ABSTRACT The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between Service delivery and Customer satisfaction and establish marketing strategies needed to attain maximum customer satisfaction at Lead Logistics Uganda Limited. In order to achieve this goal the objectives of the study were to investigate the customer service activities carried out by the Lead Logistics Uganda Limited branch offices in Kampala, Uganda. The company is located at Kitgum house, plot I access road near shell...
ABSTRACT Lack of simple storage facilities in tomato supply chain contributes to high postharvest losses of tomato in Tanzania. In the field, harvested tomatoes are left in an open area and occasionally covered with grasses or sometimes under shade trees. Refrigerated storage structures are relatively expensive to build and operate; and most people living in rural areas cannot afford. This study was conducted to determine the effect of on farm storage technology (zero energy cool chamber) wit...
Abstract The objective of the study was to map sweet potato value chain linkages between actors, processes and activities in Tanzania. The study is cross sectional in design.The study was conducted in Shinyanga rural and Mwanza urban districts. The study used individual interviews, focused group discussions; review of relevant practical documents and discussions with key informants. A total of 150 actors in the value chain participated. Data collected was summarized using Statistical Packag...
ABSTRACT Donor assisted water supply and sanitation development projects have been of immense help to the communities living in Wajir County. While these water projects are a top priority for residents, majority are unsustainable, ineffective, inefficient, either broken, damaged, or abandoned due to failures in operation and maintenance, inappropriate technology, or insufficient community interest. As a result, the communities continue to depend on unimproved drinking water sources and unsaf...
ABSTRACT In most developing countries, it has been recognized that conventional water utilities have fallen short in providing adequate water services to populations especially to urban residents. The little water produced by these water utilities is not evenly distributed. In Ghana, Adentan Municipality is a typical community that is presently faced with inadequate water supply due to the inability of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) to supply water to the area. Most households in th...
ABSTRACT The research was used for the analysis and the impact of purchasing and supply strategies implemented by Parracombe packaging and its effect on the financial performance of the firm.The tremendous decline in revenue, cash flow movements, the reduced financial performance and the financial position of the firm made a way for a research to be undertaken. The researcher was conducted with reference to literature that was already done. Closed ended questionnaires and interviews were used...
ABSTRACT Mycotoxin and Brucella abortus contamination of milk along the dairy value chain is of public health concern and contributes to food insecurity. Animal feeds that are contaminated with mycotoxin causing fungi pass the contaminationtion to the milk. Inhygienic handling of milk can lead to Brucella contamination of milk. This study aimed at determining the on-farm risk factors associated with Mycotoxins and B. abortus occurrence and their prevalence on smallholder farms at rural and p...
ABSTRACT Breast cancer is a prevalent disease that affects mostly women, an early diagnosis will expedite the treatment of this ailment. In recent times, Machine Learning (ML) techniques have been employed in biomedical and informatics to help fight breast cancer. This research work proposed an ML model for the classification of breast cancer. To achieve this we employed logistic regression (LR) and also compared our model’s performance with other extant ML models namely, Support Vector Ma...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted aiming at understanding the emerging trends and factors determining export performances of livestock products in Tanzania for forty four years from 1970-2013, for meat and thirty years from 1985/86-1914/15 for hides and skins. Specifically the study examined the trend and performance of livestock products exports in Tanzania; to analyze factors that determine export of domestic animals products such as meat, skins and hides in Tanzania and identify the potent...
ABSTRACT Njombe region which was part of Iringa until 2012, has been receiving subsidized fertilizer since the National Agricultural Input Voucher Scheme (NAIVS) was introduced in 2008. This study aimed at assessing whether targeting subsidized fertilizer through its delivery system to reach maize smallholder farmers was achieved as intended under the NAIVS. More specifically the study was undertaken to determine the level of awareness among farmers regarding their eligibility to subsidized f...
ABSTRACT The study analyzed the effectiveness of the Community Owned Water Supply Organization (COWSO‟s) management in sustainability of Rural Water Project in Kilombero District. Specifically the study aimed to examine how the COWSO managed the RWP and analyzes their sustainability on post construction stage. The study adopted a cross sectional study design where by a total of 6 projects were surveyed across the study area and 34 users and 12 key informants were interviewed. In addition ...
ABSTRACT The supply of potable water to the home is vital because water is a prerequisite for existence. Due to the growing scarcity of fresh water which is a result of increased needs for water, management becomes the essential component needed to ensure its sufficient and continuous supply. The Ga West Municipality faces the problem of inadequate potable water supply hence the need to manage the water resources available to them. The study was conducted to assess the mode of obtaining potab...
ABSTRACT Maternal mortality remains a major Public Health challenge although various interventions have been devised by the international community to reduce it. Most of these deaths occur in Sub-Saharan Africa for which Ghana is no exception. The use of maternal health care services has been documented to reduce maternal deaths. However, utilisation of antenatal care has been declining. The study sought to examine the determinants of utilisation of maternal health care services among pregna...
ABSTRACT Worldwide, safe and reliable water supply has become an increasingly essential element of development programmes designed to sustain human life. The Ekumfi district like many parts of Ghana faces water related stresses such as pollution, deforestation especially around water bodies, and low quantity of pipe-borne water supply among other issues. Problems of this nature have often been attributed to weak institutional roles of institutions in charge of water resource management. Thi...
Agriculture forms the backbone of Kenya's economy contributing 30% of the country's GDP. However, little is known about the prices, supply and demand of fruits and vegetables. Market price information is a very important agricultural concern which can be enhanced by big data and machine learning techniques like predictive analytics. This research work was based on developing an agricultural commodity price prediction application that uses a machine learning model on appropriate data to facili...