scholarly journals Strategies for Mitigating Climate Change Effect on Honey Bee Productivity in Southern Nigeria

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Maria, Bisong Onabe ◽  
Ajigo Ikutal ◽  
Agbachom, Emmanuel Edet ◽  
Godwin Michael Ubi
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
Cross River State ◽  
Climate Change Effects ◽  
Honey Production ◽  
Educational Requirement ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Level Of Significance

This study aimed at determining the educational requirement of Beekeepers in mitigating Climate Change Effects on bee honey production in Obudu Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria.  The survey research design was used in achieving this. To adequately and appropriately execute the project three objectives were formulated.  From these objectives, research questions were generated and hypotheses formulated accordingly to guide data gathering and analysis. The instrument for data gathering was a four point close ended questionnaire from which 150 farmers and 50 extension agents were selected to respond to items in the questionnaire using the census approach.  Data collected from their responses were subjected to two forms of descriptive analysis.  The first was percentage descriptive analysis which was used to x-ray the biodata.  Second, mean and standard deviation were used to treat the research questions.  The third method used is the independent t-test on the three man hypothesis of the study.  The result of the analysis warranted the rejection of the three null hypotheses tested at 0.05 level of significance with 198 degrees of freedom using 1.96 as the critical t-value. It was found out that ecological practices of farmers contribute to climate change, climate change has impacted negatively on bee honey production, and farmers should be educated through agricultural extension education in order to become conscious of their practices on natural resources and mitigate climate change effects in bee honey production.

Climate change awareness, environmental education and gender role burdens among rural farmers of Northern Cross River State, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris-Valentine OGAR Eneji ◽  
Nkanu Usang Onnoghen ◽  
Joseph Odama Acha ◽  
Juliana Bebuo Diwa
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Gender Role ◽  
Mitigation Strategies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Cross River ◽  
Cross River State ◽  
Climate Change Effects ◽  
Rural Farmers ◽  
The Creation

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the extent of climate change awareness among the rural farmers of Northern Cross River state, investigate the gender role analyzes of some daily routine activities carried out by these rural farmers, ascertain the difference in workload burden of the impacts of climate change between men and women, identify the strategies adopted by these rural farmers to mitigate the effects of climate change in their agricultural activities and investigate the roles Environmental Education (EE) can play in helping the rural farmers to design and adopt sustainable adaptation and mitigation strategies to reduce or completely eradicate their vulnerability to climate change effects. Design/methodology/approach The research design adopted for this study is the cross-sectional survey method. Five research questions guided the study. Two sets of instruments were used for data collection, a sample of 1,258 respondents (0.1%) were selected for the study. The researchers personally administered the instruments and collected the same back, two instruments were not properly filled, so they were rejected. Findings The finding of the study revealed that rural farmers have some level of climate change awareness, which they got from radio, newspapers, awareness campaigns, flyers, billboards, among others. Six out of the nine strategies listed were adopted by the rural farmers to mitigate climate change effects among these rural farmers. There is a significant difference in gender workload burden between women and male in the area, the result is positively skewed toward women, implying that the burden of workload for women increased over those of men. The result also shows that EE can influence their attitude toward climate change through awareness creation, knowledge provisions and also encourage members participation in climate change effect mitigation, prevention and adaptation. Research limitations/implications With this result, EE can be used as a tool for the creation of knowledge, awareness, attitude and encourage the participation of these rural farmers toward mitigating and prevention climate change effects among these rural farmers. It was recommended among others that deliberate policies should be designed to make EE help create the needed awareness on climate change, beginning from the causes, effects and mitigation strategies among rural farmers in their community. Practical implications Already, most Environmental Educators have been trained, the government should design and formulate practical policies to use them as extension agent on climate change effort to go to these rural communities and create the needed awareness, knowledge, skills and attitude to help them combat climate change effects including trees and cover crops planting and also re-introducing the use of irrigation agriculture in these farming communities. Social implications With the creation of awareness, social groups and individuals can also make a social investment from these activities and also improve their social capitals, thereby reducing social burdens and improving their living conditions within the rural settings. Originality/value This research is an original research paper from the effort. the purpose is to assess the extent of climate change awareness level and how the effects of climate change increase or reduces the burden of gender workload among rural farmers and the strategies which can be used by these rural farmers to prevent, mitigate and adapt to climate change effects and the roles EE can play. This study has an original value in the sense that in the course of the study, the study hardly saw articles on these specific variables in whole research, hence the resolve to assess these variables.

scholarly journals Provision of Security Facilities and Security Personnel Service Delivery in Universities in Cross River State, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 125
Author(s):  
Comfort R. Etor ◽  
Eno Etudor-Eyo ◽  
Godfrey E. Ukpabio
Keyword(s):  
Service Delivery ◽  
Cross River ◽  
Cross River State ◽  
Security Service ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Security Personnel ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Tear Gas ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Level Of Significance

The study examined provision of security facilities and security personnel service delivery in Universities in Cross River State, Nigeria. Three research questions and one hypothesis guided the study. The ex-post facto design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised 440 security personnel while the sample size was 400 security personnel. Two researchers developed and validated instruments entitled “Provision of Facilities Questionnaire (POFQ) and Security Personnel Service Delivery Questionnaire (SPSDQ) were used for data collection. The reliability estimates of the instrument were determined using Cronbach Alpha Analysis and the coefficients of 0.80 and 0.83 were obtained. Descriptive statistics was used to answer the research questions while Pearson Product Moment Correlation was used to test the hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The finding of the study showed that there exist a disparity in the provision of security facilities in the institutions with the minimum provision of 11.10 and maximum of 26.00 facilities by State and Federal Universities respectively. The level of provision of security facilities in the two institutions studies indicated two levels of inadequate and moderate with a grand mean of 2.5135 and standard deviation of .92773. The level of security service delivery in the Universities in Cross River State depend on the level of availability of security facilities for use by security personnel is evident that there are three levels of security service delivery in Universities. The finding of the study also revealed that there is a significant relationship between provision of security facilities and security personnel service delivery. Based on the findings, it was recommended that the administrators should provide adequate security facilities such as hand guns, CCTV, tear gas, bullet proof vests and so on for effective security personnel service delivery.

scholarly journals Geography Matters, but… Evolving Success Factors for Nature-Oriented Health Tourism within Selected Alpine Destinations

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (10) ◽  
pp. 5389
Author(s):  
Jürgen Schmude ◽  
Markus Pillmayer ◽  
Maximilian Witting ◽  
Philipp Corradini
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Online Marketing ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Health Tourism ◽  
Climate Change Effects ◽  
Water Salt

This paper analyzes the success factors of health tourism based on natural attractions in selected European spa and health destinations. The natural resources included in the offers, such as water, salt, and air, play a central role in this context, as their evidence-based effects have a high relevance for the health and wellbeing of tourists. Due to its specific geographical location and considering the threat of climate change, however, this offer is facing increasing challenges which make adaptation strategies necessary. In addition to a conceptional introduction to the topic, this paper contains a descriptive analysis of tourism statistics and the results from self-administered questionnaires with six selected representatives from alpine health destinations (DE, FR, IT, AT, CH, SI). The results show varying forms of health tourism based on natural attractions, which are also reflected in online marketing, with potential for optimization. The web research and the responses to the questionnaire revealed that evidence-based studies hardly play a role in promoting health touristic offers. Furthermore, climate change effects on natural attractions are considered extremely small and tend to prompt the development of new offers. Health destinations are advised to generate a clearer focus on the risks of climate change regarding natural resources.

scholarly journals CLIMATE CHANGE AND TEACHER’S PERFORMANCE IN SECONDARY SCHOOL IN BENUE STATE NIGERIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 298
Author(s):  
Mhenmbee Gabriel Ortsa ◽  
Akwam Jane Ndidiamaka
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Excessive Heat ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The Government ◽  
Level Of Significance

The study investigated climate change and Teachers performance in secondary schools in Benue State, Nigeria.  Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study.  Survey research design was adopted for the study.  The population compromised 5,225 teachers from 512 secondary schools. A total of 528 (10%) teachers from 51 (10%) secondary schools was sampled using proportionate stratified sampling technique: A 10-items self structured questionnaire titled “climate change and teachers performance questionnaire (CCTPQ) was used for data collection. The data were analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions while chi-square (x2) test of goodness of fit was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance.  The finding of the study revealed that rainfall has a significant impact on teachers’ performance in secondary school in Benue State, Nigeria. The study also found that excessive heat has a significant impact on teachers’ performance in secondary schools. it was concluded that climate change significantly impact on teachers performances in secondary school in Benue State, Nigeria.  Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that secondary, principals should provide rain-cut to teacher during raining season to enable them perform effectively and the government should provide Air-conditions or sling fans during excessive heat in the classrooms for efficient teahers performance.

Assessment of aquifers groundwater storage for the mitigation of climate change effects

2016 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
pp. 89-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luca Alberti ◽  
Martino Cantone ◽  
Loris Colombo ◽  
Gabriele Oberto ◽  
Ivana La Licata
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Groundwater Storage ◽  
Climate Change Effects

Collection of Value Added Tax in Kosovo and Its Effect on Economic Growth

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 225
Author(s):  
Teki Shala
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Analytical Techniques ◽  
Value Added Tax ◽  
Statistical Tool ◽  
Revenue Collection ◽  
Strong Positive Relationship ◽  
Level Of Economic Development ◽  
Level Of Significance

The revenue collected from the value added tax constitutes the main income of the Kosovo government. For this reason, this research has a great importance in the formulation of effective policies in Kosovo that will subsequently improve the efficiency of tax collection of Value Added and growing fiscal and budgetary stability. This research it will have a descriptive analysis of the trends of VAT collection in Kosovo from 2005- 2015 years using different analytical techniques to examine trends and data structure over the years. We have used two types of analysis; One is the descriptive analysis of trends and the other is the contrast of the descriptive analysis of trends that is the econometric technique used to analyze the VAT effect on economic growth in Kosovo. The source of data for this study is secondary through the Annual Financial Report of the Ministry of Finance of Kosovo and the IMF. In order to analyze the data generated for the study, the statistical tool utilized is OLS technique (multiple regression). One of the key findings in the collection of VAT has been its dependence on the border. Revenue collection is among the most pressing problems and such situation does not guarantee a country's budgetary stability. Also, based on the findings we noted that the VAT share of the gathering in gross domestic product of the Interior of the country has been low compared to other countries in Europe developing, reflecting a low level of economic development. Also from econometric analysis is confirmed that the regression coefficient shows that we have a VAT impact on GDP in Kosovo, because the level of significance is .000, or includes the rate of 1%. Also, the correlation between VAT and GDP shows a strong positive relationship, or statistically interpreted with the increase of VAT, will increase the GDP of Kosovo, these two elements conclude that VAT has a significant impact on economic growth in Kosovo. Furthermore, this research highlight some key issues that policy makers should consider dealing with the collection and effective use of revenue collected from VAT, to improve growth.

Perceived Influence of Students’ Demographic Variables on Their Access to Financial Aids in Public Universities in Rivers State, Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-50
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Olorunleke Eseyin
Keyword(s):  
Sample Size ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Sample Size Determination ◽  
Interview Schedule ◽  
The Public ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
Rivers State

The paper investigated the perceived influence of students’ demographic variables on their access to financial aids in public Universities in Rivers State, Nigeria. Six questions were formulated to guide the study and five hypotheses tested at 0.05 level of significance. The design adopted for the study was an analytical survey. The population of the study included 78, 216 students (34,997 male and 43,219 female) in the three public Universities in Rivers State. The sample of the study covered 791 students (Male= 395 and Female= 396) selected through the random sampling technique while Taro Yamane method of sample size determination was used for determining the sample size. The instruments used for collecting responses from students were questionnaire and a ten items interview schedule. The research questions were answered using frequency, percentage and cumulative percentage. Findings of the study revealed that students’ demographic variables have an influence on their access to financial aids in public Universities in Rivers State, Nigeria. The implication of this is that the government’s expenditure on education will continue to increase in the absence of these alternative financial aids in the public Universities in Rivers State, Nigeria.

Modern Office Technology Competencies Expected of Office Technology and Management (OTM) Graduate Workers in Delta State.

2019 ◽  
pp. 81-88
Author(s):  
Ozoem Martha ◽  
Chibuike Victoria C. ◽  
Ugwunwoti Emeka P.
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Technology Competencies ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
The World ◽  
Alpha Reliability ◽  
Communication Competencies ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
Descriptive Survey

This study was carried out to determine the modern office technology competencies expected of office technology and management (OTM) graduate workers by supervisors in Delta State. The study was guided by two research questions and two hypotheses tested at 0.05 level of significance. The respondents consisted of 142 supervisors, made up of 74 heads of department and directors of government establishments, and 68 managers and directors of private establishments in the study area. Descriptive survey research design was used to conduct the study and 28 – items questionnaire were used to collect data from respondents. The instrument was validated by three experts and had a Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient of 0.77. Means with standard deviations were used to answer the research questions, while t-test was used to test the null hypotheses. The extent of supervisor‟s expectations of information processing competencies did not differ significantly based on the mean ratings of male and female supervisors of OTM graduates in government and private establishments. The findings also revealed that supervisors expect much information processing and communication competencies from the OTM graduate workers. Based on the findings and the implications, it was recommended among others that, curriculum planners, business and OTM education lecturers should ensure that the competencies required for modern office technologies are entrenched and taught in the institutions to prepare the OTM graduates for the world of work.

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