ABSTRACT Domestic violence against women has been recognized globally as a major violation of a woman’s human rights. Women’s socioeconomic and demographic characteristic has made some women subject to abuse than other women. This study primarily examined women’s socioeconomic and demographic characteristics and their experience of domestic violence. The study also examined the regional differentials of domestic violence against women in Ghana. A total number of 1671 women aged 15-...
ABSTRACT Globally, with rapid urbanization in most cities of the World, more people are now living in urban areas than in rural areas. The housing backlog coupled with a shortage of housing subsidies means that for many there is no alternative but to live in informal settlements. Urban food insecurity is often overlooked since, at the aggregate level, economic and social conditions in urban areas are much better than those in rural areas. The urban poor often live in neighbourhoods with poo...
ABSTRACT Contract farming (CF) is increasingly gaining importance. However, there are some controversies on its impact on the livelihood in agrarian societies. It is alongside this argument that pressed on conducting the present study to ascertain the impact of contract farming to the livelihood of grapevine farmers in Dodoma Municipal, Tanzania. Specifically, the study aimed at examining the main features of grapevine CF, identifying factors that influence small grape farmers' engagement in...
ABSTRACT In malaria endemic areas, fever is commonly caused by malaria infection but it may be a manifestation of several childhood diseases for example bacterial and viral illnesses. Malaria microscopy is the gold standard for diagnosis of malaria although other diagnostic platforms do exist for example rapid diagnostic tests. The World Health Organization recommends parasitological diagnosis by microscopy or rapid diagnostic test for all children under the age of 5 years. However, in malar...
ABSTRACT This study was done to determine the role of warehouse receipt system (WRS) in improving cashewnuts marketing by smallholder farmers in Mkinga district. The specific objectives were to assess the operations of WRS in improving cashewnuts marketing, to determine share of consumer price received by smallholder farmer when selling cashewnuts through WRS or through informal marketing channel and to determine factors influencing smallholder marketing choices among WRS and informal market...
ABSTRACT Market intergration and access, are critical and important aspects to rural poor households. They are a pre-requisite for enhancing agriculture based economic growth through the improvement of competitiveness of farming enterprise and improving rural incomes. Several studies have been conducted on participation and access of small-scale farmers in rice and other crops marketing in Africa, but, specific information on the extent to which small-scale rice farmers are integrated into d...
ABSTRACT An infant’s anthropometry (weight and length) at birth are important public health indicators for its survival and later development. Low birth weight (LBW) and stunting at birth are among the major causes of infant mortality which is still a worldwide problem. Despite the government’s effort to improve healthcare services, LBW is still a problem at the Provincial General Hospital (PGH) maternity, Nakuru. The main objective of this study was therefore to determine the relationshi...
ABSTRACT Unwanted pregnancy is one of the major causes of unsafe abortion, high fertility and low standard of living. This study examine.d the relationship between determinants and perceived consequences ofoowanted pregnancy among women in Oye local government Area, Ekiti State Nigeria. The data for this work was generated from questionnaire survey administered to 300 women of the reproductive age of 15"49 years. These women were sampled from 6 villages in the local government areas. Stati~t...
Abstract: Invasive plant species in eastern Africa severely impede rangeland and cropland productivity with dire consequences for livelihoods of agro-pastoralist communities. We produced the first occurrence and spread map of invasive plant species (Prosopis: Prosopis juliflora and Parthenium: Parthenium hysterophorus) for western Somaliland (a region of eastern Africa) using vegetation productivity and phenology trends from 250 m MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) EVI (En...
Abstract Objective. The objective of the study was to determine the knowledge of mental health and mental illness by the community in Bungoma county Kenya. Design. The study was a descriptive cross-sectional study and Quantitative methods were adopted. Setting. The study was carried out in Bungoma County Sample. Five Sub-Counties in Bungoma County were purposively sampled to increase the representation. The household’s heads were sampled by stratified sampling; the researcher divided the p...
Abstract: Watershed management practice was taken as the basic operational unit to rehabilitate the degraded land and improve agricultural productivity of land in Ethiopia. However, its impacts in rehabilitation of degraded land were rarely evaluated. This study was designed to assessed the impact of watershed management practices on woody plant composition, farmers’ perception and identify the factors that affect the adoption of soil and water conservation practices based on comparative a...
Abstract: Ethiopian economy is highly dependent on agriculture, especially crop production takes the major share in economic growth. Hence, supporting the sector through introducing new agricultural technologies, like row planting technology is crucial. However, application of better technologies remained low in Ethiopia and also in the study area due to several factors. Therefore, study was to assess the status of adoption decision of wheat row planting technology and identify factors affec...
ABSTRACT The study is on the topic assessing the Impact of revenue on development in the Accra Metropolitan Assembly. The research aims at discovering other sources of revenue that are available to the Assembly, assess the strategies that is being used for revenue collection and the accounting standard being used. Lastly, the research considered the impact of the internally generated fund. The test was made up of Assembly members, Revenue collectors, Core management Staff, District Planning C...
ABSTRACT This work is to appraise the concessioning of Onne Port to Intel Nigeria Limited, the extent to which port reforms has positively influenced the development of Port Operations at Onne Port. To evaluate the developmental changes that have occurred, the researcher used statistical tools like spearman rank order and chi-square to analyze the data collected from the population of port users. Some hypotheses were developed. The study reveals that the hypothesis conducted showed that O...
ABSTRACT This study seeks to identify and to analyse some of the difficulties that students of French in Navrongo Senior High School face in the area of pronunciation with the sounds [ʃ] and [ʒ] at the centre attention. Research data was collected through questionnaire and test for the learners of French and an interview for the teachers of French. The analysis of the data revealed that learners face difficulties pronouncing the sounds [ʃ] and [ʒ] because of transfer difficulties from th...