Humanities and Social Science Research Papers/Topics

Nexus between Urban Food System and Other Urban Systems: Exploring Opportunities for Improving Food Security in Kisumu, Kenya

Abstract/Overview The world population is growing and shifting in character from to predominantly rural to increasingly urban. It is projected that by 2050, two thirds of the world’s population will be living in urban areas. The food system of cities has an impact on the health and wellbeing of residents. This study is a review of data and integration of findings from two projects done in Kisumu from 2016 - 2020: Consuming Urban Poverty (CUP) project and Nourishing Spaces (NS) project. ...

Impact of Globalization on State Sovereignty: A Case Study of Non-State Actors in Kenya

Abstract: Sovereignty has in cooperated negative and positive connotations. Positive connotation involves the state ability to control its political and economic aspects on its own. That is it should make sure there is political stability and better social and economic conditions (Jackson 1993, p. 77). Positive connotation of sovereignty depends on the predominantly on action and resources of government and their population . It is also an internal part of sovereignty whereby the government ...

KAHALAGAHAN NG PAGGAMIT NG WIKANG FILIPINO SA ASIGNATURANG AGHAM SA SEKONDARYA NG POTIA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Ang pananaliksik na ito ay naglalayong talakayin ang kahalagahan at paggamit ng wikang Filipino sa asignaturang agham. Ginamit ang kwantitatibong pamamaraan upang matukoy kung gaano kadalas ginagamit ng mga mag-aaral and wikang Filipino sa talakayan sa asignaturang agham, ano ang pagkakaiba ng mga mag-aaral sa bawat baitang sa kadalas na paggamit ng wikang Filipino sa talakayan, gaano kahalaga ang paggamit ng wikang Filipino sa talakayan sa asignaturang agham ayon sa mga mag-aaral, at ano ang...

LEARNING STYLES & ATTITUDES OF STUDENTS TOWARD MODULAR LEARNING IN MAYOYAO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

This research delves into the challenges posed by the shift to modular learning at Mayoyao National High School during the pandemic, focusing on the learning styles and attitudes of Grade 11 HUMMS students. The study, employing a descriptive qualitative approach, explores the diverse approaches students employ in modular learning and their corresponding attitudes. Findings reveal sequential, verbal, and technology-dependent learning styles, emphasizing the importance of tailored and supportiv...

Ensuring Food Security: The State, Market and Civil Society

Though concepts of food security have acquired a variety of interpretations, it acquires a meaning where it also connotes nutritional security at the household level. Nowhere in developed and in the developing world has this notion become operationalised. Ensuring nutritional security requires that the three vital institutions - the state, the market and civil society, each recognises its own role and responsibility in warding off hunger, and ensuring food security

FACTORS HINDERING GENDER BALANCE IN THE POLITICAL PARTICIPATION OF LIBERIA. WOMEN AS A VICTIM.

Abstract The rising gender inequality in the political processes in Africa has existed for several decades and there are possibilities that this phenomenon could take a different trench if researchers and civil organizations do not see the need to identify determinant factors that have created such a huge gap, and then find a way to address it through structural solution plan. However, this paper aims at identifying these factors that have hindered the balance of political activities in the l...

Youth and Water Security in Africa

Developing nations have been confronted by a myriad of quagmires that have undermined development and growth. Nigeria and Zimbabwe have not been spared. Though the quandaries faced by these nations are many, hunger and poverty surpasses them all as their inimical and malevolent effects undermine the development of the much needed human capital. To this end, this research paper interrogates the role which water education can play in attaining water security, which is a prerequisite for gro...

The Implication of Autism on Families: A Study at Savar, Dhaka City Bangladesh

Abstract This study works to identify the effects of autism on parents, siblings, and teachers. How autism affects a family and its members, how friends react to their autistic friend, neighbor’s perception, and teachers' behavior towards autistic children. After some previous studies, an empirical efficacy framework was created and tested through quantitative techniques. In-depth interview questions were set for conducting a survey with the Parents, Siblings, and Teachers. The results were...

Tax Instruments For Tanzania's Industrialization Growth

Abstract The Tanzanian government aims to reshape the economy into a semi-industrialized nation by 2025. As a policy measure to support this reform, the government exempted producer capital commodities from value-added tax in 2017/2018 fiscal year. This aims to foster the utilization of these commodities in the manufacturing sector in order to generate economic growth, employment, and social well-being of the nation. This research examines the impact of macroeconomic fiscal instruments on th...