ABSTRACTS Enugu has witnessed an unprecedented increase in the influx of commercial activities on their major roads with each of them competing for an accessible location to display their goods and also access their customers. This indiscriminate display of goods has resulted in disorderliness, chaotic traffic congestion, drainage blockage, indiscriminate conversion of adjoining land-uses to commercial activities, increased noise pollution, reduction in access road width, poor and inadequate ...
Abstract Solid waste alludes to all materials that are not prime items, for which the individual creating the material has no further use in terms of his or her own motivations for generation and utilization. In developing countries, Zimbabwe included, municipal authorities rely on poor methods and techniques in waste collection administration which are subjective and tend to increase operational costs of solid waste collection activities. Instead of maintaining vibrant information management...
ABSTRACT The study determined the nutrient composition of wild and cultivated edible mushrooms, and explored their use of cultivated Pleurotus tuber-regium in food-to-food fortification. Wild edible mushrooms (Pleurotus tuber-regium, Pholiota mutabilis, Pleurotus ostreatus, Corprinus disseminates, and Peziza badioconfusa Korf) were collected from different parts of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) residential quarters and identified in the Department of Botany, UNN. Cultivated Pleurotu...
ABSTRACT In as much as decision makers increasingly are turning to Geographical Information Systems to assist them with solving complex spatial problems, these systems on their own do not adequately support decision making because they are lacking in analytical modelling capabilities, do not easily accommodate variations in either the context or the process of spatial decision making. One response to these shortcomings is the development of spatial optimisation modelling techniques which are ...
ABSTRACT National youth funds are financial resources allocated and reflected in national budgets by governments either as grants or loans for youth (18-35) years to start new or expand existing businesses. In developed countries, youth entrepreneurship has thrived for decades due to conducive business environments, adequate government regulation, enabling mechanisms such as availability of funding from both government and private sectors and good youth entrepreneurship training programs. In ...
ABSTRACT Many strains of Escherichia coli can be pathogenic leading to diarrheal diseases. The occurrence of antimicrobial resistant bacteria is increasing in aquatic environments infecting fish which are later consumed by humans when not well cooked posing a major problem in the management of bacterial infections. Rastrineobola argentea is food for many people livingaround Lake Victoria due to its nutritive value and highprotein content. Sun dried R. argentea retailed in Kisumu city markets ...
ABSTRACT In developing countries, 70% of the population lives in rural areas and of these 75% are smallholder producers who derive their livelihoods primarily from agriculture. Kenyan smallholder dairy producers constitute 80% of the dairy producers and they produce about 80% of total milk production and 70% of the total milk marketed. Therefore, smallholder dairy producers have their livelihoods majorly dependent on dairy farming. Thus, commercializing smallholder dairy value chain will be a...
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to analyse the waste oil management practices in the auto repair and maintenance workshop in the informal sector of the city of harare in zimbabwe
ABSTRACT Flooding and erosion phenomenon is a major environmental problem prevalent in the rainforest region of Nigeria. The need to develop appropriate models to control the menace of the phenomenon is informed by the high demand for land and the increasing incidents of flooding and erosion in some parts of the country. Whatever model is to be adopted, its effectiveness depends on the contributions from geodetic measurement data. Once relevant data from geodetic and other sources have been ...
1.0 BACKGROUND Many of the metropolitan traffic management control centres established in 1970's and 1980's in the Western and Asian countries have been replaced by large wall-mounted maps with Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) displays. This is done in order to achieve optimal transportation systems. The capability of GIS to map and define the geometric relationship between spatial entities (topology), overlay separate entities of the same theme, and to handle data of different formats ha...
ABSTRACT The research investigated workers awareness and perceptions of safety and legislation in the food industry of Zimbabwe as a strategy to minimize occupational accidents. the research adopted a descriptive survey design focusing on three purposively selected companies in the food manufacturing sector in harare.
Abstract Using situational analysis household questionaires and interviews the paper analyses socio economic impacts of operation Murambatsvina in two residential areas in Gwerum the number of household sharing a house ranged from one(66%) two(23%) and three (11%)
ABSTRACT The desk study was carried out to assess the frequency of drought associated with the various phases of the El Nino. Southern Oscillation index values were analysed to determine El Nino or la nina years. Three meteorological definitions of drought were used to establish one which correlates best with the el nino or la nina years.
ABSTRACT Landscape is internationally recognized as an important part of any human settlement. Research has shown that landscape characteristics is one of the factors that influence a destination‘s attractiveness to tourists. Tourism is a major industry and continues to grow in all parts of the world. Water tourism has not been given adequate attention in Nigeria and particularly in Lagos. Centrally located in the heart of Lagos State, is a major natural and landscape resource – Lagos La...
Abstract Over the last several years, the Smart Cities concept has become apparent from the academic world of conferences and workshops to the strategic planning of national governments and primary commercial projects of global IT corporations, multinational infrastructure providers as well as system integrators. Smart city unlike the conventional city is anticipated as a prime city of wellbeing prosperity and productivity. The urge to embrace the smart city concept which is fundamental to su...