ABSTRACT Indigenous chicken are mainly kept in subsistence systems and constitute about 80% of Africa’s poultry flock. Currently, there are no well-defined breeding goals and genetic improvement programmes for the indigenous chicken are rare. The overall aim of this study was to develop breeding goals for use in production systems utilising the indigenous chicken. The specific objectives were to construct a deterministic bio-economic model for the economic evaluation of production systems ...
ABSTRACTMost critics hold that there are paucity of accounting records maintained by co-operative societies.This study therefore investigate the level and the adequacy of accounting records of co-operative societies. To determine this, the fundamental objective of the study among others are.1. To identify and disclose whether adequate accounting records are kept by co-operative societies.2. To determine the impact of the present level of accounting record’s on profitability and viabilit...
ABSTRACT The study set out to establish why there seemed to be contrasting discourses emanating from The Herald and Newsday‟s framing of a proposed opposition alliance prior to the 31 July 2013 elections. While polarisation of the media in Zimbabwe had been documented before, the period in which this study takes place was unique in that the country was in a dispensation of a government of national unity (GNU). The previous polarised environment was expected to have been corrected or at leas...
ABSTRACT Automatic control systems penneate life in all advanced societies today. Such systems act as catalysts in promoting progress and development. They are integral components of any industrial society and are necessary for the production of standardized and quality goods. Suitable signal plans at each road intersections can be used to solve the problem of traffic :flow. These plans could be fixed-time, time varying, or traffic actuated. Traffic control systems have evolved during the 20...
Abstract: The objectives of this study were to estimate farmers’ perception about the extent of their cropland degradation, vulnerability, perception of adaptation intensity, choice of adaptation strategies, and their linkages around Chebera-Churchura national Park in the Central Omo-Gibe River Sub-Basin, Southwestern Ethiopia. The study used cross-sectional data collected from 383 farm households selected based on the multi-stage random sampling procedure. The result of the ordered logist...
ABSTRACT A number of higher learning institutions in Tanzania have implemented Learning Management systems (LMSs) to manage online teaching and learning. However, effective use by both learners and instructors has been hindered by many challenges. This paper analyzes the students’ attitude towards the use of such systems with a focus on the University of Dodoma (UDOM). An online questionnaire was administered to sixty students from three different colleges who took different courses deliver...
ABSTRACT The study set out to establish why there seemed to be contrasting discourses emanating from The Herald and Newsday’s framing of a proposed opposition alliance prior to the 31 July 2013 elections. While polarisation of the media in Zimbabwe had been documented before, the period in which this study takes place was unique in that the country was in a dispensation of a government of national unity (GNU). The previous polarised environment was expected to have been corrected or at leas...
TABLE OF CONTENTSDECLARATION .................................................................................................................... iAPPROVAL SHEET ............................................................................................................... iiDEDICATION ..................................................................................................................... iiiACKNOWLEDGEMENT ............................................................................
In democratic countries, voting is an vital tool to collect and re-act people‘s views. In the elections, the election of member of the assembly, the head of local/state government election, and others, a voter can cast vote after going to the designated polling place and checking his identity. Conventionally, voting booth is used for casting votes in both centralized and distributed places. Voting is done under the supervision of authorized parties. Counting of votes is done manually once...
Abstract Traffic management systems at road intersections of most African cities is based on fixed timings where equal length of green light is assigned to each lane at the intersection. This method of traffic management is inefficient because it causes unnecessarily long waiting times for vehicles at the intersections especially during periods when some lanes have few or no vehicles passing through them. In this project, an affordable density based traffic management system is designed and i...
ABSTRACT With the development of the Internet in the 1990s there were high expectations for its widespread commercial use and for rapid growth in e-commerce. Early predictions were over-optimistic, and attention shifted to identifying various barriers to the widespread development of e-commerce. Specifically for business-to-consumer (B2C) transactions the development and use of online sales systems were identified as important concerns. Nonetheless B2C e-commerce is currently growing at aroun...
ABSTRACT A vehicle tracking system is any technology that can be used to access the location of a vehicle; either in real time or offline. However, for many car owners, especially on the continent of Africa, vehicle tracking is a luxury which only a few people can afford. Many people are struggling to get a car in the first place. Analysis of vehicle theft data done in South Africa showed that most of the vehicle theft in the Southern African country are as a result of poor security systems. ...
This study examined the legacy and imprint of colonial administrative systems, behavioural systems and administrative processes on the post-colonial administrative systems in present day Zimbabwe. A qualitative research paradigm was adopted in the study and involved in depth interviews with 30 key informants, who were selected through the application of purposive sampling. The data collected was analysed using a combination of content, thematic, critical discourse and statement analysis as we...
ABSTRACT This study looks at the effect of performance appraisal system of selected banks in Akim Oda. The specific objectives are to examine the relationship between performance appraisal and employee commitment, the extent to which it affects performance and intention to quit. The study adopted a quantitative method with a sample size of 80. Questionnaire was the main research instrument which was used in the collection of data. Data was analysed with means, standard deviations, frequenci...
TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION APPROVAL ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iii List of Acronyms iv TABLE OF CONTENTS v CHAPTER ONE 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.0 Introduction 1 1.2 Statement of the problem 2 1.3 Main objective 2 1.4 Specific objective 2 1.5 Study justification 3 1.5.1 Scope 3 CHAPTER TWO 4 LITRECTURE REVIEW 4 2.0 Introduction 4 2.1 Automated Management Systems 5 2.2 System 6 2.3. Management system 7 2.4 Information system (IS) 7 2.4.1 Components of an information system 8 Figure ii showing information ...