ABSTRACT This study entitled “The Contribution of Local Government Capital Development Grants in Improving Community Livelihoods” was conducted in Meru District, Arusha, Tanzania in four selected villages namely King’ori, Kikatiti, Maji ya Chai and Patandi. Data were collected using questionnaire survey and interviews. The total number of 89 respondents was from these villages, King’ori (22) respondents, Kikatiti (24) respondents, Maji ya chai (24) respondents and Patandi (25) respo...
ABSTRACT This study, has aimed at assessing the water supply and water management programs at Rombo district, as a case study. It specifically, focused on examining how water supply program was being conducted in the area by identifying issues and problems, related to the accessibility of domestic water to the residents of Rombo district. The study, also aimed on drawing solution to the problem by examining which of them hindered the water supply process, on ensuring the attainment of water ...
ABSTRACT Local community participation and sustainability of peri-urban community-based water management encompasses known and unknown challenges. There is a common assumption that sustainable peri-urban water services will be achieved through local community participation. The principle of community-managed water supply system started, to gain its importance in early 1990s with the World Bank and development partners’ sponsored water supply projects. However, local community participation ...
Abstract: Mango (Mangifera indica L.) is an important source of food and income in Kenya, but production is hampered by the proliferation of invasive fruit flies (Bactrocera dorsalis). The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) and its partners have over the past 2 decades developed and disseminated an integrated pest management (IPM) package of interventions that effectively reduce fruit fly populations, but adoption is relatively low. In response to this low adoption...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted to examine the factors for sustainability of water projects in IringaDistrict, Tanzania. Iringa District was selected as the area of study because in spite of many water projects invested at the area, the accessibility of clean water is only 40.7%. The study specifically ought to determine water sources protection strategies adopted at the study area, to assess participation of stakeholders in different stages of water projects development, to analyze the inst...
ABSTRACT The promulgation of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 birthed devolution. After the General Elections held on 4th of March of 2013, devolution of various public functions including healthcare gained momentum. However, challenges facing around the delivery of public healthcare exist. The influence of devolution on the delivery of health services in Kenya had not been evaluated, necessitating this study. The study analyzed how the various components of devolution, including devolved hea...
ABSTRACT The study sought to assess the effect of organisational climate on the job satisfaction of staff at the University of Cape Coast School of Medical Sciences (UCCSMS). Quantitative research design was adopted for the study. A total of 119 respondents were sampled from a population of 169. Questionnaire was used as the instrument for collecting data from the respondents. The data were processed by SPSS version 21. The data were analysed based on the research objectives. Descriptive stat...
ABSTRACT Background- The promotion of sanitation and hygiene as well as potable water supply has emerged as one of the cost-effective possible interventions against high burden diseases like diarrhoea in developing countries. Diarrhoea cases among diseases reported at the Outpatient department attendances has been increasing for the past few years in health facilities in Asuogyaman district. The aim of this study was to determine environmental risk factors for diarrhoea in children under-five...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted to establish the relationship between the level of value chain and the extent of rice production. Specifically, the study sought to establish -the effect of (i) the level of value chain (ii) the extent of rice production and (iii) the relationship between the level of value chain and the extent of rice production in Kabuye Marshland, Rwanda. The study employed the qualitative descriptive correlation design and data were collected from 107 respondents using ...
Abstract: The study was designed to generate empirical evidences on the value chain of major spices in Sheka and Kafa zones, Southwestern Ethiopia. The core objectives of the study were to map the value chain, quantify the value addition and marketing margins among actors and analyze factors affecting marketed surplus, market outlet choices, farm level value addition and export performances of the two major spices. Both cross-sectional and panel data were used. Cross-sectional data were obta...
Abstract: The study was designed to generate empirical evidences on the value chain of major spices in Sheka and Kafa zones, Southwestern Ethiopia. The core objectives of the study were to map the value chain, quantify the value addition and marketing margins among actors and analyze factors affecting marketed surplus, market outlet choices, farm level value addition and export performances of the two major spices. Both cross-sectional and panel data were used. Cross sectional data were obta...
ABSTRACT Organizational performance improvement is considered a critical requirement for improved water services in the country. This study on organizational performance improvement of urban water supply and sanitation authorities in Tanzania through human resource management was based on a study of Dar es Salaam city, Morogoro and Moshi urban water supply and sanitation authorities with the aim of contributing to ways of improving water supply and sanitation services through human resource m...
ABSTRACT The pharmaceutical supply chain in Zimbabwe and abroad is wrought with unscrupulous traders who have flooded the medical market with illegal, tampered and falsely labelled counterfeit drugs. The risk posed by these products has proved to be fatal to patients in recent years; and this is only the beginning of the problem. The local generic pharmaceutical industry has been dealt a huge blow due to the open boarder trading and excessive importation of falsified medicines into the countr...
ABSTRACT This research was motivated to appraise the evaluation of distribution channel in the logistics management of petroleum product using Oando plc as the case study. There was a problem of the tendency of distribution of those petroleum products to the Northern & Southern which effect to a scarcity of the product in other areas of the country. On the contrary to the problems of this research work, an objective came to be as to ascertain whether there is an effective and efficient di...
ABSTRACT This study was an attempt to find out the effect of VAT on logistic function in central bottling company limited which is fund in Namanve in Mukono district. The study was carried out in the entire department related to procurement activities such as finance, production, marketing, and procurement. It was aimed at deterring specifically the effect of VAT and relationship between VAT and organization logistic function which was the purpose of investigation The data was collected by th...