ABSTRACT Women and children within developing countries and for that matter Ghana are engaged in domestic and commercial activities that make them prone to inhalation of outdoor particle pollution, which may have effects or exacerbate existing respiratory diseases. It is for this reason that this study investigated the adverse health effects of air quality on women and children. This was done through the measurement of particulate matter sizes less or equal to 10 microns (PM10) on major roa...
ABSTRACT '• The study examined The irrigated agriculture as a means of poverty alleviation in Pa ikon Kore, Iowa and Rafin Zurfi community in Gwagwalada area council of Federal Capital Territory - Abuja a. The study explores the conceptual and theoretical issues involved in irrigation impacts and their distribution across Locations and their implication for equity and poverty reduction strategies in an irrigation system. · It was conceived in three broad objectives namely (i) Identifying ...
ABSTRACT Prospective evaluation of “XY” field in southwestern offshore Niger Delta was carried out with a view to delineate the structural and stratigraphic traps present in the study area. The research methodology involved horizon and fault mapping to produce subsurface structural maps. Attributes used to analyze the field under study includes: Variance time slice which was used to illuminates the main fault structure on the field and aid as guide to proper mapping. Similarly, this was ...
ABSTRACT This study "environmental education and students part1_·i, 17ation towards sustainable environmental development in AMAC ", ,/ras aimc. i at determining the level of Environmental Education and Participation amongst students of secondary schools and their contribution toward sustainable environmental development. The specific objectives were to identify students · awareness and sensitivity on environmental issues; identify the subjects r hat incorporate environmental education in...
ABSTRACT Alaago-Alapoti area constitutes part of the Eestern Dahomey Basin of South-Western Nigeria and it is characterized by different formations. Samples were collected from this area and were subjected to the laboratory for test. Nine smaples were collected from Alaago-Alapo area, five hand-dug wells and four boreholes sampled and investigated in the persent study. This study characterises the physicchemical quality of ground water obtained from the hang-dug wells and boreholes. To get a...
ABSTRACT A survey was carried out in the Kwaebibirem District of the Eastern Region of Ghana to identify insect pests and natural enemies of upland rice both in the field and storage. The study lasted from September 1999 to October 2000. Field insects were sampled from five communities in the district i.e. Agricultural Research Station (ARS)-Okumaning, Subi, Abodom, Abaam and Prankese. Two line transects twenty five meters apart were fixed through each rice field. On the first line transect, ...
ABSTRACT Pesticide residue levels in drinking water, soils and cocoa beans were assessed in four cocoa growing communities in the Dormaa West District of Ghana to assess the levels of pesticides contamination. In all 127 samples were collected between December 2014 and February 2015 from sixteen (16) selected cocoa farms and six (6) selected control sites. The samples were extracted and analyzed for organochlorine and synthetic pyrethroids, and organophosphate pesticide residues using the Ga...
ABSTRACT Groundwater issues in coastal communities are usually associated with seasonal salinization, due to sea water intrusion and seasonal flooding, however the main objective of this study was to assess the physical and chemical water quality of hand dug wells in Atorkor, Srogbe and Whuti, which are located close to possible contamination sources and further from these contamination sources. Thirty selected hand dug wells in households were used for this study. The uses, dependency, know...
ABSTRACT FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND PRACTICES BY GA RURAL WOMEN AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON FAMILY WELFARE The study was conducted to find out the financial management systems and practices used by rural women in the Ga East District of the Greater Accra Region and their influence on the welfare of their families. The systematic random sampling technique was used to select 120 respondents from Danfa and Adoteiman for the study. A structured interview schedule was developed and used for data ...
ABSTARCT A seismological and geological investigation for earthquake hazard in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area was undertaken. The research was aimed at employing a mathematical model to estimate the seismic stress for the study area by generating a complete, unified and harmonized earthquake catalogue spanning 1615 to 2012. Seismic events were sourced from Leydecker, G. and P. Amponsah, (1986), Ambraseys and Adams, (1986), Amponsah (2008), Geological Survey Department, Accra, Ghana, Ampo...
ABSTRACT This work evaluates the possibility of creating an online patient dose verification system through exit dose measurement on a Co-60 teletherapy machine which lacks an electronic portal imaging device (EPID). Exit dose measurements were done by diode and Barracuda and compared to those of an ionization chamber. The diode was first calibrated and the necessary correction factors (depth and field size corrections) determined using a PMMA phantom. The transmission factor of the couch was...
ABSTRACT Cabbage is an important crop for many smallholder farmers in Africa and Asia, due to its nutritional and financial benefits. It is one of the popular vegetables consumed and cultivated by both urban and rural dwellers in Ghana. The production of cabbage in Ghana, however, is faced with numerous constraints especially insect pest infestations. Farmers have limited control options and therefore resort to the use of synthetic insecticides. Indiscriminate use of these insecticides has l...
ABSTRACT Insecticide resistance due to knockdown resistance (kdr) mutations in Anopheles gambiae populations has been reported in neighbouring West African countries, such as Cote d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso and Benin despite the absence of large-scale mosquito control in these countries. The hypothesis is that agricultural or household use of insecticides is responsible for the evolution of resistance. However, studies relating such uses of insecticides and the development of resistance in An....
ABSTRACT The Black pyramid and Circle traps were evaluated with single and double combinations of gas chromatography grade of benzaldehyde (BZ) and essential oil (EO) obtained from the mango blossom to determine their performance in attracting the mango stone weevil in three commercial mango orchards located at Ayikuma, Kpong and Somanya all in Southern Ghana. Eight trap and lure treatment combinations consisting of (Pyramid trap only, Pyramid trap + BZ, Pyramid trap + EO, Pyramid trap + BZ +...
ABSTRACT Fertilizers have been implicated for being contaminated with toxic trace elements and naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORMs) even though they are an indispensible component of our agriculture. This phenomenon of contamination has been investigated and established world-wide in various forms of fertilizers (i.e., granular or “traditional” type and liquid/powder or “non-traditional type”). In Ghana, the crop sub-sector has seen a gradual rise in the importation and u...