Abstract: The invasion by Striga in most cereal crop fields in Africa has posed an acute threat to food security and socioeconomic integrity. Consequently, numerous technological and research developments have been made to minimize and even control the Striga impacts on crop production. So far, efforts to control Striga have primarily focused on the manipulation of the genetics of the host crops, as well as understanding the phenological and physiological traits, along with the chemical comp...
xv ABSTRACT Climate change is affecting global weather patterns, more so by exacerbating the sporadic nature of Namibia’s rainfall patterns. This has negative consequences on urbanization as increased rainfall in certain rainy seasons coupled with increased urban development could lead to dangerous flooding in low-lying areas, as was the case with Acacia residential, Windhoek, in 2004. Increased urban development has the potential to increase runoff and flood peaks by 20% to 50% of those un...
PATTERNS AND DETERMINANTS OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLE ABSTRACT The main objective of this study was to evaluate the patterns and determinants of fruit and vegetable consumption in urban and rural areas of Enugu State, Nigeria. The study was articulated based on the fact that despite the relatively cheap and abundant sources of micro nutrients found in fruits and vegetables, there abound wide spread cases of micro nutrient deficiencies. The data was collected from primary sources through a set of...
ABSTRACT The study examined the education gap between learners from poor and affluent backgrounds in Chinhoyi urban cluster. The problem was that there were many differences exhibited at school by learners between those coming from poor family backgrounds and from affluent backgrounds. The literature review showed that the families' socioeconomic status, parental income, parental education, family size and marital status have an impact on the education of children. The study employed a descri...
ABSTRACT Since Zimbabwe’s political independence in 1980, the government has been making efforts of trying to raise the living standards of the young people through various means. However, because of a variety of challenges and other factors like colonial policies, national divisions, illiteracy, selfishness and a poorly performing economy amongst others, unemployment has continued to affect the youths in Zimbabwe. In Zimbabwe youth constitute a large percentage of the population but they w...
ABSTRACT Tobacco farming is well established as the traditional cash crop in Tabora region. However, in recent years, groundnut is one among the cash crops which have been introduced in the area as an alternative source of income for smallholder farmers. Using 2007/2008 cropping season survey and the data from 121 randomly selected smallholder farmers from three villages, this study provides a comparative economic analysis for tobacco and groundnut farming systems. The analysis of quantitati...
ABSTRACT Rapid population growth, urbanization and its associated real estate growth lead landfills to compete with residential land use, especially in peri-urban. Though the effects of landfills on residential communities are well-known in literature, there are inconclusive findings in developing countries on the effects on living close by them. This study addresses this knowledge gap by exploring the effects of the Pantang landfills on residents around it. The objectives were to examine th...
ABSTRACT This study is/was an assessment of community-based natural resource management in rural areas and how natural resources enhance community livelihoods in reducing poverty against the backdrop of resource depletion. The study adopted a trans-disciplinary approach to research aimed at gathering the necessary information on natural resource management. Data collection techniques such as review of relevant literature, focus group discussions, in-depth interviews, formal institutional int...
ABSTRACT The study aimed examined rural-urban divide in literacy acquisition in early grades. Specifically, to examine the differences in literacy acquisitions between pupils from urban and rural backgrounds in Dodoma region;to assessed how home learning environments influenced children‟s literacy acquisitions in Dodoma; and to explored the hindrances for teaching and learning in grade one and two in both urban and rural primary schools in Dodoma. Mixed-method research approach under the c...
ABSTRACT This study examined the rural urban migration and unemployment of Bosaso in Puntland, Somalia. A self-made questionnaire is used to collect data in order to obtain four research objectives; 1) to determine the profile of the respondents, 2) to determine the level of rural urban migration, 3) to determine the level of unemployment 4) to establish if rural urban migration function is significantly correlated with unemployment. Key findings from the study were (1) the profile of the res...
Abstract Tills study examined the public willingness 10 finance urban tree planting 111 Lagos metropolis. Nigeria and the associated factors capable of influencing the willingness. Descriptive statistics and Tobit model ~t 5% level of significance were used to analyse data obtained from multi-stage randomly sampled 873 Lagos metropolitan residents. The results revealed that 84% of the respondents were willing 10 contribute funds 10 Urban Tree Planting (UTP) in Lagos metropolis with 1>-I1000 b...
ABSTRACT The increasing incidence of flooding across the globe in recent times and the attendant devastating impact has heightened anxiety among the people, investors, investment advisers, policy makers and prompted media attention. Recent research efforts have focused on the assessment of the impacts on people, environments, activities, future implications and mechanisms of arresting the menace. This study contributes to this body of knowledge by examining the perception of valuation experts...
ABSTRACT This study was designed to examine the challenges for implementing Sustainable Urban Infrastructure Development in Tanzania. The objective was to assess the level of urban infrastructural development in Tanzania that would ensure sustainable urban development focusing on the implementation of TSCP in Dodoma Municipality. TSCP was meant to generate significant social benefits through infrastructure improvement, rehabilitation and upgrading of urban roads and drainage, construction of...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the contribution of sunflower farming to the well-being of small scale farmers in Dalai and Mondo wards, Chamba district, Dodoma region, Tanzania. Specifically, the study identified the sunflower farming activities adopted by farmers, examined the challenges faced by small scale farmers in the sunflower production and examined how sunflower production contributes to smallholder farmers’ wellbeing (that is food security, ability of farmers to access health s...
ABSTRACT Urban centers were already in existence before the advent of colonialism in Africa. Such centers included Jenne-Jeno, Yoruba towns, Cairo, Meroe and Kilwa that could be found in different parts of the continent. Some of the factors that led to the establishment of these centers were war, transport, strategic placement, local and international trade, mining, agriculture as well as cultural developments, unlike Maseno urban centre which sprung up as a result of missionary factor with t...