ABSTRACT Background: Ramadan is the ninth month of the lunar calendar during which fasting is prescribed for every healthy adult Muslim. Intermittent fasting and caloric restriction, or alternate-day feeding, had been shown to have effect on some physiological and biochemical parameters in the body. Ramadan fasting is considered a unique model of intermittent fasting as food and fluid intake becomes exclusively nocturnal without restriction on the type or amount of food intake. During this fa...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this research is to come up with a system that will assist the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare (MPSLSW) to develop efficiencies in delivering child welfare, preventive protection, and response to violence, abuse and exploitation against children. It provides a platform for ensuring systematic handling of child protection cases amongst multiple stakeholders in Zimbabwe. The research was carried out so as to understand the problems that are being en...
ABSTRACT Maize is the most important cereal in Ghana grown by some 1.74 million households and contributing 67 billion cedis or 14 million dollars to Ghana as at the 1991-92 crop season. Maize is eaten in various forms in most homes. In the late seventies, maize production declined. The Ghana Grains Development Project was established in 1979 to provide research and extension services for maize production in Ghana. Since the inception of the project, maize production has been increasing. The...
ABSTRACT The study sought to explore the role of block farming in attracting and retaining the youth in farming. The study was conducted in the Techiman Municipal Area and it examined the motivations and participation of farmers, the inputs accessed and profitability of block farming. One hundred and ten (110) farmers in block farming participated in the study. It emerged that income rather than employment is the most important motivation for participation in the programme. All 110 farmers we...
ABSTRACT Around the developing world, poverty remains an overwhelming rural issue. Rural dwellers rely heavily on agricultural activities and related assets as main source of livelihoods. They also have widely differing capacities to combine off-farm activities in their income generation process. However, diversification makes households better-off only if it implies increased investment in high return portfolios. An important concern is that high yielding investments are either high risk or ...
Abstract This study examined snail production in Enugu State, Nigeria using cross-sectional data. It was guided by five specific objectives namely: describing the socio-economic characteristics of snail farmers in Enugu State, snail production system/rearing techniques in the study area, determining the cost and returns from snail farming in the study area, estimating factors influencing profitability of snail production in the area and identifying constraints facing snail farmers in the stud...
ABSTRACT Drug availability, distribution andcontrol are majorly concern in health development as drugs constitute an important aspect of health development technology (Silverman, Lydecker and Lee, 1990). In Nigeria particularly since the mid 1980’s shortage of drugs and other technologies have become pervasive threats to the medical care system (Ohuabunwa, 2002), the major problem however seems to lie within the drug distribution and control channel. The sum total of the effect is the incre...
A project proposal on piggery to help young african entrepreneurs TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0. INTRODUCTION 1.1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1.2. NAME OF FARM 1.3. PROJECT AND LOCATION 1.4. VISION 1.5. MISSION STATEMENT 2.0. BUSNESS OWNERSHIP 2.1. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFCATION AND ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF THE BUSINESS 2.2. NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES 2.3. MARKET AND MARKETING STRATEGY 2.4. COST OF PROJECT, FINANCNG AND BREAK EVEN ANALYSIS 2.5. LAND AND BUILDING 2.6. FARM IMPLEMENTS AND MACHINERIES 3.0. UTILITIES 3....
ABSTRACT The study determined the feasibility of “Black Soldier Fly Larvae” composting and its utilization for vegetable farming in Greater Accra, Ghana. Discounted measures of project worth such as NPV, BCR and IRR were used in viability analysis. The gains obtained from replacing farmer practice with the new compost practice were estimated using the partial budget approach. Through field experimentation, the cost of using BSFL-compost and conventional fertilizer to produce lettuce for...
Abstract/Overview Tobacco is grown in about 120 countries of the world, occupying over 4 million hectares of land despite its poor returns compared to alternative crops. The main objective of the study was to examine tobacco farming and its implications on alternative crops in Kuria West Sub County of Migori County, Kenya. Specifically, the study sought to < explore the effects of socioeconomic factors on cultivation of tobacco and alternative crops; examine the implications of institutional...
Abstract Crop productivity in most smallholder farming systems in Sub-Saharan Africa experience low use of soil amendment resources, low and erratic rainfall, frequent dry spells, and droughts. Rain-fed agriculture has a high crop yield potential if rainfall and soil nutrient input resources are utilized effectively. Thus, in 2011, we set up an on-farm experiment in Meru South (sub-humid) and Mbeere South (marginal sub-humid) sub-counties in upper Eastern Kenya to assess conservation-effecti...
Abstract: From intense droughts to heavy rainfall and rising sea levels, climate change is causing erratic weather patterns all over the world. According to current academic research rural women, more than men, are the most vulnerable to the effects of this changing weather. In this light, this research study looks at the adaptation strategies being utilized by rural women in Botswana’s Okavango Delta, as their daily lives are threatened by the rising temperatures of climate change. The se...
ABSTRACT The toll of climate change on the Nigerian agricultural system in recent times has resulted in the decline of agricultural production constituting a threat to food security. There is therefore an urgent need for strategies to reverse the situation and greenhouse farming is contemplated as a possible option. Towards the successful adoption of this strategy, a survey was conducted using Oyo State as a case study to establish the present status of the use of greenhouses in the region. A...
ABSTRACT Extreme weather events such as floods and drought in Africa are considered a major indication of climate change. Current climate change projections indicate progressively severe negative impacts on many countries across the world with the most severe impacts affecting the world’s poorest countries with the weakest capacity to adapt. Crop yields in Ghana are estimated to reduce due to projected decline in rainfall and upsurge in temperature. ...
ABSTRACT In western Uluguru Mountains, professionals have introduced soil and water conservation (SWC) practices which, if properly followed, would conserve the soil and promote agriculture. Various high value crops (HVC) promotion interventions and others which could serve as incentives were executed to aid attainment of this objective. Despite these efforts, today, in most fields we see more of annual ridges, the conventional farming practice which is not effective in SWC and other forms o...