Browsing by Author "Haruna Danladi Musa"

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Assessment of Time Budgeting and Activity Pattern of Rural Women in Rural Development and Planning. Case study of Rafi Local Government area, Niger State
(Ilorin Journal of Business and Social Sciences.Faculty of Business and Social Science, University of Ilorin, 2009) Haruna Danladi Musa; Solomon N. Jiya
A balanced participation of both genders results in a more comprehensive approach to issues of development. Indeed, their living conditions are more widely taken into account, thus leading to improved measures and their enhanced acceptance of rural development decisions. Decision-making has to be comprised of both men and women in a proportion, if the decisions made is to be valid. Women are the most threatened by the dangers that stem from global warming, war, disaster, etc. Therefore, defending the full range of women's human rights within the context of gender equality in addressing issues of spatial development is essential both to protecting women themselves and to cultivating their capacity for leadership, which so many lives depend on. Using questionnaire technique, 150 women from 10 district heads of Rafi Local government area of Niger state were interacted with to elicit information on the relationship between time budgeting and activity pattern of rural women in rural development and planning. The questionnaire probed into the background of each woman, such as age, educational qualification, occupation, monthly income and average percentage of income spent on family expenses. The study revealed that rural income is generally low because of the low level of social and economic activities. In a community where there is no supply of electricity and water, and the roads are almost impassable, it would be impossible for any meaningful economic activity to operate. Policy on the planning of the area should include the provision of social facilities and the establishment of industries capable of, among others, processing farm products.
Closing the policy-practice gaps in Nigeria’s desertification interventions: a qualitative document analysis of sustainable practice
(Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning.Routledge Taylor &Francis Group, 2020) Abdullahi Mohammad Jalam; Amir Hamzah Sharaai; Mariani Ariffin; Norzalina Zainudin; Haruna Danladi Musa
In Nigeria’s frontline states, the southward dryland degradation continues due to the failure of interventions to address the human and natural causes. This study provides a theory-driven evaluation to ascertain the causes of desertification intervention’s poor performance. It provides a conceptual model for scaling up interventions towards achieving the 2030 target 15:3 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Guided by intervention theory, relevant policy documents on desertification control were analyzed via Qualitative Document Analysis and triangulated by a semi-structured interview, and secondary data with the aid of ATLAS.ti 8. Findings revealed that a weak integration of Sustainable Practice across the policy cycle is responsible for notable gaps in the areas of an absence of participation of Civil Society Organizations and the use of Indigenous Knowledge, non-involvement of local government, and poor community ownership. Others include monitoring lapses, and the non-inclusion of the Land Degradation Neutrality concept – leading to failure in the Sustainability of Policy Instrument. A pragmatic approach integrating multi-stakeholder participation, the establishment of grass-root structure, and situation awareness should be incorporated across the policy cycle. The need for the development of Key Performance Indicators for tracking the progress of the Pan-African Great Green Wall initiative is also required.
Delphi exploration of subjective well-being indicators for strategic urban planning towards sustainable development in Malaysia
(Journal of Urban Management journal . www.elsevier.com/locate/jum, 2019) Haruna Danladi Musa; Mohd Rusli Yacoba; Ahmad Makmom Abdullah
This study seeks expert consensus to determine indicators that could be used to assess subjective well-being for strategic urban planning in the context of sustainable development. For this purpose, a Delphi study including a panel of 45 academic experts was carried out. The study consisted of two rounds. At each round, experts were asked to rate key elements by assessing indicator as very low importance, low importance, moderate importance, high importance and very high importance. A 75% agreement was used as cutoff. The results at second round reveal that panelists agreed on 37 key indicators being essential to assess subjective well-being for sustainable urban development. Using these results as a framework to develop guidelines at local, state, and national levels would allow better assessing and comparing transition programs towards sustainability.
Delphi exploration of subjective well-being indicators for strategic urban planning towards sustainable development in Malaysia
(Journal of Urban Management journal. homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/jum, 2019) Haruna Danladi Musa; Mohd Rusli Yacoba; Ahmad Makmom Abdulla
This study seeks expert consensus to determine indicators that could be used to assess subjective well-being for strategic urban planning in the context of sustainable development. For this purpose, a Delphi study including a panel of 45 academic experts was carried out. The study consisted of two rounds. At each round, experts were asked to rate key elements by assessing indicator as very low importance, low importance, moderate importance, high importance and very high importance. A 75% agreement was used as cutoff. The results at second round reveal that panelists agreed on 37 key indicators being essential to assess subjective well-being for sustainable urban development. Using these results as a framework to develop guidelines at local, state, and national levels would allow better assessing and comparing transition programs towards sustainability
Deployment of performance indicators toward bridging monitoring gaps in Africa’s Great Green Wall
(2023) Abdullahi Mohammad Jalam; Amir Hamzah Sharaai; Mariani Ariffin; Norzalina Zainudin; Haruna Danladi Musa
Background: The health and productivity of the land across the Sahel are in declension due to desertification. This has lowered the quality of ecosystem services and has led to a vicious cycle of drought, famine, poverty, and insecurity in the region. As one of the flagship interventions of the UN’s decade (2020-2030) of ecosystem restoration to tackle desertification and respond to climate change, there are mixed reactions to the successes of the Great Green Wall (GGW) in Nigeria due to the failure of the sustainability of policy instruments. Methods: A two-round Delphi reached consensus on 42 sub-indicators under 14 indicators as indicated by Kendell’s (W = 0.509, P = 0.001) and high correlation between rounds (rho = 0.959, P = 0.001). The indicators were then deployed to assess the GGW in a questionnaire (n = 401) via a multi-stage sampling, and their performance was weighted using principal component analysis (PCA). Results: “Proportion of land reclaimed” was recorded as the highest-performing indicator due to the multifaceted afforestation program covering fodder and wood lot areas, while “dune fixation” has the least performance due to the lack of employment of ecological engineering tools. The findings showed that the presence of local jobs is not significant in raising the livelihood status above the poverty line. Conclusion: To meet the 2030 timeline, there is a need to scale up the implementation of the GGW and support the desert frontline states (DFS) with alternative energy to reduce the rate of deforestation.
Enhancing subjective well-being through strategic urban planning: Development and application of community happiness index
(Sustainable Cities and Society journal. www.elsevier.com/locate/scs, 2018) Haruna Danladi Musa; Mohd Rusli Yacoba; Ahmad Makmom Abdullah; Mohd Yusoff Ishak
Sustainable development is practiced globally as a comprehensive strategy for promoting urban sustainability and well-being. Achieving sustainable development goals depends on the ability to monitor human well-being to track policy outcomes and the connection between ecosystem and human well-being. We developed a framework of community happiness index (CH-index) that fully integrates broad sustainability domains – human well-being and eco-environmental well-being sub-index along four sustainability dimensions (social, economic, environmental, and urban governance) to capture individual subjective perceptions of their experience of communities and development impact. The model was developed by aggregating its constituents using linear aggregation techniques based on subjective weightings using Delphi technique. A cross-sectional survey was conducted to validate the framework applicability using case study approach. The result shows that the case study Putrajaya displayed a good performance of eco-environmental well-being (M = 7.313) and Human Well-being (M = 6.534), moderate sustainability, and a medium-high level of community happiness (6.866) on 1–10 scale. The finding reveals that the level of community happiness depends on the existing level of sustainable urban development. The CH-index provides the planners with a new subjective well-being tool to help in-depth analysis for more targeted interventions and a baseline data to improve community happiness.
Promoting Agritourism for Sustainable Development in Nigeria
(Journal of Research in Tourism (JRT).National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR)., 2011) Haruna Danladi Musa; Mohammed, B.B.
Irrigation farming has increased in Nigeria in the recent times. In northern Nigeria, Irrigated farming is changing the livelihoods of farmers in rural community. The possible reason for this is the increased awareness from the Fadama project jointly funded by World Bank, Federal Government and State Governments. This work was carried out to assess the agrotourism potential of irrigation farming (agriculture) for food security and sustainable development in Nigeria. Before the discovery of crude oil in Nigeria, agriculture has been the backbone of the economy. Furthermore, agriculture was found to be capable of alleviating poverty because it provides income among farming households (they were able to live above US Sl/day/person which is the threshold for poverty level), Hence a duo of irrigation agriculture and tourism can be used to achieve the MDGs for reducing poverty and hunger.