Globally, diseases constitute a major biotic constraint to soyabean production. Although, the list of diseases of soyabean in Ghana has been published, the incidence, severity, and distribution of listed diseases were not indicated. Secondly, the Savannah Agriculture Research Institute (SARI) has accumulated considerable number of soyabean genotypes most of which were sourced from the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and the United States Department of Agriculture (...
ABSTRACT Vegetable production is of great importance in terms of nutrition improvement, income generation and food security. Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation (Africa RISNG) action research project actively integrates vegetable farming and marketing practices in order to reduce the vulnerability of indigenous populations of Babati district located in the Manyara region of Tanzania. In Tanzania smallholder vegetable famers receive asymmetrical and inc...
ABSTRACT Around the developing world, poverty remains an overwhelming rural issue. Rural dwellers rely heavily on agricultural activities and related assets as main source of livelihoods. They also have widely differing capacities to combine off-farm activities in their income generation process. However, diversification makes households better-off only if it implies increased investment in high return portfolios. An important concern is that high yielding investments are either high risk or ...
Abstract This study examined snail production in Enugu State, Nigeria using cross-sectional data. It was guided by five specific objectives namely: describing the socio-economic characteristics of snail farmers in Enugu State, snail production system/rearing techniques in the study area, determining the cost and returns from snail farming in the study area, estimating factors influencing profitability of snail production in the area and identifying constraints facing snail farmers in the stud...
ABSTRACT This study was aimed at investigating the perception of the general public on the socio-economic implications of drug addiction in Nigeria. The study was conducted in Enugu urban and a sample of six hundred (600) respondents aged 18 years and above resident in Enugu urban were selected through simple random sampling. Structured questionnaires developed by the researcher were administrated to the respondents by six research assistants. In addition in depth interviews were conduct...
ABSTRACT Traditional/backyard pig production systems are found in the larger Western Kenya while commercial systems are predominant in Eastern and Central Kenya including Nairobi. The pig holdings in Coast and few in North-Eastern are commercial systems. The expansion and improvement of the market for pigs and pig products generally in Kenya may explain why pig- keeping is beginning to be found outside traditional pig-keeping areas. The objectives of the study were: 1) To characterize pig pro...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the implementation of positive discipline in Gweru Urban District Secondary Schools in the Midlands Province. The study sought to find out if positive discipline was being implemented in schools. A descriptive survey design was adopted as it enables one to carry out a research on a large population which is Gweru District in the Midlands Province. Five schools were selected by the researcher through convenience sampling. The Roger’s clie...
Abstract Discourses framing football reflect dominant, possibly, contesting „truths‟, which themselves are linked to power relations and struggles within a given society. This study analyses the framing of the Zimbabwe men‟ national football team (popularly known as The Zimbabwe Warriors) in The Sunday Mail, The Patriot and the Daily News on Sunday from March 2015 to April 2016. The three newspapers were purposively selected for being weeklies with a national coverage. A comparative ana...
Abstract: This study examines the institutional arrangement for water governance, crop production efficiency, commercialization, and impact on household welfare using cross-sectional data obtained from 544 randomly and proportionately selected sampled households from four districts of the Amhara region, northern Ethiopia. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and econometric models. The stochastic frontier production (cost) model was used to investigate technical (cost) efficiency,...
Abstract Background: Hypertension is a common non communicable condition worldwide. In developing countries (including Nigeria), the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is common. This study investigated the frequency and factors associated with use of CAM among hypertensive subjects in an urban Nigerian community. Perspectives about the management of hypertension were obtained from CAM practitioners in the community. Methods: Four hundred and forty hypertensive subjects in ...
ABSTRACT The research was mainly concerned in knowing the risk and protective factors of para-suicide among the youths of Chegutu as well as assessing the extent in which the youth of Chegutu were at risk of para-suicide. The fact that the youths are the ones that are at risk of suicidal behaviours is what drove the researcher to carry out a study to scientifically prove the extent of this truth. In the collection of her data the researcher used a quantitative approach on the bases that the t...
ABSTRACT This research work has the title, “The Impact Of Entrepreneurial Development on the Economic Development of a Stateâ€. This study was embarked upon in order to know the problems militating against entrepreneurship, its source of finance and the roles entrepreneurs play in Enugu Urban area as a test case. A good number of works already carried out were reviewed, In order to achieve the set objectives; care was taken in collection relevant data using primary and seco...
ABSTRACT The study evaluated the quality of Junior High School (JHS) education in the Central Region of Ghana using context, input, process and product (CIPP) model by Stufflebeam (1971). Descriptive survey design was employed in the conduct of the study. The target population for this study was made up of public and private JHSs in all the 20 Metropolitan/Municipal/District Assemblies in the Central Region. Proportionate stratified random sampling was employed. In all, the participants for ...
ABSTRACT Amoebiasis remains one of the commonest gastroenteritis in Ghana especially among children. The Entamoeba complex comprises Entamoeba histolytica, Entamoeba dispar and Entamoeba moshkovskii, which are morphologically identical but genetically diverse. Entamoeba histolytica is the only known pathogenic protozoan Entamoeba species. The epidemiology of Entamoeba complex infections within the Ho Municipality in the South-Eastern part of Ghana has not been thoroughly investigated and th...
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Contemporary globalization and urbanization is reproducing classic conditions historically associated with the emergence of infectious diseases and the periodically recurring pattern of epidemics and pandemics. The dynamics of contemporary globalization has contributed to various institutional gaps that make dealing with infectious diseases is increasing difficult and threaten concentrated human populations with pot...