Sentences with phrase «on cultural practices»

Pimentel noted that although cash crops can not be grown as frequently over time on organic farms because of the dependence on cultural practices to supply nutrients and control pests and because labor costs average about 15 percent higher in organic farming systems, the higher prices that organic foods command in the marketplace still make the net economic return per acre either equal to or higher than that of conventionally produced crops.

One of these projects, Home Works Forum (HWF), launched in 2002, has since evolved into a pre-eminent platform for research on cultural practices within the region and beyond.

Reema Salha Fadda is Commissioning Editor (Reviews) at Ibraaz, and a writer and researcher on cultural practices from the MENA region.

The workshops will focus on cultural practices, organic regulations, incentives and certification fees, and also offer producers a chance to meet with potential marketers such as Ardent Mills, he said.

A new, free, web - based publication on cultural practice is now available, «In Terms of Performance» is a keywords anthology designed to provoke...

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It's important to develop cultural values and practices to make sure the entire company is on the same page.

While being one of the headliners at this past weekend's D.C. Pride, Cyrus stepped on stage wearing a rainbow bindi, a cultural item worn by people who practice Hinduism.

Developmental lending as practiced by IBC involves providing financial services (primarily loans) to aboriginal people who, for a variety of cultural and / or financial reasons, are alienated by mainstream lending institutions; approving loan applications on the basis of typical financial considerations while taking into account the potential for positive social or community outcomes; and evaluating social outcomes resulting from the loan portfolio over the long term.

This paper surveys behavioral science findings on how cultural attributes and management practices can either promote or undermine voluntary adherence to ethical standards, workplace rules and legal requirements, with special attention to the communicative aspect of management practices.

Her independent research documented the impact of political shifts on endangered cultural practices in modern Latin America.

Wahhabism emphasizes the importance of avoiding non-Islamic cultural practices and non-Muslim fraternity on the grounds that the sunna and the central importance of Muhammad as exemplar forbid imitating non-Muslims.

This book does not address Scripture, but it sheds important light on the cultural norms and practices that would have shaped early Christians» understandings of same - sex sexuality.

He then goes on to praise E. D. Hirsch's Cultural Literacy as a more useful critique of current educational practices because it works in «the framework of a Deweyan understanding of democracy» in which students are to be made better citizens by preparing them to «recognize more allusions, and thereby be able to take part in more conversations, read more, have more sense of what those in power are up to, cast better - informed votes.

Knowledge depends on and is conditioned by both our historical - cultural situation and in the context of certain practices.

But this insistence on Kantian morality, to my mind, shows a thinness regarding the foundation of ethics not only when it moves to an abstraction beyond settled emotive, historical and cultural practices, whether they be for better or worse.

It is possible, of course, that water baptism continued to be practiced as frequently as ever, and the writers simply stopped mentioning it, but when we understand the cultural and religious significance of water baptism in the first century Mediterranean world, and specifically the role of baptism within the book of Acts, it becomes clear that water baptism served a special and specific role within the early church which became unnecessary later on.

We do this to understand the impact that television is having upon our worship practices and take on the larger question of how we are to interpret our faith in our «electronic» cultural milieu.

I agree with Bill Maher, but then again I'm a lifelong atheist... I have never believed for one minute that the god as portrayed in the bible or koran has any possibility of being real to everyone, otherwise that god would make itself obvious and not hide behind man made lies and cultural practices that self perpetuate thanks fo fear... otherwise there would not be several thousand man made religions trying to claim that god as their own... yes, it is an opinion, only valid to the opinion holder and no one else... Bill, thanks for so strongly making that point, not that it makes any difference to god fearing people... they will hold on to their opinion as strongly as they hold on to their shotgun, thinking that each provides them with some form of security... to intelligent people, neither is secure and neither leads to true freedom of the mind...

To quote Paul Brass in his essay on ethnicity and nationalism, «The cultural and religious forms, values and practices of South Asian countries have become political resources of the elite in competition for political power and economic advantages.»

This reading practice, offering a purchase on literature to anyone who wanted one, receded in the 1970s as pedagogues turned from New Criticism to Big Theory, and further in the 1990s as poetry and novels lost prestige and young people no longer aspired to read them closely for cultural capital.

On that day, many years ago, I was confronted with a truth that operated practically among rural Christians from a Dalit background: the church's effort to estrange Christians from their Dalit religio - cultural roots and their Dalit Hindu neighbors had not been successful when it came to community practice.

It requires what might best be called «theology of culture,» theological reflection on critical implications of cultural change for congregations» practices, and it calls for envisioning possible constructive reshaping of a congregation's practices insofar as they are ways in which the congregation tells its story in and to its host culture.

So too, attention to congregations whose practice of worship is necessarily shaped by its cultural setting would not be parochially limited to what goes on «within» congregations but rather have to question the value of any sharp contrast between «inside» and «outside» and attend to what is known about the cultural settings that inescapably shape its enactments of worship.

The question is where such core religious teachings can and should «trump» cultural practices, and how consensus can be achieved on these divisive issues.

The form of argument in this presentation has emphasized several specific points: first, that the Asian values argument, as a challenge to the implementation of constitutional democracy, is exaggerated and fails to account for the richness of values discourse in the East Asian region - local values do not provide a justification for harsh authoritarian practices; second, that the cultural prerequisites arguments fail because they ignore the discursive processes for value development and they are tautological, excessively deterministic and ignore the importance of human agency it, therefore, makes little sense to take an entry test for constitutional democracy; third, the difficulties of importing Western communitarian ideas into an East Asian authoritarian environment without adequate liberal constitutional safeguards; fourth, the positive role of constitutionalism in constructing empowering conversations in modern democratic development and as a venue for values discourse; fifth, the importance, especially in a cross-cultural context, of indigenization of constitutionalism through local institutional embodiment; and sixth, the value of extending research focused on the positive engendering or enabling function of constitutionalism to the developmental context in general and East Asia in particular.

Other activities in four municipalities in Mindanao include forum on golden rice and organic agriculture, organic food and products fair, press conference, concert, cultural presentations (reading of poems on organic agriculture composed by farmers), t - shirts printing, dissemination of campaign materials, sharing of farmers» practices and innovations, boodle fight, and opening of organic trading post.

Plus, Australian Certified Organic products are not tested on animals and certified organic ingredients have been produced through approved methods that integrate cultural, biological, and mechanical practices that foster cycling of resources, promote ecological balance, and conserve biodiversity.

This will happen by adopting a culture of innovation and continuous improvement that works to implement best practices across a full spectrum of sustainability dimensions — social, ecological, economic, cultural and accountability — for the benefit of all of agriculture and the peoples of the world that depend on it.

They are based on developmental science and integrate research as well as best practice from attachment science, neuroscience, developmental psychology, and cultural tradition.

Univ. of Albany & New York State Health Dept. — webinar — Aug. 3, 8:30 - 10:30 am — The impact of social and cultural values on breastfeeding practice and strategies to address disparities

Recognize the effect of cultural diversity on breastfeeding attitudes and practices and encourage variations, if appropriate, that effectively promote and support breastfeeding in different cultures.

«Let's all join hands and support our President to deal with all negative cultural practices including witchcraft accusations, child marriages, begging on the streets and kayayei among others.»

The completion of this test dataset aimed to establish best practices in coding cultural heritage destruction information as well as a case study on the relationship between sectarian violence and cultural heritage destruction.

In Liming, local communities used to harvest wood on a rotational basis, assigning mature trees by lottery and strictly policing how much could be cut, even as other cultural practices — such as cooking the fodder for pigs — added more pressure.

«I'm not surprised the results have been mixed, because the previous studies have involved different societies, cultural practices and so on.»

It has long been debated whether that change in subsistence strategy involved the mass migration of people from the Near East bringing innovative technologies and domestic animals to Europe or whether it was due to a transmission of cultural practices passed on from neighbouring populations.

The discovery could put the kibosh on a dubious distinction that some researchers have ascribed to humanity, said Sirianni — the idea that ours is the only species with detrimental cultural practices.

The entrepreneur and speaker is on a mission to help individuals and organizations cultivate the personal practices, workflow adaptations, and environmental / cultural shifts needed to become more agile and innovative in the face of uncertainty with a greater sense of ease.

Drawing on his father's teachings, Desikachar went on to develop Viniyoga, a highly individualized approach to yoga that tailors the practice to each student's specific physical condition, emotional state, age, cultural background, and interests.

Participants will examine their personal strengths, fears and cultural histories in relation to their role as a teacher, understand the needs of students and schools, learn classroom management techniques, write lesson plans and practice teaching Bent On Learning's yoga curriculum for primary, middle and high school students.

Join some of the leading experts on applying mindfulness in clinical practice, and learn how to tailor mindfulness practices to your individual clients based on their history, personality, age, religious orientation, cultural background, and presenting problems.

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These services offer singles a more culturally - specific experience based on ethnicity, allowing singles to search for those that may closely align with their cultural practices and preferences.

As of 2015, 59 percent of Americans believe that online dating is a good way to meet people, with cultural acceptance of the practice on the rise.

This niche should always be lucrative since sociologists and psychologists insist on the point that choosing romantic partners among those who shares their religious beliefs, cultural background and ethnicity is a common practice for people.

These online services offer Latino singles a more culturally - specific experience based on ethnicity, allowing singles to search for those that may closely align with their cultural practices and preferences.

These sites offer singles a more culturally - specific experience based on ethnicity, allowing singles to search for those that may closely align with their cultural practices and preferences.

Jones» definition largely focuses on the films themselves, though it is necessary to expand on this composition so that the entire filmic and cultural practices of hardcore horror can be integrated into dominant accounts.

to modify the social and cultural patterns of conduct of men and women, with a view to achieving the elimination of prejudices and customary and all other practices which are based on the idea of the inferiority or superiority of either of the sexes or on stereotyped roles for men and women.»

It would be at least negatively challenging and scandalous to try to defend these harmful practices relying on a society's anachronistic religious and cultural beliefs and theories.