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Adoption and preferences for coffee drought index-based insurance in UgandaMicro-insurance can be an effective approach to smoothening income in adverse times and potentially a way to contribute to the financial inclusion of vulnerable populations.However, direct sales to individual smallholders remains a challenging task without an easily scalable solution.The current research seeks to find the determinants of adoption of a stand-alone coffee index-based insurance product in Uganda marketed...

The study investigated the Influence of Instagram Posts on the Body Image of Female Undergraduates in selected universities in southwestern Nigeria. It focused on the exposure of young females to “ideal” beauty standards portrayed on Instagram and the influence it has on them. The survey research design was adopted and questionnaires were used for data collection. The research instrument was administered on 285 respondents randomly drawn from five faculties of Afe Babalola University and...

In Sub-Saharan African countries, more than 60% of the active population is involved in agriculture. Synthetic pesticides and veterinary drugs are mainly imported from developed economies and are massively used and misused by the population. The level of environmental pollution by residues of these chemicals is considered to be a serious concern all over the continent. Populations and animals are at risk of exposure to highly polluted food and water. This chapter reviews the exposure levels...

Background: Education in mathematics and science is important at all school levels and should ideally start in the preschool, which implies that preschool teachers should have an adequate knowledge base in these subjects.Aim: This study aimed to investigate preschool teachers’ knowledge bases, including their subject matter knowledge (SMK) and pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) in mathematics and science.Setting: The study presents an account of preschool teachers’ knowledge bases in...

In Morocco, cereal production shows high interannual variability due to uncertain rainfall and recurrent drought periods. Considering the socioeconomic importance of cereal for the country, there is a serious need to characterize the impact of drought on cereal yields. In this study, drought is assessed through (1) indices derived from remote sensing data (the vegetation condition index (VCI), temperature condition index (TCI), vegetation health ind ex (VHI), soil moisture condition index...

Many areas of South Africa experience water shortages and unreliable water supplies. Water and sanitation costs at South African municipalities have been steadily rising in the last 5 years and are particularly high in water-stressed areas such as Cape Town. At the same time, public funding for schools is reducing. Schools, therefore, need to understand their water consumption and be able to rapidly identify and evaluate options to reduce water usage, thereby decreasing costs and improving...

Abstract Background: Undernutrition is most common public health problem in developing world. It is responsible for more than three million global deaths of under five children every year. Severe wasting and stunting are the major contributors of this problems. Hence, this study was designed to document the effect of nutrition education intervention (NEI) on nutritional status of the children in pastoralist and agro-pastoralist community of Somali regional state, Eastern Ethiopia.Methods: A...

Abstract Climate variability land cover/use and soil erosion risk are important contributors to surface water quality. In this work, their implications for surface water quality of a humid tropical river in sub-Saharan Africa (the Ikpa River Basin) was assessed. The results revealed that rainfall is the most important climatic parameter to assess the climate variability trend in the region and the most important contributor to surface water quality. The region has tended to record colder...

This study set out to examine the Masters students’ attitudes towards research component of their programme. It was conducted in Makerere University Business School (MUBS) in Uganda. A phenomenological qualitative study approach was employed. The respondents were able to narrate their stories on their own experience when undertaking research. The selection of the 17 respondents who participated in this study was done using purposive technique. To be selected as a respondent in this study,...

Abstract Namibia is the most arid country in sub-Saharan Africa characterized by the existence of two deserts, the Namib and the Kalahari. However, though being arid, agriculture still plays a critical role in Namibia’s economy, which includes both crop and animal production. Furthermore, the country is endowed with vast marine resources, with its marine waters being equivalent to two-thirds of Namibia’s terrestrial environment. In the face of climate change and a growing population, there...

Semi-supervised learning is a potential solution for improving training data in low-resourced abusive language detection contexts such as South African abusive language detection on Twitter. However, the existing semi-supervised learning methods have been skewed towards small amounts of labelled data, with small feature space. This paper, therefore, presents a semi-supervised learning technique that improves the distribution of training data by assigning labels to unlabelled data based on...

This study focused on the influence of parental level of education as a socio-motivational factor for peace education and academic performance among students in colleges of education in the north-west geopolitical zone of Nigeria. The study rests on the hypothesis that there is no significant difference between the parental level of education and academic performance of students in colleges of education. The information on students’ parental level of education was obtained from 389...

The theoretical contribution of this work relates to the introduction of the job embeddedness theory in the discussion of teachers’ professional context. This approach has revealed that institutions such as churches, tradition and kinships, and thrift and loan societies influence teachers’ choices to quit or remain in their jobs.

Abstract The effect of climate change on agricultural-dependent communities is immense. Ethiopia in which more than 85% of its population is agrarian is affected by climate change. Communities in different parts of the country perceived climate change and practice different climate change adaptation strategies. This chapter was initiated to identify adaptation strategy to the impact of changing climate. Data on a total of 180 households were gathered using structured and semi-structured...

Schools in Nigeria were shut down and lectures stopped altogether. The capacity of the Nigerian educational environment to carry out these online interactions may be stretched thin with many foreseeable challenges.
 Objectives: To identify the current familiarity and use of online classroom platforms by medical students and Paediatric residents, and to identify the barriers to its use for medical education.
 Methods: A descriptive comparative study design using a semi-structured...

<p>The main purpose of this research is to establish an assessment of the implementation of school improvement program: a comparative study between government and private secondary schools of Ethiopia in Bahir Dar city administration. In the city administration there are a total of 17 secondary schools of which 11 schools is public and the rest 6 are private owned. Based on proximity, this study purposively took 3 public and 2 private secondary schools. Simple random sampling technique...

Teachers are often indifferent towards high ability students with the misconception that they could sort themselves out hence, they are neglected. This therefore, affects their ability to adapt to the school environment which had been resulting to depression, general anxiety disorder, academic-underachievement and drop-out from school. Previous studies dwelt more on academic performance and adjustment of regular students with little attention on high ability students. This study, therefore,...