ABSTRACT The study examined the influence of internal displacement on women rights in Deeq Rabbi Camp, Mogadishu, Somalia. The study was guided by the following objectives ie; to examine the effect of internal displacement on women’s rights to food in Deeq Rabbi Camp, Mogadishu, Somalia, to determine the impact of internal displacement on women’s right of protection from torture in Deeq Rabbi Camp, Mogadishu, Somalia and to establish the effect of internal displacement on women’s rights...
Abstract The report sets out the findings of a study to answer three specific research questions: ascertaining the factor that influence the decisions of refugees to return, exploring the obstacles to voluntary return, and exploring whether return to village of origin offers a sustainable durable solution to internal displacement. The research was conducted in Kajo Keji County in South Sudan. The study used both quantitative and qualitative methods for data collection. Findings from this rese...
Agriculture accounts for a lot of land use in most of the developing countries; hence it is probably the single most powerful influence on environmental quality. Agriculture remains the principal livelihood of the rural poor (Malik, 1999). Agriculture has been the backbone of the Ghanaian economy. Agriculture is very vital to society. It helps to alleviate poverty, provide food security and economic growth. It is the backbone of many African economies especially Ghana (World Development ...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted in Tema Newtown, a suburb of Tema Metropolis in Ghana to investigate the food safety practices and hygiene among homemakers. The study sought to assess the knowledge level of homemakers in food safety and hygiene, investigate the practices of homemakers in handling food and identify the measures that can lead to improved food safety practices. The study used quantitative descriptive survey and selected 70 homemakers using systematic random sampling. Data co...
ABSTRACT This study assessed the effectiveness of exit strategies in development projects in Tanzania through two selected projects in Bahi District. These are the Agriculture and Food Security and Leadership Development projects intervened by World Vision Tanzania through Chipanga Area Development Programme. The study, therefore, analysed the design and implementation of exit strategies adopted; evaluated their success and finally, examined challenges experienced in the course of implement...
ABSTRACT Cholera outbreaks have profound impacts on the health and well-being of communities. Rapid containment of outbreaks largely depend on people‟s knowledge, perceptions and attitude to the disease. Studies have shown an increase of outbreaks in developing countries. Ibadan Northwest (IBNW) Local Government Area (LGA) experienced recurrent cholera outbreaks between June and November 2011 in spite of cholera control programmes in Oyo state. Furthermore several studies have been done on...
ABSTRACT The risk of food getting contaminated depends largely on the health status of the food handlers, their personal hygiene, knowledge and practice of food hygiene. To this effect the aim of the study was to evaluate the hygienic knowledge and practices between urban and rural food vendors at lorry parks. The objectives of the study is to evaluate the hygienic knowledge level of food vendors at the lorry parks, assess the level of hygienic practices among food vendors at the lorry park...
ABSTRACT Many studies have been done on HIV/AIDS in Tanzania yet few empirical studies have been conducted to examine the effect of HIV/AIDS in urban areas including Dar-es- Salaam. This study therefore aimed at estimating the extent to which HIV/AIDS affects household livelihoods as well as identifying common coping mechanism of affected and unaffected households with regard to food security, asset ownership/possession and social network. Therefore, this study was conducted with the spe...
Abstract: Contract farming has become a main pillar of the strategy to promote agricultural development in Ethiopia. Hence, this study aims at analyzing perceived risks, determinants of contract enforcement mechanisms and impacts of vegetables contract farming on production efficiency and income, using data collected from 423 smallholder vegetable producing households from four districts of East Shewa zone, central rift valley of Ethiopia. The study combines both quantitative and qualitative...
ABSTRACT Background: Food and water borne illnesses are of great concern to all humanity and for this reason there is a need for every individual to take part in curbing this condition since it is preventable to a large extent. This could be achievable when the contributing factors are well known. This study therefore sought to assess the factors that contribute to food and water borne illnesses among households in the Ashaiman Municipality. Method: A descriptive cross sectional study was car...
ABSTRACT This work is about the Adaptation Strategies to Climate change Amongst the Smallholder Farmers in of Humid Area of Ngara District. The area was selected due to the fact that it is among the most affected areas by the impact of climate change in Tanzania. A sample size of 106 respondents was employed in this study. The primary data were collected through interviews with key informants, questionnaires and field observation. Secondary data were collected through documentary review. Th...
ABSTRACT Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a chronic genetic blood disorder common among people of African descent. The disease places nutritional burden among affected individuals which affect their nutritional status. The aim of the study was to determine the dietary intake and nutritional status of children with sickle cell disease and determine the associations of severity of illness with dietary intake and nutritional status. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was carried out ...
ABSTRACT The Food and Drugs Authority is an organization mandated to control the manufacture, import, export, distribution, use and advertisement of food, drugs, cosmetics and household chemicals, medical devices and tobacco and its products to ensure that they are safe and of good quality. To ensure this function, training is very necessary to enhance the capacity of employees to perform their duties effectively and efficiently. The importance of training can only be appreciated with a clea...
ABSTRACT The study aims at understanding different forms and the magnitude of atrocities on women and female children prevailing at Nyarugusu refugee camp. The factors leading to atrocities, interventions activities undertaken to deal with atrocities and suggestive measures for protecting women and girls are given due importance. The research is descriptive in nature and methodology used includes the application of various data collection methods such as Interview, Focus Group Discussion and ...
ABSTRACT Compliance by street fruit salad and juice vendors with national food safety and quality requirements was evaluated. Evaluation was based on good manufacturing practices (GMP), good hygienic practices (GHP), selected heavy metals, physicochemical properties and microbiological quality parameters. Compliance by street vendors was also compared to vendors in university cafeterias and town restaurants. Among the fruit salad and fruit juice vendors, 71.4% and 54.3%, respectively, had no ...