this study was designed to investigate the demand for institutional credit among small scale farmers in imo state. a sample of 40 livestock and 50 food crop farmers were selected respectively using multistage random sampling technique. data were collected with a well structured questionnaire administered to a total of 90 randomly selected farmers. data collected were analyzed using descriptive ...

accumulation of unmanaged industrial solid waste, especially in developing countries has resulted in an increased environmental concern. in view of utilization of industrial solid waste the recycled paper mill waste (rpmw) – cement composite bricks were designed and developed. in order to investigate the environmental performance of sustainable construction materials two small scale model house...

background exposure to the excessive levels of occupational noise is one of the principal harmful agents affecting the workers’ health. this study aimed to investigate the relationship between the occupational noise exposure and the hearing loss caused by working in small-scale service industries in the city of damavand, close to the metropolitan capital city of tehran, iran. methods this descr...

this paper presents the thermal vibration analysis of double-layer graphene sheet embedded in polymer elastic medium, using the plate theory and nonlocal continuum mechanics for small scale effects. the graphene is modeled based on continuum plate theory and the axial stress caused by the thermal effects is also considered. nonlocal governing equations of motion for this double-layer graphene s...

small scale industries are suffering most from the marketing problems due to their owners’ attitudes, units’ capacity, and quality of products along with the scale of production. the researchers analyzed the problems of selected twenty small scale industrial units of various industrial groups of industrial estates of sylhet division of bangladesh to get insights of the problem. primary and seco...

a research study was carried out on the indirect selection efforts amongst small scale holders of west african dwarf (wad) goats based on coat pigmentation and wattle types in ogbomoso, nigeria using personal interviews and structured questionnaires given using simple random on-farm techniques. the questionnaires were focused on the ownership distribution, preferred pigmentation and wattle type...

Business leaders who enable learning whether through regular training needs assessments or externally sourced scientific advice to support product development efforts contribute to organizational effectiveness. While the drivers of learning capacity and their effects on the business are well documented in large firms, little is known about this issue in Asian small and medium-sized enterprises ...