ABSTRACT The study showed that farmers cultivate different cassva cultivars based on popularity, duration to maturity and tolerance to African Cassava Mosaic Virus (ACMV) disease. All the five selected local were propagated in vitro using meristem explants on Murashige and Skoog (1962) basal salts and Gamborg B5 vitamins modified with benzylaminopurine (BA) (0.0 - 0.15 mg/I). There was profuse callus formation in all the cultivars. The optimal BA concentration for shoot proliferation in this ...
ABSTRACT In recent times, the critical issue of waste management has become a major subject of interest to most scholars of climate change and sustainable development experts. Protecting clean water and improving clean air are major concerns in the delivery of public service in the area of waste management in a manner that does not cause further damage to future generations. Thus the concern of government worldwide on the benefits and challenges faced by the government and the private sector ...
ABSTRACT The study revolved on how irrigation farming contributes to the livelihood of income generation as a source of support to farmers in the Ghanaian societies in the Wa West District, Upper West Region. The study is descriptive in nature and used both primary and secondary data. Also, a concurrent mixed method was used in collecting and analyzing the data. Thus, the data were discussed and presented quantitative and qualitative form. The data was examined with Statistical Package for t...
ABSTRACT The study set out to examine the theological-pastoral implications of the spiritual/religious activities of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal Movement for the evangelizing mission of the Archdiocese of Accra, Ghana. It was conducted with the understanding that the Catholic Charismatic Renewal Movement was among the fast-growing ecclesial groups in the Church and its wide-ranging activities were, for the most part, charism-and-lay-driven. The research is a qualitative study which was ...
ABSTRACT Even though there has been massive deployment of technological innovations in electoral reforms in Ghana’s democratic governance processes, elections in Ghana are still bedevilled with a myriad of challenges often resulting in stakeholder agitations after elections. The aim of this study is to assess the use of technological innovations in electoral reforms in Ghana’s democratic governance processes especially the perception of the electorate within the Tamale Metropolis. To ach...
ABSTRACT The research was conducted in the Suhum Municipality. It investigated the implementation of the Care Reform Initiative in the Municipality. A qualitative research approach was adopted for the study. Nine (9) key stakeholders of the Care Reform Initiative were purposively sampled for the study. The respondents were sampled based on their different background in terms of their profession, length of service in their various professions and their role as stakeholders in matters concernin...
ABSTRACT This study assesses women participation in crop farming in Soboba District in the Northern Region of Ghana, the challenges and prospects. The study objectives were to examine the nature of women participation, challenges affecting the participation of women and to ascertain the prospects of women participation in crop farming in Saboba District. The study adopted a descriptive analytical survey design. This study was conducted by using quantitative and Qualitative research methods. ...
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...