ABSTRACT Food poisoning with mycotoxins produced by fungi is a global food safety issue. The consumption of mycotoxin-contaminated foods is responsible for several foodborne diseases outbreak worldwide. While peanuts are an important crop with both economic and nutritional significance in tropical and subtropical regions, their vulnerability to aflatoxin contamination, for example, makes them unsuitable for human consumption. This study aimed at assessing the aflatoxin contamination of local...
ABSTRACT The study set out to examine the motivation and attitude towards work among kitchen staff in senior high schools (SHSs) within the Kwawu East District. Specifically, it involved an examination of the motivational needs of the staff, the strategies used to motivate kitchen staff and the factors influencing job attitudes of staff. A cross-sectional design was adopted to survey 42 kitchen staff and seven school Principals. Interview schedules were used to collect data from the kitchen...
ABSTRACT This study focused on safety and health implications of food from food outlets at Nyika growth point. The purpose of the study was to evaluate safety and health hazards associated with food from food outlets. Records of the Bikita Rural District Council indicated that from 2006 to 2014, the number of food outlets increased by more than 100%. Cases of food borne illnesses increased by at least 100% according to the records of the Bikita District Hospital. A cross-sectional survey was ...
An analysis of economic effects of Neglected and Underutilized crops (NUACs) in Kenya, case of yam in Embu County. ABSTRACT Nations in Africa i.e. Kenya has great potential of realizing their goal of eradicating poverty and hunger in all its forms and everywhere through the neglected and underutilized crops i.e. yams Dioscorea spp (Berchie, 2009) but have been adversely aggrieved by institutional failure, policies without the clear framework of the institutions capability to ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between labor turnover and organization productivity of Kampala private security firms. The private security industry of Uganda has faced organizational productivity issues since their inception (Kajubu, 2013). The study was guided by specific objectives which included; to establish the effect of employee resignation on organizational productivity in private security firms, to determine the effect of employee death on organ...
ABSTRACT The term refugee connotes dejection and hopelessness especially for the vulnerable groups such as children, women and the physically challenged. The plights of refugees are often worsened by the fragile economies of host countries particularly in Africa, rise in numbers of refugees globally and the decline in donor support for humanitarian assistance. Nonetheless, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) which is the main body of the UN responsible for humanitarian a...
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Abstract Internal Savings and Lending Schemes has become very important in global poverty reduction. The popular hypothesis is that by enabling rural poor households access to loans and savings enables poor households begin micro enterprises which would help them improve their income generation and escape poverty eventually. The chief research objective of this dissertation was to examine the role played by internal savings and lending schemes in rural areas, as a way of ensuring sustainable ...
Abstract Acute Respiratory Infections (ARIs) include infections in any part of the respiratory system lasting less than 3 days. They are a major cause of childhood deaths worldwide. Though the vast majority of ARIs are harmless, there are a few severe ones, which usually cause death within a short time and must therefore be recognised early. Available evidence shows that in Akatsi District about half of ARIs are managed at home. Since this care may be inappropriate there is the need for furth...
ABSTRACT The study was carried out to investigate the production potential for oil crop called jatropha (Jatropha curcas) in Arumeru district. A total of 111 farmers were randomly selected for interview. The study involve estimates of profitability of jatropha farming compared with maize farming, investigating household factors that influence adoption of recommended jatropha cultivation practices and identify opportunities and challenges for the development of jatropha industry in Tanzania. T...
ABSTRACT In western Uluguru Mountains, professionals have introduced soil and water conservation (SWC) practices which, if properly followed, would conserve the soil and promote agriculture. Various high value crops (HVC) promotion interventions and others which could serve as incentives were executed to aid attainment of this objective. Despite these efforts, today, in most fields we see more of annual ridges, the conventional farming practice which is not effective in SWC and other forms o...
ABSTRACT Diarrheal diseases are the third leading cause of death in third world countries, resulting in 1.8 million deaths around the world per annum. A study was carried out to assess the microbial quality of ready to eat cooked foods sold at Midlands State University (MSU) bus terminus in March 2018. Type of samples which were microbially assessed were sadza, rice, chicken stew, beef stew, cabbage salads, pork chops and russian sausages. Sampling was done for three different days. A total o...
ABSTRACT This project direct give the people or passengers to make their booking online which make them to save time, also management of data it is also intended to provide the relevant security measures so that all the unauthorized and unauthenticated users are denied access to the precious data and information concerning the passengers and making it safe. The aim of this study is to establish web based databases in developing countries airways DBMS are extremely beneficial to airways manage...
ABSTRACT Cloud computing has not only emerged as an accepted computing paradigm, but is fast penetrating into major sectors of human endeavor. These include banking, human resources management, justice administration, investigation, academia/research, commerce, health administration etc. Based on the public and experts concerns about cloud applications in the mentioned sectors, preliminary investigations were carried out and it was found that security, and in particular, authenticating...
ABSTRACT This study aimed at analyzing the Impacts of Climate Change to security in Tanzania. The task of the study was to find out the extent to which climate change can be a threat which affect security situation in Tanzania, specifically using the experiences of three government organizations. The specific objectives were, to identify the magnitude of climate change and how it influence security situation in Tanzania, to identify the causes of climate change as well as to suggest measure...