International Journal of Development and Sustainability (IJDS)
Volume 1 Number 3, December 2012, Pages 622-1198 
ISSN:2186-8662 – www.isdsnet.com/ijds 
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Cover Page: Volume 1 Number 3, 2012
Table of Contents
What makes corruption in the public procurement process awful?
Kofi Osei-Afoakwa
622-633
The underutilized vegetable plants of the federal capital territory (FCT) Abuja of Nigeria
S. Abubakar, G.H. Ogbadu, A.B. Usman, O. Segun, O. Olorode and I.U. Samirah
634-643
Emerging issues on the sustainability of the community based rural water resources management approach in Zimbabwe: A case study of Gwanda District
Thulani Dube
644-655
Between ethnicity, nationality and development in Nigeria
Toyin Cotties Adetiba and Aminur Rahim
656-674
Challenges of transfrontier conservation areas: Natural resources nationalism, security and regionalism in the southern African development community region
Oswell Rusinga and Jemitias Mapira
675-687
Assessing the emission factors of low-pour-fuel-oil and diesel in steam boilers
I.O. Ohijeagbon, S.O. Jekayinfa and M.A. Waheed
688-700
An assessment of households’ vulnerability to economic shocks in south western Nigeria
A. Muhammad-Lawal, O.A. Omotesho and F.T. Kolade
701-713
Sustainability of smallholder tea production in developing countries: Learning experiences from farmer field schools in Kenya
D.D. Onduru , A. De Jager, S. Hiller and R. Van den Bosch
714-742
Does trade promote growth in developing countries? Empirical evidence from Nigeria
Oluwasola Omoju and Olumide Adesanya
743-753
Assessment of human impact on water quality along Manyame River
Tirivashe P. Masere, Adelaide Munodawafa and Tavengwa Chitata
754-765
Climate change and farmers’ adaptive capacity to strategic innovations: The case of northern Ghana
Felix A. Asante, Alfred A. Boakye, Irene S. Egyir and John B.D. Jatoe
766-784
Privatisation in Nigeria: A critical analysis of the virtues and vices
Dare E. Arowolo and Christopher S. Ologunowa
785-796
Democracy, political participation and good governance in Nigeria
Dare E. Arowolo and Olukemi A. Aluko
797-809
Effect of physical and mechanical properties of cassava tubers on the performance of an automated peeling machine
O.C. Ademosun; M.O. Jimoh and O.J. Olukunle
810-822
The chimpanzees of Oluwa Forest Reserve, southwest Nigeria
B.G. Ogunjemite and O.E. Olaniyi
823-833
Nigeria and the socio-economic globalization of the 20th century: A historical re-consideration
Kingsley N. Okoro 
834-859
Influence of planting densities on the performance of intercropped bambara groundnut with cowpea in Makurdi, Benue state, Nigeria
G.A. Alhassan, B.A. Kalu and O.M. Egbe
860-879
The role of middlemen in fish marketing in Igbokoda fish market, Ondo-state, south western Nigeria
F.O. Agbebi and T.A. Fagbote
880-888
Availability of vocational training facilities for the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in Nigeria
T.A. Adebisi and C.S. Oni
889-902
Properties, classification and agricultural potentials of lateritic soils of Minna in sub-humid agroecological zone, Nigeria
B.A. Lawal , M.K.A. Adeboye, P.A. Tsado, M.G. Elebiyo and C.R. Nwajoku
903-911
Community leadership and the challenges of community development in Nigeria: The case of Boki local government area, Cross River State
L.O. Udensi, O.S. Udoh, Gibson L.K. Daasi  and F.N. Igbara 
912-923
Adoption of ICT as source of information on agricultural innovations among farm households in Nigeria: Evidence from Benue state
Terngu Iorliam, E.N. Imbur and P. Iortima
924-931
The profitability analysis of artisanal fishing in Asa River of Kwara state, Nigeria
M.O. Adewumi, O.E. Ayinde , A.H. Adenuga and S.T. Zacchaeus
932-938
Groundwater quality at Achiase and Wabiri in the Ejisu Juaben municipality of the Ashanti region in Ghana
B.M. Tiimub, S. Frimpong, R.A. Kuffour, A.B. Dwumfour, I. Monney and K. Obiri-Danso
939-956
The differential impact of microcredit on rural livelihoods: Case study from Ethiopia
Aschale Dagnachew Siyoum, Dorothea Hilhorst and Alula Pankhurst
957-975
Urbanization, housing and environment: Megacities of Africa
Olusola Oladapo Makinde
976-993
Minimization of heat gains in buildings: The case of domestic buildings in Cape Coast Metropolis – Ghana
Samuel Kwame Ansah
994-1007
Visa regime policy and tourism recovery and development in Zimbabwe
Nelson Zengeni, Dorothy M.F Zengeni
1008-1025
Groundnut shell ash as a partial replacement of cement in sandcrete blocks production
H. Mahmoud, Z.A. Belel and C. Nwakaire
1026-1032
Is gold mining a bane or a blessing in Sub-Saharan Africa: The case of Ghana
Divine Odame Appiah and Juliet Nana Buaben
1033-1048
Gender and urban infrastructural poverty experience in Africa: A preliminary survey in Ibadan city, Nigeria
Raimi. A. Asiyanbola
1049-1061
Private sector participation in secondary education in Nigeria: Implications for national development
Uyi Kizito Ehigiamusoe
1062-1074
Fiscal federalism in Nigeria: Theory and practice
Olabanji Olukayode Ewetan
1075-1087
Impact of HIV/AIDS to the tourism sector human resources: Case of selected hotels in Harare
Dorothy M.F Zengeni and Nelson Zengeni
1088-1102
Farmers’ perception on the effects of gum Arabic agroforestry on livelihoods in the Sahelian zone of Borno State, Nigeria 
S.B. Mustapha , P.M. Bzugu , P.A. Adeogun , M.A. Chiroma and A.K. Ayuba
1103-1111
Analysis of adoption of improved rice production technologies in Jeer local government area of Borno state, Nigeria
S.B Mustapha, U.C. Undiandeye, A.M. Sanusi and S. Bakari
1112-1120
Oil price shocks and fiscal policy management: Implications for Nigerian economic planning (1980-2009)
Adeleke Gabriel Aremo, Monica Adele Orisadare and C. Moses Ekperiware
1121-1139
Impact of agricultural intensification on poverty alleviation among rural farm households in Imo state Nigeria
O.R. Iheke and F.A. Arikaibe
1140-1149
Demystifying the indigenous language ‘inadequacies’ towards capacity building in science and technology in Zimbabwe
Gilbert Tarugarira
1150-1157
Variation in vegetable production among urban farmers in Ilorin, Kwara state, Nigeria
O.R. Yusuf and I.I. Abbas
1158-1169
Impact of pharmaceutical care interventions on the occurrence and resolution of side/adverse drug effects associated with antiretroviral drug therapy
Ezeudo Ewuziem Nwaozuzu, Mathew J. Okonta and Cletus Nze Aguwa
1170-1186
Impact of pharmaceutical care interventions on the CD4+ lymphocytes counts (therapeutic outcome) of patients on antiretroviral drugs
Ezeudo Ewuziem Nwaozuzu, Mathew J. Okonta and Cletus Nze Aguwa
1187-1198