Fostering Trust, Integrity and Good Governance in the Fight against Corruption | Chapter 3 | The Informed Leader: How Philosophy and Evidence Shape Organizational Performance

The purpose of the study is to 1) analyze different notions of good governance and the methodologies for its evaluation, 2) furnish instruments for the execution and dissemination of exemplary governance norms, 3) enhance ethical consciousness and dedication to principled behavior and 4) enhance efficiency and maintain engagement in ethical training. Good governance and fighting against corruption are frequently linked, whereas corruption is frequently linked to poor governance. Certain fundamental tenets of good governance are also tenets of anti-corruption. The literature associates effective political systems with various characteristics such as participation, adherence to the rule of law, transparency, responsiveness, consensus-oriented, equity and inclusiveness, effectiveness and efficiency, and accountability. Public confidence is essential for efficient governance. It is suggested that a variety of traits be had in order to accomplish good governance, with the ability to strike a balance between practical and general ethics, make connections between morality and other world issues, emphasis the value of morality and ethics in daily life, and also place an emphasis on global ethics and universal principles while allowing for a variety of regional and cultural viewpoints.

 

Author (s) Details

 

Dr. John Motsamai Modise
Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa.

 

Phemelo Sheldon Modise
North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa.

 

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Elevate Voter Knowledge to Win Election | Chapter 6 | Recent Trends in Arts and Social Studies Vol. 2

 To prove young voters to vote for aspirants in the election, their information of candidates needs to be erected. As a result, the content of the media, that is the foundation of media belongings, must be explored. Researchers engage social media content reasoning to determine the signals articulated by the winning contestant. Social media material was evaluated utilizing three coding classifications: information, engagement, and connected to the internet participation. The judgments in this study are that candidates the one become champs in the election are those who can use friendly media efficiently and efficiently to educate and include young voters in the election. Voters maybe given news on the candidates, campaigns, and voting process to help increase their understanding and hold them evoked.  Therefore, from this study, it can be concluded that friendly media can reassure young voters to participate in the elections cause it makes ruling class more aware of the political issues transported.

Author(s) Details:

Prida Ariani Ambar Astuti,
Kalbis Institute, Jakarta, Indonesia.

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Determination of Residents’ Attitudes toward Supporting the Heritage Sites Using the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) in Mansoura Culture Palace, Egypt| Chapter 1 | Recent Progress in Science and Technology Vol. 4

 Improving the act of the population to support tradition sites is one of the most main contemporary issues. This research aims to find the relationships and correlations 'tween the impact of the heritage scene on the local population, participation hesitation-making, and their negative or positive stance towards the sites. Which eventually influences whether they are in favour of the tradition site's continuation, development, or demolition. For the elements of population support and the incident of the Mansoura Culture Palace site in Egypt, the study working a theoretical model. A questionnaire was attended, and structural equating modeling (SEM) had checked for the lawfulness of the relationships. The equivalence discovered between the components of the model that included ranges: (population satisfaction accompanying the way of handling heritage sites, their regional character, the involvement of community appendages in the decision-making operation, and between the two variables of the beneficial or negative attitude of the public, as well as support the heritage scene. To determine the scope to which theoretical models of calculation match accompanying field data and to reach actual development to support tradition sites through the local community, the methods had been clarified and allure statistical signs had been presented utilizing the CFA, SPSS, and AMOS software. The paper decided that the residents' support for the survival of the tradition site and allure development was positively overwhelmed by the inhabitants' positive stances toward heritage sites, and vice versa. Population vindication and sense of place had an affect both positive and negative stances, but only involvement had an affect positive sentiments. These judgments may present image of a catalyst for the sustainable growth of heritage sites.

Author(s) Details:

Ghada A. Ragheb,
Architectural Engineering Department, Pharos University in Alexandria, Egypt.

Amany Ragheb ,
Architectural Engineering Department, Delta University for Science and Technology, Gamas, Mansoura, Egypt.

Rasha El-Ashmawy,
Architectural Engineering Department, Delta University for Science and Technology, Gamas, Mansoura, Egypt.

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Role of Farmers’ Participation in Technology Development and Dissemination Processes to Improve Sugarcane Varieties in Kakamega County, Kenya| Chapter 5 | Research Highlights in Agricultural Sciences Vol. 8

 Improved sugarcane varieties have been developed and promoted in Kenya, to enhance sugarcane productivity. However, their acceptance by farmers is low. This paper investigated this phenomenon in attempt to underpin factors that would enhance acceptance of these varieties by farmers. It examined the relationship between farmers’ participation The study used cross-sectional survey research design. Target population was 137,355 small-scale sugarcane farmers from Kakamega County, from which a sample of 384 farmers was randomly selected. Questionnaires were used to collect data, which was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The study established limited participation of sugarcane farmers in the development and dissemination of improved sugarcane varieties. Farmers' acceptance of improved sugarcane varieties and their involvement in their development and dissemination were found to be significantly correlated. It was discovered that a reliable indicator of these varieties' acceptability by farmers was how many years the farmers had produced them. According to research findings, extension service providers must provide farmers with the necessary information about the improved varieties. Utilization of farmer Participatory Technology Development and Dissemination approaches need to be enhanced in the development and dissemination of improved sugarcane technologies. The study could assist researchers and extension service providers in creating and disseminating improved technologies through practical and successful methods that increase their acceptability by farmers. Farmers may gain from the findings by realising the roles they must play in the creation and adoption of technology. It will also be possible to add to the body of knowledge on PTD & D related to farmers' acceptance of advanced technology.

Author(s) Details:

Caroline M. Thuo,
Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research Organization, Department of Technology Transfer, PO Box 388-00217, Limuru, Kenya.

Justus M. Ombati,
Department of Agricultural Education and Extension, Egerton University, PO Box 536-20115, Egerton, Kenya.

Agnes O. Nkurumwa,
Department of Agricultural Education and Extension, Egerton University, PO Box 536-20115, Egerton, Kenya.

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Analysis of Women Participation in Piggery Production in Rivers State, Nigeria | Chapter 2 | Research Highlights in Agricultural Sciences Vol. 1

 

 The review zeroed in on ladies support in piggery creation in Rivers State. The object was to: portray the social-financial qualities of ladies taking part in piggery creation; lay out the level at which ladies partake in piggery creation; and examine the limitations to ladies cooperation in piggery creation in the review region. Engaging overview configuration was taken on to notice a cross part of ladies in piggery creation in Rivers State. Both straightforward irregular and snowball testing strategies were utilized to choose 3 LGAs, 18 networks and 72 people for the review. Interview timetables and survey instrument planned in Likert type rating scales were utilized to source data from the respondents. Enlightening insights, for example, rate, math mean and weighted mean scores were utilized to investigate the information. Basic Regression and Analysis of change (ANOVA) were the inferential insights used to test the expressed speculations of the review at 0.05% critical level. The outcome showed 36 years of age as the mean age of the ladies in piggery creation in the review region and that greater part of them were hitched (68%) and with a mean family size of six (6) people per family. It showed a mean yearly pay of (N232,291.00) just from piggery creation. Relapse result showed that nature of cultivating, yearly pay and family size with t-upsides of (1.430*), (1.254*) and (1.233*) separately, affected ladies support in piggery creation at 5% huge level. It additionally demonstrates that ladies support in piggery creation in the space were exceptionally low (CM = 2.11) yet contrasted essentially among the three LGAs for Oyigbo LGA (CM = 2.56). At last, the outcome showed that: frailty challenges (GM = 3.30), value vacillations of pig items (GM = 3.24), deficient credit (GM = 3.17), land proprietorship issues (GM = 3.16), unfortunate storage spaces (GM = 3.09), bug and illness issues (GM = 3.06) among different difficulties, presented intense limitations to ladies support in piggery creation in the review region. In light of the discoveries, the review suggested among others that: Rivers ladies ought to be empowered by government and non-administrative associations to effectively partake in piggery creation through awards and sponsorships; Extension organizations in the State ought to enlist more ladies and foster extraordinary augmentation bundle for piggery creation in every one of the LGAs of Rivers State; and Agricultural credits establishments in the State ought to concentrate on ladies in animals and pig creation specifically in Rivers State.

 

Author(s) Details:

A. B. Odinwa,
Department of Agricultural Education, Federal College of Education (Technical), PMB 11, Omoku, Rivers State Nigeria.

N. M. Amugo,
Department of Agricultural Technology, Captain Elechi Amadi Polytechnic, Port Harcourt. Rivers State, Nigeria.

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Effectiveness of Female Student Representatives’ Participation on Public University Councils in Uganda| Chapter 13 | Current Research in Language, Literature and Education Vol. 5

The study's goal was to learn more about female student representatives' experiences in Ugandan university councils. To extract meaning and comprehension from perspectives of involvement levels, the Ladder of Citizen Involvement was employed. Unstructured interviews, transect walks, and letter writing were employed in the study, as well as a two-level narrative analysis technique to extract plots and themes from the stories. According to the findings, female students do not have adequate footing to actively participate in leadership and governance because of several impediments. Among the stated constraints include a lack of proper leadership capacity, limited resources, and gender prejudices. As a consequence, it has been determined that female student representation on Ugandan public university councils were only symbolic! As a result, it is proposed that the higher education sector actively encourage female students to pursue successful leadership positions.

Author(s) Details:

Christopher Samuel Mayanja,
Department of Education Leadership and Management, School of Management Science, Uganda Management Institute, P. O. Box 20131, Kampala, Uganda.

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Study about Participation of Women in Dairy Farm Management Practices in Krishna District of Andhra Pradesh, India | Chapter 01 | Current Topics in Agricultural Sciences Vol. 2

 In India, women play a significant role in dairy farm activities. They conduct the majority of the work in animal husbandry while remaining unnoticed. The purpose of this study is to document their contribution to the dairy industry. The involvement of rural women in dairy farm activities is being investigated in Andhra Pradesh's Krishna district. A total of 225 farm women were chosen based on their ability to hold land. According to the findings, women in the small farmer category were more likely to take animals for pregnancy diagnosis (81.33 percent) and post-calving care (77.33 percent ). Women who were landless were more likely to take their animals for grazing on a regular basis (45.33 percent), collect and feed green fodder (68 percent), and provide concentrates to their animals (68 percent) (88 percent ). Small women dairy farmers (89.33 percent) and landless women (86.66 percent) were more likely than medium farm women (56 percent) to feed their animals dry fodder on a regular basis. Landless (76%) and small (69.33%) farm women were more likely than medium (44%) farm women to clean animal sheds on a regular basis. The majority of landless women used disinfectants on a daily basis to clean animal sheds (49.33 percent ). Women in the landless (69.33 percent) and small (65.33 percent) farm women categories spend a lot of time disposing of faeces and composting it. Women in the small (76%) and landless (73.33%) farmer categories were frequently caring for sick animals. In comparison to landless (5.33%) and tiny (1.33%) farm women, a higher percentage of medium (9.33%) women dairy producers were consistently active in animal purchases.

Author(S) Details

A. Anitha
Department of Livestock Production Management, N.T.R College of Veterinary Science, Gannavaram-521 102, Andhra Pradesh, India.

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Implication of Rural Population in Planning Local Community Development in Cameroon: A Need for Policy Reform | Chapter 2 | Cutting-edge Research in Agricultural Sciences Vol. 13

In order to strengthen the decentralisation process in Cameroon, it is necessary to plan local community development. The population's involvement is critical in order for the local plan to reflect their true needs. However, especially in non-centralized societies, population engagement is not very high. The goal of this study is to find out what elements can influence a person's willingness to participate in the planning process at the village level. Data was collected from 108 respondents in the Bonalea and Dibamba councils using a standardised pre-tested questionnaire. Binary logistic regression was used to determine the qualities that can influence their participation in the planning process. The results show that a person's involvement is influenced by his or her affiliation (membership) with a farmer's group as well as his or her knowledge of the program's operations. This recommends that the government should improve public awareness about the program's activities and the advantages of belonging to a farmer's organisation. The roots of the family had an impact on their engagement. A non-native of a community does not value participation in any development process in their new home, meaning that the government should design a separate plan for non-indigenes in communities, such as refugees.

Author (S) Details

Fon Dorothy Engwali
Department of Agricultural Economics; Faculty of Agronomy and Agricultural Sciences, University of Dschang, Cameroon.

Mengue Melongo Priscille Grace
Department of Agricultural Economics; Faculty of Agronomy and Agricultural Sciences, University of Dschang, Cameroon.

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A Study on Parents’ Participation in the Sexuality Education of Their Children in Rural Namibia | Chapter 1 | Challenges in Disease and Health Research Vol. 5

The goal of this study is to explore and describe how rural parents provide their children with sexuality education, to explore and identify children's sexuality education needs, and to identify and describe the challenges faced by rural parents in their children's sexuality education provision. In most Namibian cultures, talking about sexuality has never been easy and it seems like most parents feel awkward and ashamed to speak about sexuality openly with their kids. They do not engage in their children's sexuality education because, because of their lack of awareness about human sexuality or their perceived inability to clarify what they know, they feel they are unable to provide quality and adequate sexuality information. The process of gaining knowledge and developing perceptions, opinions and values about gender, relationships and intimacy is a lifelong process of sexuality education. This includes the growth of sexuality, reproductive health, interpersonal relationships, love, intimacy, body image and gender roles. The ultimate objective of this study was to create, identify, introduce and evaluate an educational program to encourage rural parents to engage in their children's sexual education. The research was structured to be qualitative in nature, exploratory, descriptive and contextual. It was carried out in 3 stages. Step 1 consisted of a scenario analysis to analyze and explain how sexual education is given by parents. The development of a conceptual structure that enabled the development of an instructional program consisted of Step 2. The program was introduced and reviewed in step 3, and recommendations were made and conclusions were drawn. The key findings revealed two themes: factors affecting parental involvement in the sexuality education of their children, and the need for parental participation in the sexuality education of their children. This article is part of a series of three papers resulting from a report on the empowerment of rural parents in Namibia's sexuality education program. The three papers have the following titles: one: the participation of parents in their children's sexuality education: situational analysis; two: changes in the conceptual structure to promote the advancement of the instructional program; and three: implementation and evaluation of the program. This paper dealt with the involvement of parents in their children's sexuality education: a situational study. As socializing agents, parents can serve an essential role by providing their children with standards and values and that they are the primary sources from which children derive their standards and values. Successful sexuality education also offers an opportunity for young people to discuss why people have sex and to think about how it includes thoughts, empathy for themselves and others and their attitudes, choices and bodies.

Author(s) Details

Dr. Linda Ndeshipandula Lukolo
Department of Community and Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Namibia Windhoek, Namibia.

Agnes van Dyk
International University of Management, Windhoek Namibia Windhoek, Namibia.

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Female Undergraduate Sports Participation and Adequate Education, Perceived Implications of Reproductive Health Problems/Male Dominance: University Sports Administration Experience a Critical Study | Chapter 7 | Innovations in Medicine and Medical Research Vol. 3

This study sought to examine female undergraduates sports participation and adequate education, perceived implications of reproductive health problems/male dominance: University Sports administration experience. Sports have grown from its earlier humble beginnings of being a mere entertainment and recreational pass-time, to becoming a prominent, business both in the social, political and economic circles of all nations of the world. Hence the researcher tried to verify perceived implications of the reproductive health problems of the girl-child and persistent male dominance in University sports vis a vis female undergraduates participation in sports and their education. Consequently the specific objective of this study was to verify if the reproductive health problems of the girl-child, poorly funded and maintained sports facilities of the universities and perceived male dominance over the girls in virtually all sports determine female undergraduates participation in university sports and their education generally. To guide this study 3 research questions were formulated, with 3 corresponding hypotheses that were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The descriptive survey research design was considered appropriate, while the instrument for data collection was a self structured questionnaire designed after the Likert type by the researcher. Total of 380 female undergraduates of three universities in Anambra State of Nigeria. Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Odumegwu Ojukwu University Uli, and Madonna University Elele Port Harcourt (Federal, State and Privately owned universities) constituted the population of the study, out of which a total of 263 respondents were sampled. The descriptive statistics of mean, frequency counts and standard deviation (SD) were used to describe the data, while inferential statistics of Chi-square (X2) was used to test the 3 null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Based on the data collected and analyzed, revealed that reproductive health problems (X2 = 84.18, df =3, P>0.05), poor funding/maintenance of sports for faculties (X2= 75.412, df = 3, P>0.05) male undergraduates dominance in all sports (X2 = 128.68 df. 3, P>0.05) were seen to be determinants of female undergraduates participation and education generally in universities. It was therefore recommended that stiffer measures must be taken and applied to preserve the few sports facilities built around the female hostels, to be strictly used by the female undergraduates, at their convenience. Universities need to further improve on their reproductive health service delivery, to adequately cater for the needs of the female undergraduates who presently seem to be on their own, in terms of solutions to their numerous reproductive health problems that tend to interfere with their sports participation and academic pursuits in the university. Highly qualified Nurses should be employed to serve as Matrons attached to all female hostels in the universities to assist the female undergraduates cope with their reproductive health problems at beck and call.

Author(s) Details

Alagbu Chukwubuikem Eugene
Department of Human Kinetics and Health Education, Faculty of Education, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria.

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