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Academic Policies Committee Minutes of the Academic Senate 2025-02-28
Full text linkApproved minutes of a meeting of the Academic Policies Committee of the Academic Senate of the University of Dayto
Namibia’s Post-apartheid Agricultural Bureaucracy Restructuring: The Agricultural Extension Service, 1990-1996
Full text linkDo Firms Have Preferences in Hiring by Gender? Evidence from Kenya
Full text linkWhile issues of employment segregation by gender have been extensively studied in developed countries of the West, few such studies have been conducted in the developing economies of Africa. This paper fills this gap by examining gender imbalances in hiring decisions by firms in non identical industries using the most recent data from Kenya. The findings suggest that women are more likely to find employment in agricultural based industries and in industries with tasks that require human contact. In contrast, men tend to be hired in industries that not only perform physically demanding tasks, but also require continued work experience
The Technological Dimension of Africa\u27s Crsis of Development: An Agenda for the 21st Century
Full text linkThis article critically examined the ways that technological underdevelopment had contributed to the deepening crises of Africa\u27s technological backwardness. Adopting a holistic and historical approach, it tried to show how technological underdevelopment and the dearth of technologically driven approaches to addressing developmental questions had adversely affected the continent.
The article opines that beyond the technological is the fundamental understanding that the problem which Africa is facing is not just a technical one, but involves also a polical dimension which must not be ignored. It sought to explicate the question of whose technology for what, and in whose interest? It maintained that the historical trajectory and forces behind Africa\u27s technological crisis, the necessity to transcend this, and the nature of the global regime for the management of science and technology are basically political issues.
The article fundamentally explored the full ramifications of the technology-development nexus, and how this had impacted Africa\u27s development project. It concluded its analysis on the note that the technological dimension of Africa\u27s developmental crisis is critical to any serious attempt at resolving the continent\u27s problems
Review Essay: Pius Msekwa\u27s \u3cem\u3eReflections on Tanzania\u27s First Multiparty Parliament: 1995-2000\u3c/em\u3e
Full text linkSustainable Agricultural Development in Nigeria: A Question of Biotechnology, Environmental Conservation, or Indigenous Knowledge?
Full text linkNigeria, like most developing countries, depends on agriculture primarily for subsistence and export revenues. However, Nigeria is confronted with food security challenges. Several factors have contributed to this problem, such as demographic trends, crude farming methods, deforestation, the oil boom and public policies that are not consistent with the socio-economic and political realities of the state.
Given these challenges, this inquiry will examine the socio-economic and environmental implications of recent recommendations by development agencies such as the United Nations Development Agency (UNDP), which has prescribed the use of biotechnology to address Africa\u27s food security problems. This recommendation appears to be consistent with past growth oriented development strategies that call for accelerated agricultural development in Africa and other developing areas. However, these strategies have not led to significant improvement in the agricultural sector in most of these areas.
Thus, this study suggests that though biotechnology may have some potential benefits that could lead to increased agricultural production in developing economies, African countries such as Nigeria should take cautionary steps in the adoption of such input because very little is known about its bio-safety. Instead, the primary focus for sustainable agricultural development in Nigeria should be the adoption of sound environmental preservation and conservation methods and the integration of indigenous knowledge as participatory approaches in the agricultural development process
