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Africa Research Bulletin: Economic, Financial and Technical SeriesVolume 57, Issue 12 p. 23274B-23274C Commodities Africa – Climate Change Initiatives First published: 03 February 2021 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6346.2021.09874.xRead the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of...

The purpose of this study was to study grade 11 students' awareness and use of vocabulary learning strategies in EFL classes at Woreta Secondary and Preparatory School.To conduct this study, mixed research (qualitative and qualitative) method was employed due to the nature of the research problem.The population of the study were Grade 11 students who were enrolled in the year 2009 E.c and five Grade 11 EFL teachers.As it was impossible to incorporate all students in this study, 120 (14%) out...

The research explored the views of teachers in rural schools regarding the relevance of the medium of instruction policy and the challenges they face in implementing it.A qualitative research design was used in which 12 teachers were selected from kindergarten (KG) and lower primary across rural schools in Ghana.Data was gathered using telephone interviews and analysed thematically.The research found that all teachers considered the policy important to their practice and children's learning...

The study examined experiences of private high school teachers in managing learners' behaviour in virtual classrooms.The study was motivated by paradigm shift from physical classroom to virtual classroom in most educational institutions globally because of corona virus pandemic.A qualitative study, rooted in interpretive paradigm employed case study design.The participants who constituted ten teachers were purposively selected from two private high schools in Bulawayo Metropolitan...

Teacher motivation influences teachers' actions in the classroom and student achievement.Grounded in the FIT-Choice model, the study investigated the perception of preservice teachers about accounting teaching profession.Again, the study examined the motivational factors that attract preservice teachers to the accounting teaching profession.Descriptive cross-sectional survey design was used for the study.The population comprised all final year Bachelor of Education accounting students of...

Climate is one of the most important factors in agricultural productivity, which could directly or indirectly influence productivity since the climate is linked to physiological processes. It is, therefore, essential to understanding the various strategies used by farmers to mitigate the adverse impact of climate change and the factors that influence maize farmers' adoption and intensity of climate change adaptation strategies among smallholder maize farmers in South-west Nigeria. In all, a...

The appraisal of educational institution campuses’ sustainability performance has been on the rise within the past decades. This appraisal is primarily due to the importance of establishing and executing planning policies targeted at designing smart, healthy, and sustainable campuses. In ensuring environmental sustainability for smart development in Nigeria tertiary institution campuses, allocating relative importance and weights to selected indicators was carried out via the analytic...

Abstract Urbanization and industrialization have significantly caused deterioration of surface waters. Since there is close association between river quality and its associated floodplain, the later could therefore provide a quality index of the former. This study examines heavy metal concentrations in floodplain sediment of urban catchment of Asa River and assessed associated risks. Samples were collected at 10 points but at interval of 5cm in vertical profile to a depth of 15cm. Atomic...

HIV/AIDS is a global pandemic. Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for two-thirds of the newly HIV-infected cases in the world. Similarly, the prevalence of HIV infections among Ethiopian university students has also increased as HIV prevention was not sufficiently prioritized. In order to decrease the surge of the HIV pandemic, prevention messages that encourage individuals to reduce sexual and risk behaviors still remain a key intervention strategy. Besides this, the behavioral response to HIV...

This study provides a comparative review of education funding across geopolitical zones in Nigeria and draws a nexus between Nigeria's budgetary allocation to education and some selected African countries.Education funding in Nigeria has lagged the UNESCO's advised 15%-20% of the government's annual budget to education in the last three decades.We assess education funding across the six geopolitical zones between 2010 and 2019 using content analysis of the respective states.A review of the...

In spite of the global outcry for urgent action against air pollution, most African countries lack functional air quality monitoring stations and data there from; making air quality management difficult. Therefore, stand-alone studies are reviewed to provide information on air pollutant levels, sources, spatial and seasonal variation across the continent. Air quality studies are limited in Africa. Available data show that vehicular traffics, industries, wildfire and biomass burning are...

(1) Background: Psychological problems of adolescents have become a global health and safety concern. Empirical evidence has shown that adolescents experience diverse mental health conditions (e.g., anxiety, depression, and emotional disorders). However, research on anxiety-induced sleep disturbance among in-school adolescents has received less attention, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. This study’s central focus was to examine factors associated with t anxiety-induced...

Background: Blood transfusion is an essential supportive therapy, used over a wide variety of clinical circumstances. Patterns of blood transfusion in pediatric patients are less characterized, and in Yemen information is chronically lacking. This study was aimed to assess the use of blood transfusion in children at a single center in a low resource setting. Materials and Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted on all children (≤ 16 years) who received blood transfusion...

It is widely acknowledged that writing is the most challenging skill for EFL learners and thus they need support to overcome such challenges in their writing. This quasi-experimental study aims to investigate the effect of written peer feedback on the students' writing skills. The study adopted a quasi-experimental design where the sample of the study was divided into two groups: experimental and control groups; The sample of the study consisted of third level students (75 male and female...

Abstract In this paper, the variations of ionospheric irregularities have been studied using C/NOFS, ground‐based GNSS and magnetometer measurements in Africa during the St. Patrick geomagnetic storm of March 17, 2013. The latitudinal distribution of irregularities was examined using GNSS‐ROTI maps covering longitude 25°–45°E. Longitudinal characteristics were also investigated along with equatorial plasma bubbles (EPBs) and vertical drift velocity (Vz) from 12 to 21 March 2013. The results...

Introduction:The development of modern automated machines in industries has considerably decreased the physical burden of workers in addition to increasing the productivity of the industries resulting in noise pollution.Noise exposure above the limit value of 90 dB (A) is known to cause temporary hearing loss among exposed workers.Materials and Methods: Institutional-based cross-sectional study design was employed for a total of 406 study participants using a simple random sampling technique...

Introduction:The development of modern automated machines in industries has considerably decreased the physical burden of workers in addition to increasing the productivity of the industries resulting in noise pollution.Noise exposure above the limit value of 90 dB (A) is known to cause temporary hearing loss among exposed workers.Materials and Methods: Institutional-based cross-sectional study design was employed for a total of 406 study participants using a simple random sampling technique...