ABSTRACT Livestock production in Semi-Arid Lands (SALs) of Kenya has continued to decline over the past decade, thereby threating the livelihood of pastoralists. In the recent past, there have been concerted efforts by the Government to supply more hardy cattle breeds with ability to produce enough meat and milk for pastoral communities. Despite introduction of high perfoming breeds such as Sahiwal, the dissemination of this genetic material among the pastoralists remain low. Whereas pastora...
ABSTRACT Sustainability of community based and managed rural water supplies in Kenya remains a challenge. In spite of concerted efforts to transfer ownership of rural water supplies to beneficiary communities and increasing participation of the communities in the operation and maintenance of these facilities, more than a third of all rural water supplies fail within three years of development. The purpose of this research was to investigate the factors that moderate the effect of various comm...
Abstract: A cross sectional survey was carried out to establish baseline information on the type of primate species, their abundance and distribution and common causes of Human-Primate conflict in Tirba Forest from September 2019 to May 2020. Four localities were selected in the forest for this study. Direct observation (focal animal sampling) from appropriate vantage points was used to identify primate species, their age classes’ and group sizes; line transect survey method was used to es...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to comparatively assess patients’ and nurses’ perceptions of nurse caring behaviours in Jos University Teaching hospital (JUTH) and Plateau State Specialist Hospital (PSSH) Jos. A cross-sectional descriptive survey design was employed to study 332 patients and nurses. No sampling was done as all the subjects who met the inclusion criteria were included in the study. Data were collected using a modified Caring Behavior Assessment questionnaire (CBA-Q...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to comparatively assess patients’ and nurses’ perceptions of nurse caring behaviours in Jos University Teaching hospital (JUTH) and Plateau State Specialist Hospital (PSSH) Jos. A cross-sectional descriptive survey design was employed to study 332 patients and nurses. No sampling was done as all the subjects who met the inclusion criteria were included in the study. Data were collected using a modified Caring Behavior Assessment questionnaire (CBA-Q...
ABSTRACT Ndebele particularistic origin and ethnic identity has a pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial origin. Its origins are lodged within the complex nation-building project initiated by King Mzilikazi Khumalo and taken further by his son and successor King Lobengula Khumalo. A historically informed, careful and nuanced analysis of the evolution of Ndebele particularism should also consider such concrete historical factors as the Mfecane Revolution and Nguni-Sotho nation building strat...
Some physical and mechanical properties of two Nigerian beniseed accessions (Yandev-55 and E8) were determined at 5 moisture content levels of 5.3, 10.6, 16.1, 22.4, and 28.3 per cent (wet basis). These were used as inputs into designing a beniseed oil expeller, as available ones could not perform effectively with the seed. The determined physical properties were linear dimensions, size, sphericity, bulk and true densities, porosity, thousand kernel weight and coefficient of friction betw...
Abstract: The study was conducted to assess dairy production practices, milk composition, and microbial quality of smallholder dairy farms in Kombolcha Woreda, East Hararghe Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia. The study was undertaken in purposely selected three rural Kebeles of Kombolcha Woreda (Bilisuma, Tula, and Sibilu) where dairy Farmers from each Kebele were also purposely selected. A sample of households with at least one lactating cow was selected for interview using a simple random samp...
ABSTRACT The study examines the influence of instructional managements in teaching of Biology and academic achievement among Nursing School Students in School of Nursing, Ilorin, Kwara State. The study was carried out in Kwara State School of Nursing, Ilorin with 150 students made up the sampling population randomly selected using stratified random sampling technique, three research questions to collect relevant data for the study which was analyzed using fr...
Purpose – The paper was written to highlight the advantages of initiating economic integration among Muslim countries across the globe, drawing special lessons from Europe’s experience; its successful economic integration and challenges which trailed the process. Design/methodology/approach – The methodology is basically descriptive and analytical. Theoretical construct and model on economic integration was developed for adoption by the Muslim countries. The model seeks to enhance th...
ABSTRACT The aim of this research study is primarily to provide and update the review of the relevance of administration of Value Added Tax (VAT) in Nigeria. Concerted efforts have been made to present a comprehensive work on value added tax (VAT) and the effect of its administration in Nigeria economy. The work is divided into three chapters one starts with a general introduction into the content of the study. It went further to state the background of study, objective of study, scope of t...
ABSTRACT Introduction: Mother-to-Child-Transmission (MTCT) of HIV is a global health problem. Recent advances in the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) program have provided the means to drastically reduce infant mortality associated with HIV/AIDS. Quality HIV testing and counselling (HTC) is an important gateway to PMTCT services and concerted effort has been made by the National AIDS/STI Control Program (NACP) to scale up the provision of antenatal HTC in Ghana. Some concern...
ABSTRACT Lagos State has grown from 300,000 and 500,000 in 1950 and 1991 to an unprecedented population of 15.7 million (Mabogunje, 2002). Already, it is projected to have a population of 25 million by 2015 which will make Lagos the third largest megacity after Tokyo and Bombay and a population of 29 million by 2020, with an annual growth rate of 8 %( UNCHS, 1996; George, 2010; LWC, 2011). This scenario presents enormous emerging challenges as well as opportunities that are numerous, diverse...
ABSTRACT Food insecurity is relatively high in Singida Region although there has been an influx of development related institutions, some of which deal with food security. The extent to which the two were linked was empirically unknown. Therefore, the research for this thesis was conducted in Iramba and Singida Districts of Singida Region to determine the role of institutions in improving food security. The specific objectives were to: (i) to appraise qualitatively the role of institutions in...
ABSTRACT Despite concerted effort at improving the extension delivery in Ghana, the performance of the Front Line Staff of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture’s Extension Services has been lower than expected. It is expected that among others, appropriate training will enhance their performance. However it is not clear what the nature and content of such training should be. The study therefore was to find out whether the content of training provided to the extension workers affected their ...