ABSTRACT Communicating agricultural information to farmers is critical in improving productivity. To ensure increase in agricultural productivity, agricultural information must be communicated to farmers in a way that is effective and affordable. The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of television programmes in communicating agricultural information using ‘Shamba Shape Up’ (SSU), an agricultural programme produced by Mediae Company and aired on Citizen Television in Kenya...
ABSTRACT Going through peri menopause is stressful for any woman and it is often difficult to accept the changes caused by the imbalance in hormone levels in the body during this period. Perimenopause is a transitional phase that occurs before menopause and may have severe physical, emotional and cognitive symptoms. To address this problem, Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) has been used to control the symptoms, despite the fact that HRT is associated with breast and uterine cancers. Foods t...
ABSTRACT Political violence has negative influences on peoples’ wellbeing. The emotional wellbeing of people is of great significance if they are to remain healthy. This is particularly so with the 2007 Post-Election Violence (PEV) that was experienced in Kenya. Nakuru County was one of the areas that were affected by 2007 PEV. The study aimed at establishing the influence of PEV level on emotional wellbeing and academic performance of secondary school students in Nakuru County, Kenya. Mol...
ABSTRACT Trafficking and use of illicit drugs have become a deadly plague unleashing social and health hazards on the human race. The problem is more prevalent in the developing nations, while Nigeria is one of the most affected African countries. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has acknowledged this fact. Despite efforts by the Nigerian anti-drug abuse agencies, the rate of drug-related crimes in the country seems to persist. This paper, after presenting some statistics...
ABSTRACT Vowel reduction, the weakening of strong vowels to the reduced /ə/ sound, is an essential phenomenon in the rhythm of Standard British English (SBE) and it is claimed to be absent in Nigerian English (NE). Some studies on the phonological features of Yoruba and Hausa Englishes, which are major Nigerian languages, have claimed that vowel reduction does not exist in NE. This is with little or no reference to the small group languages including Educated Isoko English (EIE). Therefore,...
EXTENDED ABSTRACT Gender Mainstreaming Strategies (GMSs) have the potentiality for reducing gender gaps and hence enhancing gender equality in Local Government Authorities (LGAs). However, studies have not reached consensus on whether the internationally and nationally planned GMSs have significant effect on the intended achieved gender equality among LGA officials. This study was conducted in Dodoma Municipality and Mpwapwa District by capturing urban and rural settings respectively in Tanz...
EXTENDED ABSTRACT The demand for quality meat is vastly increasing in Tanzania due to expanding market. The attempts to improve meat quality by finishing animals in feedlot using maize grain was unsuccessful due to strong competition with humans for the grains thus alternative feed resources were sought. This study was done with the objective of improving the quantity and quality of meat produced from Tanzania Shorthorn Zebu (TSZ) cattle using agro processing by products. Two experiments wer...
ABSTRACT In Tanzania, farmers like others elsewhere, have to make informed choices of optimum and cost effective farm machinery. The level, appropriate choice and subsequent proper use of farm machinery has a direct and significant effect on productivity. Tanzanian farmers use traditional intuitive farm machinery selection methods which, in most cases, results in uneconomical investment. The overall objective of this study was to develop a computer-based decision support system tool for sel...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted to determine growth performance, water use and wood properties of Eucalypt clones in Tanzania. Eucalypt clones of Eucalyptus grandis x E. camaldulensis (GC), E. grandis x E. urophylla (GU), E. grandis x E. tereticornis (GT) growing in Lushoto, Kwamarukanga, Kibaha and Tabora sites were studied. Growth performance, water use and wood properties data were collected at the age of 8 to 10 years. Data on growth performance were analysed using SAS Software and sub...
EXTENDED ABSTRACT Nitrogen and water management practices are key components in Crop production. Plants cannot grow in soil without water, so too when soil is saturated with water. Plants lacking N show stunted growth and yellowish leaves. Too much N can have negative environmental impacts such as contamination of water, pollution, and eutrophication. Leaching is the main vehicle through which applied nitrogen can contaminate groundwater. Identifying the most economic application rate of N f...
ABSTRACT Tanzania’s agricultural system is rain-dependent and highly susceptible to climatic shocks, particularly in the semi-arid areas of Central Tanzania. Despite the government’s efforts to improve agricultural production, food insecurity has persisted. Thus, this study investigated coping strategies and household resilience to food insecurity in Chamwino and Manyoni districts in Tanzania. The objectives were to determine the perception of farmers on the extent of food insecurity, to...
ABSTRACT Diagnosis in Ifá therapeutic practice makes a distinction between àìsàn ara(physical disease) - conditions that are diagnosable and treatable, and àmódi (somatoform disorders) - conditions that are not diagnosable and treatable using Western medicine. Studies in Ifá therapeutic practice have placed emphasis on àìsàn ara, while the diagnosis and treatment of àmódi have not been adequately addressed. This study, therefore, examines how àmódi is diagnosed and treated in Y...
ABSTRACT Morality entails everything about man's action, what he ought to do and what he ought not to do. Like moral standards and moral values, morality forms part and parcel of the life of every social group and civil society. Man as a social and rational being, is naturally moral and political. Politics on the other hand entails everything about the political life in the society. This includes who should, and how the ruler ought to rule. "The Concept of morality and politics in Aristotle...
ABSTRACT This study examined the persistence of traditional oathing (kithitu) among Kamba Christians in Machakos County, Kenya. It further examined circumstances under whichkithitu is practised, ways in which kithitu is practised, extent of reliance on kithitu, and Christian teachings on oathing. The theory of functionalism guided by the reconstruction theology motif was applied in the study. This studywas conducted as a qualitative case study in Machakos Town Sub-CountybetweenMarch 2015 and ...
ABSTRACT This study examines the Struggle for Regional Integration in Africa: the East African Community from 1886 to 2013. The East African community is the regional cooperation that comprises of the republic of Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda and South Sudan. The process leading to the establishment of the initial EAC in 1967 started as early as 1886 with the construction of Kenya-Uganda railway. The initial community, however, collapsed in 1977, ten years after its formation. It w...