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The paper examines strategies used by rural households in the Sahelian and Sudanian zones of Burkina Faso to ensure food security in the face of drought-induced cropping shortfalls. It finds that three-quarters of the average household income in the Sahel sample and half of the same in the Sudanian sample come from non-cropping sources. These are more diversified regionally and sectorally in the case of the Sahel. The latter's non-cropping income is less covariant with the local cereal...

The paper examines strategies used by rural households in the Sahelian and Sudanian zones of Burkina Faso to ensure food security in the face of drought-induced cropping shortfalls. It finds that three-quarters of the average household income in the Sahel sample and half of the same in the Sudanian sample come from non-cropping sources. These are more diversified regionally and sectorally in the case of the Sahel. The latter's non-cropping income is less covariant with the local cereal...

The paper examines strategies used by rural households in the Sahelian and Sudanian zones of Burkina Faso to ensure food security in the face of drought-induced cropping shortfalls. It finds that three-quarters of the average household income in the Sahel sample and half of the same in the Sudanian sample come from non-cropping sources. These are more diversified regionally and sectorally in the case of the Sahel. The latter's non-cropping income is less covariant with the local cereal...

The paper examines strategies used by rural households in the Sahelian and Sudanian zones of Burkina Faso to ensure food security in the face of drought-induced cropping shortfalls. It finds that three-quarters of the average household income in the Sahel sample and half of the same in the Sudanian sample come from non-cropping sources. These are more diversified regionally and sectorally in the case of the Sahel. The latter's non-cropping income is less covariant with the local cereal...

The paper examines strategies used by rural households in the Sahelian and Sudanian zones of Burkina Faso to ensure food security in the face of drought-induced cropping shortfalls. It finds that three-quarters of the average household income in the Sahel sample and half of the same in the Sudanian sample come from non-cropping sources. These are more diversified regionally and sectorally in the case of the Sahel. The latter's non-cropping income is less covariant with the local cereal...

The paper examines strategies used by rural households in the Sahelian and Sudanian zones of Burkina Faso to ensure food security in the face of drought-induced cropping shortfalls. It finds that three-quarters of the average household income in the Sahel sample and half of the same in the Sudanian sample come from non-cropping sources. These are more diversified regionally and sectorally in the case of the Sahel. The latter's non-cropping income is less covariant with the local cereal...

Dr. F. Togonu-Bickersteth is at the Department of Psychology Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Dr. F. Togonu-Bickersteth, Department of Psychology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.

The Ethiopia and Zaire events exhibit normal faulting as would be expected for their rift zone locations. The 1968 May 15 Zambia event is unusual in that P-pP separation times place its focus in the lower crust (28 km) which may be below the brittle/ductile transition zone implying high strain rates. Inversion yielded a high angle normal fault. The depth and focal mechanism of this event, along with the mechanism for the 1968 December 2 Zambia event, suggest southwestward rift extension....

This paper provides evidence regarding the effects of schools, teachers and teaching processes on enhancing eighth grade mathematics achievement in Nigeria and Swaziland. A principal conclusion is that the achievement of students in both countries was significantly affected by the school/classroom in which they were enrolled, once effects of family characteristics were controlled. However, the specific school and classroom level variables accounting for these differences were not the same in...

Cross‐sectional height, weight and mid‐arm circumference were evaluated in 2,500 school children aged 6–11 years in five ecological zones of Nigeria. Nutrient intake was assessed by 24‐hour dietary recall on all subjects and weighing actual food intake of 150 children. Mean weights and heights of school children from all ecological zones were above the 3rd percentile of the Boston standard. Boys from the coastal swamp and girls from the derived savannah had growth curves closest to the 50th...

Abstract In spite of the fact that the Federal Ministry of Education together with its designated agencies has done a good job of producing a vocationally related curriculum for Nigerian Secondary Schools, the ministry seems to have excluded a number of key issues as well as agencies in designing those subjects meant to prepare students for the world of work. The question this paper seeks to answer in the main is, ‘What role should industry in association with other related bodies play in...

Experiments are reported which examined the potential for increasing sweet potato yield in the highlands of Papua New Guinea; in the first set of experiments this was by increasing the rates of traditional composting, and in the second by applying phosphate and potash fertilizers. Experiments were conducted on nine soils representing the major soil types of the area derived predominantly from volcanic ash. Composting treatments were 0, 20, 40, 60, 80 and 100 t fresh weight per ha of the...

It is striking how relatively absent women are from John Mackenzie's recent discussion of popular imperialism, that late nineteenth century cluster of 'monarchism, militarism and Social Darwinism' infusing and propagated by every organ of British life. The relative dearth of research on women and empire partly reflects, of course, what masculine activities war and conquest have been, but it is still surprising that, after pointing to female emigration schemes, he has only two other admirable...

Previous articleNext article No AccessBook ReviewsLanguage in Education in Africa. The Centre of African StudiesDennis MbuyiDennis Mbuyi Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmailPrint SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Comparative Education Review Volume 32, Number 3Aug., 1988 Sponsored by the Comparative and International Education Society Article...

This study focuses on the history of higher education in Kenya since 1975, with an emphasis on curriculum development. The main purposes of the study were (1) to describe the historical events of higher education in Kenya since 1975, and (2) to analyze the present system of higher education in the country. The study attempted to answer questions related to higher education in Kenya. The questions investigated were (1) how had the characteristics of higher education curriculum changed since...