AN EXTENDED ABSTRACT Women economic empowerment is increasingly viewed as one of key elements in poverty reduction strategies. Position of women’s economic status in Tanzania has been low compared to men in which about 60 percent of women in Tanzania have low economic status. This study examined the contributions of Savings and Internal Lending Communities (SILCs) towards improving women’s economic status. Specifically, the study examined the main source of income among women, and examin...
EXTENDED ABSTRACT Agribusiness has been recognized to provide employment opportunities for youth in Malawi. However, little is known on factors that drive urban and peri-urban youth into agribusiness employment. This study examined the determinants of urban and peri-urban youth employment in agribusiness in Malawi. A cross-sectional study design was adopted. Sample size was 9680 youth for quantitative data while a sample of 135 for qualitative data. Quantitative data was obtained from nation...
ABSTRACT Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a severe highly contagious viral disease of clovenhoofed animals that has significant economic impacts. FMD causes significant economic loss in Namibia in which the molecular epidemiology of FMD virus (FMDV) responsible for the outbreaks has not been consistently studied. The general objective of this study was to determine molecular characteristics of FMD viruses of 2019 outbreak in Zambezi region, Namibia. A total of 11 epithelial tissue samples col...
The main objective of this study was to identify factors promoting the adoption of M-health and determine usability challenges in the existing M-health applications in Kenya. Specifically the study aimed at establishing the factors promoting adoption of M-health, determining the usability challenges in M-health applications in Kenya. Consequently an Mhealth prototype application was developed to address the usability challenges. The M-health prototype application dubbed “Uzazi Poa” App. w...
Location-Based Services (LBSs) are rapidly expanding in both number and variety. LBSs are services provided via mobile applications with the help of network connectivity and the ability to detect the location of the user. LBSs offer a wide range of services; navigation tools to help you reach your destination (e.g., MapQuest); local search to help you find nearby businesses or events (e.g., Yelp); friend finders and social networking (e.g. Loopt and Google Buzz); applications that allow you t...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted in Kolero village in the Uluguru Mountain ranges to investigate the potential of conservation tillage on soil erosion control on steep slopes. Randomized complete block design was employed, zero and strip tillage conservation methods were practised versus the conventional shallow tillage in controlling soil erosion. The effect of using cover crops namely; lablab and cowpea were also investigated. The main crop was maize. The study area has an average slope ...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted on urban vegetable farming sites at Mzumbe, Mafisa and Fungafunga in Morogoro municipality-Tanzania. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of Commiphora swynnertonii resin extract against helminths eggs/larvae isolated from low quality water and vegetables at Mzumbe, Mafisa and Fungafunga in Morogoro municipality. A total of 90 vegetable samples and 70 water samples (30 treated, 30 river water and 10 untreated) were collected from the stu...
ABSTRACT The fall armyworm is a devastating pest of maize which has recently reached the African continent. Currently, there are no registered insecticides for FAW control in African countries, except applications allowed through an emergency label, suggesting an urgent need for insecticide screening. A study was carried out at the Department of Research and Specialist Service to investigate the efficacy of selected biopesticides and synthetic chemicals against the fall armyworm. The laborato...
ABSTRACT Understanding the gender mainstreaming in water resources management from the insider's perspective is central to determining gender roles of women and men at the community level. Literature indicates that gender mainstreaming is viewed as donor demand rather than management tool of water resources hence lacking the deeper understanding from the insider's perspective. The overall objective of this study was therefore to examine the extent of gender mainstreaming in water resources ma...
ABSTRACT Declining water resources, low rice yields and a widening gap between current rice demand and production in Zanzibar necessitates a change from the current rice production system to a more efficient system of production such as the system of rice intensification (SRI). In an attempt to evaluate the efficacy of SRI practice and determining the optimum spacing and transplanting age of seedlings for better grain yield, productive tillers and water productivity, a field experiment in a R...
ABSTRACT The main purpose of this study was to design an online system which helps operations done by the work related learning office by allowing students to send their placement forms online, departmental coordinators to allocate lecturers students for supervision fairly, decrease the use of flat files in keeping students‟ details and avoiding situations of overbooking of buses that transport the lecturers to assessments trips. The research adopted a descriptive survey design which was co...
ABSTRACT Declining water resources, low rice yields and a widening gap between current rice demand and production in Zanzibar necessitates a change from the current rice production system to a more efficient system of production such as the system of rice intensification (SRI). In an attempt to evaluate the efficacy of SRI practice and determining the optimum spacing and transplanting age of seedlings for better grain yield, productive tillers and water productivity, a field experiment in a R...
ABSTRACT Midlands State University Student Cyber Deferment System is an online-computing solution system that allows the current students to defer and resume their studies online and receive the confirmation via email. Student cyber deferment system will give more room to access the information of the student who deferred their studies through use of various cyber computing platforms provided by the system for example 3D Bar and linear graphs .Interviews, questionnaires and observation w...
ABSTRACT The main aim of this study was to assess the role of communication in the performance of agricultural donor funded projects using Research, Community and Organizational Development Associates (RECODA) as a case study. Generally, the study established the types of project information shared by various actors in the RECODA donor funded agricultural projects; examined the effectiveness of various communication channels; assessed the relationship between communication and performance of ...
ABSTRACT The modern medicine particularly drugs’ discovery and their development is a result of improvement of the local knowledge of the health practitioners on the medicinal plants and animal products. This study aimed at isolating and testing the bioactive compounds from Synadenium glaucescens collected from Njombe Region; Tanzania. Extraction was done using Soxhlet method while the isolation involved a series of chromatographic techniques. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) technique was ...