Abstract The tranquility hitherto enjoyed by citizens of the world appears to have significantly atrophied; no longer is it possible to sleep with the two eyes closed nor is it reasonable to freely traverse wherever one chooses; as natural threats plague man so are manmade threats, and of late, the most dreadful and severe of the threats to humanity is that of terrorists who seem ubiquitous and scattered over all the nooks and cranny of the entire globe with the concomitant fear that they cou...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this research was to examine the participation of women in street vending and then evaluate its sustainability as a livelihood strategy by women in Harare Central Business District. Livelihood indicators were used in evaluating sustainability and these include, food security, income levels, level and quality of education, ability to acquire assets and the health standards. A sample of 30 women from 5 selected vending sites were selected as respondents. The researcher u...
Abstract This research focuses on securitization in the tribal areas that traced back to the British arrival in the region. Both the British and Pakistan treated the tribal belt with imperial and national security consideration. The British perceived it the center of gravity against the Czarist Russia for India’s survival and security during the nineteenth century Great Game and afterward. Pakistan after independence continued the region with the same colonial pattern against Afghanistan, I...
This article is aimed at examining the causes of insecurity and violence in Nigeria and around the world. It discusses the active roles libraries play in promoting peace and security in different countries. It highlights the fact that several threats to lives, ranging from terrorism, communal and tribal clashes, kidnapping, pollution, health, physical and environmental hazards, and economic crisis among others, can be curbed through information and intelligence services. Premised on t...
ABSTRACT Street food vending has become an important public health issue and a great concern to everybody. This is due to widespread of food borne diseases, due to the mushrooming of wayside food vendors who lack an adequate understanding of the basic food safety issues. Major source contributing to microbial contamination are the place of preparation, utensils for cooking and serving, raw materials, time and temperature abuse of cooked foods and the personal hygiene of vendors. Various stu...
Terrorism in Nigeria is an impediment to national security and sustainable development. Nigeria is presently preoccupied with multi-polar insurgency, with antecedents dating back to the 1960s and 1980s. The attacks on security agencies, civilians, churches, mosques, foreign embassies in Nigeria and the United Nations offices in Abuja have become more worrisome as such attacks have always resulted in collateral. With the new media, improved and sophisticated weaponry, the terrorists have unlea...
ABSTRACT This chapter describes security threats that systems face when they are connected to the Internet. We discuss their security requirements, potential security threats and di erent mech-anisms to combat these. In addition, the text presents the two most popular protocols (SSL and its successor TLS) to secure data transmitted over the Internet. Finally, we describe well-known applications such as Secure Shell (ssh) and Secure File Transfer Protocol (sftp) that provide a reasonable level...
Abstract: This study aimed at Moringa production efficiency analysis, commercialization, and evaluation of its food and nutrition security impacts at smallholder farm household level. It aims to fill the missing knowledge gaps through a cross-sectional survey study on data collected from selected 232 Moringa producer and 232 non-producer smallholder farmers from Wolaita and Gamo zones, southern Ethiopia. Descriptive statistics and econometric models were used to analyze data. First, the stud...
ABSTRACT Maternal mortality reduction has been a global health priority to prevent women and babies who die due to complications from pregnancy and childbirth especially, in developing country. There have been several interventions to curb maternal and neonatal deaths in Ghana. To achieve good maternal health the food habits of pregnant women in the New Juaben municipality, Koforidua in the Eastern Region of Ghana was investigated. Descriptive survey was used to find out the nutritional know...
ABSTRACT This study is an assessment of the way welfare can be a motivation factor towards the employees’ performance. The study targeted the Police Forces in Uganda and specifically the Kampala Metropolitan areas. The findings of the study indicate that welfare acts as an inducing factor towards the members of the police force as per their day today performance. The reasons as to why some officers could opt for other professions are that they were somewhat dissatisfied with the forces’...
ABSTRACT This study presents the impact of traditional irrigation on the household livelihood in Same district, Kilimanjaro region. The overall objective of this study was to assess the contribution of traditional irrigation systems to the well-being of smallholder farmers. The specific objective was to examine the contribution of traditional irrigation in improving household food security and income; determine the profitability of crop production enterprises with and without traditional ir...
Abstract/Overview Fall armyworm (FAW) is a new invasive pest that causes economic damage to a wide variety of crops. This pest is estimated to reduce maize yields by about 60%. FAW could cause crop losses of up to US$13 billion annually across sub- Saharan Africa, threatening the livelihoods of millions of resource-poor farmers worldwide. Governments have warned against the indiscriminate use of chemical pesticides that could undermine pest control strategies for smallholder farmers who r...
Abstract Whereas biological and chemical food safety contaminants have attracted considerable research attention, little is known about physical food safety contaminants. This study will therefore explore consumer knowledge and experiences of physical food contaminants in ready-to-eat-foods sold on the streets in Ghana. A self-administered questionnaire will be used to collect data from 305 consumers and analyzed using SPSS version 20.0. It is that physical contaminants were mostly present i...
ABSTRACT The selling of street foods is regarded as a great aspect of the economies of many developing countries due to its socio-economic benefits. In Ghana, the sector provides numerous job opportunities for people in the country. Despite its importance, many have complained about the hygiene, quality and the safety of street foods as these foods have been associated with food poisoning and other food-borne diseases. This is due to the fact that food vendors are ignorant of basic food saf...
ABSTRACT There is a perceived Increase In the number of fast food restaurants that crop up in every city and township In Nigeria. Thus, suggesting that the sector is gaining acceptance among consumers. Tabassum and Rahman (2012) argued that the popularity of fast food restaurant in every growing city of the world is a product of the effect of globalization. Thus, every segment of the society now consume fast food. According to Ahmed, Hossain, Malek & Begum (2008), consuming fast foods has b...