Aquaculture refer to the production process involving the culturing or farming (including harvesting) of aquatic organisms (fish, molluscs, crustaceans, plant) using techniques designed to increase the production of the organism beyond the natural capacity of the environment.
Architectural Services:
Refers to the provision of architectural services on a fee or contract basis. These services must be provided by establishments operated by persons registered under Section (A) of the Register of Architects and Section (B) of the Register of Building Draughtsman maintained by the Board of Architects under the provisions of the Architects Act, 1967 (Revised 1973). Architectural consulting activities which concerns building design and drafting and often supervision of construction, town and city planning and landscape architecture.
Assets are entities that must be owned by some unit, or units, and from which economic benefits are derived by their owner(s) by holding or using them over a period of time.
Assets covered all goods, new or used, tangible or intangible that have a normal economic life span of more than one year. Included were land, buildings and structure; transport equipment; computer and peripheral equipment; other machinery; equipment and furniture and fittings. Value of assets as at the beginning and end of 2000 was based on net book value. Purchases, alterations and major repair or capital expenditure during the year were valued at actual coasts incurred. Value of assets sold during the year referred. Value of assets sold during the year reffered to the realised value.
Mass of air surrounding the earth, composed largely of oxygen and nitrogen.
The average annual growth rate was calculated as:-
r = (1/n In P n/P o) x 100
r = the average annual population growth rate
n = the exact number of years between P o and P n
P o = the population at the initial year
P n = the population at the later year
ln = the natural logarithm
Air quality monitoring stations are used as a reference (based on air quality) to other air quality monitoring stations.
The Balance Of Payments is a statistical statement that systematically summarises, for a specific time period, the economic transactions of an economy with the rest of the world.
The balance of trade is the difference between the value of exports and imports. When exports exceed imports it is recorded as a surplus while a deficit is registered when imports exceed exports.
Bamboo is a widely used in the furniture manufacturing industry, handicrafts, container products, matting, pulp, paper, fuel, and construction as well as home appliances.