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AN EVALUATION OF THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE NATIONAL FADAMA DEVELOPMENT PROJECT III IN BENUE STATE
Get PDFGovernment over the years have embarked on programmes and projects to boost agriculture in Nigeria, yet most of these projects fold up once funds are not forth coming from donor agencies. The Planner of Fadama III project incorporated sustainability in its component to ensure continuity. The thesis evaluated the sustainability of the National Fadama Development Project III in Benue State via assessing the projects’ implementation, income, savings, efficiency of production and adoption of technology by Fadama III farmers. Data were collected during a survey through the use of a well-structured questionnaire administered to 556 Fadama III beneficiaries grouped into Fadama User Groups and Individual Crop Farmers. Logit regression analysis and the Stochastic Frontier analysis were used to analyze the data. The sustainability index was measured using the Sustainability Assessment of Farming and the Environment framework. The result indicated that even though Fadama III project was not fully implemented in Benue State, there was a significant increase in the average income of the beneficiaries from baseline income. Findings also show that average savings were below 10% for more than 70% of the beneficiaries. Estimates of the stochastic frontier production function analysis showed that Fadama III beneficiaries were not efficient in their productive activities. Finally, the sustainability index was below 50% for all beneficiaries, the indicators that contributed more to low sustainability were savings and economic efficiency. The study concluded that even though the Fadama III project was beneficial to most farmers in Benue State, it is not sustainable. It was recommended that there is need for Deposit Money Banks or Micro-finance Banks to be established in all the Local Government Areas and farmers encouraged to save. Also, the full implementation of project in subsequent Fadama project will go a long way in sustaining the gains of the Fadama project for Benue State and Nigeria at large
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Enhancing sustainability in Nigerian agricultural supply chains through fair trade practices
Get PDFNigeria's agricultural sector, contributing 22.7% to GDP and employing over 70% of the population, faces critical sustainability challenges that directly impact multiple UN Sustainable Development Goals. This study evaluates fair trade practices as a comprehensive management strategy for enhancing sustainability across Nigerian agricultural supply chains, addressing the persistent challenges smallholder farmers face, including market volatility, environmental degradation, and social inequity.
Purpose: This research aims to assess the transformative potential of fair trade mechanisms in achieving sustainable agricultural supply chain management in Nigeria, specifically focusing on policy frameworks and governance structures that support SDG implementation.
Methodology: A systematic literature review was conducted, analyzing 45 peer-reviewed studies, policy documents, and case studies from fair trade initiatives across sub-Saharan Africa. The analysis employed a triple-bottom-line framework to evaluate economic, environmental, and social sustainability dimensions within supply chain management contexts.
Results: Fairtrade implementation demonstrates significant potential for sustainable supply chain transformation through: (1) price stabilization mechanisms reducing farmer income volatility by up to 40%; (2) environmental stewardship practices that decrease chemical inputs by 35% while improving soil health; (3) social empowerment initiatives that increase women's participation in decision-making by 60%. However, critical barriers include certification costs (averaging $2,000-5,000 per cooperative), inadequate infrastructure investment (less than 15% of rural areas have adequate storage facilities), and limited government policy support.
Theoretical contribution: This study advances supply chain sustainability theory by proposing an integrated fair trade-governance framework specifically designed for developing economies, linking microeconomic farmer decisions with macroeconomic policy outcomes in pursuit of SDG targets1.
Practical implications: The research provides actionable policy recommendations for Nigerian policymakers, including establishing government-subsidized certification programs, creating public-private partnerships for infrastructure development, and integrating fair trade principles into national agricultural policies. These findings offer a replicable model for other sub-Saharan African countries pursuing sustainable agricultural transformation
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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