Engineering Journal

Wednesday, December 2, 2020

What Constrains Smallholder Farmers Decisions to Participate and use Agricultural Value Chain Financing in Rwanda The Case of Smallholder Potato Farmers in Musanze and Nyabihu Districts

Smallholder farmers contribute more to food security and poverty reduction in Rwanda. However, lack of agricultural finance is one of numerous challenges they face for improving productivity and increasing income along the value chain. The objectives of this paper were to determine the factors influencing the farmers’ decision to participate and use agricultural value chain financing in Rwanda and to analyse the constraints hindering smallholder farmers’ decision to participate and use agricultural value chain financing in Rwanda. Cross sectional data were collected from a random sample of 585 smallholder potato farmers in Musanze and Nyabihu Districts. Results of probit model revealed that sex, age, marital status, education, farming experience, membership to farming associations, household income and distance to market significantly influence the farmers’ decision to participate and use of agricultural value chain financing. The study also found that financing agricultural activities remain a key challenge for smallholder potato farmers. Fear of borrowing, lack of financial literacy, lack of skills in budgeting and unexpected production, interest rate and others loans charges, lack of collaterals, short repayment period and lack of financial literacy have been found to be the main factors constraining potato farmers’ participation and use of agricultural value chain financing. Nevertheless, potato productivity will always result from the interaction between all potato value chain actors. The study recommended the government and value chain stakeholders to formulate integrated policies that facilitate smallholder farmers to access to convenient financing products in order to improve productivity and to meet the customer demands.

by Patrice Mugenzi | George Owour | Hillary K. Bett "What Constrains Smallholder Farmers Decisions to Participate and use Agricultural Value Chain Financing in Rwanda? The Case of Smallholder Potato Farmers in Musanze and Nyabihu Districts"

Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-1 , December 2020,

URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd38001.pdf

Paper URL : https://www.ijtsrd.com/engineering/agricultural-engineering/38001/what-constrains-smallholder-farmers-decisions-to-participate-and-use-agricultural-value-chain-financing-in-rwanda-the-case-of-smallholder-potato-farmers-in-musanze-and-nyabihu-districts/patrice-mugenzi

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First Development Plan for a Small Offshore Field

This work describes the proposed development program for the accumulations in the virtual Beta field located in Libya offshore. In 2018, the contractor informed the Management Committee about the Commercial discovery of Beta field. This development plan has been prepared for submission to the Management for its consideration. After collecting all the available data including geological data, reservoir data, drilling data, production data, economical data, and environmental data. The suitable assumption has been made. All the modules were built with suitable sensitivities. The important results were laid out with some recommendations in each section. Due consideration is paid to the environmental impact and all the possible use is made of the existing infrastructure.

by Alfitouri Ibrahim Jellah "First Development Plan for a Small Offshore Field"

Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-1 , December 2020,

URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd35908.pdf

Paper URL : https://www.ijtsrd.com/engineering/petroleum-engineering/35908/first-development-plan-for-a-small-offshore-field/alfitouri-ibrahim-jellah

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Planning and Scheduling of a Corrugated Cardboard Manufacturing Process in IoT

The automation has revolutionized the traditional product development scheme by using advanced design and manufacturing technologies such as computer aided design, process planning, and scheduling. However, research in this field was still based mostly on experimentation, as most manufacturing companies did not use simulation techniques in the implementation of their manufacturing planning and scheduling process. In order to address this problem, software developers have put simulation software tools in the market such as Enterprise Resource Planning ERP , Advanced Planning and Scheduling APS , and Risk based Planning and Scheduling RPS systems. In this paper, a methodology to model high degree of accuracy for the production floor, the planning and scheduling of corrugated cardboard manufacturing process through RPS simulation in Internet of Things IoT environment is established. The RPS model is able to generate a deterministic schedule without randomness, create a risk analysis of the planning and scheduling, and handle the uncertainty.

by Bruno Kemen | Sarhan M. Musa "Planning and Scheduling of a Corrugated Cardboard Manufacturing Process in IoT"

Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-1 , December 2020,

URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd37965.pdf

Paper URL : https://www.ijtsrd.com/engineering/electrical-engineering/37965/planning-and-scheduling-of-a-corrugated-cardboard-manufacturing-process-in-iot/bruno-kemen

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Automatic Regulation and Monitoring of CPM Machine

The aim of this project is empowered by adding independency to the individuals during Continuous Passive Motion. In this project, a Continuous Passive Motion CPM Machine is designed that will enable the patient to move their leg continuously. This project is for measuring the muscle oxygen of the patient who is using CPM and to control the motion. The oxygen level is measured by using the Near Infrared spectroscopic principle and is attached as a device to the patient and it continuously monitors the oxygen level. This is performed after surgeries like total knee replacement and anterior circulate ligament reconstruction. Patient who has undergone these surgeries must be treated with CPM machine. But the machine could not identify the tearing of the muscles during the procedure and this could lead to post surgical trauma. To prevent these damages to the muscles NIRS is attached to this mechanism. It detects the oxy hemoglobin level in the tissues and stops the machine when the muscle oxygen reaches the threshold value 90 mmHg . The potentiometer is used to vary the oxygen level manually since the oxygen level below the threshold cannot be measured practically. The machine continuously works when the oxygen level is above the threshold. Moreover, ESP8266 module is used to monitor the oxygen level continuously and the data is stored in the cloud for future references.

by Muniraj. N. J. R | Afsana Azi Firdosh. A | Kavipriya. A | Raj Kumar. C "Automatic Regulation and Monitoring of CPM Machine"

Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-1 , December 2020,

URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd37944.pdf

Paper URL : https://www.ijtsrd.com/engineering/bio-mechanicaland-biomedical-engineering/37944/automatic-regulation-and-monitoring-of-cpm-machine/muniraj-n-j-r

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A Review on the Sedimentation Problem in River Basins

River sedimentation is a global concern evidenced by a number of studies conducted. Now, that climate change is being experienced the rapid changes on the river landscape is manifestly observed. As unveiled, natural evolution of landscape and human activities are the two main factors affecting this phenomenon. Different methods of determination of the volume of sediments transported some are employed. Some studies used classic methods utilizing sophisticated apparatus while others artificial intelligence mode of sediment transport prediction. Celeste A.

by De Asis "A Review on the Sedimentation Problem in River Basins"

Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-1 , December 2020,

URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd37968.pdf

Paper URL : https://www.ijtsrd.com/engineering/environment-engineering/37968/a-review-on-the-sedimentation-problem-in-river-basins/celeste-a-de-asis

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Attitude of Students towards Integral Calculus through the Screening Examination Strategy

One thing that may affect the students’ perception of mathematics is the attitude of the students towards the subject. This study was conducted to assess the attitude of students towards integral calculus. The subjects of this study were the 94 second year students of the College of Engineering taking up BSAE, BSCE, BSEE and BSME who were enrolled in Integral Calculus. This group of students were a combination of the first timer and repeaters in Integral Calculus. This were the students who were not screened out from the screening examination conducted by the researcher. It employed the descriptive correlational method using the frequency counts, weighted means and analysis of variance.The instrument used in this study was the attitude scale. This instrument was administered to the students before the first screening examination and after the last screening examination.Results revealed that students have favourable attitudes towards integral calculus before and after the screening examination strategy. However, results also revealed that the profile of the students in terms of gender, number of times the student took the subject and the students’ performance on the prerequisite subject has nothing to do or did not influence the attitudes of the students towards the subject.

by Merewina Llanie A. Tapong | Benjamin D. Varela "Attitude of Students towards Integral Calculus through the Screening Examination Strategy"

Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-1 , December 2020,

URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd37935.pdf

Paper URL : https://www.ijtsrd.com/engineering/agricultural-engineering/37935/attitude-of-students-towards-integral-calculus-through-the-screening-examination-strategy/merewina-llanie-a-tapong

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Errors Committed in Integral Calculus Basis for a Review Guide

This study determined the errors of engineering students in Integral Calculus in the University of Eastern Philippines UEP , Catarman, Northern Samar as basis in developing a review guide. It adopted a developmental research design. A total of 162 second year Engineering students taking up Integral Calculus, who were enrolled on the Second Semester of School Year 2016 2017,were the respondents of this study.The findings of this study show that majority of the students in Integral Calculus got “fair” to “passing” grades in their pre requisite subjects and that most of the students taking up Integral Calculus are first time takers. As shown in the results, the students had hard time understanding Integral Calculus concepts which comprises the majority of the total errors committed. The other errors committed were concepts in Algebra, Analytic Geometry, Basic Mathematics, Differential Calculus and Plane Trigonometry and due to carelessness in their solutions. These findings indicate that for the preliminary topics in Integral Calculus, the pre requisite subject where most of the students committed errors is Algebra. This can be attributed to some difficulty they are experiencing in recalling the concepts learned in this subject.The findings also show that for the higher integration techniques topics in Integral Calculus, most students are having hard time understanding these integration concepts. And in application of integration concepts in finding plane areas under and between curves and volumes of revolutions, the students lack the skills in sketching the graph.The development of a review guide for remedial instruction prior to and at the early part of the subject Integral Calculus, generally, aims to help the students, taking up Integral Calculus, in recollecting the concepts in its pre requisite subjects. The topics included are the identified concepts in pre Integral Calculus subjects where the engineering students commonly commit errors.