The Challenges of Status Reporting during the Construction of Capital Projects in South African State-Owned Companies | Chapter 9 | Managing Higher Education and Enterprises in Developing Countries Beyond COVID-19: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Business and Management Dynamics

There are prominent parastatals that play a critical role in the everyday life of most South Africans, through freight logistics and electricity provision. Their project portfolios are worth hundreds of billions of Rands. Considering the amount of taxpayers’ money invested by SOCs into projects each year there is a pressing need to ensure that challenges facing status reporting during the construction of capital projects are addressed. Capital infrastructure investments will go a long way in yielding fruits through achieving the desired developmental goals, stimulating job creation and boosting the country’s economy, which is particularly needed considering the persistent, volatile economic climate which is stunting job creation and hampering GDP growth. However, within these SOCs, billions of taxpayers’ Rands are invested into hundreds of capital projects that are frequently delayed (Yelland, 2016; Groenewald, 2017). A project status report summarises the position or condition of a particular project during a stated period of time. Zulch (2014) has shown the importance of stakeholder communication in realising the project deliverables. This paper deliberates the challenges of status reporting faced by SOCs during capital project construction.

Author(s) Details:

Malusi K. Luthuli,
University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Bibi Z. Chummun,
University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

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Phosphates of Ukraine as Agrochemical Raw Materials | Chapter 2 | Current Innovations in Chemical and Materials Sciences Vol. 1

 The aim of the item was to resolve the available means potential of phosphate raw materials in Ukraine and determine their rightness for application in agrochemistry, specifically for the production of not organic fertilizers and ameliorants. The article resolves the present state of the phosphate raw material base to meet Ukrainian synthetic enterprises’ needs. In Ukraine, any of complex apatite and phosphorite deposits have been investigated. Their exploitation can bring about a complete supply of Ukrainian chemical enterprises accompanying raw materials and can partially reduce the amount of high-priced imported phosphate not organic fertilizers. At present, the following deposits, where apatite is connected with additional useful parts, are prepared for using: Stremyhorod, Fedorivka, Novopoltavka, Kropyvna and others. The benefit of the development of these deposits is the possibility to extract apatite in addition to the production of group of chemical elements concentrates, ilmenite, titanomagnetite, as well as feldspars, olivine, pyroxenes, mica and so forth which will considerably increase the profitability of the deposit’s development.The alternative to apatite-holding deposits in Ukraine can be cloudy deposits of nodule, coarse and mixed type phosphorites. Phosphorite deposits maybe used mainly for the result of phosphorite and limestone smash by beating. Considerable resources of coarse phosphorites have been found in Volyn-Podillia and Dnieper-Donetsk which are considered to have a differing agricultural effect. They are environmentally intimate ores outside impurity that prevents plants from cesium, strontium and reduces nitrates in the soil. Arranging the exploration of phosphorite minerals in certain parts of Volyn-Podillia bowl and Dnieper-Donets Rift is recommended.

Author(s) Details:

Miroslav Syvyi ,
Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University, Ternopil City, Ukraine.

Petro Demyanchuk,
Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University, Ternopil City, Ukraine.

Bohdan Havryshok,
Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University, Ternopil City, Ukraine.

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Comparative Assessment of Farmers’ Livelihood Strategies by Optimizing Resource Use in Farming Areas of Adamawa State, Nigeria and Eastern Uttar Pradesh, India | Chapter 3 | Current Perspectives in Agriculture and Food Science Vol. 4

 This paper aims to try the socioeconomic characteristics of cuisine crop farmers and formulate alternative farm plans for reconstructing the farm economy that will as a consequence positively impact their livelihood policies. The study compared and driven the best result plan and resource allocation between food crop peasants. Livelihood strategies reflect the range and mergers of activities and substitutes people make to reach goals and livelihoods. Livelihood blueprints evolve in accordance with implicit and/or explicit in charge foundation on occupation's internal and external proof. The study was conducted in the Varanasi sector of Uttar Pradesh, which amounts to of 8 blocks. Multi-stage random sampling technique was working in selecting respondents in this place State. Descriptive statistics and Sen's Multi-Objective Programming (MOP) Model were used to analyze the dossier. This study found that men dominated breeding activities in the study area, accompanying the majority of ruling class being small and marginal peasants in their forties. The study also told that the majority of accused are married with narrow families and have age of farming experience. The diversified objective programming results disclose that the farmers in the study field were already working nearly the efficiency level as skilled is only a marginal variation 'tween the existing and the alternative submitted plan. This study will help and encourage extension traders to educate producers about allocating fault-finding resources and managerial abilities that will enable peasants to plan and evaluate commercial projects on farms for a better standard of living.

Author(s) Details:

O. Gwandi,
Department of Agricultural Economics, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India and The Federal Polytechnic, Department of Agricultural Technology, Mubi, Adamawa State, Nigeria.

Y. Z. Dia,
Department of Agricultural Extension and Management, Adamawa State College of Agriculture, Ganye, Nigeria.

V. Kamalvanshi,
Department of Agricultural Economics, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India.

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Development of an Economic Empowerment Framework for Small-scale Agro-processors in South Africa| Book Publisher International

 Any country that wants to experience sustained economic growth and development must make sure that all of its citizens have access to the economy. The purpose of this study was to provide a framework for economic empowerment for the administration of small-scale agricultural processors in South Africa. Globally, the role of agriculture is changing, and this is also true for the agro-processing industry. Since 1994, efforts to close policy loopholes and provide a supportive environment for small-scale agro-processors to participate fully in the formal sector have not produced the expected outcomes. However, the development of a successful small-scale agro-processing industry depends on government initiatives. The South African Agri-BEE Transformation Charter is a policy, however the framework is unclear. Its implementation has not adequately addressed the ongoing issue of small-scale agroprocessors finding it difficult to participate in the formal economy. Even while the South African government has made large expenditures across the board to narrow market gaps in agro-processing, the dominance of a select few massive commercial firms is growing. Whether post-apartheid South Africa's government policies have changed the inherited agro-processing system to allow small-scale agro-processors to enter the formal sector is the main contention of this study. The issue is whether the previous agro-processing system exists because the government failed to set up an empowerment mechanism that could rectify historical disparities in the agro-processing industry in South Africa. Data were collected from small-scale agro-processors in five South African provinces for the thesis using a mixed-method approach. The information was examined using both descriptive and inferential statistical methods, including correlation analysis, hierarchical multiple linear regression analysis, multiple linear regression analysis, one-way factorial ANOVA, and structural equation modelling. The study found that the internal resource status of small-scale agro-processors is directly influenced by the networks, inventories, and trademarks of organisations. Additionally, capacity building has the biggest impact on the economic empowerment of small-scale agroprocessors. On the other side, factors that support the integration of small-scale agro-processing into the formal economy include transformation and infrastructural tools, time management, output decision-making, interventions and participation, income generation, leadership, and interventions. The study's findings indicate that business networks and access to markets are both greatly improved by capacity-building. Market accessibility affects income creation and, as a result, the economic empowerment of small-scale agroprocessors. The study also showed that, while current policies, like Agri-BEE, focus on transformation, a business network is a crucial internal resource for small-scale agro-processing firms to participate in the formal sector. In order to help small-scale agro-processing businesses manage their operations more effectively and take part in the formal economy, an economic empowerment framework was created.

Author(s) Details:

Benjamin Manasoe,
North-West University: Business School, South Africa.

Victor M. Mmbengwa,
North-West University: Business School, South Africa.

Joseph N. Lekunze,
North-West University: Business School, South Africa.

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The Importance of the Sustainable Use of Fishery Resources to Improve the Livelihoods of Fishermen on the Islands of Sumatra and Sulawesi, Indonesia | Chapter 7 | Current Advances in Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences Vol. 5

Sumatra and Sulawesi, two of Indonesia's largest islands, have particularly rich fisheries that have the potential to be both profitable assets and the primary means of subsistence for fishermen. Even if they haven't been exploited to their full potential, these resources have deteriorated, and in certain places, their sustainability is in jeopardy. Anthropogenic pressures, particularly destructive and illegal fishing methods used by both local and outsider fishermen, were the main cause of the deterioration (domestic and international). The fishermen had to contend with seasonal consequences, particularly the growing frequency of bad weather that forced many of them to halt fishing, as well as limitations and difficulties in using shifting fisheries resources that relied on low-tech fleet and fishing equipment. In order to improve the lives of fishermen on the islands of Sumatra and Sulawesi, this study analyses the problems raised and the significance of sustainable fishing practises. On these islands, there is an urgent need for initiatives to lessen risks to fisheries resources and boost fishing capacity. The social evaluation of coral reefs conducted by COREMAP LIPI using a combination of quantitative (survey) and qualitative (open interviews and FGD) methodologies provided the data for this study. Additionally, it used secondary data culled from pertinent books, articles, study findings, and records.

Author(s) Details:

Deny Hidayati,
Research Center for Population, The National Research and Innovation Agency, Indonesia.

Widayatun,
Research Center for Population, The National Research and Innovation Agency, Indonesia.

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Implementation of Minimum Vertex Cover in Circulant Graph having Hamiltonian path and its Application in Resource Allocation Process | Chapter 05 | Research Developments in Science and Technology Vol. 6

 The issue of Minimum Vertex Cover is NP Complete. We have presented two theorems in this book chapter, the first of which explains the decomposition of complete graphs K2m+1 into circulant graph C 2m+1 (j) for m 2 where j is the jump, 1 j m into m edge disjoint circulant graphs, and the second of which explains the decomposition of complete graphs K2m+2 into circulant graph C2m+1(j) for m 2 where j is the jump The Minimum vertex cover of circualnt edge disjoint graphs K2m+1 and K2m+2 for m 2 has also been created, and the Minimum vertex cover approach has been employed to minimise deadlock in process synchronisation.

Author(S) Details

Atowar Ul Islam
Department of Computer Science & Electronics, University of Science and Technology Meghalaya, India.

Gautam Chakraborty
NERIM Group of Institutions, Guwahati, Assam, India.

Dipankar Dutta
NERIM Group of Institutions, Guwahati, Assam, India.

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The Offensive Framework of Resource Based View (RBV): Focusing on Relative Superiority | Chapter 02 | New Innovations in Economics, Business and Management Vol. 8

 This study examines one aspect of Resource-Based View that is sometimes disregarded (RBV). Given the notion that resource supremacy influences competition outcomes, firms should be able to sustain a competitive advantage by preventing other rivals from producing value with their resources. The aggressive architecture of RBV defines how to maintain such a dominant position over other market competitors. Several theoretical hypotheses, including micro-foundation of resources, have been proposed regarding this issue. To begin with, firms obstruct rivals' ability to attract and retain personnel. Furthermore, the value of rivals' resources is reduced by firms' inventions. Finally, companies employ their resources to keep competitors from profiting, giving them an edge. The implications for academia and industry are discussed, as well as potential future research directions. Future research should concentrate on how companies might maintain relative dominance in socially acceptable ways.

Author(S) Details

Seung Hoon Jang
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, 337 Sutliff Hall, Zeigler College of Business, East 2nd Street, Bloomsburg, PA, USA.

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