Family Resource Management and COVID-19 in Nigeria: Challenges and Innovative Solutions

The outbreak of the coronavirus has had severe implications on the availability and management of family resources. The aim of this study was to establish the impact of Covid-19 pandemic on the management of family resources in Nigeria and also provide new approaches and alternatives that can be used to cope with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The descriptive survey design was used for the research. The population consisted of all households in Nigeria. Simple random sampling technique was used to draw a sample size of 150 households from the study. Data were obtained using questionnaire that was developed using Google docs as the research instrument. The instrument was validated by three experts with a reliability coefficient of 0.61. The data were statistically analyzed using mean and standard deviation and findings presented on tables. One sample t-test was used to analyze the data. The participants from the study agreed that the Covid-19 outbreak has had an impact on family resource management causing reductions in the availability of family resources, quality of family life and size of family income. The result also showed that the impact of Covid-19 on family resource management is significantly (p<0.05) high. Therefore, to cope with the current changing times and the challenges posed by Covid-19, families should focus on acquiring skills such as digital and entrepreneurial skills, arranging their order of activities in order to meet family needs and reducing wastage of resources through proper management and recycling.

A Study on Decision Making Ability and Participation in Various Agriculture Activities Performed by Farm Women in Khargone District of M.P

The role of women has always been a multi-dimensional and significant as women have performed well in case of agricultural activities, domestic activities, marketing activities as far as labour requirement is considered. The decision-making process is an important segment of every household because the functioning of family resource management depends on the efficiency of decision-making progress. So, women involvement in decision-making process has been of great importance because sampling method to make a sample of 120 respondents. Hence finally the sampling consisted of 120 respondents. More number of farm women were found to have level of decision making process: the highest decision making behavior in sowing followed by winnowing process, seed processing, irrigation management , collection of harvested crop, storage, field preparation, selection of seed/variety, marketing, Manures and fertilizer application, weeding, harvesting, seed treatment, Pest and disease management and soil testing.

Silica –Gel Drying an Effective Preservation Technique for Value Addition of Orchid Flowers

Aim: Demand of dry flowers is cumulative day by day equally in national and international marketplace, as dried flowers have a prodigious potential as substitute of fresh flowers. This study aims to know the effect of Silica-gel drying technique on the quality of Orchid flowers. Study Design: The experimental research design was adopted and flowers were subjected to Silica-gel drying technique. Place and Duration of Study: The study was during October 2017- November 2020 in the Department of Family Resource Management, College of Community Science, Dharwad. Methodology: White and Purple Orchid were selected and collected from local growers. Moisture loss, time taken for drying, Effect on Qualitative parameters were statistically analyzed. Dried flowers were added value through application of color. Dyed flowers were used in development of products such as frames and potpourris. Cost of each product was estimated and 30 consumers selected randomly assessed the products for consumer acceptability. Results: The results reveal that in Silica-gel drying technique Orchid has taken 5 days to dry completely. Maximum moisture loss was 81-83 per cent. Color of Orchid had faded and appearance became lusterless. Hence value addition of color was required for these flowers. The most suitable value addition was Fabric paints, Oil and Spray paints. Some value added products were prepared from dried orchids such as frames and potpourris. The consumer acceptability of these products was extremely acceptable. Conclusion: The existing technology has the prospective to employ thousands of people especially to unemployed youths, Schools and College drop-outs, housewives and rural women’s as limitless aesthetic products can be shaped using dry flower technology, it can start up a small scale industry from their householdscan perform exceptionally to begin new markets. There is a necessity to generate adequate consciousness about the potential of this technology by workshops and seminars etc.

Who Says “I Do”? Financial Resources and Values on Relationship Choices of Emerging Adults

This study examined potential impacts of financial resources and values on emerging adults' choice in committed relationships (N = 424, 26–35 years). Guided by Deacon and Firebaugh's (1988) Family Resource Management theory, financial self-sufficiency and forming a committed relationship were conceptualized as two salient goals of emerging adulthood. Multinomial logistic regression was used to determine the effects of financial self-sufficiency, values, and personal background factors on choice of committed relationship status. Findings indicated that emerging adults with fewer financial resources chose to live apart; however, the effects of career values were a stronger predictor of their relationship status. In contrast, neither financial resources nor career values differentiated between cohabiting and married emerging adults.

Family Resources Management in Cibanteng Village, Ciampea, Bogor District

Family resources are something that must be adequately managed that can be used optimally to achieve family goals. This study aims to analyze the process of family resource management include planning, task control, communication structure, decision making, and time allocation. This study applies a cross-sectional design. The location of data collection was conducted in the Cibanteng Village area, Ciampea District, Bogor Regency, West Java. The population in this study were families living in Cibanteng Village, Ciampea District. The sampling unit in this study is the family with the respondent is a wife. The sampling was taken purposively and obtained samples of 40 families. The results of the study showed that in the planning implementation, the majority of families never wrote their life plans in the family. The majority of mothers control domestic problems such as housework, children's education, and childcare. The structure of communication and decision making in the family carried out by the majority family only involves husband and wife. The higher the productive time allocated by the wife, the smaller the allocation of leisure time and household time. Also, the higher the social time allocation devoted by the wife, the smaller the allocation of household time and personal time allocation.

FAMILY RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND LIFE SATISFACTION OF ELDERLY

<p>Elderly especially widower and widow must have done family resources management<br />(FRM) in order to achieve satisfaction in life. This study was conducted to analyze the<br />influence of family resource management on life satisfaction of elderly widower and<br />widow. This study was using cross-sectional study with purposive for site selection in<br />Timbulharjo Village, Sewon Subdistrict, Bantul, Yogyakarta Province. Total of 60<br />samples were gathered with a combination of simple random sampling and snow-ball<br />techniques. The results of this study indicated atsocioeconomic status of the widower<br />was higher in terms of average age and duration of education rather than widows,<br />moreover the income of elderly widower greater than the widows. Non-food<br />expenditure, stress management, and time management had a positive effect on the<br />satisfaction of elderly life hence the more allocation on non-food expenditure, the better<br />of stress management and time management could improve life satisfaction of the<br />elderly. In addition, marital status associated and had a significant negative effect<br />towards life satisfaction which mean that life satisfaction of elderly widower higher than<br />the widow.</p>