Abstract Seasonal rainfall variability, particularly the uncertainty with respect to the direction and extent that variability will assume in a given season, forms the greatest source of risk to crop production in semi-arid areas of Ethiopia. Equipping vulnerable communities, in advance, with the expected date of onset of a cropping season, is crucial for smallholder farmers to better prepare to respond and manage the uncertainties. Therefore, rainfall prediction, particularly development of...
ABSTRACT Local chicken farmers can improve the performance and quality of indigenous chicken meat by modifying the production systems and age at slaughter. However, in Tanzania there is paucity of information on effect of production systems and age at slaughter of local chicken on growth performance, carcass characteristics and meat quality. The effects of rearing systems, sex and age at slaughter on growth performance, carcass traits, meat tenderness, cooking loss and pH of Tanzanian local c...
ABSTRACT Urban agriculture plays a significant role in national development by contributing towards food security, employment creation, poverty alleviation, and ecologising the “artificial” urban systems. However, it is associated with diverse negative impacts to people and the biophysical environment. Further, though generally illegal in Kenya, the practice continues unabated, being a survival strategy for the low income bracket. This study aimed at assessing its status with view of enco...
The advent of small scale combined heat and power (CHP) systems has provided the opportunity for in-house power backup of residential-scale photovoltaic (PV) arrays. These hybrid systems enjoy a symbiotic relationship between components, but have large thermal energy wastes when operated to provide 100% of the electric load. In a novel hybrid system is proposed here of PV-trigeneration. In order to reduce waste from excess heat, an absorption chiller has been proposed to utilize the CHP-produ...
CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 INTRODUCTION This literature review examines the application of computers in libraries and the specific tools and technologies used in designing this particular application. This section provides a brief overview of much of the literature covering existing library management systems, information filtering, application of information filtering in library management systems, some informati...
ABSTRACT In Zanzibar, taxes are collected using a three tier system where three tax authorities are involved, namely; Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA), Zanzibar Revenue Board (ZRB) and Zanzibar Municipal Council (ZMC). Due to that, business operators have feelings that, they were over taxed. This study, has investigated on the perceptions of small and medium business owners, on the practices of revenue collection in Zanzibar. The study specifically, was put in place to meet four objectives, n...
Abstract: The article “The Dynamics and Role of Gender in High-Value Avocado Farming in Kenya”, written by Beatrice Muriithi, Jane Kabubo-Mariara, was originally pub- lished electronically on the publisher’s internet portal on 12 November 2021 without open access. With the author(s)’ decision to opt for Open Choice the copyright of the article changed on 21 of December to © The Author(s) 2021 and the article is forthwith distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internati...
ABSTRACT This study is about the use of automated material handling 5ystem to eliminate bottlenecks on production line In order to achieve higher system capacity utilization. It was applied to the milling plant of a food processing company. Detailed study of the milling plant work system's parameters was carried out to give a basis for the selection of a suitable new transfer system Facility layout analysis to determine floor space requirement. as well as work system design analysis and cost/...
ABSTRACT. Agricultural biotechnology is gaining momentum in shaping production globally. It ranges from molecular diagnostics, vaccine technology, genetic modification and tissue culture. The study, however, focused on one aspect of agro-biotechnology, that is, the impact of tissue culture in banana plantlets on Banana productivity. The study contributes to the international debate on biotechnology and small scale farming. It argues that agricultural biotechnology, especially the use of tissu...
ABSTRACT The project titled “Students’ Records Management Information System” was undertaken to help the management of Uganda Martyrs High School, Lubaga to manage information capturing of students’ records needed for registration, storage. processing and ensuring data security, consistency and integrity. These records include academic results, fees payments and registration information. The system development model the researcher used was waterfall model. One of the objectives was ...
AbstractThe use of uncensored customized sender IDs both numerical and alpha has been a big challenge to the Bulk SMS business since the year begun. This resulted into telecom companies blocking these bulk SMS companies from reaching their clients. For that matter, we embarked on this research using the following methods; one shot survey, questionnaires and interviews to find out whether this was a general challenge. We carried out our research on 50 people and 90% of our&...
ABSTRACT The primary goal of governments, development partners and Non-Governmental Organisations to end hunger and ensure food security for all by 2030 under the United Nations declaration remains a key policy drive especially for developing countries. This study as a result, examines the effect of trade liberalisation on food security in Sub-Sahara Africa from 1970 to 2014. The study adopts the System General Method of Moments (GMM) econometric technique in investigating the effect of trade...
TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGECHAPTER ONEDeclaration iApproval iiDedication iiiAcknowledgement ivTable of contents vAbstract ix1.0 Introduction 11.1 Background of the study 11.2 Problem statement 31.3 Purpose of the study 41.4 Objectives of the study 41.5 The Scope of the Study 41.6 Significances of the study 4CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW2.0 Introduction 62.1 Information systems 62.1.2 Management Information Systems 72.1.3 Benefits of Management Information Systems 92.1.4 Challenges/Barriers Associ...
ABSTRACT Voting is a very important process in the Nigerian political system. It is one of the means and the most effective method of ensuring a legitimate government through popular participation. To enthrone sound democracy and stability in the political system of Enugu state, a system of refigure voting has to be put in place. The system would among other functions discourage double voting, forging or hoarding of electoral papers, massive transfer of ballot papers destruction of ballot bo...
School management and operations could become more efficient through adoption and utilization of a customized student management based information systems. Most schools in Uganda are yet to adopt these relatively recent innovative information technologies. Like most school, the volume of records at Kitebi primary school increases annually and apparently this school keeps records on a stand alone computer, making operations of student management information systems impractical. This proposed s...