ABSTRACT Successful and sustainable agriculture mainly depend on people’s participation, particularly the involvement of the most active and creative section of the population such as the youth. Nevertheless, issues relating to the youth and agriculture still remain largely unknown, especially in the Wa West District of Ghana. This study examined, inter alia, the benefits, challenges and prospects of youth participation in agriculture in the Wa West District by the application of the theo...
ABSTRACT The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development provides a global blueprint for member countries including Ghana to translate the shared vision of sustainable development goals (SDGs) into national development plans and strategies. Over the past decades, Income Generating Activities (IGA) is increasingly used as a tool for poverty alleviation and livelihood empowerment. IGA therefore, plays a critical role towards the attainment of SDG in general and specifically the SDG4 agenda. The st...
ABSTRACT Rural women face several constraints as they seek economic empowerment for themselves and their families. Around the globe, countless NGOs and institutions have supported rural women’s economic empowerment. Development projects take place amidst a context of structural constraints but the same structure also allows women to assert their agency, whether overly or covertly. As a result, this thesis examines the role of PFT/CDP in the economic empowerment of rural women in the Eas...
ABSTRACT Higher education plays an important role in reducing poverty, inequality and facilitating sustainable economic growth and development. However, despite its relevance to national development, it comes with an enormous expenditure and challenges that most governments in both developed and developing countries continuously attempt to resolve. Students loan as a form of cost sharing element and funding mechanism has been introduced in most countries such as Australia, Kenya, Uganda and...
ABSTRACT Women’s education is a subject of growing national and international interest due to its role in social and economic development. The main aim of this study has been to examine how women’s education aids in the development of their career. Using a descriptive study design, data was gathered from both primary and secondary sources. A total of 140 women were interviewed for the main analyses while 316 women and men were also profiled from five (5) selected institutions/employment s...
ABSTRACT The study examined the effects of School Feeding Programme on enrollment, attendance and retention of pupils in beneficiary schools in the Kasena Nankana West District of the Upper East Region of Ghana. It also looked at the institutional and stakeholder’s support system for the programme and the policy support for the sustainabilityof the School Feeding Programme. Kasena Nankana West District which had the lowest pupils’ enrolment, attendance and retention rates had been a benef...
ABSTRACT Knowledge production is pivotal to the growth and development of people. As society has evolved so have knowledge production systems. Traditionally, ethnic communities have preserved and transmitted knowledge generated from their beliefs, institutions and customs from one generation to another. With the introduction of Western systems, such communities have also participated in the formalized knowledge system preserved and transmitted through formal institutions of learning such as ...
ABSTRACT This study ties access to rural electrification (RE) services with productivity and rural industrialization in Ghana. The benefit of grid-electricity is pivotal to rural economic growth. The increasing recognition of RE as a source of sustainable energy for agro processing and MSE activities translates into productive use beyond lighting. This variance is embedded in the fact that RE access is woefully inadequate for productive activities among MSEs and agro-processing industries in...
Abstract Domestic Violence is a phenomenon with grave consequences for individuals, families, and nations at large. Psychologically, abuses by an intimate partner can lead to suicidal thoughts and attempted suicide, posttraumatic stress disorder, insomnia, and anxiety disorders. The current study investigated domestic violence against men in Ghana due to the scanty scholarly attention given to the subject. The over-arching objective of the study is to understand the forms, causes of domestic ...
ABSTRACT Empowering women to contribute their quota towards community and national development has become a contemporary issue embraced worldwide. Despite the fact that women’s political participation right has been enshrined in the international law, little is known about the struggles and experience women in Africa face in their quest to participate in the development of the community and the country at large. The study sought to examine socio-cultural factors affecting the participation...
ABSTRACT The writing of the biographies of people who have gone before us is an important duty. The writing of biographies helps the present generation to have an experience of the past. It also helps people to learn good behaviors and avoid bad ones. The underlying concept of the study was the trait leadership approach and the transformational leadership approach. The study was conducted using qualitative method of collecting data. Interviews were conducted with the family, relatives, elders...
ABSTRACT The study assessed the effectiveness of rice farmer’s strategies in building climate resilience for sustainable adaptation in the Kasena-Nankana East Municipality in the Upper East Region of Ghana. The study adopted the mixed method approach which uses both quantitative and qualitative methods. Both questionnaires and interview guide were used in the collection of primary and secondary data with a sample size of 96 rice farmers and 8 key informants. The study revealed that; rice fa...
ABSTRACT Teacher job satisfaction has become an important issue in recent times given the key role of teachers in imparting knowledge and skills. It is for this reason that this study employed qualitative research tools to investigate the causes and effects of teacher job dissatisfaction on teacher performance in the Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region of Ghana. There were a total of 209 respondents, including teachers, head teachers, district educational administrators and...
ABSTRACT The Keta Municipality has the advantage in the production of a variety of fresh vegetables all year round through irrigation. The Municipality is known for its shallot production. However, if gains from shallot farming are not increasing to enable it compete with other produce; the system will be converted into other vegetable horticultures. This study aimed to assess how small scale irrigation is critical to the shallot value chain and the nature of relationship that exists among t...
ABSTRACT This study examines the headdress of Ga women as it is worn now in 2012. It investigates why the wearing of traditional headdress is no longer common and seeks to understand the choices Ga women are currently making in what headdress to wear. It further inquires into whether the headdress of Ga women reflects their status, role and beliefs as much of the literature on African headdress describes. The study finds that traditional headdress is now viewed mainly as the preserve of thos...