Israeli-Nigeria Bilateral Relations in a Changing World, 1999-2018

This paper seeks to discuss Israeli-Nigeria bilateral relations from 1999 to 2018. While it aims at identifying and analysing various changes that have taken place in the last two decades of their relations, the research intends to look at the direction the relations between the two countries have focused within the period under study. The research relies on primary and secondary sources for data collection, namely newspapers, journal articles and books. Since the return of democratic rule in 1999, Israel and Nigeria have continued to interact on global and regional issues. Both countries have constituently maintained diplomatic, economic, technological and cultural cooperation. The vast economic differences between Israel and Nigeria present a greater opportunity for both countries within the context of comparative advantage. Domestic realities such as insecurity tended to complicate their relationships, thereby hindering Israelis’ attempt to wield political and diplomatic influence with Nigerian government like Western nations. The bilateral relations between the nations have focused on advancement of digital technology, information security and knowledge-based economy

FACTORS AFFECTING PARTICIPATION BEHAVIOR OF LIMITED RESOURCE FARMERS IN COST-SHARE PROGRAMS IN ALABAMA

This study examines factors that affect the participation behavior of limited resource farmers in cost-share programs in Alabama. The data was generated from a survey administered to a sample of limited resource farm operators. A binary logit was employed to analyze the data. Results indicate that college education, age, total farm size, as well as membership in conservation association had significant influence on participation.Agricultural and Food Policy,

TAXATION AS A MEANS OF REDUCING NITROGEN FERTILIZER USE IN MINNESOTA CORN PRODUCTION

Crop Production/Industries, Environmental Economics and Policy,

FACTORS AFFECTING CONSERVATION PRACTICE BEHAVIOR OF CRP PARTICIPANTS IN ALABAMA

This study examines the factors that affect conservation practice choices of CRP farmers in Alabama. From over 9,000 contracts enrolled in the state between 1986 and 1995, 594 were randomly selected for the study. A multiple-regression analysis was employed to analyze the data. Results indicate that education, ratio of cropland in CRP, farm size, gender, prior crop practice, and geographic location of contract had a significant influence on the choice of conservation practice adopted.conservation practices, Conservation Reserve Program, CRP contracts, cost share, erodible cropland, grass practice, land retirement, tree practice, Farm Management, Land Economics/Use,

ASSESSING THE INTERESTS OF WHOLESALE-PRODUCEBUYERS IN THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI DELTA REGION

The need to expand the market share of Alabama fruits and vegetable producers necessitates an understanding of the attributes that would attract potential wholesale-produce buyers in the Lower Mississippi Delta Region (LMDR). A survey was developed and administered to over three thousand produce wholesale buyers in the LMDR; 317 returned surveys were analyzed for this study. Results indicate that non-Alabama wholesale-produce buyers would buy Alabama produce if the produce meet expected quality if adequate volume existed, if it were convenient, and if they were aware that the produce existed in Alabama. Produce such as peaches, sweet corn, beans, potatoes, and watermelons have greater market potential if volume is adequate and price competitive.Agribusiness,

DETERMINANTS OF PARTICIPATION BEHAVIOR OF LIMITED RESOURCE FARMERS IN CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM IN ALABAMA

This study investigated factors that affect participation behavior of limited resource farmers (LRF) in Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in Alabama. A binary logit model was employed to analyze data obtained from 611 respondents. Results indicated that males, part-time occupation, total acres, participation in non-conservation related programs, direct method of receiving CRP information, and respondents' interest in receiving CRP information, were strong predictors of participation in the CRP. Key words: Limited resource, CRP, minorities, participation behaviorLimited resource, CRP, minorities, participation behavior, Environmental Economics and Policy,

Pollution effect of food and beverages effluents on the Alaro river in Ibadan City, Nigeria

The main course of water pollution in the Alaro river is the direct discharge of food and beverages processing effluents. The impact of such effluents on the water quality was studied in detail by monitoring selected physicochemical parameters monthly between January 2003 and December 2007. The combined effluent was equally monitored. This study provided a detailed data on the quality of the effluent at the designated discharge point, upstream and downstream locations. The background levels of 250±4 mg/L (TS), 178±3 mg/L (TDS), 6.5±0.2 FTU (turbidity), 132±5 mg/L (total hardness), 157±4 mg/L (Cl-), 157±0.3 mg/L (NO3-), 9.65±0.39 mg/L (SO42-), 2.12±0.01 mg/L (BOD), 103±5 mg/L (COD), 0.54±0.02 mg/L (Ni), 0.59±0.02 mg/L (Zn), 0.25±0.02 mg/L (Cr) and 0.17±0.02 mg/L (Pb). The overall levels of these water quality indicators went up after the effluent discharge point. Overall, the effluent contained contaminants whose levels exceeded the effluent guideline for discharge into surface water and drinking water criteria. Hence, water pollution of the Alaro river is very evident.KEY WORDS: Water quality, River Alaro, Pollution, Industrial effluent Bull. Chem. Soc. Ethiop. 2011, 25(3), 347-360

An Analysis of the Determinants of Food Insecurity with Severe Hunger in Selected Southern States

This study predicts food insecurity with severe hunger versus food insecurity with moderate hunger among low-income households with children and without children. Data for the study was generated from a survey of the clients of nonprofit food assistance agencies in selected southern states. The questionnaire incorporated the 18 core questions for assessing food insecurity, as well as the socio-demographic characteristics of users. A two-stage process involving the application of the Rasch measurement scale and the Logit model was employed to analyze the data. Results indicate that for both households with children and households without children, income was a significant predictor of food insecurity with severe hunger. However, the food stamp recipient variable was an equally important predictor of severe food insecurity among households with children. State and rural-urban differences were also analyzed

Development of an Enhanced Agility Assessment Model for Legacy Information System

Deciding the moment to end the lifecycle of an information system are often not exhaustively studied. It is essential for an organisation to know when to end the life cycle of their legacy information system when it is no longer able to perform and comply with the changes the organization desires. Prolonging the length of an information system lifecycle could lead to a reduction in software cost. Most of the various metrics presented in literatures on agility measurement, such as Cost, Time, Robustness and Scope of changes (CTRS) and Simplicity, Speed and Scope of changes (3S) and the researchers evaluation methods, e.g., Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Fuzzy Mathematics Analytic are qualitative and usually need to be evaluated by domain experts subjectively. This study therefore developed an enhanced agility assessment model to measure legacy information system quantitatively with the agility factors: Speed, Robustness and Complexity in an educational institution. The adoption of a quantitative metrics methodology will lead to an accurate measurement of the student information system. A stand-alone online assessment system based on agility factors and satisfying the maximum metrics benchmark requirements was used for the model implementation. The results were: Complexity of the largest module=96, Robustness=547.5 hours and Speed 0.5 minutes. The complexity of the module that exceeded 20 can be fixed by reducing the control constructs of the source code modules into submodules, with each not greater than 20. The results obtained indicated that the student information system was still agile. Thus, management should continue with the system.    &nbsp