TABLE OF CONTENTSDECLARATIONAPPROVAL.iiDEDICATION iiiACKNOWLEDGEMENT ivABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS vLIST OF FIGURES ixLIST OF TABLES XABSTRACT xiCHAPTER ONE IINTRODUCTION 11.0 Introduction 11.1 Background of the study 11.2 Statement of the Problem 41.3 Purpose of the study 51.4 Objectives of the study 51.4.1 General objective 61.4.2 Specific objectives 61.5 Research questions 61.6 Research hypothesis 61.7 Scope of the study 71.7.1 Content scope 71.7.2 Geographical scope 7vi1.7.3 Time scope~71....
ABSTRACT Rural banks have been vulnerable to high loan default, which led to 23 of them becoming distressed in 1999. It is for this reason that the research was conducted into the credit management practices of rural banks. The study explored the credit management practices of two rural banks in the Greater Accra Region to identify the inherent weaknesses in the credit delivery processes that contribute to repayment difficulties and recommend measures for improvement. A sample size of two hun...
ABSTRACT This project works made emphasis on the marketing of frozen fish. The object of this study is find out the marketing of frozen fish problem faced by the marketer and the entire people of Udi local government area of Enugu state. Questionnaire was used to elicit information from most marketers and other related people of Udi local government Area. The views of the marketers in the questionnaire if was realized that storage facilities and the high rate of problem faced by the marketers...
Best for students of agriculture · Food security in a broader sense has to do with having at all times and adequate level of food products to meet increasing consumption demand to migrate fluctuation in output and price (indria, Gwary and Shehu 2008) United Nation (2009) defined food security as “all people at all times having both physical and economic access to the basic food they need”. The world food summit of 1996 defined food security as existing “when all people at...
Abstract: The study attempted to examine onion marketing in Kobo District of Amhara National Regional State with specific objectives of analyzing the structure-conduct-performance of onion market, the determinants of onion marketed surplus and the spatial market integration between the district market and other destination markets (Mekele, Dessie and Bahir Dar). Both primary and secondary data were used for this study. Multistage sampling procedure was employed to select sample onion produce...
ABSTRACT The study on which this manuscript is based was done along the urban-rural continuum (urban, peri-urban and rural) in Morogoro and Iringa to assess household food access security. Specifically, the study sought to: (1) assess the prevalence of household food access insecurity along the urban-rural continuum, (2) determine constraints to household food access security, (3) examine coping strategies and resilience to food access insecurity along the continuum, and (4) assess the influe...
ABSTRACT Forests are valuable for environmental, ecological, cultural, social and economical support to natural systems and improvement of human welfare. The world‟s forest cover is estimated to be about 3.6 billion ha. Out of this portion, 57% is located in developing countries and indirectly supports about 1.6 billion people where at least 400 million are directly dependent on forest resources for their livelihood. Kenya is classified as a low forest cover country, where the closed canopy...
ABSTRACT The Kenya government has instituted fiscal decentralization over the years to promote social economic development, reduce poverty and income inequality and ensure balanced regional development. These include: local government system that was inherited from colonial rule and remained relevant until 2013 when it was replaced by county government; District Focus for Rural Development 1983; devolved funds such as Local Authority Transfer Fund 1999; and Constituency Development Fund...
TABLE OF CONTENTSDECLARATIONAPPROVALDEDICATIONACKNOWLEDGMENTLIST OF ABBREVIATIONS viLIST OF TABLESABSTRACTCHAPTER ONE 11.0 Introduction 1l.lBack ground of the study 11.2 Statement of the problem 61.3 Objectives of the study 61.4 Research questions 71.5 Scope of the study 71.6 Significance of the study 7CHAPTER TWOLITERATURE REVIEW g2.0 Introduction2.1 Background of the study2.1 The effects of catholic relief services in social economic Development ofkisoro district specifically in municipalit...
ABSTRASCT Urbanization in Mbarara is one of the most environmental management constraints and has become so rapid especially in the last two decades. UrbaniLation refers to the increase in iL number of people living or working in an area that changes it from the rural structure to town and modern structure, it becomes “rapid urbanization” when it is occurring at a faster rate than before and compared to other urban areas around the same region. This study focused on the impacts of rapid u...
ABSTRACT Unlike many areas of the world where agricultural producers exhibit the physical, economic and social resources to moderate, or adapt, subsistence agriculture in the Juba County South Sudan is seem to be particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climatic variability. This is in part due to the fact that the majority of the population depends on rain-fed agriculture for their livelihood. J-dapting to climate change in the subsistence agricultural sector is therefore very imperative i...
Abstract Meaningful agricultural development in any society largely hinges on extension system in place. Agricultural extension assists rural people in the community through educational procedure in improving their farming methods and techniques, thus increasing their production efficiency, income, social and living standard. To bring this to pass requires continuous training of extension personnel in order to cope with the emerging roles cropping up as a result of developmental programmes e...
ABSTRACT Learning to read in a second language is a complex challenge for every child. Children require a range of skills and abilities to learn to read. The ability to read with understanding is one of the most important skills for learners, not only in English language but also in other school subjects. Kenyan primary school pupils‘ reading performance as indicated in the sources cited in this thesis has for a long time been generally poor. Perhaps, this may be due to the inappropriate i...
ABSTRACT Food insecurity remains a global health challenge especially for poor areas in developing countries. One of the ways through which access to food can be boosted for the rural dwellers is through access to land, as agriculture is the leading source of income for agricultural-based economies. Little attention, however, has been given to how land ownership arrangements of rural dwellers can affect their food security in Ghana. The study therefore examined the relationship between land ...
Abstract: Credit is one of the most essential tools that contribute to the improvement of the livelihoods of households by fulfilling financial needs and helping to ensure food security. The main purpose of this study was to identify the role of financial intermediation in the food security status of rural households in the Soro District of Hadiya Zone, Ethiopia. Four rural Kebeles were randomly selected. The total sample respondents were 248 out of whom 108 were beneficiaries of credit serv...