ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENT WOOD SPECIES IN MAJOR SAWMILLS IN ABEOKUTA OGUN STATE NIGERIA

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-82
Author(s):  
M. O ADEDOKUN ◽  
A. T OLAWUMI ◽  
J. A. SOAGA ◽  
S. A. OLUWALANA ◽  
I M. R. MOLOGMHE
Keyword(s):  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Government Policy ◽  
Wood Species ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Timber Species ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Percentage Frequency ◽  
Ogun State

This study involved the economic analysis of different wood species in major sawmills in Abeokuta, Ogun State Nigeria. Two stage design sampling techniques were employed for this study. Descriptive statistics and Cost and Returns were used in the data analysis. Result showed that 62.5% engaged in the business were males, 81.7% were in age group between 31-50years, 48.3% had no formal education, and 88.3% entered into the business through apprenticeship and are mostly full-time. The result also revealed that 95.83% of the saw millers or plank sellers obtain their timber from the private forest and they mostly buy per species i.e. per tree. Moreover, among the timber species that were common in the saw mills include, Albizia coriaria (ayinre) has the highest percentage frequency of 66.7%, Anogeissus leiocarpus (orin dudu) has 44.2%, Cleistopholis sp. (okedo) 32.5% and Musanga cecropioides (aga) 1.7% with the least percentage frequency. Average girth sizes of timber species in sawmill, ranged from 3.00cm- 5.60cm and the average number of plank ranged from 6-29. The business could be seen as profitable, as the cost analysis revealed the average profit for each sawmill per month  in Abeokuta North, Odeda and Abeokuta South Local Governments’ Areas to have these profits (₦982,893.75, ₦790,083.524 and ₦790,083.524) respectively. It was recommended that government policy should be reviewed against illegal felling and over-exploitation of timber by imposing/enacting stiffer penalty or law to illegal feller. Government policy should also encourage individual plantation establishment to ensure continuity of forest products for posterity.  

scholarly journals Profitability of Non Timber Forest Products Collected in Arakanga Forest Reserve, Abeokuta Ogun State, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 557-563
Author(s):  
T.O. Babatunde ◽  
O.O. Babatunde ◽  
K.O. Babatunde ◽  
T. Oluwalana ◽  
A.R. Aduloju
Keyword(s):  
Road Network ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Fuel Wood ◽  
Forest Reserve ◽  
The Road ◽  
Ogun State ◽  
Net Profit ◽  
Non Timber Forest Products

The study investigated evaluation of economic impact of non-timber forest products collections in Arakanga forest reserve in Ogun State. Purposive sampling was used to select four villages around the reserve, representing 10% sampling intensity in the study area. A total of 98 questionnaires were administered. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and budgetary analysis. Majority of respondents were within the age group of40-49 years (35.7%) and mostly were female(51%),40.8% had no formal education while 33.7% had primary education and were mostly married(57.1%). Identified NTFPs includes fuelwood, mushroom, charcoal and honey. The result on profitability showed that fuel-wood had the highest net profit (₦10,916.85) among the NTFPs found in the study area. Constraints faced NTFPs were price fluctuation (58.2%), low demand (14.3%) and inadequate credit facilities (11.2%) and host of others. It was recommended that NTFPs should be introduced to youth in orderto reduce the level of unemployment and government should repaired the road network to the forest for easy accessibility for NTFPs operation. Keywords: profitability, Arakanga, constraint, collections, forest reserve

scholarly journals CHILD LABOR AND THE EDUCATION OF A SOCIETY

2009 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 220-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clive Bell ◽  
Hans Gersbach
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Child Labor ◽  
Capital Accumulation ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
School Attendance ◽  
Compulsory Education ◽  
Child Rearing ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Initial State ◽  
Continuous Growth

This paper analyzes policies by means of which a whole society in an initial state of illiteracy and low productivity can raise itself into a condition of continuous growth. Using an overlapping generations model in which human capital is formed through child rearing and formal education, we show that an escape from a poverty trap, in which children work full time and no human capital accumulation takes place, is possible through compulsory education or programs of taxes and transfers. If school attendance is unenforceable, temporary inequality is unavoidable if the society is to escape in finite time, but long-run inequalities are avoidable provided sufficiently heavy, but temporary, taxes can be imposed on the better off. Programs that aim simply at high attendance rates in the present can be strongly nonoptimal.

scholarly journals RADIO EDUKASI SEBAGAI SALAH SATU SUMBER BELAJAR DALAM KEGIATAN PEMBELAJARAN

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 50
Author(s):  
NFN Innayah
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Informal Education ◽  
Fairy Tale ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Learning Material ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Learning Resource ◽  
Radio Stations ◽  
Work Program

The purpose of this study is to find out: (1) How is the role of RE as educational radio? (2) What criteria that made RE as a learning resource? (3) What kind of broadcast content of RE that being as a learning resource? This study used literature analysis method, the analysis of the work program, and an analysis of the observations. Results of the study showed that: RE has done in cooperation dealing with educational broadcasts with the office of education, MGMP, schools, and local governments. Through the partnership, RE is partnering with 53 educational broadcast radio stations that existed in Indonesia. RE is a learning resource for learning material that broadcast: (1) is designed according to the needs of the target audience, namely learners, teachers and education experts community, (2) provides learning experiences directly and concretely to the learners, (3) provides information that is accurate and up-to-date, (4) help solve the problems of education, (5) provides a variety of information that is broadcast around the world of education. As one source of learning, broadcast content of RE is developed for formal, non-formal, and informal education. Broadcast content to formal education comprises Education Supporting Media Audio program (MAPP), non-formal education consists of a fairy tale (Dongeng Nusantara), the story of the archipelago (Lintas Nusa), Kisah Tokoh, Risalah Nabi dan Sahabat, RE Musisi, RE JJS, Bimbel, Porsi, Kata Mutiara, and Ensipop. For informal education consisted of Edu Public and Pojok Santai AbstrakTujuan kajian ini adalah untuk mengetahui (1) bagaimana peran Radio Edukasi (RE) sebagai radio pendidikan, (2) kriteria apakah yang menjadikan RE sebagai sumber belajar, dan (3) konten siaran apakah yang menjadi sumber belajar. Kajian ini menggunakan motode analisis literatur, analisis program kerja, dan analisis hasil pengamatan. Hasil kajian menunjukkan bahwa RE telah bekerjasama di bidang siaran pendidikan dengan dinas pendidikan, Musyawarah Guru Mata Pelajaran (MGMP), sekolah, dan pemerintah daerah. Kerjasama kemitraan di bidang siaran pendidikan juga telah dikembangkan oleh RE dengan 53 stasiun radio yang ada di Indonesia. RE merupakan salah satu sumber belajar karena substansi yang disiarkan adalah materi pembelajaran yang (1) dirancang sesuai kebutuhan pendengar (peserta didik, guru, dan masyarakat pemerhati pendidikan), (2) memberikan pengalaman belajar secara langsung dan konkret kepada peserta didik, (3) memberikan informasi akurat dan terbaru, (4) membantu memecahkan masalah pendidikan, dan (5) memberikan berbagai informasi yang disiarkan seputar dunia pendidikan. Sebagai salah satu sumber belajar, konten siaran RE dikembangkan untuk pendidikan formal, nonformal, dan informal. Konten siaran untuk (1) pendidikan formal terdiri atas program Media Audio Penunjang Pendidikan (MAPP), (2) pendidikan nonformal terdiri atas Dongeng Nusantara, Kisah Tokoh, Risalah Nabi dan Sahabat, RE Musisi RE, JJS RE, Bimbel Porsi, Lintasnusa, Kata Mutiara dan Ensipop, dan (3) pendidikan informal terdiri atas Edu Publik dan Pojok Santai

scholarly journals STUDY-LIFE BALANCE AND MATURE STUDENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: THE CASE OF OXFORD BUSINESS COLLEGE, UNITED KINGDOM

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aljoša Šestanović ◽  
Mahnaaz Siddiqui
Keyword(s):  
Formal Education ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Multiple Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Time Saving ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Family Responsibilities ◽  
Business College ◽  
Mature Students ◽  
Gender And Age

<p>A number of studies and cases have brought to light the challenges and barriers mature students face as they embark on a course of study. Yet there is no agreed definition of the term ‘mature student’. The first part of this paper presents several definitions of the term found in the contemporary literature. The two prevailing criteria are the typical constraints mature students face while studying and student age. In our study, a survey questionnaire was distributed electronically to 64 mature students at Oxford Business College during August 2021. Our research found that the most concerning issue for those who took part in our survey during the Covid-19 pandemic was reconciling financial obligations associated with education and family responsibilities. This may be a consequence of increased job insecurity during the pandemic. However, only one-third of the mature students in our study said they had significant difficulties in balancing study with other commitments, and slightly more than one fifth had experienced extreme or significant amounts of stress. Most students had succeeded in finding the right balance, albeit with minor difficulties. Interestingly, the results of our correlation analysis showed that stress in managing activities was unrelated to gender and age, while absence from full-time education was significantly positively related to age and unrelated to gender. Stress in managing activities correlated positively with balancing study-related obligations with other life commitments. This result shows that higher levels of stress lead to greater difficulties in achieving a balance between study and other life activities. Furthermore, associations between the period of absence from full-time education prior to enrolment on the current study program and gender and age were statistically insignificant. The results of our multiple linear regression analysis showed that gender and age together explained a statistically significant percentage of variance in stress levels. Additionally, absence from full-time formal education accounted for 2% of the total score variance in stress caused by managing different activities. This finding indicates that longer periods of time spent out of formal education predict higher levels of stress among mature students later on. As we start to move beyond the pandemic, almost two-thirds of respondents said they would prefer lessons to be delivered online once the Covid-19 pandemic is over, while only a minority of them prefer traditional classroom-based lessons (on-campus). This is perhaps no surprise given the substantial time-saving advantages of online learning, the scarcest resource for mature students. </p><p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0894/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

scholarly journals Assessment of Extension Services Delivery to Fish Farmers in South Western Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 2596-2607
Author(s):  
Apata O. M. O. M. ◽  
Toluwase S. O. W ◽  
Awoyemi A. O.
Keyword(s):  
Formal Education ◽  
Information Access ◽  
Fish Farming ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Extension Agents ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Services Delivery ◽  
Crucial Information ◽  
Chi Square Analysis

Inability of fish farmers in Nigeria to produce at a rate that can meet the population demand has been linked to lack of access to crucial information on improved fish farming technique. Information is an indispensable factor in fish farming and it is the basis of extension service delivery. This study was designed to describe demographic characteristic of fish farmers, identify sources of various information to fish farmers and identify information access constraints faced by farmers. Purposive sampling procedure was used to select 2 States and a total of 160 respondents were selected for the study. Descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation and Chi-Square (X2) was used for inferential statistics. Result revealed that mean age was 44.8 years, 77.5% were male, only 7.5% have no formal education and 98.1% were full time fish farmers. About 25.0% received information frequently, 50.6% rarely while 24.4% never received information from extension agents. Inadequate of extension contact was identified by 88.8% of the respondents as information access constraint. Chi-Square analysis showed significant relationship (X2 = 13.426, p = 0.016) between source of information and utilization of information.

Parenting stress and self-reported discipline strategies of Kenyan caregiving grandmothers

2003 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 505-512 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Odhiambo Oburu ◽  
Kerstin Palmérus
Keyword(s):  
Parenting Stress ◽  
Social Determinants ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Total Stress ◽  
Behaviour Modification ◽  
Part Time ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Child Age

The present study examined the discipline methods used and personal and social determinants of power assertive strategies amongst 113 part-time and 128 full-time adoptive grandmothers of Kenyan children aged 1–10 years. Most of these children had been orphaned by AIDS. Evidence obtained from the study suggested that these caregivers’ employment of power assertive strategies were linked to the total stress experienced, educational attainment, and child age but not to the gender of children adopted. The results also indicated a higher prevalence of the assertive and behaviour modification strategies amongst participants over the mean age of 62 years, respondents having basic education (1–12yrs), and those dealing with transgressions of children aged 6 years and above. Coercive verbal forms of control were mainly used by younger grandmothers, or caregivers of children aged less than 6 years. The least preferred inductive strategies were employed by younger respondents, persons lacking formal education, or those dealing with children of both gender aged below 6 years. These findings suggested that the antecedents of power assertive strategies lay both within personal and contextual factors.

I. The United Kingdom

1979 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
I.S. Simpson
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
High Standard ◽  
Full Time ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Back Ground ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Time Courses

The evolution of information science in response to the demand for scientific information is discussed as a back ground to the development of part-time and full-time courses in the United Kingdom to provide a formal education for information scientists. The work of the Institute of Informa tion Scientists in evaluating courses and maintaining a high standard of entry to the profession is also treated.

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