ABSTRACT This study was set to examine positive deviance in the adoption of agroforestry technologies by some farmers in Kadibo Division, lower Nyando river basin in Western Kenya. The study was necessitated on understanding that despite widespread effort by extension agents to diffuse agroforestry practices in Kadibo Division, only a few farmers have been able to acquire and sustain the practices. Given this background, the study sought to assess approaches to successful adoption of agrofor...
ABSTRACT Levels and trends in contraceptive use in Kenya underscore the need to examine the dynamics of contraceptive use in the country. The contraceptive prevalence rate has been on the increase from 7% in 1978 to 58% in 2014. Similarly, implant contraceptive prevalence rate has increased from 0% in 1993 to 9.9% in 2014. As the CPR increases, current and potential users of family planning are increasingly drawn from women with a past history of contraceptive use. This implies that a further...
Abstract: Besides soil replenishment through manure application , the zero grazing production system also contributes towards smallholders' standards of living and poverty reduction. Its benefits are many and substantial; in western Kenya, the livestock farmers have adopted it. However, factors influencing its adoption are not known. It is also not certain whether the livestock farmers who practice zero grazing are knowledgeable of the cattle reproductive parameters or not which is key to ze...
Abstract/Overview v ABSTRACT Fertility and geographical segregation are some of the major factors influencing human population growth. The fertility rate of Kisumu East Sub County is rated at 4.8 per woman exceeding the average for the county, national and the global which is 4.2, 3.4 and 2.3 respectively per woman. It has been established that the segregation may influence fertility, however, it was not well understood how various aspects of segregation influence fertility. The purpose of t...
Abstract Integrated soil fertility management and soil water conservation practices are possible solutions to persistent soil quality decline and low availability of soil moisture which are affecting agricultural productivity in the dry lands of Tharaka-Nithi County. Nonetheless, the rate of uptake of these technologies and practices by smallholder farmers has stagnated over the years despite recommendations for their use. Lack of effective communication between the extension agents and rese...
ABSTRACT The study sought to investigate the knowledge and practice of differentiated instruction by primary school teachers in the Mampong municipality of Ghana. The study employed a sequential explanatory design within the mixed method approach. The study employed stratified sampling technique to select a sample of 135 primary school teachers from Mampong municipality of Ghana for the quantitative study and from which 9 teachers were selected for the qualitative study. The researcher used ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to examine the state of Instructional supervision of Social Studies teachers in public basic junior high schools in the Aowin District in the Western Region of Ghana. The study employed descriptive survey as research design. The study engaged multi-stage sampling using stratified, simple random and quota sampling techniques to sample two hundred and ten (210) respondents. Questionnaire and interview guide were the main instruments used for data collection...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted to examine the instructional supervisory roles of Circuit Supervisors in the North Tongu District of the Volta Region. This was a qualitative research underpinned by the interpretive paradigm. The design for the study was case study. Purposive sampling technique was used to select 1 Director of Education, 7 Circuit Supervisors, 5 headteachers who were chairmen of Conference of Heads of Basic schools and 7 of their Assistant heads. Data was gathered using se...
ABSTRACT The study sought to assess the knowledge, attitude, and acceptability of cesarean section (CS) among pregnant women in the Cape Coast Metropolis (CCM). Descriptive cross sectional study design was employed in the study. The study population was pregnant women in the CCM. A sample size of 384 participants were involved in the study. The study was a facility-based study, and accidental sampling technique was used to sample respondents from the health facilities in the CCM. A researche...
ABSTRACT The students’ performance in Mathematics has been of great concern among parents, educators and general society. Students’ performance in Mathematics may be affected by students’ interest towards Mathematics. The study modeled the Ghanaian Senior High School students’ interest in Mathematics by using quantitative research approach. The study used stratified simple random sampling technique to select ten schools and 1263 respondents in the Ashanti region. The structured quest...
ABSTRACT This multivariate study examines the relationships among parental status, parental level of education, class size, location of school parental involvement, teacher effectiveness, academic motivation and academic self-concept on pupils’ academic performance. The research design for the study was a sequential explanatory with mixed methods approach. Stratified, simple random and purposive samplings were used to sample 324 pupils from the population for both quantitative and qualitat...
ABSTRACT The adoption of impressive and positive attitude and practice towards food hygiene and safety by street food vendors is crucial in enhancing healthy population in communities. The study sought to examine food safety knowledge, attitude and practice of street food vendors in Tamale Metropolis. A sample size of 183 (128 [food vendors], 50 [customers] and 5 [health inspectors] were selected from using purposive and convenience sampling techniques. Questionnaire, interview guide ...
ABSTRACT Accountability is an essential feature of good governance. Social Accountability has been advocated to enhance the sustainability of social protection programmes. This study sought to examine the effectiveness of social accountability mechanisms in the implementation of social protection programmes in the Shai-Osudoku District Assembly, Ghana. The study employed a qualitative data collection and handling technique based on a case study through the lens of an interpretive research par...
ABSTRACT Decentralization has been viewed widely by many in Liberia as the panacea to the challenges of development in Liberia. With close to five years of the decentralization of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, the study sought to examine the services delivery of the Departments of Health and Social Welfare; comparing the progress chalked by both Departments and the challenges that are experienced in the process of decentralization in the Departments. Employing a qualitative res...
Abstract Information is a key resource for agricultural and rural development. Farmers require agricultural extension services to improve their agricultural productivity. However, this does not appear to happen as agricultural extension is constraint with limited number of agricultural extension agents, inadequate logistics for extension agents and late release of funds for extension activities. To contribute to improving agricultural extension services, this study seeks to determine the inf...