Abstract Marama bean [Tylosema esculentum (Burchell) Schreiber] belongs to the family Fabaceae and is a candidate for domestication in arid zones. It is indigenous to the Kalahari regions of Southern Africa thriving in low nutrient and low moisture soils. Marama bean seeds exhibit high oil (up to 48%) and protein (up to 42%) content comparable to peanut and soybean respectively. The main purpose of this study was to determine the usefulness of previously developed microsatellite markers in di...
ABSTRACT The thesis explored the dynamics of the rhetoric of the language of science on climate change publications. The arguments presented in this study were drawn from a theoretical framework that saw rhetorical arguments, texts and general discourse as instruments of communication of science publications on climate change in Namibia. Thus, Rhetorical Structure Theory (RST) was used in this study. The theoretical framework of the study was extended to incorporate the Aristotelian rhetorica...
ABSTRACT This thesis reports the findings of the ethnolinguistic study of the use of space in communication in Maasai society. It examined how Maasai use genealogical and geographical space to construct social and linguistic categories which affect communication among the society members. The findings of the study are presented from the transcriptions of the participant observation made in the natural settings of occurrence and supported by the information from face-to-face and group intervi...
ABSRTACT This thesis examines the practising of sustainability approaches to education in higher learning institutions in Tanzania from the perceptions and experiences of lecturers and students of four selected universities. Systems thinking and sociocultural perspectives were used as theoretical frameworks. The study sought to respond to the major question: “How do higher learning institutions in Tanzania practice sustainability education?” The study specifically explored the conceptions...
ABSTRACT Contract farming in sunflower as a vertically integrated mode of production and marketing is one of the most important transformations in the agriculture sector in Tanzania. Despite the introduction of CF in sunflower, many challenges persisted. These include unfavourable prices or markets. The reasons or factors for persistence of challenges in sunflower CF was the uniqueness of smallholder sunflower farmers such that the conventional CF arrangement was not fully applicable to it. T...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted in Makete District Tanzania, with the aim of examining parents‘ disclosure of their HIV/AIDS status to their children and its effects on children‘s behaviour. This was a qualitative study which employed ethnographic research design using in-depth interview, focus group discussion, observation and documentary analysis as tools for data collection. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis and a total of 70 informants were included in the study using purp...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted in Dodoma Municipality-Tanzania, aiming at assessing women‟s socio-economic development in relation to their involvement in MFIs. The specific objectives were to examine those micro-credits services and savings attracting women in MFIs, to analyze the women‟s activities derived from MFIs services, to assess the current and potential collateralization that make MFIs trust women and to assess the contextual factors influencing women‟s socio-economic devel...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate teachers‟ attitudes and competence in the use of ICT as a pedagogical tool. Within this broad objective the study intended to establish a professional development programme based on practice by teachers as a community of learners. The CoPLEG professional development strategy was designed, implemented and evaluated to assess its effectiveness on transforming teachers‟ attitudes and competence in the use of ICT as a PT. Against this broa...
ABSTRACT This study explored age-based perceptions on retirement income spending plans versus actual spending upon retirement among individuals from higher education institutions in Tanzania. The study had four specific objectives; to determine the perceived optimal age to start planning about retirement income spending among individuals from HEIs in Tanzania; establish perceived variations of plans on spending retirement income across age cohorts among individuals from HEIs in Tanzania; exam...
ABSTRACT Organizational performance improvement is considered a critical requirement for improved water services in the country. This study on organizational performance improvement of urban water supply and sanitation authorities in Tanzania through human resource management was based on a study of Dar es Salaam city, Morogoro and Moshi urban water supply and sanitation authorities with the aim of contributing to ways of improving water supply and sanitation services through human resource m...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to design and evaluate Intervention Learning Materials (ILM) to support Children with Susceptible Writing Difficulties (CSWD) improve their writing abilities. The ILM was designed and developed within the framework of Social Constructivist and Motor Learning theories. The Social Constructivist theory was used because knowledge construction is perceived to be more effective when the learners interact among themselves, with the learning materials and thei...
ABSTRACT This study examined the influence of political culture on power sharing in Zanzibar. The study focused on the 2010 General Elections which saw a Government of National Unity that collapsed with the 2015 General Elections. Specifically, the study focused on: (i) assessing the electorate‟s perception of sharing political power in key political institutions (cabinet, parliament, electoral body, policy agenda) in Zanzibar (ii) assessing the electorate‟s political values in acc...
ABSTRACT As treatment and health care related to HIV/AIDS improve, infected partners now have a chance to live longer than before, thus, HIV concordancy and discordancy have become quite common among partners in union. The infected partners, however, increasingly face emotional and psychosocial challenges associated with HIV infection. These challenges expose them to the risk of developing depression symptoms, declined intimacy and dysfunctional relationships, with considerable variations am...