ABSTRACT A study was carried out in 2012 in a Sudan savanna ecology in Ghana aimed at identifying the optimal planting dates and suitable cowpea varieties for green pod production. Six planting dates were considered starting from the onset of the rainy season (20th June, 30th June, 12th July, 25th July, 2nd August and 12th August), and four improved cowpea varieties released by Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) as Baaw...
ABSTRACT Studies have shown that poverty rates in Northern Ghana are two to three times more than the national average. Poverty, low income generation, and chronic food insecurity remains a critical challenge among the people in this region. Smallholder farmers in northern Ghana have limited access to the assets that would facilitate a shift from low productivity subsistence farming to modern commercial agriculture. The major constraints to their livelihoods include lack of infrastructure a...
ABSTRACT The development of unauthorized structures has become one of the threatening problems associated with urbanization in developing countries. Multiple factors including institutional, socio-economic, political, physical and cultural contribute to this situation. The most dominant factor to deal with is institutional challenges which included the undue delays in the issuing of building permits, inability of the mandated institutions to effectively monitor and control on-going projects...
ABSTRACT The study examined the effect of women’s empowerment on utilisation of reproductive health services in Ghana. Women’s empowerment dimensions included access to economic resources and social norms, while reproductive health services comprised: (contraceptive use, timing of first antenatal visits, skilled birth attendance and place of delivery). The study used the Ghana Demographic and Health Survey 2008, dataset, which is a nationally representative sample. From the two empowerm...
ABSTRACT Research into sexting has yield inconsistent result in terms of sexting prevalence and correlates such as sexual risk behaviours and psychological wellbeing. The present study examined the relationships between sexting, sexual risk behaviours and psychological wellbeing among college students in Ghana. This cross-sectional survey recruited 380 undergraduate students in the Greater Accra Region using a convenient sampling technique. The study revealed that sexting behaviours is posi...
ABSTRACT Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) are the most widespread of organisms responsible for food fermentation and have been applied as commercial starter cultures in many food industries. A study was conducted to develop a starter culture for the fermentation of millet into Fura and to extend the shelf life of Fura by gamma radiation. The isolation, characterization and identification of the LAB and yeasts responsible for Fura fermentation was carried out using physiological methods. A brief su...
ABSTRACT The thermal–hydraulics and neutronics parameters of GHARR-1 control systems were assessed for its reliability after 18 years of operation using the Micro-Computer Closed Loop System (MCCLS) and original Control Console (CC). The MCCLS and some components that control the sensitivity and the reading mechanism of the meters on the control systems have been replaced with new ones over the years, due to ageing, repairs and obsolescence. The results show that when reactor is operated a...
ABSTRACT Relationship marketing has become a buzz word in academia and industry due to its acclaimed benefits of attracting and retaining customers. The hospitality industry in Ghana is one sector where relationship marketing practices have not been well researched. This study was thus motivated to address this research gap. The main purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between relationship marketing and customer loyalty in the Ghanaian Hospitality (hotel) industry. Specifi...
ABSTRACT Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become an integral part of business practice over the last decade and this has led many corporations to dedicate a section of their annual reports and corporate websites to CSR activities. Although extant literature with regard to CSR has examined a number of themes such as the link between CSR and financial performance, very few studies have been conducted on CSR and Competitive Advantage (CA). As such, this paper was aimed at identifying ...
ABSTRACT This research is an attempt to find out, through the expectations and evaluations of prenatal classes by groups of expectant parents at tending the classes, why particular groups of pregnant women appear to attend prenatal classes more than other groups. The subjects included primigravidas and multi gravidas. The data was collected through participant observation and tape recording of the prenatal classes, discussions with the c l ass instructor, the subjects' hospital records and Un...
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Hypertension is a chronic condition that requires long term management to avoid complications. It is a growing public health concern. Adherence to medication therapy has been identified as a major problem in people with chronic conditions although there are several evidence to show effectiveness of medication. A worldwide non adherence to medication among chronic patients is estimated to be 50% and this is not different in Ghana. Non adherence again leads suboptimal ther...
ABSTRACT Over the years, there has been an improvement in child nutritional status around the world. Though this improvement in child nutritional status has also been evident in Ghana, it has been slow and unevenly distributed across the country. Ghana‘s child nutritional indicators are still below the average conditions that prevail globally. Wasting in Ghana is still higher than the average rate around the world, and a relatively higher percentage of children below age five in Ghana suf...
ABSTRACT The World Bank Reported in 2013 that 25 out of the 48 SSA countries were experiencing energy crises which has resulted in brownouts and blackouts in those countries. Consequently, many sectors of the economy of these countries have being suffering great losses as they experience incessant power outages. Therefore the study focused on the factors that determine the generation of electricity in the case of selected SSA countries so as contribute in the curbing of the situation. Also,...
ABSTRACT Despite provisions to uphold and safeguard the rights of persons with disability in Ghana, there is evidence that they still encounter several challenges which limit their full and effective involvement in mainstream society, including the gold mining sector. The study sought to explore how persons with physical disability (PWPDs) experience gold mining in the Obuasi Municipal Area. A qualitative research design was used to discover and to understand the experiences of PWPDs regard...
ABSTRACT This study seeks to examine how organisational structure affects organisational effectiveness at the Ministry of Defence. The study employed the qualitative research methodology where senior management staff comprising civil servants and military officers on attachment from the Ghana Armed Forces were interviewed. The use of semi-structured interviews were employed to collect data from twelve (12) senior staff members of the Ministry. The findings from the study revealed that the or...
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