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Food safety in Boarding Senior High Schools In Ghana

ABSTRACT In the school catering setting, food handlers particularly those in boarding senior high schools are considered the most sensitive group responsible for all forms of contamination resulting in various forms of food-borne illnesses. The purpose of the study is to assess food safety in selected Senior High Schools in the Ho Municipality. Questionnaire and observation checklist were used to gather data on the food safety knowledge and practices of 97 food handlers recruited from boardi...

FACTORS LEADING TO LIVESTOCK LOSSES AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE PSYCHOSOCIAL WELLBEING OF LIVESTOCK FARMERS IN TWO DISTRICTS IN GHANA

ABSTRACT Introduction Against the backdrop of the Sustainable Development Goals 1, 2 and 3, which aim to improve global health, food security, and reduce poverty, agriculture for most is crucial to achieving self-sustainability in Africa. However, the increased occurrence of adverse events including droughts and conflicts, with losses to farmers, threatens efforts to achieve the set goals. These losses can affect livestock farmers’ psychosocial wellbeing and productivity. Identifying, there...

Factors Leading to Livestock Losses and Its Influence On the Psychosocial Wellbeing of Livestock Farmers in Two Districts in Ghana

ABSTRACT Introduction Against the backdrop of the Sustainable Development Goals 1, 2 and 3, which aim to improve global health, food security, and reduce poverty, agriculture for most is crucial to achieving self-sustainability in Africa. However, the increased occurrence of adverse events including droughts and conflicts, with losses to farmers, threatens efforts to achieve the set goals. These losses can affect livestock farmers’ psychosocial wellbeing and productivity. Identifying, the...

EFFECTS OF FAST FOOD CONSUMPTION ON THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF BANKERS IN UMUAHIA NORTH

TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE Introduction                                                                                                    Background of the study                                                                             Statement of the problem                            �...

Security in Kenya: The Effects of the Somali Conflict on National Security

Abstract: The research begins by assessing the security situation in Kenya. It then attempts to look at the most probable contributing factor to the rising armed crime. Majority of the armed crimes committed in the country are attributed to Small and Light Weapons that are believed to come into the country through our porous borders. The paper then assesses Kenya’s key neighbors with particular interest in Somalia. Somalia has not had a stable government since the fall of Siad Barre in 199...

GENETIC VARIABILITY AND ASSOCIATION AMONG TRAITS IN SORGHUM [(Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench)] GENOTYPES AT FEDIS, EASTERN ETHIOPIA

Abstract: Sorghum is an important food crop that is consumed by millions of people as a staple food source in arid and semi-arid areas of the developing world, especially Africa. It withstands hot and dry conditions better than most cultivated crops in Ethiopia. Sorghum is the most important crop for food security in Ethiopia's harsh conditions, where other food crops are difficult to grow. The experiment was conducted at Fedis Agricultural Research Center on station in 2022/23 main cropping...

An Assessment Of Irrigation Farming As A Local Economic Development Strategy In The Wa West District Of The Upper West Region Of Ghana

ABSTRACT The study revolved on how irrigation farming contributes to the livelihood of income generation as a source of support to farmers in the Ghanaian societies in the Wa West District, Upper West Region. The study is descriptive in nature and used both primary and secondary data. Also, a concurrent mixed method was used in collecting and analyzing the data. Thus, the data were discussed and presented quantitative and qualitative form. The data was examined with Statistical Package for t...

DETERMINATION OF GOLD CONCENTRATION IN THE GOLD ORE IN LUJINJI, MUBENDE DISTRICT.

Table of ContentsAcknowledgementDeclaration.Dedication ivAbstractList of Figures yiNList of Tables ixCHAPTER ONE 11.1 Background 11.2 Problem statement 31.3 objectives 31.3.1: general objective 31.3.2: specific objectives 31 .4Justification 41.6 Scope of the study 41.7 Significance of the study 4CHAPTER TWO 5LITERATURE REVIEW 52.0. General description of gold 52.1: An overview of gold extraction process 62.2: Researches and developments 82.3: Artisanal and small-scale Gold mining 122.3.1: The...

Determination of Gold Concentration in the Gold Ore in Lujinji, Mubende District.

Abstract This study is aimed at determining the concentration of gold in the gold ore in lujinjimubende district. Currently investing in gold mining is taken as a riskyinvestmentbecause people are not sure of the concentration of gold in lujinji and also the depth where gold concentration is high. The results of this research gave the concentration of gold in lujinji and also the depth of high concentration from the surface, which eased the mining activity by extracting gold at a known height...

Occurrence of Listeria species in some Food items Sold in Parts of Kaduna, Nigeria

ABSTRACTListeriosis is a disease of humans and animals cause by pathogenic Listeria species and are associated with various types of food items of both animals and plants origin. The aim of this work was to assess the occurrence of Listeria species in some foods items sold from four selected markets in two Local Government Areas of Kaduna State. A total number of 400 samples were collected, 100 samples each from the four locations comprising 25 sample each of beef, chicken, lettuce and cabbag...

IMPACT OF CONTRACT FARMING ON MAIZE FARM HOUSEHOLDS’ WELFARE IN THE NORTHERN REGION OF GHANA

A producer and a buyer enter into a two-party contract when they practice contract farming. A buyer commits to purchasing output from a producer at a predetermined price, quality and timing (Bellemare & Bloem, 2018). In many nations around the globe, contract farming is used to link smallholders’ farmers to profitable markets for higher incomes and better living conditions (Barrett et al., 2012). Early in the nineteenth century, the North American agricultural sector saw the introduction of...

DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF MOBILE ONE-TIME PASSWORD AND RIVEST CIPHER FOUR ENCRYPTION FOR CLOUD COMPUTING SECURITY

ABSTRACT The use of cloud computing in recent times has recorded remarkable growth while security and privacy issues have remained a critical challenge and a thing of concern for researchers. The reason partly is associated to the fact that most users do not have baseline knowledge of how to securely use cloud services and as such they end up becoming victims, because hackers take advantage of their inadequate knowledge. This thesis is on the Design and Implementation of Mobile One-Time Passw...

Exploration of food culture in Kisumu: A socio-cultural perspective

Abstract/Overview Increasingly food culture in the context of socio-cultural dimension is becoming important for sustainable urban development. In the last four years food festivals have been held in Kisumu attracting several interests both from within and without the City. The Kisumu fish night event of 2013 marked the melting point of food culture in Kisumu. This paper thus explores the noble intention of integrating food culture in Kisumu as a socio-cultural capital for the advancement...

The Contribution Of Social Security Schemes To The Socioeconomic Development And Maintenance Of Pensioners Case Study Of Parastatal Pensions Fund

ABSTRACT It is generally agreed that the pensioners form a class of poor people. There is also a feeling that the social security institutions which serve them are neither effective nor efficient enough to mobilize resources towards poverty alleviation for this category of the population. This feeling has called for the need of investigation into the issue. The main pmpose of this research repmi is therefore to present an evaluation of the contribution of the social security schemes to the s...

Cyber security

Cyber security is a fast growing pace in the society today and as a result of that, its growth is becoming more and more widespread. According to the 2015 (ISC) Global Information Security Workforce Study, a shortfall of 1.8 million cybersecurity jobs will happen by 2022 cite mat 1. Allegedly, the most common reason for this fact is the lack of qualified personnel. As a consequence of this trend even in education sector, Information Technology (IT), Cyber space, Online platform, medical field...


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