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Adoption of conservation agriculture (CA) is increasingly being promoted as a way of adapting agricultural systems to increasing climate variability, especially for areas such as southern Africa where rainfall is projected to decrease. The DSSAT crop simulation models can be a valuable tool in evaluating the effects of CA which are viable both economically and environmentally. Our objectives were: (1) to evaluate the ability of DSSAT to predict continuous maize (Zea mays L.) yield for...
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Wild fires are a recurring natural hazard on the African continent. Although wildfires are necessary for ecological management and regeneration of certain species, the risk posed transcends into impacts on sustainabledevelopment and the protection of livelihoods. Better management of wildfires becomes necessary because changeswithin the environment are becoming more complex. Social and ecological systems are intertwined and theresulting “complex or mega-system” needs to be able to learn and...
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The study examined the implementation of learner discipline policies in four secondary schools in the Graaff Reinet district. It is located in the interpretivist paradigm and employed the triangulation design to collect data. Four schools and participants in the study were purposively sampled. Semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions were the main instruments used for data collection. Data revealed that although schools used different strategies to implement learner discipline...
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This paper examines regulatory interventions to prevent, control and curb water pollution by considering various environmental laws principles that are in place to checkmate the activities of polluters.It looks at the extent at which the regulatory institutions have stood up to the challenge of tackling water pollution and remedial actions taken.As courts are known to be playing proactive roles in enforcing water pollution control laws, the paper considers some of the court cases and applied...
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Gender has become a key determinant for access to formal education in Ghana. Ghana has a reputation for having an exemplary education policy on paper with free education for everyone; nevertheless the dropout rates are high. This is particularly true for girls who have higher dropout rates than boys. This paper suggests that we need to expand our understanding beyond an economic discourse and include a citizenship perspective to understand how girls' dropout rates from formal education are...
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The banning of corporal punishment in South African schools sparked an intense debate after 1996.Legislation was put into operation to this effect and educators and all stakeholders in education were mandated to abide.Prior research and literature show that since the abolition of corporal punishment, there has been a deterioration of discipline in schools.This article addresses this argument and through the use of qualitative focus-group interviews with educators, it is revealed that there...
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Poverty eradication has attracted the attention of world body by making it as no 1 MDG.Poverty is seen as the condition of being poor and lacking in basic amenities of life.It is also psychological as poor people exhibit low self-esteem.This paper considered the missing link of adult education in poverty alleviation in Nigeria.Thus, it revealed that various strategies were employed by the government to reduce poverty in Nigeria.These include establishment of bodies to fight corruption and to...
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This paper examines the development of Science and Technology Education in Nigeria.Science and Technology Education in Nigeria and its development can be phased into two periods as Science and Technology Education before Independence, 1842-1960 and after Independence.Today, Nigeria like other developing countries, is facing the greatest challenges of humanizing Science and Technology that is to make them relevant to human needs and aspirations to bring about a sense of satisfaction and...
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Objective: To determine the uptake of PMTCT services by mothers attending postnatal services at Juba Teaching Hospital. Study Design: A cross-sectional study conducted at the Mother and Child Health (MCH) clinic between May and August 2012 Results: All 300 women recruited had at least one antenatal care visit and 246 (82%) received antenatal counselling for HIV: 201 (67%) were tested and 15 (7.5%) were positive. Thirteen of these HIV positive mothers delivered in a health facility. CD4...
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In June 1999, European Ministers of Education and representatives of higher education gathered in Bologna, Italy, and agreed to work towards achieving the European Higher Education Area through a package of structural reforms. This move heralded the Bologna Process (BP). Although the BP has been criticized variously across Europe and elsewhere, however, it appears to be the most profound change encountered by European Higher Education in the 21st Century. The Bologna Process has inspired a...
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The paper critically examines efforts made by the Nigerian and South African governments towards achieving sustainable human developmental capacity through the process of lifelong learning.Firstly, we investigate the programmes, policy, monitoring, and management of the phenomenon of lifelong learning in Nigeria and South Africa.Secondly, we examine the challenges facing such a process.Thirdly, as a way of resolving such challenges we offer an existentialist solution as a philosophical...