ABSTRACT This study was designed to evaluate the perception of adults as major stakeholders on the implementation of the rural development programmes in Edo State, Nigeria. Primarily, the study sought to identify the types of rural development programmes, determine the usefulness of the programmes, the level of performance in terms of the extent of attainment of objectives, level of durability, impact of the programmes provided, the strategies employed for their execution and the extent of i...
ABSTRACT The explosive growth of use of mobile money has had the unintended benefit of increasing public involvement in the formal financial system, including expansion of savings accounts in the regulated financial intermediaries. In additional to those funds transferred to people living in remote areas help them to purchase basic needs. To the farmers and other business people use mobile financial to sell and purchase inputs to their activities. The study was undertaken in order to assess ...
ABSTRACT The study examined the effects of Radio Peace-Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Programme of Agricultural Information Dissemination on Farmers in Central Region of Ghana meant to address the low adoption of appropriate technologies and ineffective institutional frameworks to provide information on proven agricultural technologies. Descriptive correlation survey design and multistage sampling technique were used to select 396 farmers within broadcasting range of Radio P...
Abstract: Majority of smallholder farmers in Ethiopia pursue a dominant livelihood strategy mostly complemented by a second less dominant livelihood strategy. Choice of livelihood strategies is mostly constrained by shrinking natural capitals and adverse changes in climatic conditions that affects the outcomes from the adopted livelihood choices. In the face of such changes, comprehending the driving factors for the choice of current livelihood strategy is crucial to having objective informa...
ABSTRACT Mining is assuming importance in the economies of mineral-endowed developing nations. These countries have developed new minerals and mining codes to attract Foreign Direct Investment on a massive scale. The benefits and costs of mining have become a contentious issue. The study assessed the implication of mining on the livelihood of the communities affected by mining within the Teberebie Electoral Area of Wassa West District of Ghana based on the concept of sustainable development. ...
ABSTRACT The intent of this research was to expose the challenges which growth points have faced in the promotion of rural development, a case study of Magunje Growth Point in Mashonaland West Province. A sample of 40 people was selected as respondents. Semi- structured questionnaires, and interviews were used to collect the information from the respondents. The research results were based on the data captured in the questionnaires and from the qualitative face to face interviews. Growth poi...
ABSTRACT The main objective of this study is to determine how HIV/AIDS affects rural women`s production activities. The data were collected from two Divisions of Mvomero District in Morogoro. The specific objectives were, to identify and characterize the rural women`s production activities, to compare the time spent in household production activities before and after HIV infection, to determine the household production and income levels before and after HIV infection and to asses household e...
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: Land degradation is one of the basic problems facing farmers in the Ethiopian highlands and this limits their ability to increase agricultural production and reduce poverty and food insecurity. Even though various soil and water conservation programs and a number of soil and water conservation were introduced to combat land degradation through the ministry of agriculture, on-and-off farm use of these practices remains below expectations in many degraded areas of the highlands of Et...
Kenya has a tremendous great potential for growth in the aquaculture sector. To attain the sustainable development goal of zero hunger, the government is needed to encourage fish culture among the rural communities. The study's objective is to investigate the elements that affect the sustainable development of fresh water Aquaculture in Kenya a Vihiga County case. The purpose of the research is to determine how production characteristics and extension affect the long-term sustainability of fr...
Abstract Apparently Gabiley District undergoes water crisis where the demand of water outstrips the available water. This has resulted in number of consequences in various aspects in the life of the people, but most importantly hindering their agricultural productivity despite the agriculture contributes 70% of the economy of the county as the people predominantly graze animals (goat, sheep, camel, cattle). However, the major purpose of this study was to examine the Impact of prevailing water...
ABSTRACT The study looked at the employee participation in decision making and labour stability taking into consideration Organization for Rural Development (ORU1~E), Jinja as a case study. The study was guided by the following objectives: - Establishing the level of employee participation on decision making at ORUDE — Jinja To determine the rate of labour stability at Organization for Rural Development — Jinja To detennine the relationship between employee participation and labour stabil...
ABSRACT Climate change is among the most contemporary issues affecting many people in several parts of the word. In view of climate change and gender it can be noted that it has contributed immensely to change in carrying out of masculine livelihood strategies by men in rural communities. This is so because most men are usually bread winners of families, and the effects are more pronounced in rural areas since there is dependency on natural resources or environment in addition to climate ch...
Abstract The study aimed at establishing the relationship between customer satisfaction, service quality and customer loyalty among customers of Centenary Rural Development Bank, Kabalagala branch. The study specifically intended to; (I) establish the level of customer satisfaction and service quality. (II) examine the level of customer loyalty and finding out the relationship of customer satisfaction and service qualit> with customer loyalty. A quantitative methodological approach was used...
Abstract Energy access plays a crucial role in enhancing the social-economic development among the household members in any nation. Notwithstanding the role of energy access in improving the livelihood of people, provision of energy access has revealed to be a major problem in rural areas of Tanzania. The increased in problem of energy access in rural areas of Tanzania is due to the absence of a unified set of indicators for measuring its energy access in order to improve the livelihood and s...