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Analysis of climate change perception on poultry production in Imo State, Nigeria
No full textShort research articleThis study aims at analyzing climate change perception of poultry production in Imo State, Nigeria.
Data used for the study were obtained using a structured questionnaire from eighty-four (84)
respondents who were randomly selected from twelve villages in the study area. Data were
analyzed using descriptive statistics, multiple regression models and Likert scale. Findings revealed
that the mean age of the respondents was 45 years, mean household size was 6 persons, 60%
were male, mean years of experience was 9.1years, majority of them attended tertiary education.
The multiple regression analysis showed that ambient temperature, humidity, rainfall distribution,
mortality and feed unavailability were statistically significant at 10% level of probability and were the
key determinants of the effect of climate change. The coefficient of multiple determination R2 was
0.725544 which implies that 72.55% variation in poultry output was accounted for by the regressors
variables while the remaining 27.5% was due to random disturbance. From the distribution of poultry
farmers according to the perception of climate change, the result showed that 89% and 74% of the
poultry farmers were aware that climate change has an effect on egg and meat production, and also
feed grain availability respectively. About 90% of them were aware that high sunshine harms egg
production, also, 74% and 71% of them were aware that high temperature and low rainfall leads to
low egg quality. The study, therefore, recommended that relevant and up-to-date information on
climate change should be made available to poultry farmers.Federal University of Technology, Owerr
Assessment of the impact of concessioning on the productivity of Nigerian Ports
Get PDFThis thesis is for the award of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.) in Transport Management TechnologyThis study assessed the productivity of Nigerian ports. The study adopted ex post facto design. Using ship traffic, vehicle traffic, berth efficiency, turnaround time as input explanatory variables and output factors as average throughput to compare the pre concession and post concession. The six Nigerian ports: Tincan Island Ports, Apapa Port, Port of Delta Warri, Calabar Port, Rivers Port and Onne Port were sampled. A survey was conducted on 50 stakeholders in the port sector to determine the factors contribute to port’s productivity. These factors were examined for each of the ports under study and were analysed with t-test using a hypothesized mean. Secondary data was extracted from National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Annual Reports, Nigeria Port Authority (NPA) Annual Reports, and Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Annual reports.From the t-test, the factors with p-value less than 0.05 were the significant ones. Among the factors influencing the productivity of the ports in Nigeria are predetermined operational problems, frequent congestion of ship, poor inboard services and high cost of documentation etc. Using Data Envelopment Analysis as the fundamental analytical tool to test the most efficient port before and after the concession period. The result reveals that Onne Port and Tin Can Island Port productivity increased significantly after the concession. However, Rivers, Delta, Calabar and Apapa Ports experienced unstable efficiencies in the post concession era. The implication is that concession of Nigerian Ports have favourable effect on Onne Port and Tin Can Island Port and less favourable to Rivers, Delta, Calabar and Apapa Ports. In line with the result, it was recommended that since it was observed that there was element of improvement in the post-concession period of operation at Nigerian Ports, we recommend adequate provision of superstructure for the private operators to utilized them and compliment their infrastructure with them towards the achievement of goals of concession. However, concessioning is a good instrument to improve productivity in Nigerian Ports and requires continuity among Nigeria Ports. We recommend adequate and necessary cargo handling equipment at Ports that experienced fluctuating efficiency