ABSTRACT The main constraints to livestock development in Ghana are diseases, nutrition. The impacts of these diseases are devastating in peasant farmers’ households. However, there are no adequate veterinary services to support in Animal Health Care. The study was carried out in the Bolgatanga Municipality of the Upper East Region of Ghana to assess the effects of cash and carry of veterinary health care delivery on peasant livestock farmers’ output using hundred peasant livestock farme...
ABSTRACT Economic liberalisation in Ghana has made the hitherto unprofitable mining sector the most viable sector o f the economy over the past decade. Cost effectiveness consideration and improved extraction technologies have combined to make open pit mining the preferred method of mining among the large number o f mining companies operating in the country. However, the open pit mining has some perceived environmental consequences. The subject matter o f this dissertation is to find out the ...
ABSTRACT The study set out to examine the effectiveness of the Community Based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) as a close-to-client strategy in health care delivery within the West Mamprusi District. The study applied a mixed approach and used 195 community members and 24 key informants. The simple random, purposive and convenient sampling procedure was used as sample size for the study. The study found that community perception of the programme is that the compound is a hospital or clin...
ABSTRACT From a small district capital in the early 1980s, Wa the capital of the Upper West Region has grown to the status of a municipality. The phenomenal urban growth and its accompanying expansion have had a profound effect on the peri-urban communities. These communities have had their livelihood activities negatively affected but the extent to which the urban expansion has affected agricultural output and peri urban farmers’ coping strategies has not attracted much academic attention...
ABSTRACT Shea fruits and honey are important non-timber forest products which provide income for most rural poor people in Northern Ghana. However, little attention is given the shea and honey sector in Northern Ghana regarding its management, use, value addition and market. The study was therefore carried out to determine the yields of honey and densities of shea trees, local uses and market opportunities of shea and honey, local conservation practices for sustainable harvest of shea and ho...
ABSTRACT Institutional records are the essential evidence of decisions, actions and transactions of the organisation’s interactions with the public, so records must be created and maintained as evidence of efficiency, effectiveness and accountability. Records support the decision-making process, enhance accountability, help the Premier League Board in litigation, reduces waste and many more. However, it has been realized that the Ghana Football Association and the Premier League Board pay ...
ABSTRACT A case study design and a qualitative approach were adopted by the study to examine how the Lambussie District Assembly applied Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation (PM&E) on the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) projects it implemented in its area of authority between 2013 and 2017. It emerged from the study that Lambussie District Assembly applied a tokenism form of participation and involved its stakeholders as observers to monitor and evaluate the DACF projects it implem...
ABSTRACT This study examines the corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities of Newmont, in the Birim North District in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The operations of Newmont in the area directly affect eight communities, four are purposively selected, Abirem, Maamaso, Resettlement and Yayaso, for study in this work. The corporate governance philosophical approach that Newmont proffers to provide CSR interventions in the affected communities is through participation. This CSR delivery a...
ABSTRACT Extreme weather events such as floods and drought in Africa are considered a major indication of climate change. Current climate change projections indicate progressively severe negative impacts on many countries across the world with the most severe impacts affecting the world’s poorest countries with the weakest capacity to adapt. Crop yields in Ghana are estimated to reduce due to projected decline in rainfall and upsurge in temperature. ...
ABSTRACT The importance of the operations of MFIs on the income of households in northern Ghana cannot be over stated considering the prevalence of poverty in that area. This research compared the microfinance systems in the Upper West Region of Ghana to determine their relative impact on households’ income and asset value. Data collection was done using an interview guide and a questionnaire and data analysis was carried out using descriptive statistics, multiple regression, multinomial p...
ABSTRACT The role of capacity development in urban planning is becoming more and more crucial due to the dramatic increase in urban population and allied urban problems. Strengthening planning agency capacity is fundamental to the design of public policies and programmme interventions for achieving sustainable urban development. This study therefore aimed at ascertaining urban planning capacity development responses to rapid urbanization in Wa Township and Lawra Township. Specifically it add...
ABSTRACT Over six hundred thousand deaths attributable to household air pollution (HAP) occur annually in Africa. On average, women who smoke fish spend six hours daily exposed to hazardous pollutants from biomass fuel. Continued exposure to household air pollution presents a direct health risk to the fish processors, particularly, women and children who are exposed to air pollutants. The main objective of the study was to assess the health and climate implications of biomass consumption by ...
ABSTRACT This study examined the question of women’s participation in local governance in the Builsa North District. The main objective of the study was to examine the views of community members on the extent to which women participate in local governance in the Builsa North District. A survey design was applied in the study. Questionnaire, Key Informant Interviews guides and Focus Group Discussions guides were the main tool and methods used to collect empirical data respectively. Data anal...
ABSTRACT Technologies can improve educational delivery in schools. This study examined the role of ICT tools in lessons in thirty (30) public basic schools in the Tamale Metropolis. Diffusion of Innovation (DOI) Theory anchored the study. The study as a mixed method, adopted cross-sectional design. Simple random, cluster and purposive sampling were used to select a sample size of 398 to participate in the study. Questionnaires were used for the quantitative data and semi-structured interview...
ABSTRACT Bushfire serves as a natural instrument for generating re-growth and new life enabling fire dependent species to survive, maintain biodiversity and habitat structure. This study examined the nature of the prevalent socio-cultural practices inducing the incidence of bushfires and the effectiveness of the preventive measures put in place to curb it in the Sissala East District. Multiple methods were employed in the study including interview schedules, personal and focus group intervie...