Small-scale commercial production of tilapia fry and fingerlings in concrete raceways

This paper discusses the investment prospects in Tilapia fry and fingerling production in raceways created from the concrete drainage channel of a reservoir or pond of an existing fish farm in Nigeria. With an initial capital of 1,300 and an annual operating cost of 310 spent on procurement of fish feed and brood stock for a 10 m super(2) raceway per se, a net profit of 4,100 and 5,090 would be realized from Sarotherodon galilaeus in the first year and subsequent years of production respectively, assuming that the fingerling production rate has been maintained through the production period. It is concluded that the application of this approach of optimizing the use of available resources in the fish farm for the productive breeding of Tilapia fry and fingerlings will apart from alleviating the problem of scarcity of stocking materials in the country, increase the profit margin accruing to the fish farme

Effectiveness of Government Export Support Programmes in Nigeria:An Exploratory Inquiry

Current statistics indicate a considerably untapped potential in overseas markets -particularly for Nigerian Exporters. The role of government is apparently relevant. Hence, this discourse assesses the effectiveness of the government support programmes to Nigerian exporters. In pursuit of this objective, data were generated from practitioners and policy makers as well as inspiration from the experience of other countries which embarked on export marketing development to crystallize the findings. The findings indicate that the government export incentives in Nigeria have not been effective. Based on this discovery, a number of recommendations have been mad

Consumer-purchasing Motives in Nigerian Cellular Phone Market: An Empirical Investigation

This exploratory study attempts to examine consumer-purchasing motives in cellular-phone markets. The study surveyed 297 Nigerian consumers to identify their motives for purchasing new mobile phones on one hand, and factors affecting operator choice on the other. The results indicate that price and properties were the most influential factors affecting the purchase of a new mobile phone whereas price, availability and friends operator were regarded as the most important in the choice of the mobile phone operator. Based on this, contributions are discussed and suggestions for future studies in this under researched area are made

Punishing the Poor Through Welfare Reform: Cruel and Unusual?

This Comment aims to show how the Eighth Amendment intersects with welfare reform and what constitutional limits exist vis-à-vis welfare restrictions for society’s neediest citizens. Part I explores Eighth Amendment jurisprudence and its historical underpinnings and will provide background on the 1996 welfare reforms. Part II explores whether welfare reforms penalize individuals for their status as “poor” or “unemployed” and whether this constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. Finally, Part III illustrates how welfare programs can be reformed for constitutional compliance

Capitalizing On Infinitesimal Calculus In Political Marketing

The calculus, known to be a branch of mathematics dealing with differentiation and integration of variable quantities, is used to solve many mathematical problems. This paper explores these problem-solving qualities of calculus to determine how they enhance the practice of political marketing in our rapidly democratizing world. More importantly, science and technology are known to be providing appreciable impetus in every sphere of human endeavour and political marketing is no exception. Another objective of this paper therefore, is to interrogate the nature and dimension of this impetus within the context of electoral politics with specific reference to political marketing practice

Punishing the Poor Through Welfare Reform: Cruel and Unusual?

This Comment aims to show how the Eighth Amendment intersects with welfare reform and what constitutional limits exist vis-à-vis welfare restrictions for society’s neediest citizens. Part I explores Eighth Amendment jurisprudence and its historical underpinnings and will provide background on the 1996 welfare reforms. Part II explores whether welfare reforms penalize individuals for their status as “poor” or “unemployed” and whether this constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. Finally, Part III illustrates how welfare programs can be reformed for constitutional compliance

Sustaining the Role of Marketing Strategies in Nigerian Electoral Politics

This paper builds on recent studies which identified the roles of marketing strategies in politics as responsive leadership, mass mobilization, political branding, conflict management, promotion of democratic ideals. The focus of the present study is to determine how best to sustain these roles in Nigerian electoral democracy. Four dominant political parties that emerged from the 2003 General Elections were sampled out of thirty political parties that participated in the elections and their electorates. Eight hundred (800) copies of the questionnaire were administered, and six hundred and twenty six (626) were returned; out of which five hundred and ninety eight (598) were found usable. Their answers to the questionnaire formed the data which were analyzed with tables, frequencies, and percentages to crystallize the findings. The findings show that marketing strategies in Nigerian electoral politics can be sustained through continuous political enlightenment, involvement of innovative politicians, basic marketing training for the operators of the political system, continuous use of marketing research and planning in politics. Based on these findings, it is recommended that Nigerian political actors(including democratic institutions) should take deliberate steps to increase the magnitude of Political marketing by acting out and thinking in marketing terms, among others