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Indigenous Knowledge Assessment on Irrigation Water Management Practices in Metekel Zone, North West Ethiopian
Demeke Tamane Mitku,
Temesgen Fentahun Adamite
Issue:
Volume 7, Issue 4, July 2022
Pages:
40-43
Received:
30 May 2022
Accepted:
4 July 2022
Published:
12 July 2022
DOI:
10.11648/j.ajmse.20220704.11
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Abstract: Farmers in indigenous knowledge practices are not much considered in terms of irrigation water management in Metekel zone. The study was conducted in different districts of Metekel zone, North Western Ethiopia in order to identify local irrigation water management related knowledge and practices of the farmers, to identify the best indigenous irrigation water management of the area, to assess the farmers perception and subjective assessment towards irrigation water management practice in their area, to identify the current irrigation water management practice under small scale farmers condition. The survey was made on 115HHs. Using the proper statistical techniques, the acquired qualitative and quantitative data from primary and secondary sources was evaluated. (statistical package for social science). Farmers in the study area explained their own indigenous irrigation water management knowledge when they irrigate their irrigation farm and when water is scarce. Among this knowledge of farmers avoid over irrigation (19.13%) making pond on the land (6.09%), irrigated during night (5.22%), making furrow (2.61%), apply mulch (1.17%), and only removing weed when irrigation water is scarce (0.87%). 99.1% of farmers used river water source and the remaining 0.9% used spring and well. 6.96% of farmers select maize to grow when water is scarce, 27.83% did not specify crops but for 51.3% of farmers shortage of water was not the problem. From the result conclusion can make that most of farmers have indigenous knowledge on irrigation water management even if shortage of water is not a series problem in the area.
Abstract: Farmers in indigenous knowledge practices are not much considered in terms of irrigation water management in Metekel zone. The study was conducted in different districts of Metekel zone, North Western Ethiopia in order to identify local irrigation water management related knowledge and practices of the farmers, to identify the best indigenous irrig...
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Information and Communication Technologies for Effective Contract Administration of Public Procurement of Works in Mbeya Region
Issue:
Volume 7, Issue 4, July 2022
Pages:
44-50
Received:
20 June 2022
Accepted:
8 July 2022
Published:
24 August 2022
DOI:
10.11648/j.ajmse.20220704.12
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Abstract: The study aim at assessing the effects of integrating information and communication Technologies (ICT) and effective contract administration of public procurement of works. This assessment was conducted following a number of cases over ineffective follow up, monitoring and evaluation of a contract/project which happen that a project is not visited since the time of awarding the contract. This then revealed to have a trickledown effect of a contract not to perform or simply the end deliverable found with uncounted variations different from the expectations of project owner (client) in which to our case procuring entity entails. The discrepancy was that project administration was found not effective in fact that the project was found not subjected to serious follow up and monitoring towards its completion. Only to notify that the project is completed while it was under ineffective monitoring and evaluation which was then found be the cause of variations of the end deliverable being part of most contracts. It is from the field in which it was found that being adopted and used to ICT would be an effective solution in uncovering such discrepancies. To uncover what was behind the scene, the study used positivistic philosophy and casual-research design. Indeed from 4,000 population of registeredcontractors in Mbeya region and from the five districts, the study used to systematic sampling technique to derive to 97 respondents. Moreoverquestionnaire was a data collection tool applied from which the collected and cleaned data were analyzed inferentially by applying the ordinary least square, canonical correlation and runs homoscedastic testing. The results were as follows:- information and communication technology (ICT) found to be positive and significant determinants of effective contract administration. This indeed was revealed over p < 0.05 for significance reached over assurance over punctuality of contractor towards, proper scheduling of work and sustaining of the service level agreements. It from the positive and significant results thus the study recommendsthat the policy makers, contract managers, project management team, contract executors should be adopted and used to ICT and other automated systems for revelation of effectiveness over contract administration.
Abstract: The study aim at assessing the effects of integrating information and communication Technologies (ICT) and effective contract administration of public procurement of works. This assessment was conducted following a number of cases over ineffective follow up, monitoring and evaluation of a contract/project which happen that a project is not visited ...
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Managerial Competence for Optimization of Variations with Public Construction Projects: A Case of Selected Public Procuring Entities in Mbeya, Tanzania
Issue:
Volume 7, Issue 4, July 2022
Pages:
51-58
Received:
20 June 2022
Accepted:
8 July 2022
Published:
24 August 2022
DOI:
10.11648/j.ajmse.20220704.13
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Abstract: The study aimed at investigating on the effects of managerial competence towards optimization of project deliverable variations. The investigation was carried out following a number of cases reported over >75% of public projects not to be completed on time and if completed then they found not of the quality intended. There are number of factors which count for this dilemma such as budget constraints, technical incompetence, dishonest, force majeure and managerial incompetence. Managerial incompetence being one among other influencing factors was a point of focus contributing in fulfilling the gap. To explicitly reveal to what extent this managerial proficiencyover project follow-up, monitoring and evaluation lead to performance of the project to the standards expected then quantitative research approach, descriptive-survey design and simple random sampling were employed. The target population being technicians, engineers, contractors, architects in construction industry in Mbeya, Tanzania then reality was revealed. From 230 unit of inquiry while the facts collected using questionnaireand throughthe use of structural equation modeling (by applying the descriptive statistics, correlation, average variance explained and multiple regression) it was found that project follow up, monitoring and evaluation managerial competences contribute positively and statistical significant on optimization of variations ofend deliverables. It is from this positivism between variables revealed what this study recommends that the project managers have to ensure effective follow-up, monitoring and evaluation of the public construction projects in-order to optimize the variations over end deliverables effectively and most significantly.
Abstract: The study aimed at investigating on the effects of managerial competence towards optimization of project deliverable variations. The investigation was carried out following a number of cases reported over >75% of public projects not to be completed on time and if completed then they found not of the quality intended. There are number of factors whi...
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Artificial Intelligence in Business Management: A Literature Review on AI Applications on Risk Assessment in the Financial Industry
Ralf Wandmacher,
Christian Sturm,
Philipp Weber,
Paul Kuhn
Issue:
Volume 7, Issue 4, July 2022
Pages:
59-68
Received:
26 July 2022
Accepted:
10 August 2022
Published:
24 August 2022
DOI:
10.11648/j.ajmse.20220704.14
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Abstract: Artificial Intelligence (AI) – simply referring to the intelligence exhibited by machines, as opposed to natural intelligence displayed by humans – is reshaping business, economy, and society. However, so far, knowledge in this field is still limited and highly fragmented, and primarily technical-oriented. In addition, the literature review demonstrates that academia has offered limited application-oriented research to support firms and managers implementing AI. This paper is based on a qualitative meta-analysis to identify the various areas of application of AI in financial risk assessment. The analysis identified Credit Risk & Credit Scoring, Forecasting & Prediction, Security, and Fraud Detection as major research areas of AI in finance. Furthermore, this paper identified how different AI applications are applied in business and demonstrated the impact of these applications. In addition, this research highlights promising AI applications for businesses and applications that are currently not suitable for implementation. Finally, promising research opportunities in AI-related business research are outlined. The description is necessary to advance the current technical-dominated research to include business-oriented research and application-specific research on artificial intelligence.
Abstract: Artificial Intelligence (AI) – simply referring to the intelligence exhibited by machines, as opposed to natural intelligence displayed by humans – is reshaping business, economy, and society. However, so far, knowledge in this field is still limited and highly fragmented, and primarily technical-oriented. In addition, the literature review demonst...
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