This study analyses farmers’ overall efficiency in pineapple production in Edo State, Nigeria. Data were collected through well structured questionnaire administered on 175 pineapple farmers selected using a multi-stage sampling technique and analyzed using descriptive statistics...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/13488
This paper contributes to the debate on the relevance of institutions to economic development in Nigeria. Based on the taxonomy of institutions into informal and formal elements and the seeming overemphasis on the latter, the paper extends the argument further by stressing that N...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2015/12243
In China, the employee attrition rate was 8.3% in 2001 and reached 11.3% in 2004 while some firms observed turnover rates as high as 30% [1]. The rate of China’s nationwide employee turnover increased every single year over the past decade with the employee turnover rate in 2011...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2015/13165
The cooperative microfinance system in african philosophy is aimed at developing a savings account network involving peer groups, age-grades, peasants or farmers associations or workers unions at micro or rural settings. It is a disinterested non-profit and non-governmental organ...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2015/10043
Purpose: This paper reviews the growing literature on Smartphone addiction among university undergraduates to identify trends. Design/Methodological Approach: It is based on literature published during the period 1996-2013. Only original research papers have been included in this...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/12245
Aims: This study aimed at determining the effects of enriching “gari”, a fermented, dewatered and toasted granules from cassava with soy-melon, a legume protein supplement on its chemical composition. Study Design: The study was carried out under a Randomized Complete Bloch desig...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/11339
Tourism supply chain (TSC) is a relatively new concept. In order to realize the effectiveness of TSC collaboration, how to share the risks of TSC fairly is a key issue. This paper analyzes the main risk factors in TSC, and proposes a composite risk sharing model. Incorporating th...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/12804
Aims: Considering the effect of relay occupancy at relay selection schemes and also proposing a new approach which helps the selection schemes to find the best free relay. Study Design: Comparative study by simulation in MATLAB software. Place and Duration of Study: Digital Commu...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/13002
Aim: Gully erosion is the most obvious form of soil erosion in southeastern Nigeria mainly because of the remarkable impressions the gullies make which are also visible manifestation of the physical loss of land due to erosion. In the literature, there are various accounts of the...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/12753
Imran Ejotre, Boniface Makanga, Sarah Nachuha & Mouhamed Mpezamihigo·Advances in Research·2014
Aims: To explore the abundance and distribution of the common fresh water mollusks in River Kochi, with a special focus on Biomphalaria species, a vector responsible for transmitting Schistosoma mansoni to humans. Study Design: Across sectional study design was used. Place and Du...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/12639
Sanjad-Sakati Syndrome (SSS) is an autosomal recessive disorder reported mainly in Middle Eastern populations. The mutation c.155_166del in exon 3 of the TBCE gene is the most common cause of SSS in the population. Each double stranded DNA product has a specific melting temperatu...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2015/13103
Experiment to investigate the effect of potassium nutrition and translocation in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) intercropped with soybean (Glycine max (L) Merril) was conducted at University of Nigeria, Nsukka in a derived savannah location of South Eastern Nigeria. The Effec...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/7868
Aims: Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is a crop with largely unexplored and unexplained potentially valuable genetic variability. The knowledge and understanding of the extent of genetic variation of cassava germplasm is important for conservation and improvement. Objective: T...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/7556
Aims: Food insecurity in most developing countries was a result of their low/small scale of operation in farming enterprise resulting to low yields. To increase agricultural productivity, biotechnology has been considered as a strong potential to improve agricultural production....
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/4679
Aims: To determine the genetic diversity existing within the Kenyan dry bean using SSR markers. Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted in Western Kenya and Bangor University, North Wales, between September 2010 and December 2012. Methodology: Thirty five (35) marke...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/10284