Social Sciences and Humanities

Agricultural growth and productivity remains central to poverty reduction, particularly in the developing countries, where a large share of the population relies on agriculture and agribusiness for their livelihood. Generally speaking, there is a greater form of limited access to credit by a greater chunk of Ghanaian farmers. The question that can attract multi-billion answers is whether the risks associated with giving loans to farmers in sub-Sahara Africa of which Ghana is no exception are overtly immeasurable. The study made use of cross-sectional source of data.

Agricultural growth has remained one of the greatest issues of concern to the economies of sub-Sahara Africa. It is seen as one of the basic areas which if properly managed would alleviate the severity of poverty that most countries in Africa are saddled with. The study was purely quantitative in nature. The study made use of cross-sectional source of data. The research work randomly selected 100 beneficiary farmers of the MiDA facility and 100 non beneficiary farmers from the Ejura Municipality, specifically from the major farming territory zones of the area.

Waste is items we don’t need and discard. Where does it end up and how to minimize its consequences on human and environment, have been major environmental issues, since the industrial revolution. Now waste worries everyone everywhere, since it grows steadily along with population and economic growth. Big issues are discussed locally and globally in both developed and developing countries in different levels.

The usefulness of this study is to investigate the entrepreneurial orientation developed in order to encourage performance improvement Small and Medium Enterprises . Even the successful implementation kewirausaahaan orientation on Small and Medium Enterprises to encourage applications to the corporate giants. This view is essentially that development of small and medium businesses is more focused on the formation and orientation of the entrepreneurial spirit rather than simply funding assistance and technical skills as long as this government implemented.

Effective method of teaching is a key to students’ high academic performances. However, many teachers are yet to realize this fact. This paper therefore, seeks to investigate impact of learner-centered method of teaching on students academic performances for national development in secondary schools in Abakaliki Municipality. A-10 item instrument tagged ‘Learner-Centered Method Questionnaire’ (LCMQ) was used to collect data for the study. Simple Random Sample Technique was used to select 80 teachers drawn from 10 public and private secondary schools in the study area.

This paper attempts to investigate primary and secondary school teachers’ perception on the contributions of psychology to education. Descriptive survey design was used and one hundred and twenty (120) public school teachers in Abakaliki LGA of Ebonyi State were selected for the study. A 20-item structured questionnaire was used to elicit information. Simple percentage was used in the analysis. The findings of the study include as follows: that perception of primary and secondary school teachers on the contributions of psychology to education is positive.

The Study was set to examine the effect of autonomous learning strategy on academic performance of Government students in secondary schools in Urue-ofong Oruku Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State-Nigeria. Three hypotheses were formulated to direct the study. The study adopted the pre-test-post-test quasi experimental design. The study made use of 80 government students selected from two out of seven schools in Uruefong Oruku Local Government Area. They were divided into experimental and control groups.

In this paper, there are some selected episodes of Tash ma Tash satirical comedy which depict Saudi women and their sufferings in Saudi Arabia. For example, the episodes present how Islamic feminism, patriarchy, male guardianship, and polygamy are not welcomed by most of Saudi women. They present how Islamic feminism is rejected and does not fulfill or make them satisfied with their rights there because it makes their mobility limited and specified. The episodes not only portray Saudi women’s sufferings, but also pave the way for their contributions and appearance on screen.

This conceptual article seeks to explore the leadership perspectives which can assist school leaders to enact moral purpose. Through a comprehensive exploration of a relevant literature, I propose a practical framework to guide the process of enacting moral purpose. In this analytical framework, I argue that moral, shared and collaborative leadership perspectives can assist in describing ways in which school leaders and other relevant stakeholders can pragmatically solve challenges of learner achievement and school improvement facing many South African schools.

This study uses statistical methods to identify the consumers’ quality such as gender, age, educational background, income and the frequency of using O2O, which impact the variables of the O2O user acception model. Firstly we test whether significant difference on the whole of the variables in the model, then take multiple comparison in the overall significant variable later, and list the specific group reached significant level.