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Diet-related noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are increasing rapidly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and constitute a leading cause of mortality. Although a call for global action has been resonating for years, the progress in national policy development in LMICs has not been assessed. This review of strategies to prevent NCDs in LMICs provides a benchmark against which policy response can be tracked over time. Methods and Findings : We reviewed how government policies in LMICs o...

The purpose of this paper was to investigate first year students’ lived experiences of the Third Trimester Field Practical Programme at selected communities in the Upper West Region of Ghana. Convenience sampling method was used to select and put students into focus groups. Focus group interview was then used to collect data from the students. Data obtained were analysed thematically. Findings on the students’ lived experiences of the Third Trimester Field Practical Programme include: members...

Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) can be productive members of their communities if societal and institutional barriers limiting their participation in decent work are removed. However, there is limited information on the participation of PWDs in agriculture and its effect on food security among disabled farmers in Ghana. This paper presents findings of a study conducted to examine the participation of PWDs in agriculture and its effect on household food security situation among disabled farme...

This study examined the effectiveness of various agricultural technology transfer methods using primary data collected from 543 rice farmers in the Northern and Upper East regions of Ghana. We employed descriptive statistics supported by Kendall’s W-test and chi-squared distribution test to identify and assess various agricultural technology transfer methods and their perceived effectiveness. In the order of importance, we found farmer-to-farmer approach, technology demonstration fields, hous...

This purpose of this study was to investigate the usage of ICTs, which ones are popular among the farmers and whether certain socio-economic characteristics influenced usage. It was to fill a gap on ICT usage among crop farmers in rural communities in Northern Ghana. The study involved a multi stage sampling of 210 crop farmers with equal numbers for males and females from seven (7) districts in the Northern Region of Ghana. It involved the use of structured interview questionnaires...

A field experiment was conducted in 2015 at Gumbihini, an open space market gardening site in Tamale Ghana. The objective of the study was to determine the effects of carbonized and uncarbonized compost based soil amendments on changes in soil properties, nutrient uptake, growth and yield of fresh maize. Six compost treatments were made with poultry manure (15%vol), rice straw (60%vol) and either amended with carbonized rice husk compost, carbonized corn cob compost and carbonized wood ...

The resource curse thesis has been a subject of debate for many decades particularly in low-income nations such as those of Africa, which are endowed with abundant resources but are poor by every indicator of human development. This study was designed to find out the perceptions of Nigerians living in Aberdeen, Scotland on how the oil industry in Nigeria has impacted on the lives of the citizenry and to examine how the Nigerian experience can offer useful lessons for Ghana’s budding oil secto...

Sub-Saharan Africa in general and Ghana in particular, missed out on the Green revolution. Efforts are being made to re-introduce the revolution, and this calls for more socio-economic research into the factors influencing the adoption of new technologies, hence, this study. The study sought to find out how socio-economic factors contribute to adoption of Green revolution technology in Ghana. The method of analysis involved a maximum likelihood estimation of a probit model. The proportion of...

This thesis draws on the wisdom of Dagara people in Lawra District, Ghana and illuminates the resilience of their community, describes their strategies to build community resilience, and explores how Dagara indigenous knowledge contributes to community resilience. The research is based on a qualitative case study that was carried out by the principal researcher with a Dagara woman and man as research assistants. Philosophically, the research subscribes to an indigenous research pa...

Low yield and poor quality of onions produced from the Sudan Savannah Agro-ecological Zone of Ghana among other factors attributed to lack of appropriate cultivars for cultivation, poor knowledge of plant spacing and storability. These factors have the potential of lowering income levels of farmers and wasting of precious agriculture land. Field and storage experiments were conducted at Bawku in the Upper East Region of Ghana from 2015 to 2016 to investigate the response of cultivar and ...

This study assessed the influence of livelihood enhancement programmes on rural-urban migration in the Kijew, Dagbambia, Gbung and Libi communities in the East Gonja District in the Northern Region of Ghana. The descriptive and cross-sectional designs were adopted for the study. A representative sample size of 502 was selected out of the total population for the study. Semi-structured questionnaire was used for data collection. The descriptive statistics was used to analyse the data, in...

This study was conducted in the Tamale metropolis in the Northern Region of Ghana. The study aimed at evaluating the performance of grain grinding machines in the metropolis. The treatments used were grain condition (moist at a moisture content of 10-18.22 % wb and dry) and burr mills of the same type (A, B, C, D and E). The treatments were replicated three times (5 mills x 2 treatments x 3 replications =30). Fifteen corn samples which were to be ground moist were soaked in water for 48 ...

The study was carried out in ten Junior High Schools in the Sagnarigu District Directorate of the Ghana Education Service in the Northern Region of Ghana. The purpose of the study was to investigate the Managerial Skills and Administrative Performance of Heads of Junior High Schools. The study used the concurrent mixed method which employed the quantitative and qualitative approaches. Sixty (60) accessible head teachers responded to the questionnaire, whilst six (6) circuit supervisors a...

A retrospective review of records of patients attending Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH), Central Hospital and West Hospital was done from 2013 to 2016 to assess the mortality and morbidity caused by communicable and non-communicable diseases burden which were of epidemic status in relation to the environment. Further investigation showed that poor environmental sanitation is due to rapid population growth and unplanned urbanization resulting in higher disease burden.

As part of the National agricultural modernization agenda, through the promotion of technology driven agriculture, efforts of research and development had over several decades now been concentrated on developing and disseminating improved technologies and best agricultural practices to farmers with little success. Maize, being the major cereal crop in the country, several projects have been implemented to develop the maize sub-sector. However, these efforts have not achieved the commensurate ...