204 research outputs found
Letter from Mrs. Ume H. Kamae to Edward J. Ennis, May 29, 1943
No full textTyped correspondence from Mrs. Ume H. Kamae to Edward J. Ennis, and sent to the Col. L.A. Ledbetter and Leo V. Silverstein. The correspondence asks for a rehearing and release of Takashi Kamae, Ume Kamae's husband. The letter also describes the life and pastoral work of Takashi Kamae.The Bishop James Chamberlain Baker Collection includes letters, documents, and articles about Japanese Americans during World War II. Subjects in the collection include Japanese Americans mass removal, Pearl Harbor and the aftermath, religion, and support from the non-Japanese American community. The collection was digitized and made accessible online by CSUDH Gerth Archives and Special Collections
Economic Evaluation of New Technologies and Promotions in the Australian Sheep and Wool Industries
No full textKnowledge about the size and distribution of returns from alternative broad types of R&D and promotion investments permit strategic-level decisions about resource allocation, both within and across research programs. The Australian sheep meat and wool industries are characterised by strong cross-commodity relationships due to the joint product nature of the industries. An equilibrium displacement model of the Australian sheep meat and wool industries was developed to account for these relationships and any indirect benefits and costs arising from spill-over and feedback effects between the industries as a result of research-induced innovation or promotion. The potential annual returns and their distribution among the various industry sectors were estimated from different hypothetical investment scenarios to demonstrate the model's relevance to R&D and promotion policy and decision-making.Australian sheep and wool industries, equilibrium displacement model, cross-commodity relationships, R&D and promotion evaluation, Livestock Production/Industries,
Determinants of child Labour in Crop Production (A Case Study of Anambra State of Nigeria).
No full textDeterminants of child Labour use among rural household crop farmers in Anambra State of Nigeria were studied. A multistage random sampling technique was used to select one hundred (100) respondents for the detailed study. A structured questionnaire was used to elicit information from the respondents for the study. Percentage response was used to capture objective i and iii. Objective ii was capture using Probit model analysis. The result showed that majority of the respondents were married, youthful, had moderate household size, educated and highly experienced in farming. The determinant factors to the use of child labour among rural household were relationship between the child and household heads, access to credit and educational level. The major operations accomplished by the children in the study area were bird scaring, fertilizer application and planting. The child right act should be enforced by appropriate government agencies and the offenders brought to book, free education to all children and social mobilization on change of attitude to use of child labour were recommended. Keywords; Determinants, Child Labour, Crop Production, Anambra State, Nigeria</jats:p
Socioeconomic Determinants of Farmers' Participation in Off-Farm Income Employment in Ezza South Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Nigeria.
No full textThe socio-economic determinants of farmers' participation in off-farm income employment in Ezza south local government area of Ebonyi state, Nigeria were studied. The specific objectives of the study were to describe the socio-economic characteristics of the farmers, identify the off-farm income employments participated by the farmers, ascertain the determinants of farmers' participation in off-farm income employments and identify the limiting factors to the farmers' participation in off-farm income employments in the study area. A multi-stage random sampling procedure was used to select respondents for the study. One hundred and twenty farmers (120) were randomly selected for the study. Data collected were analyzed using percentage responses and frequency distribution, logistic regression and 4-point Likert scale. The findings revealed that the farmers that participated in off-farm income activities were aged, educated, well experienced, large farm size, females, married and large household size. The result further revealed that high proportion of the respondents engaged in civil service, trading, motor cycle riders, auto mechanics and tricycle riders. The determinants factors to the farmers' participants in off farm employments were household size, education level, farming experience, farm size and membership of cooperative societies. Factors limiting farmers' participation in off-farm activities were high level of Illiteracy, poor access to credit facility, old age, inadequate power supply, poor extension services and ill health of farmers identified. There is need to enhance farmers' access to extension services, educational program, encouraged farmers to join or form cooperatives
Climate change and Adaptation Coping Strategies among Sheep and Goat Farmers in Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Nigeria.
No full textClimate change and Adaptation Coping Strategies among Sheep and Goat Farmers in Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Nigeria was studied. A total of 60 respondents were selected using multi-stage random sampling technique. Data for the study was collected using a structured questionnaire. Percentage responses and multiple regressions were used to analyzed the data. The results revealed that males were more prominent in sheep and goat farming with age range of 41-61 years old. Also, majority of the sampled farmers were married, educated, had access to extension services with household size of 7-12 persons. Also, the adaptation coping strategies adopted by the farmers were use of shade, Use of nutrient-dense diets , destocking and use of drinking water. Furthermore, the farmers socio-economic characteristics that affected the adaptation of climate change coping strategies in sheep and goats production were level of education, farming experience and age of the farmers. In addition, rainfall, temperature and relative humidity were the weather elements that effected sheep and goat production in the study area. Finally, the factors limiting farmers’ adaptation coping strategies were poor access to credit, poor access to information, poor access to extension services and poor government involvements.The need to ensure the farmers’ access to credit, education and extension services should be enhancedKeywords; Climate change, Adaptation, Coping Strategies, Sheep and Goat, Farmers.</jats:p
Analysis of reading difficulties of fifty freshmen of Morehouse College who enrolled in reading in September, 1962, 1964
No full textInvestigating the use of semantic technologies in spatial mapping applications
No full textSemantic Web Technologies are ideally suited to build context-aware information retrieval applications. However, the geospatial aspect of context awareness presents unique challenges such as the semantic modelling of geographical references for efficient handling of spatial queries, the reconciliation of the heterogeneity at the semantic and geo-representation levels, maintaining the quality of service and scalability of communicating, and the efficient rendering of the spatial queries' results. In this paper, we describe the modelling decisions taken to solve these challenges by analysing our implementation of an intelligent planning and recommendation tool that provides location-aware advice for a specific application domain. This paper contributes to the methodology of integrating heterogeneous geo-referenced data into semantic knowledgebases, and also proposes mechanisms for efficient spatial interrogation of the semantic knowledgebase and optimising the rendering of the dynamically retrieved context-relevant information on a web frontend
Role of Transportation and Marketing in Enhancing Agricultural Production in Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Nigeria.
No full textRole of transport and marketing in enhancing agricultural production in Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Nigeria was studied. A multi stage sampling procedure was used to select 300 respondents for the detailed study. A structured questionnaire was used to elicit information from the respondents. Data collected were analyzed using of chi-square. The results show that head carrying, use of wheel barrows, bicycles, motor van, keke, donkeys, and motor cycles were various traditional modes of transportation for inter local transport of agricultural products. Furthermore, the result reveals that producers, retailers, consumers, wholesalers and processors were the marketing channels in the study area. Additionally, transportation and marketing have greatly enhanced the growth of agricultural production in the study area , despite existing problems such as bad roads, high cost of transport, few vehicles, poor drainage channels, culverts, few bridges and poverty. Also, the solutions to the identified problems were giving out loans to farmers, construction and repairs of roads, use of rail, mass transit, encouraging farmers' cooperative societies and processing centres. However, If these solutions to the problems could be entrenched into policy framework at the three tiers of the governments, high returns in agriculture will ensue. This will boost the contributions of agricultural sector to the nation's Gross Domestic Product (GDP),which could translate to better standard of living
Socio-economic determinants of farmers’ participation in off-farm income employment in Ezza South local governmentarea of Ebonyi State, Nigeria
No full textThe socio-economic determinants of farmers’ participation in off-farm income employment in Ezza south local government area of Ebonyi state, Nigeria was studied. The specific objectives of the study were to describe the socio-economic characteristics of the farmers, identify the off-farm income employments participated by the farmers, ascertain the determinants of farmers’ participation in off-farm income employments and identify the limiting factors to the farmers’ participation in off-farm income employments in the study area. A multi-stage random sampling procedure was used to select respondents for the study. One hundred and twenty (120) farmers were randomly selected for the study. Data collected were analyzed using percentage responses and frequency distribution, logistic regression and 4-point Likert scale. The findings revealed that the farmers that participated in off-farm income activities were aged, educated, well experienced, large farm size, females, married and large household size. The result further revealed that high proportion of the respondents engaged in civil service, trading, motor cycle riders, auto mechanics and tricycle riders. The determinants factors to the farmers’ participants in off farm employments were household size, education level, farming experience, farm size and membership of cooperative societies. Factors limiting farmers’ participation in off-farm activities were high level of illiteracy, poor access to credit facility, old age, inadequate power supply, poor extension services and ill health of farmers identified. There is need to enhance farmers’ access to extension services, educational program, encouraged farmers to join or form cooperatives.Se estudiaron los determinantes socioeconómicos de la participación de los agricultores en el empleo de ingresos no agrícolas en el área del gobierno local del sur de Ezza en el estado de Ebonyi, Nigeria. Los objetivos específicos del estudio fueron describir las características socioeconómicas de los agricultores, identificar los empleos de ingresos no agrícolas participados por los agricultores, determinar los determinantes de la participación de los agricultores en empleos de ingresos no agrícolas e identificar los factores limitantes para participación de los agricultores en empleos de ingresos no agrícolas en el área de estudio. Se usó un procedimiento de muestreo aleatorio de etapas múltiples para seleccionar a los encuestados para el estudio. Ciento veinte agricultores (120) fueron seleccionados al azar para el estudio. Los datos recopilados se analizaron utilizando respuestas porcentuales y distribución de frecuencias, regresión logística y escala Likert de 4 puntos. Los resultados revelaron que los agricultores que participaron en actividades de ingresos fuera de la granja eran ancianos, educados, con experiencia, gran tamaño de granja, mujeres, casadas y gran tamaño de hogar. El resultado reveló además que una alta proporción de los encuestados se dedicaba al servicio civil, comercio, motociclistas, mecánicos de automóviles y ciclistas. Los factores determinantes para los participantes de los agricultores en empleos fuera de la granja fueron el tamaño del hogar, el nivel de educación, la experiencia agrícola, el tamaño de la granja y la membresía de sociedades cooperativas. Los factores que limitan la participación de los agricultores en las actividades fuera de la granja fueron el alto nivel de analfabetismo, el acceso deficiente al crédito, la vejez, el suministro de energía inadecuado, los servicios de extensión deficientes y la mala salud de los agricultores identificados. Es necesario mejorar el acceso de los agricultores a los servicios de extensión, el programa educativo, alentar a los agricultores a unirse o formar cooperativas
Analysis of Marketing of Moringa oleifera Lam and its’ effect to Environment in South East, Nigeria
No full textAnalysis of Moringa oleifera Lam product marketing and its’ effect to environment in South East, Nigeria was studied. Specifically, the objectives of the study were to describe the socio-economic characteristic of moringa oleifera product marketers, identify the various forms in which moringa oleifera were marketed, determine the marketing margin and marketing efficiency of moringa oleiferia, analyze the determinant factors to Moringa oleifera marketers’marketing efficiency, identify the effects of moringa oleifera marketing to the environment, identify the technologies used to cushion the effects of moringa marketing to the environment, determine the effect of the marketers’ socio-economic characteristics on their technology adoption decision and identify the constraints to marketing of Moringa oleifera products in the study area. A multistage random sampling procedure was used to select120 moringa oleifera products marketers in the study area. Primary and secondary data were used to elicit information from the respondents. The objectives of the study were addressed using percentage responses, marketing margin and marketing efficiency models, multiple regression analysis and factor analysis. The results show that the majority of the marketers were males, youthful, had large household size, married, educated and members of cooperatives. The most important form of moringa oleifera products consumed in the study area was leaf, followed seed and leaf powder. Furthermore, the marketers’ marketing margin and marketing efficiency results showed to be positive and highly significant respectively. Among the functional forms tried, the linear form was chosen as the lead equation based on econometric and statistical reasons. The coefficients of age, education and membership of cooperatives had a direct relationship with marketing efficiency. The effects of moringa oleifera marketing to the environment were noise, odour, flies, littering of the environment with moringa residues, rodents and mosquitoes. The technologies used to guide against environmental degradation by moringa oleifera marketing were use of nose and mouth protective gadgets, good ventilation, proper disposal of wastes, proper maintenance of processing plant and use of hearing protective device (HPD) The determinant factors to the adoption of technology by marketers against environmental dilapidation were household size, educational level, access to credit and membership of organization. Important constraints to moringa oleifera marketing in the study area were low returns, competition, no financial support, inadequate funding, inadequate raw materials, high cost of transportation and poor communication. These variables fell between factors loading of 0.30 and above at 10 % overlapping variance as contained in factor analysis result. Policies options aimed at enhancing marketers’ access to education programmes as relates to environmental pollution as result of their marketing activities through adult education, seminars and workshops especially be encouraged. In addition, there is need to encourage marketers to form cooperatives in order to reduce their transaction cost of marketing. Furthermore, processor of moringa oleifera leaves into powdered form should wear protective devices such as ear and eye masks to avoid possible pollution from its dustSe estudió el análisis del marketing de productos de Moringa oleifera Lam y su efecto sobre el medio ambiente en el sudeste de Nigeria. Específicamente, los objetivos del estudio fueron describir las características socioeconómicas de los comercializadores de productos de moringa, identificar las diversas formas en que se comercializa la moringa, determinar el margen de comercialización y la eficiencia de comercialización de la moringa oleiferia, analizar los factores determinantes para la comercialización de Moringa oleifera , identifique los efectos del marketing de moringa en el medio ambiente, identifique las tecnologías utilizadas para amortiguar los efectos del marketing de moringa en el medio ambiente, determine el efecto de las características socioeconómicas de los comercializadores en su decisión de adopción de tecnología e identifique la restricción para el marketing de Moringa productos de oleifera en el área de estudio. Se utilizó un procedimiento de muestreo aleatorio de varias etapas para seleccionar 120 comercializadores de productos de moringa en el área de estudio. Los datos primarios y secundarios se utilizaron para obtener información de los encuestados. Los objetivos del estudio se abordaron utilizando respuestas porcentuales, margen de comercialización y modelos de eficiencia de comercialización, análisis de regresión múltiple y análisis factorial. Los resultados muestran que la mayoría de los vendedores eran hombres, jóvenes, de gran tamaño, casados, educados y miembros de cooperativas. La forma más importante de productos de moringa consumidos en el área de estudio fue la hoja, seguida de semillas y polvo de hojas. Además, el margen de comercialización y los resultados de eficiencia de comercialización mostraron ser positivos y altos, respectivamente. Entre las formas funcionales estimadas, la forma lineal fue elegida como la ecuación principal basada en razones econométricas y estadísticas. Los coeficientes de edad, educación y membresía de las cooperativas tenían una relación directa con la eficiencia del marketing. Los efectos del marketing de moringa en el medio ambiente fueron ruido, olor, moscas, basura del medio ambiente con residuos de moringa, roedores y mosquitos. Las tecnologías utilizadas para guiar contra la degradación ambiental por el marketing de moringa fueron el uso de dispositivos de protección para la nariz y la boca, buena ventilación, adecuada eliminación de desechos, mantenimiento adecuado de la planta de procesamiento y uso de dispositivos de protección auditiva (HPD) Los factores determinantes para la adopción de tecnología por parte de los especialistas en marketing contra el deterioro ambiental fueron el tamaño del hogar, el nivel educativo, el acceso al crédito y la membresía de la organización. Las restricciones importantes contra el marketing de moringa en el área de estudio fueron los bajos retornos, la competencia, la falta de apoyo financiero, la financiación inadecuada, las materias primas inadecuadas, el alto costo del transporte y la mala comunicación. Estas variables cayeron entre la carga factorial de 0.30 y superior con una variación superpuesta del 10% como se encuentra en el resultado del análisis factorial. Las opciones de políticas destinadas a mejorar el acceso de los vendedores a la educación gratuita y asequible, alentar a los vendedores a formar cooperativas a fin de reducir el costo de transacción del marketing y reducir los efectos del marketing en el medio ambiente, el procesador de hojas de moringa en forma de polvo debe usar dispositivos de protección y para El acceso de los especialistas en marketing a programas educativos sobre contaminaciones y posibles consecuencia
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