ABSTRACT Climate variability is currently one of the greatest environmental challenges facing humankind, whereby increased temperature and changing rainfall patterns are predicted to impact upon livelihoods in Tanzania. This study highlights the perceived impact of climate variability on availability and utilization of non-wood forest products (NWFPs) among rural households around the East Chenene Forest Reserve in Bahi District, Dodoma Region. The main objective of the study was to examine ...
The main purpose of this study was to investigate students’ academic performance in rural and urban primary schools in Kakamega South district, Kenya. A comparison was done between various factors to establish reasons for the prevalent trend. Relevant literature was reviewed based on the study objectives. The study was based on descriptive survey method. A total of 12 head teachers and 120 students from 12 schools were interviewed. Questionnaires with both close and open ended questions wer...
ABSTRACT This thesis is about Community Audio Towers (CATs). CATs are small media platforms that use horn speakers hoisted on a long dry pole, an amplifier and a microphone to communicate daily village events. This study shows that individuals depend more on CATs than other available mainstream channels. The thesis interrogates the level of individual (i.e. villager) dependency on CATs in Ugandan rural and semi-urban communities alongside the other three available platforms in Uganda: radio,...
Nutrient and waste inputs into wetlands have dire consequences on both soil and water quality and by extension dependent aquatic flora and fauna. Within this purview, heavy metal contamination was assessed in a rural and urban wetland in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Soil samples were analyzed for Pb, Zn, Fe, Ni and Cd using AAS. Results show marked variations of heavy metal concentrations within study area. Mean values of Fe (713.22 ± 59.39), Pb (5.95 ± 0.42), Zn (88.54 ± 8.03) and Cd (1.53 �...
ABSTRACT Information Communication Technology (ICT) is an important innovation that many education systems across the globe are embracing. ICTs are powerful tools that can be used to enhance the learning experiences of children in schools. However, there are several factors that are militating against effective utilisation of ICT in Zimbabwean primary schools. The use of computers in teaching and learning of subjects in the primary school curriculum has been greatly influenced by many factor...
Abstract: Determining how women's education affects their wage earnings is remarkably important in today's society where women are increasingly entering the labor market. Human Capital Theory suggests that women who acquire more education earn more than women who have less education. Using a sample of 48067 women from Harmonised National Living Standard Survey 2010 data collected by Nigeria Bureau of Statistics in 2009/2010, an Heckman model was used to examine the effect of education on wome...
ABSTRACT The main purpose of this study was to assess the effect of maternal nutrition knowledge and nutritional status on pregnancy outcome in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Specifically, the study sought to describe the general characteristics of pregnant women in rural and urban areas of Ebonyi State, to assess the nutrition knowledge of the respondents; assess their dietary practices and their perception of the effect of poor nutrition on pregnancy outcome in rural and urban areas of Ebonyi stat...
ABSTRACT The concern of humanity is the need to tackle the increasing challenges of severe land degradation and desertification of the ecosystem. The study examined the impacts of agroforestry practices on soil fertility in rural areas of Katsina State, Nigeria. Purposive sampling technique was employed in collecting data from one hundred (100) rural farmers with structured questionnaire administered in two Local Government Areas of Katsina State, namely Batsari and Safana. The data were anal...
ABSTRACT The study focuses on Challenges Facing Maternal Health Services Delivery in Rural Areas of Tanzania: a Case of Bukombe District Council as social problem affecting most of women under the study area. It was guided by the following specific objectives; to evaluate maternal health care provider’s availability situation in the study area, to examine the accessibility of maternal health care facilities in the study area and to investigate challenges facing relationship between maternal...
ABSTRACT This research thesis is intended to analyze to what extent the legal requirements providing for children rights have been enforced in the rural areas. The historical genesis and development of the children's rights provisions will generally be reviewed under literature review, but much emphasis will be on the post period from 1990 to date when Uganda started ratifYing the international conventions This research is geographically centred on Kamwenge district as a case study. T...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the effects of The Zimbabwean Fast Track Land Reform in promoting agriculture development to mitigate poverty. The study targets the beneficiaries to establish the relationship between land reform programme and agriculture production and it is an assessment of how the beneficiaries of Insiza district have performed in terms of agriculture production after the implementation of the policy. The theoretical framework suggests the land of a nation is for the peopl...
ABSTRACT The unavailability of adequate empirical data necessitated this study of analysis of rural farmers‟ use of improved cocoyam production practices in South-South, Nigeria with coverage States such as Cross River, Delta and Edo. The study described the socio-economic characteristics of rural farmers, identified the improved cocoyam production practices and determined the extent of rural farmers‟ use of improved cocoyam production practices among others. A total of 411 contact cocoya...
ABSTRACT This study was carried out in four villages of Gairo division, Kilosa district, Morogoro Region to assess participation of rural communities in the national poverty reduction strategies. Focus group discussion and structured questionnaire were used to collect data. Descriptive statistics were used to obtain general characteristics of the study population. Bivariate and partial correlations of variables were used to describe the relationship between variables. Chi- square statistic te...
Abstract: Rural farm households face an increasing challenge looking for alternative income sources to supplement their small scale agricultural activities. To this end, this paper examines the determinants of income diversification among rural households using cross sectional data collected from Tulo District of Western Hararghe Zone, Ethiopia. Both primary and secondary data were collected from different sources. The data were obtained from 120 sample household heads that were selected thr...
ABSTRACT Under the current democratic dispensation, Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in Ghana are no longer there just to discharge administrative functions. They are deeply involved in collective participation of governance, encourage physical and economic development, create the conditions for job creation within their localities and provide social services that will improve the well-being of their people. But for MMDAs to perform these functions effectively and effic...