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franktolk:
I will advise him to go for Geography . Geography is an all encompassing field that involves even the Urban and regional planning , Physical and human/economic geography,Geomatics,Integrated Geography,sales and marketing etc

According to www.geolounge.com "Geography has been branded a unique science of bridging the gap between social sciences and natural sciences. Hence we have two main sub-disciplines in geography. These sub-disciplines are Physical Geography (natural sciences) and Human Geography (social sciences)."

Geography can easily open up doors of international opportunities for you because it is general and not specific ,unlike Urban and regional planning . If you move abroad and you say u read urban and regional planning , they would first of all look at where you are coming from- Africa -Nigeria , what can you really categorically point to as a good monument of urban and regional planning in Nigeria ? With Geography you can still conveniently branch out into Urban and regional planning either in the future or at a Master degree level. Don't just get carried away with the name 'Urban and regional Planning'

Human Geography

Human Geography which is the second sub-discipline is of no less importance because essentially studies the people, cultures and communities existing in the world with a view of understanding its effects on the environment and vice versa. This means that the sub-discipline tries to understand the relationship that occurs within and across space – space here referring to specific locations – and place.

The scope of Human Geography is somewhat broader that physical geography and thus the sub-fields are more numerous than its counterpart. These subfields are namely:

Cultural Geography (trying to understand and describe the occurrence of various cultural groups with reference to space.
Economic Geography (studying the relationship between economic systems and the biophysical environment).
Historical Geography (understanding world history in terms of space and time).
Population Geography (studying cultural composition, growth, migration patterns as related to nature of places).
Political Geography (studying political and governmental features of regions)
Settlement Geography (defining what could be termed rural and urban areas and why?)
Health (Medical) Geography (health and disease study across space and place).
Essentially, Geography is considered the field of the three ‘Ws’, i.e. “Why is What Where”? Meaning the field studies ‘phenomenon’ both existing and anticipated.

Physical Geography

The first sub-discipline to be discussed is Physical Geography. Why?

This is because Physical Geography studies the all processes and pattern that can be consider natural on the Earth’s surface and since it is has been established in the science that the earth came into existence before humans, the physical environment is always studied first.

There are constant interactions between people and the environment and also between elements of the environment itself and this is the focus of Physical geography. Its importance is growing daily with the different types of environment issues that seems to the popping up day by day in the world we live in today e.g. water shortages, global warming, deforestation, tsunamis, erosion, to name a few.

The sub-discipline has four (4) view points namely the Atmosphere (air), Lithosphere (ground), Hydrosphere (water) and Biosphere (the meeting point of the other three spheres also referred to as the ‘Life’ sphere).

Sub-fields in Physical Geography are numerous but they can be broadly categorized into 5 which are

Geomorphology (earth’s form and structure)
Hydrology (study of all forms of water underground, over-ground and in the cloud)
Climatology (study of long term weather called climate and its effects on life)
Biogeography ( study of plant and animal life and processes)
Pedology ( the study of soils)

The analytical and research skills gained from your geography degree are attractive to a range of employers

Job options
Jobs directly related to your degree:

Cartographer
Commercial/residential surveyor
Environmental consultant
Geographical information systems officer
Planning and development surveyor
Secondary school teacher
Town planner
Jobs where your degree would be useful:

International aid/development worker
Landscape architect
Logistics and distribution manager
Market researcher
Nature conservation officer
Tourism officer
Transport planner

URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING

Urban planning graduates play a key role in how the places we live in are managed and developed and possess a variety of transferable skills

Job options
Jobs directly related to your degree include:

Facilities manager
Historic buildings inspector/conservation officer
Housing manager/officer
Local government officer
Town planner
Transport planner
Jobs where your degree would be useful include:

Building surveyor
Civil Service administrator
Community development worker
Environmental manager
Estate agent
Landscape architect
Planning and development surveyor

In summary both courses are equally good , but weigh all your options very well and make the wisest decision .

This is just it. All of you saying Geography is a waste of time are just plain ignorant. Please know that URP is, but a course within Geography. Geography is, as a lecturer of mine used to say is life. It is so wide and all encompassing.

Each and every course has its ups and downs. What matters most is a carrier plan. So OP, please advise your relative to go for Geography and finds what makes him/her excited in Geography after graduation and specialize in that particular field, be it GIS, Remote sensing, flying, URP..... THE LIST IS JUST ENDLESS

You can buy the biggest flower pot or use a cement bag as well. You may skip the wire mesh and pebbles if you can make sure that water is properly drained.

about the seeds, I have never soak mine in water. but you could try and tell us the result.... We are always learning.

Hello Pejuhazel,

I am not in Lagos but I hope to be as helpful as possible. So let's start with the basics:

1. Sun exposure on your balcony: Does your balcony receive a good sun exposure (5-8hrs per day)? if yes, you can proceed with your plan. If no, please do not bother as it will be a wasteful effort. Ideally, tomatoes should get full sun for 8 hours per day. They will still grow with less sun, but the shadier the conditions, the longer it takes for the fruit to ripen.

2. Container selection: Keep in mind that the more root space the plant has, the better the roots will grow. This will allow the top part of the plant to grow large. Tomatoes can grow to over 6-8 feet tall and 2 feet across, a half barrel sized pot (those sold for N800 here in Abuja) is just enough to accommodate the roots for that size plant. Small pots do make smaller plants but that also means a lot less fruit and many of the problems mentioned above.

3. Soil: You can get your top soil and manure from any gardener around your area. A cement bag full of top soil sells for N500 in Abuja while that of manure goes for N600. the darker the top soil, the better. You can the mix the two. 2 parts of top soil and 1 part of manure for starter.

4. Filling the container: while filling the container, remember that good drainage and healthy roots go together. So be fore add the mixture of top soil and manure, please layer a piece of wire mesh cut to size at the bottom of the pot. Then add some pebbles before adding the top soil/manure mixture.

5. Tomato seeds: You can easy buy seeds which are readily available in any agric shop around your area, but I would recommend that you pick/buy a couple of really ripe and beautiful tomatoes either in house or at the veg store, remove the seeds and dry them for a couple of days and plant them in a small container for onward transfer to the prep pot(s).


I will stop for now. Have to attend to business.....


I will continue when you are done with these and is ready to move on....

Riddi is the Hausa name.

Millennials, the job market can be tough, especially for workers who don’t have decades of experience under their belts. One way you can standout from the pool of other applicants is by sprucing up your resume. The first step is keeping these words off your resume.

“Hardworking”
Recruiters and hiring managers want to assume that every applicant is hardworking, so there’s really no need to explicitly say that you have this quality. The content of your resume should show that you’re hardworking so you don’t have to say it. For example, did you complete a graduate program while also working full-time? That will show that you know how to put your nose to the grind more than the word “hardworking” does.
“Team player”
If you write that one of your strengths is being a team player, but then you don’t back it up with experience, the word will mean nothing to hiring managers and recruiters. Strengthen your resume by removing this word and adding in experience that demonstrates how you were a team player. Talk about your contributions to a team project that your former boss assigned or how you successfully lead a group of wholesale distributors to achieve double digit sales growth.

“Detail oriented”
When you use detail oriented in a resume, you are almost challenging the hiring managers and recruiters to find a tiny mistake in your writing. If there is one word misspelled or one misplaced comma, the recruiter or hiring manager will question how detail oriented you really are. Instead of stating that you are detail oriented, show it by turning in a flawless resume.
“Go-to person”
Did you think of yourself as a go-to person at your previous job? Were your co-workers constantly turning to you for advice or assistance? You may be tempted to add this thought into your resume, but try to resist. A real go-to person in the office will have been given extra responsibilities or duties since managers know that they can handle the workload.
Therefore, if you were the go-to person that you claim, you should be able to show it by talking about the extra roles you took on in the position. For example, many companies will turn the “go-to people” into subject matter experts over a certain topic so that co-workers know who to talk to when issues arise. If this is the case, be sure to add this title to your resume, but leave out the “go-to person.”
“Responsible for ____”
Every employee has responsibilities, so showing that you were responsible for certain tasks does not impress any hiring manager or recruiter. Use other action verbs such as “led,” “managed,” or “transformed” to show what you actually did with those responsibilities instead of just listing them out. This will show hiring managers how much initiative you take when given a task instead of proving to them that you are capable of doing the basic work.
“Salary negotiable”
Hiring managers assume that every applicant is willing to negotiate when it comes to salary, so adding “salary negotiable” to your resume will just look like you’re trying to fill space because you ran out of achievements. The same can be said for the phrase “references available upon request”. Employers will assume that they can always ask an applicant for references, so there is no need to write this out on your resume. Keep a minimum salary in mind when you’re applying for jobs, but don’t put it on the actual resume. In fact, salaries should not be discussed until you receive an interview.
Managers, are there any words that you hate seeing on applicants’ resumes? What words do you look for on incoming resumes? Share your thoughts in the comments below!

Career Advice Work by Joel Goldstein
Cuddled from http://www.lifehack.org/417000/millennials-keep-these-words-off-of-your-resume?ref=mail&mtype=daily_newsletter&mid=20160719_customized&uid=780571

ZAMAI, CAMEROON—
Cameroonian Yeguie Issa says he has not seen his only brother since they were contacted a year ago by visitors to their village and were offered $500 per month to join Boko Haram.

Issa, 29, did not accept the offer and now takes care of his poultry farm in Cameroon's Zamai village, near the northern town of Mokollo. He got started with the help of chickens provided by the government and farming advice from U.N. staff.

As a result, Issa said, he is financially and physically more stable, and he can provide for his wife, three children and 72-year-old mother — and peers no longer jeer at him for being unable to take care of his family.

Issa is one of several hundred people who have benefited from the U.N. initiative to steer youths away from Boko Haram, which has frequently attacked northern Cameroon over the past three years.





Cameroon soldiers stand guard at a lookout post near the village of Fotokol as they take part in operations against the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram, Feb. 25, 2015.
Cameroon soldiers stand guard at a lookout post near the village of Fotokol as they take part in operations against the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram, Feb. 25, 2015.

The coordinator of the U.N. system in Cameroon, Najad Rochdi, said the goal of the initiative is help the area's economy grow despite the continued violence.

"Because the region was tragically and dramatically impacted by insecurity on the one hand and extreme violence on the other hand, it was very important to provide the enabling environment for the revival of the local economy, capitalizing on the know-how of the people in the region," Rochdi said. "Obviously, the know-how here is about agriculture, handicraft, agropastoral activities."

Japan contributes

Cameroon has provided $4 million in emergency funds to create jobs for youths on its northern border with Nigeria, where the unemployment rate is over 90 percent. Japan has contributed $2 million to the U.N. for the second phase of the project, focused on the entire conflict zone in Cameroon.

Ibrahim Hamaoua, traditional ruler of Zamai, said the assistance has reduced delinquency among the 30,000 people he leads.

Hamaoua said he was grateful to the U.N. Development Program and the government of Cameroon for initiating the resilience project and constructing a livestock market to supply protein to both internally displaced persons and refugees. The project has boosted the local economy and improved the living conditions of the population that grow livestock, he said.

About a hundred meters from Issa's poultry farm, Hamza Falama waters his one-hectare garden. He said the produce villagers grow — maize and sorghum during the rainy season, carrots and cabbages during the dry season — enables them to send their children to school, take care of their health needs, feed their families and save for difficult moments.

Cameroon hopes to see more gardens grow, and fewer difficult moments in the north, in order to weaken Boko Haram.

http://www.voanews.com/content/agricultural-assistance-keeps-cameroonians-away-boko-haram/3340482.html