural members. Beams and columns were cast using rolled steel sections like angles and pipes as reinforcement, with varying grades of concrete from M20 to M30. The beams and columns were tested to determine failure loads and deformations under flexure and axial compression. Test results showed that using rolled steel sections as reinforcement was advantageous even with variations in concrete grade. Failure loads generally increased with higher concrete grades. The modulus of elasticity was also calculated from load-deflection data and compared for the different grades and member types. The results and comparisons were used to determine the effect of changing concrete grade on the behavior of composite members.
This document discusses annualized earthquake fatalities and targets for long-term risk reduction. It examines average annualized earthquake deaths in different countries normalized by population. Models are presented for estimating annualized casualties based on earthquake scenarios, building damage and population exposure at different times of day. The impact of policy options like retrofitting buildings, improving building codes, and reducing informal housing on casualty reduction are explored. Targets for decreasing long-term earthquake mortality through 2025 and 2035 are proposed based on modeled average annual losses.