The study was designed to investigate the comparative analysis of agricultural credit users and non-users among cassava farmers in Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State. A sample of 50 credit users and 50 non-credit user cassava-based farmers were selected by multistage random sampling technique. Data were collected with a well structured questionnaire administered to a total of 100 random...

This study analyzes mobile phone data derived from 10 million daily active users across the United States to better understand the spatio-temporal activity patterns of users in Central Park, New York. The aim of this initial investigation is to create quantifiable measures for understanding public space usage in regions of the city that have no natural data source for measuring activity. We ana...

We prove that for any positive integers n and k such that n≥ k≥ 1, there exists an [n, k] generalized Reed-Solomon (GRS) code that has a sparsest and balanced generator matrix (SBGM) over any finite field of size q ≥ n+ ⌈ k(k−1) n ⌉, where sparsest means that each row of the generator matrix has the least possible number of nonzeros, while balanced means that the number of nonzeros in any two c...

Using the case of Fadama Graduate Unemployed Youth and Women Support (GUYS) programme, this study investigated impact agricultural training programmes on youth agripreneurship performance in Nigeria. A total 977 respondents comprising 455 participants programme 522 non-participants were sampled across three states Data collected using a well-structured questionnaire programmed Open Kit (ODK). a...

social learning and knowledge generation are two key factors to achieve successful natural resources co-management. social learning can be beneficial by broadcasting and transmitting experiences and problem solving ideas in a group of people. social learning networks can transmit knowledge and experiences from one node to another in the network. social learning can produce a suitable learning a...

BACKGROUND AND AIM: The prevalence of tobacco use and its associated mortality is increasing worldwide. Biomarkers in saliva, such as thiocyanate levels, have been shown to be a suitable indicator for smoking. The present study is conducted to determine the thiocyanate levels in saliva and compare them among tobacco (smoking and smokeless) users, passive smoker...

Introduction: The impact of Fadama III programme on the efficiency levels farmers in Kogi state, Nigeria was investigated.
 Materials and methods: Primary data were obtained with a questionnaire administered to 382 respondents selected through stratified random sampling procedure. Cobb-Douglas stochastic frontier production cost functions employed analyses. resulting estimates for benefici...