ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to assess the role of universities in pursuing the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal No. 4, which is on the need to ensure equitable, inclusive quality education that promotes lifelong learning for all using the case study of Midlands State University. The study takes note that equitable, inclusive quality education that promotes lifelong learning for all is the premise, prudent hallmark to sustainable development and an ideal thread towards...
ABSTRACT This study attempted to assess socio-economic factors influencing adoption of improved technologies for maize farming in Karatu District. Specifically the study identified the types of maize production technologies used in Karatu District; analyzed socio-economic characteristics of maize farmers in Karatu District and identified socio-economic factors for adoption of maize production technologies in Karatu District. The study employed both probability and non-probability sampling m...
ABSTRACT The importance of primary processing of coffee berries has attracted coffee farmers, processors, retailers and consumers. Thus quality and quantity both determine the price of coffee all over the world. In Tanzania, coffee regulatory authorities such as Tanzania Coffee Board (TCB) and Tanzania Coffee Association (TCA) have been mobilizing farmers to use modern processing pieces of equipment to process their coffee so as to obtain better prices. The questionnaire, interview guide and...
ABSTRACT In order to increase the outreach of financial services to community members, especially in rural areas, community-owned and managed microfinance institutions were introduced to curb the problems associated with the present microfinance institutions. One approach of community-owned and managed microfinance is the Village Savings and Loan Association (VSLA) methodology. The purpose of a VSLA is to provide simple savings and loan facilities in a community that does not have easy acces...
ABSTRACT The study on impact of Vocation Training Centers (VTCs) on improving youth livelihood was conducted in Dodoma Municipality. Generally the study aimed at assessing the relevance of vocational education training centers in improving youth livelihood; specifically intended to: identify skills acquired by youth through vocational education training, determine the teachers qualifications and its effects on the teaching of practical skills, examine the contribution of vocational training ...
ABSTRACT This study has aimed at assessing the contribution of women cooperative groups to poverty eradication in Zanzibar. Fuoni constituency was taken as a case study. The study comprised of one hundred and four respondents from the population of 15400. Data were collected through questionnaires and interviews and analyzed, using Statistical Package for Sciences (SPSS) version. The study revealed that, women cooperative groups contributed much to employment creation, improving living stand...
ABSTRACT This research aimed to study the contribution of small scale coffee farmers‟ groups in Mbozi district, Mbeya region. The specific objectives included, identifying the factors that influenced the coffee farmers‟ groups formation, delineating the roles of the coffee farmers‟ groups in the coffee production, processing and marketing, assessing the performance of the coffee farmers‟ groups in facilitating the group members in coffee production, processing and marketing and ident...
ABSTRACT This study aimed at examining the contribution of faith based institutions to provision of social services in Kigoma/Ujiji Municipality. The study sought to provide an understanding on role of faith based institutions and the perception of Kigoma/Ujiji community on the services received from these institutions. The study employed various data collection methods. These methods comprises of survey whereby questionnaire as a tool were employed and interview. Random sampling technique a...
ABSTRACT The overall objective of this study was to examine the influence of innovations on beekeepers‟ livelihoods in Sikonge District in Tabora region. The specific objectives of the study were: (1) to characterize beekeeping innovations typologies in the district, (2) to examine beekeeping innovations processes and their associated adoption rates, and (3) to analyze the possible influence of innovations on beekeepers‟ livelihoods. A cross-sectional research survey, coupled with mixed ...
Abstract Solid waste management in Zimbabwe has posed a lot of problems and challenges in many urban residential areas. The most important issue discussed in this research is the effectiveness of solid waste management in Mkoba 14 high density suburb, Gweru. Twenty five respondents from the thirty house households chosen were selected. The use interviews and structured questionnaires as data collection tools. The researcher also used purposive sampling as a sampling technique as there is no u...
ABSTRACT The study focused on the role of EMA in promoting sustainable environment management in Harare South. In most developing countries, the increase in urbanization has exceeded the development of urban infrastructure and this has led to the multiplying of informal settlements, illegal dumping sites and uncontrolled vending in cities like Harare. The environment has currently become a topical issue globally with climate change, environment degradation and biodiversity loss among the majo...
Abstract The study investigated deindustrialisation in Zimbabwe from 1980 which has become a major concern for the economy. The study mainly focused on the manufacturing sector in Zimbabwe. The researcher establishes through other researchers that deindustrialization in developed countries come as a result of economic development whilst developing countries is a result of an economy which is failing. The study identified the causes of deindustrialization in Zimbabwe such as sanctions, lack of...
ABSTRACT Agriculture forms the backbone of most African economies and as such it is subject to experimentation in a bid to improve it and gain more from it. The agricultural trajectory has an element of universalism despite its settings and this normally proves consequential to the developing countries as some of the elements that make up its trajectory are not supported by other underlying reasons. It is the element of agricultural universalism that had most African countries adopt the Green...
ABSTRACT The study serves to provide an assessment of impediments to agricultural development in Nyazvidzi small scale farming area with special attention being placed upon the relationships between the farmers and all agricultural stakeholders whom they interact with, rural livelihoods systems, infrastructure, the natural environment, agricultural production and marketing. The information was gathered and analyzed using both quantitative and qualitative research methods. The target sample f...
ABSTRACT The development discourse has proved beyond doubt that there is no development that we can talk about if it is still discriminating or marginalizing some groups of the society especially women and the girl child. Because of this, this document seeks to assess and analyze the extent to which the girl child is participating in science subjects at advanced level in Zimbabwe concentrating on the period starting 2016 when the STEM Initiative was introduced as a measure to promote a scienc...