ABSTRACT This study was meant to realise and uncover the effectiveness of rebranding on consumer purchasing decisions, with Grain Marketing Board as the case study. The objectives set aimed to assess the impact of the new package and logo of the products, to assess the perceptions of consumers towards new packages as well as to establish the factors that may hinder the success of rebranding. Relevant literature regarding the topic under study was researched and reviewed. This included schola...
ABSTRACT This paper presents a review on the literature of tobacco farming on the observed research on the impact of tobacco farming on the livelihoods of smallholder farmers as well its impact on land. In this study I drew on the existing academic structure on tobacco farming in Zimbabwe. An examination of the determinants of farmer partaking in tobacco farming was carried out on 30 smallholder farmers. The case was Mount Bokoto ward24 in Murewa District. This study was therefore initiated ...
ABSTRACT The main aim of the study was to assess the factors that affect goat production. The study was concerned with the analysis of socio-economic factors affecting goat production; with special reference to Zhombe district. Zhombe is a communal settlement area that that is found in the midlands province of Zimbabwe. It consists of 31 wards but the research was done in ward 12 which is south east of Gokwe. Data collection was done through structured questionnaire administered to 40 respond...
Abstract Vegetable Amaranth (A. cruentus) is a promising C4 crop for semi- arid regions due to its nutritive value, medicinal property and ornamental for beautifying gardens . It is widely grown in the tropics and is one of the most important leafy vegetables in the lowlands of Africa, South America and Asia. Little knowledge is known on its Nitrogen requirement, that is why this experiment was conducted to fill in that gap. A field study was conducted in Nyanga which is a high rainfall area ...
ABSTRACT The study seeks to establish various disasters occurring in Zimbabwe and how they are managed special reference being given to Nyanga District, and howthe Civil Protection Unit in the area is prepared to manage various disasters. Nyanga District suffered major losses in terms of life, property, and infrastructure and ecosystem destruction. The preparednessand overall role of Civil Protection Unit in managing disasters came under spotlight. The main thrust of the research was to inves...
TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page - - - - - - - - - - i Approval page - - - - - - - - - ii Dedication - - - - - - - - - iii Acknowledgements - - - - - - - - iv Table of Contents - - - - - - - - vi CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study - - - - - - 1 1.2 Statement of the Problem - - - - - - 6 1.3 Research Questions - - - - - - - 7 1.4 Aims and Objectives of the Study - - - - 8 1.5 Significance of the Study - - - - - - 8 1.6 Literature Review - - - - - - - 9 1.7 Theoretical Framework ...
TABLE OF CONTENTS Contents Pages Title page - - - - - - - - - - i Table of contents - - - - - - - - - ii Certification page - - - - - - - - - iii Dedication - - - - - - - - - - iv Acknowledgement - - - - - - - - v CHAPTER ONE 1.1 Introduction - - - - - - - - - 1-5 1.2 Statement of Research Problem - - - - - - 5-6 1.3 Research Questions - - - - - - - - 6 1.4 Objectives of the Study - - - - - - - 6-7 1.5 Significance of the study - - - - - - - 7 1.6 Hypothesis - - - - - - - - - 7 1.7 Scope and...
ABSTRACT The study examines leadership and National development in Nigeria: A case study of Benue state from 2007-2011. The study posit that, there is a nexus between leadership and national development in Nigerian generally, and Benue state in particular. The study identify corruption, mismanagement, extravancy and lack of political will as bane to development in Benue state specially during civilian administration. The research used qualitative method for data collection and analysis, which...
ABSTRACT An appraisal Of Commercial Banks in Financial Small Scale Industry in Nigeria. A case study of First bank of Nigeria plc. This study is to ascertain the extent to which commercial banks have helped to finance small scale industries in Sokoto. To achieve this study adopted a survey research which employed the use of simple random sampling technique was employed and SMEs where selected which constitute the sample size of the research. Structured questionnaire was designed to faci...
ABSTRACT The study examines the role of commercial banks in Agricultural development in Nigeria, spanning from 1986-2010. The study used Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) techniques for analyzing the findings, from the study, support the view that commercial bank loans do not reach real farmers. Commercial banks loan to the Agricultural sector has a positive growth and significant at 5% level, contributing 67.65 percent variations in Real Agricultural output in Nigeria. Real interest rate a...
ABSTRACT Security challenges is one of the major social problems confronting not only Sokoto Metropolis or Nigeria in general, but most of the third world countries and some other parts of the world. Street children are often found to be active participants in most of the social uprisings that were witnessed in some parts of Nigeria, particularly Sokoto metropolis. The quest to find out why and how the number of street children is increasing and how it affects the level of security prompted t...
ABSTRACT This study is to examine impact of product innovation on the performance of manufacturing company with a specific reference to Nigerian Bottling Company Plc, Kaduna. The fundamental objectives of the study are to identify the impact of product innovation on the sales of Nigerian Bottling Company Plc, to determine how product innovation improve on the profit of the organization and to ascertain the level of consumers’ satisfaction of the company. The primary and secondary sour...
ABSTRACT The hostility of community member towards immunization has been a concern to the health workers and this has been attributed to their cultural belief. The objective of this study is therefore to examine cultural beliefs and immunization of children. 120 questionnaire were administered were designed for three categories of respondents who are parent, health personnel’s and traditional and religious leaders. Each group mentioned was administered with 40 questionnaires each as they we...
Abstract This research sought to unearth the role of financing in the sudden downturn in the operational cycle of Cool Ice Private Limited and its overall effect on SMEs’ viability in the manufacturing sector of Jaggers, Msasa, Harare Industrial Area. Literature was reviewed on the views of different writers on SME financing and linked to the Case study. The literature cited high borrowing costs, lack of collateral and high risk profile as the major constraints on SMEs financing. Various ef...
ABSTRACT This study aimed at assessing Climate Change Adaptation Strategies (CCAS) in crops production in semi-arid areas. The study focused on assessing the effectiveness of climate change adaptation on maize and grapes production in Hombolo. Specifically, the study assessed how climate change variability affected crops; assessing different strategies used to address the impacts of CC on crops production and investigating challenges to implement CCAS in the production of crops. Oral intervi...