EXTENDED ABSTRACT Nitrogen and water management practices are key components in Crop production. Plants cannot grow in soil without water, so too when soil is saturated with water. Plants lacking N show stunted growth and yellowish leaves. Too much N can have negative environmental impacts such as contamination of water, pollution, and eutrophication. Leaching is the main vehicle through which applied nitrogen can contaminate groundwater. Identifying the most economic application rate of N f...
ABSTRACT Tanzania’s agricultural system is rain-dependent and highly susceptible to climatic shocks, particularly in the semi-arid areas of Central Tanzania. Despite the government’s efforts to improve agricultural production, food insecurity has persisted. Thus, this study investigated coping strategies and household resilience to food insecurity in Chamwino and Manyoni districts in Tanzania. The objectives were to determine the perception of farmers on the extent of food insecurity, to...
ABSTRACT Diagnosis in Ifá therapeutic practice makes a distinction between àìsàn ara(physical disease) - conditions that are diagnosable and treatable, and àmódi (somatoform disorders) - conditions that are not diagnosable and treatable using Western medicine. Studies in Ifá therapeutic practice have placed emphasis on àìsàn ara, while the diagnosis and treatment of àmódi have not been adequately addressed. This study, therefore, examines how àmódi is diagnosed and treated in Y...
ABSTRACT Morality entails everything about man's action, what he ought to do and what he ought not to do. Like moral standards and moral values, morality forms part and parcel of the life of every social group and civil society. Man as a social and rational being, is naturally moral and political. Politics on the other hand entails everything about the political life in the society. This includes who should, and how the ruler ought to rule. "The Concept of morality and politics in Aristotle...
ABSTRACT This study examined the persistence of traditional oathing (kithitu) among Kamba Christians in Machakos County, Kenya. It further examined circumstances under whichkithitu is practised, ways in which kithitu is practised, extent of reliance on kithitu, and Christian teachings on oathing. The theory of functionalism guided by the reconstruction theology motif was applied in the study. This studywas conducted as a qualitative case study in Machakos Town Sub-CountybetweenMarch 2015 and ...
ABSTRACT This study examines the Struggle for Regional Integration in Africa: the East African Community from 1886 to 2013. The East African community is the regional cooperation that comprises of the republic of Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda and South Sudan. The process leading to the establishment of the initial EAC in 1967 started as early as 1886 with the construction of Kenya-Uganda railway. The initial community, however, collapsed in 1977, ten years after its formation. It w...
ABSTRACT There is no doubt that there is an urgent need to imagine another world in the face of the fall outs of the current world order. The urgency of this need for ‘another world’ or ‘a world in which all worlds fit’ is the primary motivation for this research. In line with this motivation, this work is aimed at examining the concept of prejudice within Gadamer’s philosophy as well as the transmodern project with a view to constructing an understanding of cross-cultural cont...
ABSTRACT The study aimed at determining the use of mobile phones in accessing rice information for adaptation to climate change in Kilosa and Kilombero Districts in Morogoro Region. The study involved 400 rain fed-rice farmers owning mobile phones. The study adopted a cross-sectional research design to collect data using a semi-structured questionnaire, focus group discussions and key informants interview. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was used in the data analysis. Quantita...
ABSTRACT An assessment of wastewater treatment efficiency of Chemirei constructed wetland (CW) at James Finlay's farm in Kericho was carried out from November 2014 to February 2015. Water samples were collected twice per month from seven sampling points (S1-S7) using acid cleaned bottles for analysis. In situ measurements of Dissolved Oxygen (DO), pH, EC and temperature were done using calibrated meters and probes. Wastewater inflow and outflow rates for each purification cell were obtained u...
ABSTRACT The main aim and concern of the thesis were to evaluate the role and contributions of the Apostolic Church Gokhana in the management of the Gokhana crisis, and the Niger Delta conflict. The study employed the descriptive and historical methods of research in which issued were raised, described and critically evaluated in the context of the study. In the process of data collection the primary and secondary sources were used. The data collected through the primary and secondary source...
ABSTRACT This study focused on the assessment of factors affecting Isiolo county community wildlife conservancy with reference to ecotourism development in Kenya. Community based wildlife conservancy has become a popular approach especially in Africa since it has been found to be effective in conservation of wildlife outside protected areas and ecotourism developments. However community based wildlife conservation approach faces a number of challenges undermining its achievement of ecotouris...
ABSTRACT High costs and inaccessibility to quality fish feeds in Kenya, have contributed considerably to the aquaculture sector stagnation. Consequently, farmers have opted for cheaper, locally available ingredients to formulate feeds for Nile tilapia in semi-intensive culture systems. In spite of these innovations, farmers continue to incur losses, an indication that the quality of on-farm formulated fish feeds could be compromised. This study therefore investigated proximate composition of...
EXTENDED ABSTRACT Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is an acute, highly contagious viral infection of domestic and wild cloven-hoofed animals. In Tanzania the disease is known to be endemic with periodic outbreaks occurring in different geographical areas. This study was conducted to determine the seroprevalence and socio-economic impact of FMD in relation to livestock movements in a wildlife–livestock interface ecosystem (Serengeti and Bunda Districts) compared to a non-interface ecosystem (Ir...
EXTENDED ABSTRACT Vitamin A Deficiency (VAD) continues to be a public health problem in low income countries including Tanzania. It affects the vulnerable social groups namely women of reproductive age (15-45 years) including pregnant women and lactating mothers; and children below five years. Despite the Government’s efforts to eliminate VAD among the lactating mothers and children below five years, the prevalence is still very high. Vitamin A deficiency in Tanzania accounts for approxima...
ABSTRACT Fish parasites such as cestodes are regarded as good bioindicators of environmental contamination with trace elements including heavy metals. Research on their biondicative potentials in Lake Naivasha, Kenya is lacking. This study aimed to determine the levels of selected heavy metals Arsenic (As), Chromium (Cr), Lead (Pb) and Mercury (Hg) in the straightfin barb (Enteromius paludinosus) and its endo-parasites as bioindicators in Lake Naivasha, Kenya. Water, sediment and 1307 fish we...