Table of ContentsCHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 11.0 INTRODUCTION 11.1 BACKGROUND 11.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM 11.3 MAIN OBJECTIVE 21.3.1 SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES 21.4 SCOPE 21.5 CONCEPTUAL MODEL 31.6 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PROJECT 3CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW 52.0 INTRODUCTION 52.1 STOCK CONTROL SYSTEMS 52.2 DATABASE SYSTEMS 52,2.1 ADVANTAGES OF DATABASE SYSTEMS 62.2.2DISADVANTAGES OF DATABASE SYSTEMS 62.3 INFORMATION SYSTEM 62.3.1 CHARACTERISTICS OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS 72.3.2 ADVANTAGES OF INFORMATI...
ABSTRACT Low productivity is one of the constraints identified by stakeholders as affecting the production of cassava in Ghana. The West Africa Agricultural Productivity Programme (WAAPP) aimed at supporting farmers to increase productivity, providing inputs and extension services to a group of farmers during the first phase of the programme. The study assessed the perceived impact of the WAAPP on the livelihood systems of the beneficiary cassava farmers in the Brong-Ahafo Region of Ghana. De...
LIST OF ACRONYMS EIA Environmental Impact Assessment FF1 Flora Fauna International 0 0 K Government of Kenya IUCN International Union Conservation ofNature KWS Kenya Wildlife Service NGO Non Governmental Organisation NEMA National Environmental Management Authority UNEP United Nation Environment Programme UNESCO United Nation Education, Scientific and Cultural organisation TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION APPROVAL DEDICATION iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iv LIST OF ACRONYMS v TABLE OF CONTENTS vi LIST OF...
ABSTRACT Successful and sustainable agriculture mainly depend on people’s participation, particularly the involvement of the most active and creative section of the population such as the youth. Nevertheless, issues relating to the youth and agriculture still remain largely unknown, especially in the Wa West District of Ghana. This study examined, inter alia, the benefits, challenges and prospects of youth participation in agriculture in the Wa West District by the application of the theo...
Tendency for data mining application in healthcare today is great, because healthcare sector is rich with information, and data mining is becoming a necessity. Healthcare organizations produce and collect large volumes of information on daily basis. Use of information technologies allows automatization of processes for extraction of data that help to get interesting knowledge and regularities, which means the elimination of manual tasks and easier extraction of data directly from electronic r...
Abstract The factors affecting farm-level output of mangoes among small-scale farmers in Mwala Sub-County, Kenya were examined. The first stage of regression analysis resulted that family and hired labour, amount of pesticides and manure had positively significant affected on mango farm-level output. The results on the second stage of the factor affecting mango output was household size, farming income, area allocated to mango farming (farm size), amount of credit, and extension contacts whi...
ABSTRACT Catholic Parishes manage a range of data and information books. Most important, are registers where records about the sacramental information are kept as a demand by Mother Church. Much of the registration and register management duties are meant to be carried by the Parish Priest, but due to the work overload and the nature of the traditional book-keeping system, the Parish Priest employs, and is most often assisted by, the seminarians and catechists. The inconsistencies of the curr...
Voltage stability is a major concern when planning and operating electrical power systems. As demand for electric power increases, power systems are stressed more and more. Since the construction of new transmission lines is very expensive, and the right of way requirements are not easy to come by, a cost-effective policy is to use the existing lines to their maximum thermal and stability limits, and this requires optimum sharing of power flow in the system. Flexible AC Transmission Systems ...
ABSTRACT Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is viewed as a driver for both developed and developing countries. The benefits of ICT adoption by organizations range from opportunity and market access to operational efficiencies and making enterprises more competitive and successful. In assessing the usefulness of ICT in agriculture, significant strides in efficiency can be achieved through the use of modern technology in upstream and downstream processes within cooperative societie...
ABSTRACT Combination-control of two or more systems which may have important application in Josephson junction ratchet array, and other physical systems has not been explored. Most of the theoretical framework is on combination synchronization, and the need for combination tracking control. In this paper tracking control of 2-D Duffing oscillator, 3-D Lorenz-Stenflo, 4-D Lorenz-Stenflo systems, as well as combination-tracking control of two, three, four and five systems evolving from differe...
ABSTRACT Integrated Library Systems are adopted by libraries in order to meet the ever changing needs of their users and make the library staff more efficient and effective in conducting their work on a daily basis. In recent years’ libraries have made huge investments in acquisition of these systems. This study has established the effects of integrated library systems’ performance of the Post Modern Library of Kenyatta University, Kenya. The specific objectives have evaluated the effect...
ABSTRACT In Power line communication the information are sent via electrical power lines. The power lines are characterized by multipath fading and frequency selectivity due to impedance mismatch of the channel and impulsive noise. Therefore there should be a way to increase performance of the system. In this dissertation OFDM and MCSS modulation techniques were used to enhance PLC system performance. Bit Error Rate (BER) performance of OFDM and MCSS was analyzed and system efficiency was e...
ABSTRACT A study was conducted at the Department of Animal Science and Production, Sokoine University of Agriculture. The aim was to study the effect of different management systems on haematological parameters in layer chickens. Three management systems which are battery cage, deep litter and semi- intensive were involved. Ninety layer chickens, Rhode Island Red, eight weeks old were used. Thirty chickens were placed in each of the three systems. Seven chickens from each management system we...
ABSTRACT Network management of real time applications demands a new approach for an effective service quality provision. The traditional approach of network management based on Quality of Service (QoS) parameters like jitter, throughput, delay and loss cannot give enough details of how user quality demands. Therefore network management approach must start from user’s point of view to the network side. This kind of approach is called a user-centric network management approach which ensures t...
ABSTRACT Across the continent of Africa, there are young people who use their experience in farming and knowledge in business to engage in agriculture in a whole new way. Unlike traditional farmers, these young people are in tune with technology and are passionate about changing the status quo on the continent. They are called Agripreneurs. The world bank projects that the world’s population will reach about 9.6 billion by 2050 and this means that current food production needs to be increas...