ABSTRACT A study was carried out to determine the physico-chemical characteristics of the water of the Cross River and coastal areas of Cross River and Akwa Ibom States of Nigeria.
ABSTRACT Nigeria’s major cities are characterised by huge and growing social and environmental problems, such as air, land and noise pollution; non-conducive local microclimatic conditions; and stressful social and psychological living environments. These result from inadequate, dilapidated and overstretched infrastructure, degraded urban physiognomy, increasing levels of unemployment, crime, insecurity and other social vices. These, in addition to inherent technical and economic constraint...
ABSTRACT Sylepta derogata, Fabricius a major insect pest, defoliates and causes enormous yield loss in Abelmoschus esculentus (L) Moench. Control of the pest with chemicals and other methods have not been successful due to scanty information on the biology and ecology of the pest. This study was conducted to assess the biology and ecology of Sylepta derogata on Abelmoschus esculentus. Abelmoschus esculentus was planted in early (March-June, 2009), mid (July-September, 2009) and late (Novembe...
ABSTRACT This study investigated technical efficiency in rice production on the Weta Irrigation Scheme in the Ketu North District of the Volta Region of Ghana during the 2014/2015 cropping season. A two-stage sampling procedure was used to select a sample of 290 rice farmers from a population of 1,024. Primary data, collected from 285 respondents using structured interview schedule, were used for the study. A translog stochastic frontier production function which incorporates a model for ine...
ABSTRACT Development effectiveness measures project relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability. The MiDA project lacked empirical data to indicate the extent to which it has achieved development effectiveness and improved the welfare of farmers in the study area. The study investigated the determinants development effectiveness of the MiDA project in the Effutu Municipality of Ghana. Descriptive survey design, random sampling technique and structured interview schedules ...
ABSTRACT Fashion designer or garment manufacturers including tailors create design without using block pattern making and modeling or dress stand to achieve exquisite result in garment manufacturing. Their negative perception was that it is a time wasting on the part of sewing. The aim of the study evaluates the effect on block pattern making and modelling on garment manufacturing at Anlo Technical Institute and Comboni Vocational Technical Institute in the Volta Region. Both quantitat...
Abstract This study involves investigation of alleged inhibitory effects of leachate from sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh., donor plant) on yellow birch (Betula alleganiensis Britton., vreceiver plant). The term allelopathy, introduced by Molisch in 1937 refers to this phenomenon in which one plant produces a chemical which inhibits the growth of another plant. The present investigation follows from that of Tubbs (1970) into competition between maple and birch for light and moisture....
ABSTRACT Cotton production plays an important role in farmers’ livelihood in the Gezira State in the Sudan. Cotton is the main cash crop produced in the scheme. However, sustainability of cotton production in the Gezira Scheme has been an interesting issue, especially, after the noticeable deterioration of the cotton industry in the last few years. This study determined the environmental and economic sustainability of cotton production in the Gezira Scheme as perceived by farmers who are t...
ABSTRACT Growth studies which include diameter distribution using the Weibull function, development of stand volume models, and construction of provisional top height-age and total volume production-age curves for the average site class were carried out in plantations of Eucalyptus cloeziana, E. tereticornis and Pinus caribaea.The study locations were Kabama (Zaria~. ~nd.Afak~~~both typical of ••. ' .1 ~.;.. • 1 ..i .. Northern Guinea savanna zone of Nigeria), Nimbia (Derived savanna zo...
ABSTRACT This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of walnut (T. conophorum) leaf and onion (A. cepa) bulb on the gut morphometry of Clarias gariepinus towards elucidating its mechanism of growth promotion. Twenty Clarias gariepinus juveniles (7.39±0.29g/ fish) were allocated to nine treatments, with three replicates each. Nine experimental diets were formulated at 40% crude protein representing different level of walnut leaf and onion bulb (0.5%, 1.0%, 1.5% and 2.0%) respectivel...
ABSTRACT Women are responsible for the bulk of agricultural processing activities in rural areas. Dearth of effective processing facilities has limited their productivity, thus predisposing them to low welfare status. Development Partnership in Higher Education (DELPHE) intervention sought to enhance women processors‟ capacity, however, its effect on their welfare status is yet to be ascertained. Therefore, the effects of DELPHE project on welfare status of rural women processors in Oyo an...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted with a view to identify the socio-economic characteristics of processors of Vitellaria paradoxa and Parkia biglobosa; to examine the role of the rural dwellers in the sourcing and processing of V. paradoxa and P. biglobosa; to examine the different benefits that accrue to commercial processing of V. paradoxa and P. biglobosa and to investigate strategies put in place for sustainable use of V. paradoxa and P. biglobosa in the study area. Three (3) Local Gover...
Abstract Monthly variation in litterfall of Gmelinaarborea stands aged 28, 29, and 30 years were studied for 13 months in 2005 - 2006 with litter traps in three 20m x 20m plots randomly selected in Gmelinaarborea stands in Shasha Forest Reserve (SFR),Osun State, Nigeria. Monthly collections of litter fractions per stands were sorted into leaves, twigs, reproductive structures and others. Litters according to fractions per stand per month were oven dried at 80°C for 48 hours. Samples were cr...
ABSTRACT The maize in a weaner rabbit diet was substituted with cassava waste meal (CWM) at 0,25,50, 75 and 100%. The effects of these treatments on the performance, nutrient digestibility and haematology of the rabbits were evaluated in a 70-day feeding trail period. Twenty-five littermate New Zealand white rabbits between 6 - 7 weeks old averaging 750 ±25.23g were used. The rabbits were randomly alloted to five treatments and each animal was individually accommodated in metal cages. Feed a...
ABSTRACT Development practitioners are constantly in search of appropriate media to reach specific target groups in the development process. Newspapers are relatively more suitable for the /iterates. This study therefore investigated-the readership of newspapers among college of agriculture students in Oyo state. A total of 162 respondents were randomly selected and administered with questionnaire on areas such as newspapers reading status, types of newspapers read, frequency of reading of ne...