AbstractSeeds of Pisum sativum cv. Greenfeast were used in all of the experiments. In order to prevent imbibitional damage, seeds were slowly pre-hydrated for 1 hour on damp blotting paper prior to imbibi tion. In order to ascertain at what stage during germination the seeds had lost their desiccation-tolerance, seeds were imbjbed for different intervals (12, 36, 48, 60 hrs) prior to redrying to their original moisture content at room temperature (23° C). SLOW DRYING OF WHOLE SEEDS. For each...
ABSTRACT Oil revenue is indeed an important component of economic growth of the recipient nations. Therefore, most of the oil-rich nations invest the revenue from the oil sector into the non-oil sectors for strategic reasons. However, over the past five decades there has been a blur in the practicality to fulfilling this purpose in the context of Nigerian economy. So far, there is high inconsistency on the utilization of such oil revenue in Nigeria. Over dependence on oil revenue tends to dis...
Abstract The objective of the study was to map sweet potato value chain linkages between actors, processes and activities in Tanzania. The study is cross sectional in design.The study was conducted in Shinyanga rural and Mwanza urban districts. The study used individual interviews, focused group discussions; review of relevant practical documents and discussions with key informants. A total of 150 actors in the value chain participated. Data collected was summarized using Statistical Packag...
Abstract The objective of the study was to map sweet potato value chain linkages between actors, processes and activities in Tanzania. The study is cross sectional in design.The study was conducted in Shinyanga rural and Mwanza urban districts. The study used individual interviews, focused group discussions; review of relevant practical documents and discussions with key informants. A total of 150 actors in the value chain participated. Data collected was summarized using Statistical Packag...
ABSTRACT Maternal mortality is a global concern and a consensus has been reached that the health of mothers and children is an important indicator of national health and the socio-economic development of countries. Monitoring progress in maternal mortality reduction relies on reproductive health indicators, including the proportion of births attended by a skilled health worker and antenatal care coverage. Besides playing an educative role on the importance of skilled birth attendance, the us...
ABSTRACT This study was set out to examine the influence of owner- manager’s competences on the performance of small restaurant businesses in urban Tanzania since there are patchy empirical evidences on the same. To achieve this, criterion and simple random sampling techniques were employed to obtain a sample of three hundred, ninety two (392) small restaurant businesses from the list of all licensed small restaurants in Ilala and Dodoma district. Information was collected from owner-manage...
ABSTRACT Most Developing Nations suffer from hunger due to excessive grain’s Post-Harvest Loss (PHL) Hence, ensuring food security in Africa is among the 2030 Sustainable development goals (SDGs). To achieve that, it is necessary for farmers to adopt modern and improved grain storage technologies to minimize PHL. However, due to financial constraints, smallholder farmers use traditional methods due to their limited income. Therefore, financing initiatives are needed to enable them to adopt...
ABSTRACT Nigeria’s fiscal deficits have persistently exceeded the conventional benchmark of 5.0% as a proportion of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) when it averaged 9.8% per annum between 1970 and 2008. Over the same period, the mean annual growth rates of real GDP, investment and money growth stood at 2.3%, 1.8% and 2.6%, respectively. While, there is a growing body of empirical literature on the effect of fiscal deficit on the current account balance, there is very little attempt by research...
ABSTRACT This study investigates the relationship between the bank rate, unemployment and inflation rates in Namibia, and it also interrogates the policy implications of using the bank rate as a policy instrument not only to maintain price stability, but also to influence the unemployment rate in Namibia. In the same vein, the study aims to find out whether the Phillips curve is applicable to the Namibian economy, by using times series data of inflation, unemployment and bank rate from 1961 ...
ABSTRACT The objective of the study is to determine the impact of affirmative action policy on employment of the designated groups at management level for the period 2001 to 2006. The study uses panel data on 35 public and private institutions, selected randomly using the data provided by the Employment Equity Commission (EEC). The study uses the Fixed Effects Model (FEM) and Random Effects Model (REM) to determine whether employment of the designated groups at management level has an impact...
ABSTRACT This paper is an attempt to investigate the effects of tax revenue generation capacity on public spending in Sub-Saharan Africa drawing empirical lessons from three East African countries-Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda. It employs the co-integration and error-correction modeling framework to analyze the effects of erratic and inadequate revenue generation on physical and human capital development in Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda using time-series data over the period 1970-2005.The result...
ABSTRACT The study determines the causal relationship between financial development and economic growth in Namibia. In order to test for existence of long run relationship between the variables, the study employs a cointegration and vector error correction model (VECM) technique. Granger causality test was applied to the variables to test for the direction of causation between variables. The study uses quarterly data for the period of 1993 to 2007. Economic growth is proxied by gross domesti...
ABSTRACT This research analysed the level of efficiency of commercial banks operating in Namibia. The research targeted the big four banks: First National Bank, Bank Windhoek, Standard Bank and Nedbank; by market share in the economy. The research was carried out using data from the respective banks’ annual reports for the period 2011 to 2015. Analysis of the data was done through the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method. The inputs and outputs used were defined through the intermediatio...
Abstract Studies on the stability of money demand or money supply functions have received prominent attention in the literature. This is due to the importance of having stable money demand or money supply functions for economic predictions to ensure long-term economic stability. Although these functions are not the only tools for monetary policy formulation, they play an important role in the assessment of the effectiveness of monetary policy in an economy. Stability in money supply or money...
ABSTRACT The study sought to analyze the determinants of private investment in Kenya. The problem of ambiguous results of existing studies, mainly stemming from inappropriate econometric methods, called for further study of methodology and empirical model building. Results from numerous studies that have employed autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) approaches are more likely to be persuasive than their predecessors. Primary objectives of the study were investigation of determinants of priv...