NON TARIFF BARRIERS INFLUENCING BILATERAL TRADE RELATIONS BETWEEN KENYA AND TANZANIA

KENYA AND TANZANI

Jesus and Legion: A socio-political perspective on demon possession and exorcism in Mark 5:1-20 and in African Pentecostal Churches

No abstract availableDissertation (MTh)--University of Pretoria, 2020.New Testament StudiesMThUnrestricte

Developing a model for a corporate records management system with special reference to sustainability reporting in Iringa region, Tanzania.

Thesis (Ph.D.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2005

Awareness of HIV/AIDS and sexual behaviour among secondary school students in Njombe district, Tanzania.

Despite several campaigns that have been conducted for HIV/AIDS reduction and the knowledge about HIV/AIDS people have from campaigns and seminars, the rate of HIV infection is still high due to risky sexual behaviour among sexually active adults who include secondary school students. Therefore, the broad objective of this study was to determine the level of awareness of HIV/AIDS and sexual behaviour among secondary school students in Tanzania. The specific objectives were to assess the level of awareness about HIV/AIDS among secondary school students, determ- ine the sexual behaviour among secondary school students, determine the correlation between awareness about HIV/AIDS and sexual behaviour, and identify barriers to behavioural change. Data for this study were collected in Njombe District through structured interviews using a questionnaire, focus group discussions, and key in- formant interviews. A total of 240 secondary school students from form one to form three in four selected schools were interviewed in October and November 2010. The study revealed that the awareness of HIV/AIDS transmission and prevention among secondary school students was high, and the mean number of points scored on awareness of HIV/AIDS was 82.3 out of 100 on an index scale. The study findings on sexual behaviour showed that 69 (32.9%) of all 240 respondents had worse sexu- al behaviour, based on an index scale of sexual behaviour which had a maximum of 110 points, and 71 to 110 denoted bad sexual behaviour while less than 71 denoted good sexual behaviour. The results indicated that there was positive correlation between awareness about HIV/AIDS and sexual behaviour (r = +0.050) but the cor- relation was not significant (p = 0.680). Findings on barriers to behavioural changes showed that factors that were perceived to contribute to students’ involvement insexual intercourse were sexual desire, parents/guardians giving them too little money, lack of knowledge on HIV/AIDS, to get money, and persuasion by peers. Based on the correlation results which showed that there was no significant correla- tion between awareness of HIV/AIDS and sexual behaviour, it is concluded that awareness of HIV is not the only determinant of sexual behavioural change, and that secondary school students with lower and higher awareness of HIV/AIDS are likely to have the same sexual behaviour. In view of that conclusion, it is recommended that education on HIV/AIDS should be given continuously to secondary school stu- dents so that they can always remember the risk of HIV infection and hence avoid bad sexual behaviours

Intercropping and diverse field margin vegetation suppress bean aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) infestation in dolichos ( Lablab purpureus L.).

Dolichos (Lablab purpureus L.) is a drought tolerant legume used as food/feed and im- provement of soil fertility. The production of dolichos in Kenya, Nakuru County is however limited by insect pests like bean aphids, pod borers and whiteflies. Field stud- ies were conducted to determine the effect of cropping systems (dolichos monocrop and maize-dolichos intercrop) and field margin vegetation on bean aphids and their natural enemies. The experiment was conducted in Njoro (high field margin vegetation) and Ron- gai (low field margin vegetation) during May–December 2019 and March−November 2020 cropping seasons. Bean aphid percent incidence, severity of damage and abundance was assessed at seedling, early vegetative, late vegetative and flowering dolichos growth stages. The populations of natural enemies in the plots and field margin vegetation were monitored using pan traps and sweep nets. Species diversity and composition of the field margin ve-getation was determined using a quadrat. Results showed that location and cropping system had significant effects on bean aphid infestations. A high bean aphid incidence (38.13%) was observed in Njoro compared to Rongai (31.10%). Dolichos monocrop had significantly higher bean aphid infestation (51.63%) than the maize-dolichos intercrop system (24.62%). A highly diverse Shannon-weaver index was observed in Rongai (1.90) compared to Njoro (1.67). Dolichos monocrop had a more diverse Shannon-weaver index (1.8) than the maize- dolichos intercrop system (1.7). Rongai had the most abundant annual and perennial field margin vegetation species. The field margin species richness and diversity were higher in Rongai (81%) than in Njoro (54%). The findings of this study have demonstrated that a maize-dolichos intercrop in Rongai can reduce bean aphid damage in dolichos