EXTENDED ABSTRACT In Tanzania, local chicken farming is an integral part of the rural economy with a high potential for poverty reduction and enhancing food security. However, despite its contributions to household economy and food security, local chicken productivity remains low because of low genetic potential, diseases and poor feeding. One of the options to increase local chicken production and productivity is the adoption of the chicken strains with high genetic potential. In that respe...
ABSTRACT A cross sectional study was carried out during the dry season (between June and August 2014) to establish the status of helminth infestation in nine traditionally managed small ruminant flocks in Mlandizi village of Melela ward in Mvomero district of the Morgoro region. A longitudinal study was thereafter implemented from August 2014 to January 2015 to determine the influence of Haemonchus spp. target Barbevax® vaccine on gastrointestinal parasite burdens in traditional sheep and g...
ABSTRACT It has not been established yet whether or not the availability, accessibility and content of communication media and their related factors influence heterogeneous groups in their preferences for communication media for the acquisition of agricultural information in rural communities in Tanzania. This study aimed at establishing preferences for communication media for the acquisition of agricultural information by rural community members in Mvomero and Kilosa Districts. It comprised...
EXTENDED ABSTRACT Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a metabolic disease caused by either inadequate insulin produced by beta cells of the pancreas or inability of body cells to respond to insulin produced. Prevalence of this disease is increasing rapidly around the world. This study was conducted to assess the prevalence, awareness and management of T2DM among adults in Mwanza City, Tanzania. A multistage random sampling technique was employed to obtain representative subjects. A total of 2...
In 1991, the Zambian economy was liberalized and the agricultural sector was not spared. The out-growerprivate sector interest in outgrowing grew and has been on an increase ever since.In 1991, rural poverty stood at 88 percent and 46.8 percent for urban poverty respectively. The Living Conditions Monitoring Survey (LCMS) conducted in 2015 revealed that rural poverty stood at 76.6 percent and 23.4 percent for urban poverty respectively. To this effect, rural poverty still remains high and pre...
This thesis showcases a business value proposition to policy makers for the adoption of a new business paradigm involving the infusion of knowledge management practices, strategic thinking and government policy intervention for divapreneurship development in Zimbabwe. The significance of knowledge management (KM), in women entrepreneurial development arises from the fact that KM is considered as one of the most effective strategic toolsfor enterprise survival (Kim and Koh, 2011). Notwiths...
The Judiciary, as the guardian of the Constitution, through its Courts, plays its principle role of administering justice, promoting the rule of law and protecting human rights of individuals, as such it should be housed in proper fit for purpose infrastructure. However, the Judiciary in Zambia, especially at Subordinate Court level, has continued to operate in pre-independence court buildings which are too small and not conducive for the dispensation of justice in the modern era. Though the ...
This research topic is entitled ‘Strategic Lean Thinking and Value Management for Gravel Roads’. The study captured 82 respondents as research sample to a case study of Output Performance - Based Contracts (OPRCs) for the Construction and Maintenance of Gravel Roads in Zambia. Purposive sampling was used as most research participants were drawn from second generation OPRCs that were active between 2009 and 2014. The study was aimed at devising new Construction and Maintenance Contract met...
The emergence of an entrepreneurial university in the United States and its consequent adoption in mostly developed and developing economies has made governments virtually all over the world to recognize the potential of the university as a resource to enhance innovation environments and create a regime of science-based economic development. In addition to addressing gaps in the National Innovation System, an entrepreneurial university provides solutions to myriad challenges faced by higher e...
Mining is the key sector to Zambia’s economic development. The sector is a major contributor to national export earnings and employment. Nevertheless, the importance of mining industry to the economy depends on sustained high levels of production output. As such, Lubambe Copper Mine (LCM) under Konkola North project was commissioned in 2010 with the view of producing 200,000 tonnes of Ore per month by 2014. However, this target could not be achieved due to the high rate of drill rig breakdo...
This thesis is entitled “The Challenges of Peacebuilding in Matebeleland North and South Provinces. Zimbabwe (1980-2010).” The main objectives of this study include to establish the major factors contributing to failure of peace-building in the Matabeleland North and South Provinces. Another objective of the study is to evaluate the approaches that can be used to achieve sustainable peace building in the two provinces. Some of the research questions were: What are the major reasons for ...
Introduction Information ethics provides an ethical framework for library professionals to carry out information related works such as acquiring, storing, processing, making available and using information. Ethics is a branch of philosophy that is concerned with human conduct, more specifically the behaviour of individuals in society. Ethics examines the rational justification for our moral judgments; it studies what is morally right or wrong, just or unjust (Kaddu 2007). With increasing re...
ABSTRACT Karl Popper (1902 – 1994), a Vienna-born philosopher advanced a liberal theory of Incremental Change also known as “piece meal social engineering” which prefers reforms to revolution. He had argued that in view of the ontological fallibility of human rationality, the safest course in human actions should be to make sure that all programmes of change are advanced in small steps so that unexpected ill-effects of any action is closely checked. For him, socio-political revolution ...
Following a realisation that during each plebiscite in Zimbabwe, scores of people are injured, killed and displaced due to the intensity of political violence, this research was carried out to focus on the possible role of traditional taboos in restraining the behaviours of the conflict perpetrators. This is against the fact that traditionally, taboos were used as a policing mechanism in respective communities. However, due to the advent of globalisation, modernity and other influences, some ...
EXTENDED ABSTRACT Rice leaf blast is a rice disease caused by fungus Pyricularia oryzae Cavara. The disease is widely spread in all rice ecological systems in Zanzibar viz; rainfed upland, rainfed lowland and irrigated. In Zanzibar rice is a staple food crop that serves 3.1 millions people but the crop is highly infected with rice leaf blast disease a major producton constraint. A comprehensive survey was conducted in six districts of Zanzibar islands covering three districts in Unguja viz: ...