ABSTRACT Agricultural production by farmers continues to face many challenges. NGOs play an important role by assisting farmers to improve on their production levels and livelihoods. The study was carried out using a descriptive-con-elational survey design to examine farmers' perceptions of the effects ofNGO interventions on agriculture in Mfantsiman and KEEA municipalities in the Central Region of Ghana. Four NGOs provided services to the farmers. The results showed that most of the farmers ...
ABSTRACT Development effectiveness measures project relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability. The MiDA project lacked empirical data to indicate the extent to which it has achieved development effectiveness and improved the welfare of farmers in the study area. The study investigated the determinants development effectiveness of the MiDA project in the Effutu Municipality of Ghana. Descriptive survey design, random sampling technique and structured interview schedules ...
TABLE OF CONTENTSDECLARATIONAPPROVALDEDICATION iiiACKNOWLEDGEMENT ivABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ixABSTRACT xCHAPTER ONE 11.0 Introduction 11 .1 Background information 11 .1.1 Strategic issues ofthe scheme to Farmers Cane Growers AssociationsMlSSlON 2l.1.2TheSACCOS 41.2 Statement ofthe Problem 51 .3 Research Objectives 71.3.1 General research objective 71.3.2 Specific research objectives 71.4 Research Questions 71.5 Significance ofthe Study 81.6 Scope ofthe Study 81.7 Limitations ofthe Study 91...
ABSTRACT This research work is aimed at recommending possible solution to the organization and management problem of rural water supply programme in Nigeria with a case study of ANSWC Nnewi. The mean or average number of adult and children in the sample household are 3 and 6 respectively and total income reported is N200 to 100 per household per month. The statement of the problems is that the growing commercial and industrial town of Nnewi has been without adequate possible water. The pur...
ABSTRACT This study attempted to explain the factors that affect the state of feeder roads in Kibaale District. Specifically, the study looked at the state of feeder roads against the resources allocated. This could further be reflected in the challenges faced in supervision of the feeder roads in the District. The state of feeder roads remained very poor even when there was evidence of a cumulative shs. 1,474,061 ,998/= allocation in four financial years. The study employed a cluster samplin...
ABSTRACT The subject of citizen participation has been a bone of both administrative and development contention and it is believed that if the participation is effective, development attempts will as well be successful. When Zimbabwe gained independence in 1980, the Government paid much attention in trying to revive the Local Government system in an attempt to redress the unfairness of the colonial Local Government system through formulating legislations and structures that facilitate grassro...
ABSTRACT Agriculture is a key element of the Tanzanian economy, it contributes about 46% of the GDP. It is not well mechanized, most of small scale farmers using rudimentary and poor technologies. Following the decentralization policy, the District Agriculture Development Plans (DADPs) established project programme to boost up agriculture to promote economic growth and poverty reduction at household level. This study was conducted in Korogwe District, Tanga Region in order determine the con...
Abstract: Climate Change and Variability affects water supply and food security, especially in developing countries where many small-scale farmers rely on rain-fed agriculture for food production and as a main source of livelihood. The extent of the effects of climate change and variability on these small-scale producers largely depends on their level of adaptation, adaptive capacity, exposure and vulnerability. This study evaluates the effectiveness of Conservation Agriculture (CA) as a pos...
Abstract The study examined the performance of Nigerian print media, in the context of neoliberalism, regarding their coverage of the less-urban sections as compared to the attention given to the urban centres. The social responsibility, developmental media, and social exclusion theories provided the theoretical framework for the study. The Guardian, The Nigerian Tribune and The Vanguard—out of the national quality newspapers in Nigeria—were randomly selected for content analysis, while s...
ABSTRACT In the context of increasing rural-urban migration, real estate development is becoming fast-emerging as the desire for shelter and individual abode increases. This development has given rise to a high volume of developmental activities. Development project have a few attributes, for example, time limit, budgetary imperatives and financial necessities, individual authoritative and legitimate conditions, intricacy and orderly qualities, so every project in itself is an interesting fra...
ABSTRACT In this research work, the researcher intended to have a general discussion with local government as my background. But lack of space may not allow me for detailed discussion and analysis. However, all essential part of the role of local government administration in economic and social development of rural areas in Nigeria are discussed. In chapter one, I discussed the background the problem of the study, the scope, some research questions and research hypothesis, significant and som...
Abstract Cattle keeping duties are the most frequent task of children in rural Ethiopia. At worst, there are many children who are trafficked within and outside country borders for forced herding activities. This study explored child labor in a rural setting among employed child cattle keepers (in Amharic it refers to the Qenja) in Andabet Woreda focusing on perspectives of the Qenja towards the work, their tasks, and challenges they experienced. This study employed a qualitative ap...
ABSTRACT The goal of all development is to help people attain high quality of life. People living in rural areas need more attention in the realisation of this goal because they are more disadvantaged. The socio-economic development approach, which is the major approach to development and driven by modernisation, overlooks other important factors of quality of life. From the literature, integrative quality of life (IQOL) theory addresses these challenges when adopted in project planning. Th...
ABSTRACT Recently various members of the society have raised an alarm on the low standard of education in Nigeria, high cost of food despite good quality soils as well as increased budgetary allocation for living has not improved in time with the variable mentioned above. From the findings this research it is observed, that agricultural science is not given the right and necessary attention it observed, for instance teachers who are the implementers of curriculum are faced with numerous prob...
ABSTRACT Whereas Uganda employed decentralization policy as one of the techniques for achieving social service delivery and socio-economic development, the country’s highly centralized political system has resulted in the widespread social-economic marginalization of rural areas, very little attention has been focused on analyzing the relationship between socio-economic marginalization and popular participation of community members in identifying issues they face and suggesting solutions to...