scholarly journals Appraisal of Seasonal Rainfall Prediction and Utilization: A Case Study of Kano State, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-68
Author(s):  
Ahmed Yusuf Alapata ◽  
Aliyu Ismaila ◽  
Mustapha Ibrahim Maigeri
Keyword(s):  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Prediction Method ◽  
Seasonal Rainfall ◽  
Sampling Techniques ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Rainfall Prediction ◽  
Using Data ◽  
High Level

This work evaluates the accuracy of seasonal rainfall prediction by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency by comparing it with the actual amount of rainfall received. It also measures the perception of the farmers regarding such prediction in the case of Kano State using data collected for the years 2009-2015. A total of eighty structured questionnaires were administered to the respondents in selected areas including Mariri, Hotoro, Zaria road and Gwarzo using purposive and snowball sampling techniques. When comparison between the predicted and the observed amount of rainfall received in the study area was made, the outcome showed a high level of variation throughout the years under study. The results further revealed that the majority of the respondents were not aware of convectional rainfall levels or assumed that the modern prediction method is unreliable. The current study recommends massive sensitization of farmers about the modern rainfall prediction methods considering the erratic nature of the weather and the changing climate, particularly in this era of global climate change.

scholarly journals Appraisal of Seasonal Rainfall Prediction and Utilization: A Case Study of Kano State, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-68
Author(s):  
Ahmed Yusuf Alapata ◽  
Aliyu Ismaila ◽  
Mustapha Ibrahim Maigeri
Keyword(s):  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Prediction Method ◽  
Seasonal Rainfall ◽  
Sampling Techniques ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Rainfall Prediction ◽  
Using Data ◽  
High Level

This work evaluates the accuracy of seasonal rainfall prediction by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency by comparing it with the actual amount of rainfall received. It also measures the perception of the farmers regarding such prediction in the case of Kano State using data collected for the years 2009-2015. A total of eighty structured questionnaires were administered to the respondents in selected areas including Mariri, Hotoro, Zaria road and Gwarzo using purposive and snowball sampling techniques. When comparison between the predicted and the observed amount of rainfall received in the study area was made, the outcome showed a high level of variation throughout the years under study. The results further revealed that the majority of the respondents were not aware of convectional rainfall levels or assumed that the modern prediction method is unreliable. The current study recommends massive sensitization of farmers about the modern rainfall prediction methods considering the erratic nature of the weather and the changing climate, particularly in this era of global climate change.

Orchestrating the nation

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barley Norton
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Ancestor Worship ◽  
National Heritage ◽  
The City ◽  
Historical Periods ◽  
Party State

This chapter addresses the cultural politics, history and revival of Vietnamese court orchestras, which were first established at the beginning of the Nguyễn dynasty (1802–1945). Based on fieldwork in the city of Hue, it considers the decolonizing processes that have enabled Vietnamese court orchestras to take their place alongside other East Asian court orchestras as a display of national identity in the global community of nations. The metaphor of ‘orchestrating the nation’ is used to refer to the ways in which Vietnamese orchestras have been harnessed for sociopolitical ends in several historical periods. Court orchestras as heritage have recourse to a generic, precolonial past, yet they are not entirely uncoupled from local roots. Through a case-study of the revival of the Nam Giao Sacrifice, a ritual for ‘venerating heaven’, the chapter addresses the dynamics of interaction and exchange between staged performances of national heritage and local Buddhist and ancestor worship rituals. It argues that with growing concern about global climate change, the spiritual and ecological resonances of the Nam Giao Sacrifice have provided opportunities for the Party-state to reassert its position as the supreme guardian of the nation and its people.

scholarly journals Microclimate Observation at Hermann’s Tortoise (Testudo hermanni boettgeri) Habitat in the “Iron Gates” Natural Park. Case Study: Lower Eșelniţa Watershed (Banat, Romania)

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 47-58
Author(s):  
Cristiana-Maria Ciocanea ◽  
Athanasios-Alexandru Gavrilidis ◽  
Vasile Bagrinovschi
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Vegetation Structure ◽  
Conservation Management ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Suitable Habitat ◽  
The South ◽  
Natural Park ◽  
Testudo Hermanni

Abstract “Iron Gates” Natural Park is located in the South-Western part of Romania and is recognized for its great diversity of ecosystems, wide variety of species and emblematic landscapes. Due to its Mediterranean climatic influences and vegetation structure, the area is a suitable habitat for the existence and development of Testudo hermanni boettgeri. Monitoring both, the evolution of the microclimatic features in the lower Eșelnița watershed and the species behaviour, represents a useful step in order to determine if the global climate change endangers the conservation management of the tortoise.

scholarly journals Trail of Adventure Tourism of Senior Generation

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 132-142
Author(s):  
Mohammad Fakhruddin Mudzakkir ◽  
Roy Setiawan ◽  
Sanju Khuma Singh Singh ◽  
Ahmad Fauzi
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Sampling Techniques ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Interview Techniques ◽  
Adventure Tourism ◽  
Healthy Body

The main aim of this research is to explore what factor that determines of senior generation doing adventure tourism.  More specifically in this study, not all ages were studied but only in the old generation. Using case study and data collection used interview techniques. There were two participants who were interviewed by both participants aged > 50 years and had done more than 20 times doing trail adventure activities. This research used snowball sampling techniques. Overall there are five identifiable factors related to factors that drive senior generation to do trail adventure activities: maintaining healthy body, strengthening brotherhood, returning to nature and nostalgia.

scholarly journals Pengelolaan Sarana dan Prasarana

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Ridho ◽  
Hade Afriansyah
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Sampling Techniques ◽  
Data Display ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Study Program ◽  
School Budget ◽  
Administrative Division ◽  
Data Validity ◽  
Vice Principal ◽  
Using Data

The objectives of the research are to discover planning, procurement, inventory, utilizing, and deletion of productive learning facilities and infrastructure in SMK Negeri 3 Makassar. The research employed descriptive qualitative approach with the data resources namely the principal, vice principal of facility and infrastructure, vice principal of curriculum, the head of study program, the head of workshop, and the head of sub-administrative division who were chosen by using purposive sampling and snowball sampling techniques. The data were collected through observation, interview, and documentation. The data were analyzed by using data reduction, data display, and conculsion drawing/verification. The data validity of the research was checked by using credibility test (degree of trust) with obsecvational persistence technique and triangulation method.The result of the research reveal that the management of productive learning facilities and infrastructures conducted in SMK Negeri 3 Makassar is fairly good. It can be seen from: (1) the planning of productive learning facilities and infrastructures which was conducted in SMK Negeri 3 Makassar was through activities, namely needs analysis, priority scale determination, budgeting and proposal preparation, (2) the procurement of productive learning facilities and infrastructures in SMK Negeri 3 Makassar was conducted firstly by disbursing the budget according to activity plan and school budget (RKAS), then conducted procurement by buying equipments directly to the shop of factory by using school operational fund (BOS). Besides, the help of the procurement of productive learning facilities and infrastructures was also coming from local government, (3) the procedure of the inventory of productive learning facilities and infrastructures in SMK Negeri 3 Makassar was conducted through note-taking, giving code, and reporting quarterly and annually, (4) productive learning facilities and infrastructures in SMK Negeri 3 Makassar was used according which was effective and efficient, so in operating the equipment, it used guidance in a form of guidance book and followed instructions from productive subject teachers, (5) the deletion of productive learning facilities and infrastructures in SMK Negeri 3 Makassar was conducted on productive facilities and infrastructures which could not be used anymore/broken by destroying them.

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