ABSTRACT Decentralization is globally recognized as the way of ensuring community participation and local development. Many countries including Ghana have adopted decentralization and implemented the concept in different ways. In the Wa Municipality of the Upper West Region, though the Sub-Municipal structures in the decentralization process have been confronted with much challenges, there has been some remarkable performances. Therefore, the study sought to assess the performance of the Sub...
ABSTRACT Background: Transmission of HIV from pregnant mothers to their children is a key route of HIV transmission in Nigeria. Nigeria contributes up to 30% of the global PMTCT gap and coverage of PMTCT services has however remained low at less than 19% - falling short of both the universal access and National Strategic Plan targets. The current study intends to identify factors underlying the low uptake of PMTCT interventions in Abia state. Method: The study was conducted in ten out of the...
ABSTRACT In developing countries, various agricultural credit schemes have been implemented by both government and civil society organizations as a way of overcoming the challenges of access to credit by the actors in agricultural value chains, particularly farmers. This study used the cross sectional research design to examine how effective and efficient the Masara N‟Arziki and the NRGP Agricultural Credit schemes are in meeting the credit needs of farmers in the Wa West District of the U...
ABSTRACT ‘Starving the Dead’ is a critical theoretical revelation of indigenous people’s experiences, realities, rationality and interpretation of ‘food’ as a socio-spiritual construct that transcends the materialist meaning of food as ‘nutrition’. It has been necessitated by the criticisim rather than critique of indigenous (food) knowledge by modern science as primitive, superstitious, irrational and therefore ‘unscientific’. This power-based criticism has disrupted th...
ABSTRACT The activities of small scale mining (SSM) companies have come under great scrutiny in Ghana due to bad public image and perception, threatening the sustainability of the sector. The study therefore assessed the extent of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability adherence by SSM companies operating in the East Akim Municipality. The study further investigated the extent of CSR existence in the organizational policies of SSM companies, analyzed the pattern of CSR prac...
ABSTRACT The study sought to assess ‘The role of Non- Timber Forest Products to rural livelihoods in the Asutifi North district of the Brong Ahafo Region, Ghana. The two broad types of data, the secondary and primary data were used in the study. Questionnaires, Observation and In-depth Interview were used to collect the data. It was found out that; gathering, processing and marketing of NTFPs are major livelihood activities engaged by most residents in the District, contributing to househ...
ABSTRACT Successful and sustainable agriculture mainly depend on people’s participation, particularly the involvement of the most active and creative section of the population such as the youth. Nevertheless, issues relating to the youth and agriculture still remain largely unknown, especially in the Wa West District of Ghana. This study examined, inter alia, the benefits, challenges and prospects of youth participation in agriculture in the Wa West District by the application of the theo...
ABSTRACT Fostering is a common practice in many parts of Dagbon in the Northern Region of Ghana. It is a socio-cultural barrier to quality education of many foster children in the Tamale area. The study sought to investigate the educational attainments of foster children in the Tamale Metropolis in the Northern Region of Ghana. The study adopted the mixed method approach. Snowball sampling technique was used to selecting or identifying respondents due to the nature of the study. Respondents f...
ABSTRACT ENDOGENOUS LEVELS OF CYTOKININS IN AGEING CUCUMBER COTYLEDONS John A.G. Poku, M.Sc. University of Guelph, 1974 Supervisor: Professor R.A. Fletcher There are several procedures for isolating cytokinins which involve a number of steps including extraction, solvent fractionation and column or paper chromatography. Various combinations of these procedures were tried in an attempt to isolate cytokinins from cucumber cotyledons. It was found that with this tissue it was preferable to omit ...
ABSTRACT This study investigates the nature of interactions that existed at Amedeka and Akuse between Africans and Europeans. The objective of the study was to generate information on the legacy of multinational economic interactions at Amedeka and to derive additional archaeological data to facilitate reconstruction of past socio-economic and cultural life-ways in the area. It also sought to document factors which facilitated the growth of commercial network, identify the major local agents ...
ABSTRACT Background: Stroke has been named as one of the public health priorities in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) because of its impact on mortality, morbidity and quality of life. Despite this, there is limited population-based information on prevalence and correlates of stroke, and there is limited information on knowledge and experience of stroke from the perspectives of the stroke survivors and their caregivers in SSA. Objectives: This thesis examined the prevalence, correlates, knowledge and...
ABSTRACT Computer-aided language learning is becoming a promising supplement to traditional classroom learning as well as potentially enabling learners to explore new opportunities to gain autonomy in their practice sessions. One aspect of this way of language learning that has been acclaimed to have been successful is the use of digital games for language study. Many language teachers all over the world have found use for games in the classroom and several studies have been carried out. In o...
ABSTRACT The study looks at stress in university libraries. Universities have experienced exponential growth in student population as more programmes had been introduced lately. The increase had not been matched with infrastructure, staff and funding. This situation had made the job of the library very stressful. Stress, is referred to as a state of psychological and or physical imbalance resulting from the disparity resulting from the disparity between situational demand and the individual�...
ABSTRACT The proliferation of Prosperity Preaching which characterized the contemporary Ghanaian Christianity has created an intense scholarly debate among those who considered ‘prosperity preaching’ as ‘non-Christian’ and those who perceive it as a way to contextualize Christianity in the Ghanaian context. The study entered the debate from a different perspective which focuses on the hermeneutical approach implemented by proponents of ‘prosperity preaching.’ To reach the aim, the...
ABSTRACT Brass band music forms a very important part of the musical culture of the Volta Region of Ghana. As a legacy of the activities from post-colonial Ghana, brass bands generally include European brass and percussion instruments with occasional addition of local drums and other exotic instruments of the tradition as a result of indigenization. The purpose of the study is to investigate the contextual use of brass bands in funerals, festivals and state functions in the Mid-Eweland of the...