JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 1 (1) 5-10
NIGERIAN HOME VIDEO FILMS AS A CATALYST FOR
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
AKPABIO, E.
Department of Mass
Communication, University of Lagos. E-mail: enoakpabio@hotmail.com
ABSTRACT
After labouring for decades, Nigerian film producers utilizing the
celluloid format had made little or no impact. The situation is different with
filmmakers utilizing the home video format. The latter have made Nigerian films
come into its own easily displacing foreign films in the homes, movie theatres
and television sets in the country. However, criticisms have trailed the
Nigerian home video films. The paper takes the position that instead of the
present emphasis on sex, violence, fetishism, witchcraft and its bedfellows,
the stunning success of the films can be used to promote national development
and positive aspects of our culture. The combination of the modern and
traditional mode would result in greater effectiveness of the home video films
and open up tremendous possibilities for the country and its people.
Keyword: Home videos, national development and celluloid films
JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 1 (1) 11-19
SOME PRELIMINARY FINDINGS ON HIV/AIDS AND
PASTORALIST LIVELIHOODS IN SOUTHWEST UGANDA
MORTON, J.1, RUTAGWENDA, T.2,
MUSINGUZI, C.3 AND TUMWIJUKYE, A.4
1. Natural Resources Institute, University of
Greenwich, Central Avenue, Chatham Maritime, Kent ME4 4TB, UK. Email:
j.f.morton@gre.ac.uk
2. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Makerere University, PO Box 7062,
Kampala, Uganda. Email: rutagwendat@vetmed.mak.ac.ug
3. Mbarara Local Government, Mbarara,
Uganda. Address: PO Box 964, Mbarara,
Uganda
4. Makerere Institute of Social Research, PO Box 1633, Kampala,
Uganda. Email: awtumwijukye@yahoo.co.uk
ABSTRACT
Against a background of a serious information gap on HIV/AIDS and
pastoralism, this article presents findings from a qualitative investigation of
the impacts of HIV/AIDS on Bahima pastoralists in Southwestern Uganda. The study shows the importance of placing
HIV/AIDS in the context of other historical shocks that East African
pastoralists have been prone to in recent years. It also shows the need to
probe the nature of pastoral and other migration, which can be linked to
increased susceptibility to HIV, and the potential of indigenous stock-loan and
hired herding customs to mitigate household-level impacts. Research on both pastoralist susceptibility
to HIV, and vulnerability to the impacts of AIDS, will need to be undertaken
carefully and sensitively to take account of local factors and reach an
understanding of behaviour in changes and institutions.
Keywords: HIV/AIDS, pastoralism, livelihoods
JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 1 (1) 20-26
RESOURCE PRODUCTIVITY AMONG POULTRY FARMERS IN
OYO STATE, NIGERIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
OLARINDE, L. O. AND KUPONIYI F. A.
Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, Ladoke Akintola
University of Technology, P.M.B. 4000, Ogbomoso, 210001 Oyo State, Nigeria.
Email: solarinde8@hotmail.com
ABSTRACT
This study adopts an econometric criterion to
derive the economic efficiencies of poultry farmers in Oyo State, Nigeria.
Essentially, the basic inputs employed by these farmers act as poultry
management resources. A three stage sampling procedure, which led to the
selection of 160 poultry farmers from 5 local government areas and from which
data were collected was adopted. Results show that at 1%, the regression
coefficients of farm size, costs of feed and insurance were significant, and
contrary to a priori expectations, security and electricity costs were
negatively significant at 5%,. An adjusted coefficient of multiple
determination R2 of 0.936 however indicates a high relevance of the
inputs (management resources) in explaining the observed variation in poultry
output. The poultry farmers are efficient only in the use of farm (size) land
and credit facilities, while other management inputs (resources) are
inefficiently used, showing their gross under-utilization. Important policy
implications and recommendations, (i.e. those that have implications on
efficient use of the various inputs) are suggested. These are in the areas of
acquisition of equity funds by poultry farmers through viable micro-credit
schemes and non-formal sources that are government and private sector driven.
These provide the necessary capacities to increase the use of the inefficient
resources to the point of economic optimum and therefore improving the output
of poultry products under the prevailing economic environment. These have a
major stake in the current drive for sustainable agricultural development.
Key Words: Economic efficiencies, management resources, productivity,
Nigeria.
JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 1 (1) 27-33
ROLE OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN
COMMUNICATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
onabajo, O.
Department Of Mass Communication, University Of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
ABSTRACT
There is the need for concerted efforts in alleviating the plight of the
common man, and this is where the Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) have
come in to complement the efforts of government and other change agents in
bringing about sustainable development in the society. This paper explored the roles NGOs play in
the clarion call for sustainable development, the factors affecting their
activities and how to develop effective communication strategies that will
influence positively on their target groups.
Key Words: Resources, Issues, Promotion, Traditions, Enlightenment
JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 1 (1) 35-42
THE IMPACT OF SMALL FARMERS’
DIFFERENTIAL ACCESS TO RESOURCES ON INCOMES AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR
DEVELOPMENT
GANPAT, W. G.1 AND BEKELE, I.2
1. Extension Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Marine
Resources, Centeno, Trinidad, West Indies. Email: waygan@trinidad.net
2. Department
of Food Production, Faculty of
Agriculture and Natural Sciences, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine,
Trinidad, West Indies
ABSTRACT
Beyond the traditional factors of production, several other inputs and
services are increasingly being recognized as important for the sustainable
development of small farm systems.
Farmers’ level of access to essential resources such as
water, electricity, roads, market, transport, credit, extension, research and
labour was assessed and used to categorize farmers into high, medium and low
levels of access to resources. Descriptive statistics profiled these three
sub-groups, in particular the mean incomes generated by each group. Multiple
Regression Analysis explored the effects of several farm, and farmer-related
variables on farmers’ incomes among the three access categories. A
summary of the main results showed that there is a positive relationship
between level to access to resources and incomes generated. It also shows that
different sets of factors are associated with incomes generated in each access-
level sub-group and the farm systems with medium level of access to resources
presented the most opportunities for development workers to bring about meaning
change in small farmers’ incomes in the short term. Findings highlight the urgent need for
Research and Extension to develop approaches and strategies that optimize small
farmers’ well-being within present resource constraints while awaiting other
long-term policy actions to improve levels of access to resources and
ultimately incomes.
Key words: Small Farmers, Access to Resources, Sustainable development
