ABSTRACT The research project is a very crucial study for the development of agriculture and industry in Nigeria. The study was motivated by the necessity to establish the extent of the effect of monetary and fiscal policies adopted by the government and monetary authorities in Nigeria on agricultural and industrial development. The need for industrialization and agricultural develo9pment have been of great concern since after Nigeria’s independence. To solve the research problem b...
ABSTRACTS Sub-Saharan Africa depends on agriculture for economic growth and the well being of its people. The sub-region, and indeed the whole of Africa, has been losing a running battle to make agricultural production meet the ever-increasing population. To make food production cope with the population growth and to achieve economic development, many extension models have been tried. Currently the pre-dominant extension system in Africa is the Training and Visit extension system. In Ghana th...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the challenges faced by Kabalagala Pride Microfinanceand its sustainable development. This study was guided by the following research objectives: to investigate the challenges facing Microfinance institutions towards sustainable development, to investigate the constraints facing Microfinance institutions and to establish the relation between Microfinance institutions and sustainable development. This study adopted descriptive research design, specifically cro...
ABSTRACT The concept of sustainable development has become a ubiquitous feature in most developmental policies across the breadth and length of the world. Therefore, this research analyzed the impact of the extraction of black granite on sustainable development particularly making use of the case of Mutoko District in Zimbabwe. Mining of black granite in Mutoko commenced way back in the early 1970s. The people in Mutoko District expected that the exploitation of the natural stone would bring ...
ABSTRACT Indigenous knowledge is the local knowledge unique to a given culture or society. It is the basis of decision making in agriculture, healthcare, food preservation and natural resource management. This study was set to establish the existence of Indigenous knowledge in the community of Chwele and Mukuyuni wards of Bungoma Central Sub-County, Bungoma County and its role in seasonal climate forecast. The general objective of this study was to examine the role of indigenous knowledge in ...
Abstract: Understanding the effects of land use types and slope positions on soil physicochemical properties is an essential for sustainable soil management. Therefore, this study was initiated to assess selected physicochemical properties of the soils under different land uses and slope positions at Gola Wachu sub-watershed, east Hararghe Zone, Ethiopia. The study area was divided in to three topographic unit based on slope positions (upper, middle and lower) and selected soil physicochemic...
ABSTRACT The failure of past anti-poverty initiatives during the pre-Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) and post-Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) eras in Nigeria motivated the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in collaboration with the federal, state and local governments, to jointly take a pragmatic step of initiating the Integrated Community Development Programme (ICDP), a participatory poverty reduction intervention. Literature has shown the extent to which the UNDP/ICD...
Abstract The research study examines the impact of community security self-help initiative and food security for grassroot development sustainability. Community self-help initiative is not a novel enterprise in communities in Nigeria as evidence abounds of how communities magnificently organized themselves in constructing roads, building bridges, schools, farmland assistance and neighbourhood watchdog to each other. The population of study is 351,865 from residence of Ikole, Efon and Emure lo...
TABLE OF CONTENTSDECLARATIONAPPROVAL iiDEDICATION iiiACKNOWLEDGEMENT ivTABLE OF CONTENTS vLIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS xABSTRACT xiCHAP1ER. ONE8~18~.0.00. .......~1.1.0 Introduction 11.1 Background of the study 11.1.1 Historical perspective 11.1.2 Conceptual perspective 41.1.3 Theoretical perspective 51.1.4 Contextual perspective 51.2 Problem statement 61.3 Objectives of the study 61.3.1 Purpose of the study 61.3.2 Specific objectives 61.4 Research questions 61.5 Scope of the study 71.5...
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 Laterite is an eco-friendly construction material that has the ability of being re-cycled indefinitely. The research is aimed at achieving the effective utilization of laterite as a sustainable construction material by attempting to identify the best percentage of the soil stabilizers needed to improve the laterite. In this study, hydrated lime and bone ash were used as soil stabilizers to improve the strength of Nigerian laterite (obtained from Gosa and Sauka in Abuja, Nigeria). Co...
Abstract Since the beginning of the new millennium, there are concerns about the wild spread poverty, underdevelopment and conflict especially in Africa. African governments, donors and development scholars have keenly paid attention to adopting and in some instances attempted to revamp traditional approaches as strategy for enhancing civic participation in development management and democratic processes at the grassroots level. However, despite such synergies not much is evident on the grou...
ABSTRACT A key policy objective ofsustainable economic development, especially in any developing country like Nigeria, is to establish energy development paths that are both economically e.f .f icient and sustainable. However, this depends significantly 012 full utilization ofsuch resources. This resear~hw ork adopts an econometric approach to evaluate both the impact and the sustainability of Gas utilization in the Nigerian economy. Also, it examines the structure ofgas flaring in N...
ABSTRACT The construction of the Akosombo and Kpong dams have led to a change in the watershed ecology which has in turn contributed to the change in land use and land cover of the Lower Volta Basin (LVB). Inevitable changing global climate has also played a role in the alteration of land cover and crop production which have affected livelihoods. In this study, a post-classification comparison change detection algorithm was used to determine changes in land use and land cover that have taken ...
Agriculture in Rwanda is today characterized by low agricultural productivity due to soil fertility decline. This is mainly attributed to the mining of nutrients due to continuous cropping without adequate external addition of inputs. The adoption of Integrated Soil Fertility Management (ISFM) technologies such as the combination of organic manure and mineral fertilizers is being taken as one of solutions to this situation. A study was therefore, conducted to investigate the effects of f...