ABSTRACT Societies are dynamic: so too are the farming systems that provide their food and other needs. The study examines transitions in farming systems and their contribution to food security at the household level. This is important as most people in rural areas rely on farming for their basic needs. These systems are under pressure from both external and internal forces with diverse impacts on food and livelihoods. A mixed-methods approach, which combined a survey with different qualitati...
Abstract: Garlic (Allium sativum L.) is an important cash and spice crop produced for home consumption and as a source of income to many smallholder farmers in many parts of the Ethiopia. However, the yield of the crop is often constrained by low and imbalanced nutrient supply in the soil. Therefore, a field experiment was conducted at Adet Agricultural Research Center, Koga irrigation trial site in 2015/2016 cropping season with the objectives of assessing the effects of combined applicatio...
ABSTRACT This study examines the extent to which farmers trained by the Food Research Institute have taken up mushroom farming and also determines the profitability of mushroom production. Specifically, the study describes trends in the levels of mushroom production since 1995, the rate of adoption and dis-adoption of mushroom farming by trainees, the profitability of mushroom cultivation and identifies constraints to mushroom farming from the perspective of farmers. Trend description involve...
The discovery of X-ray was first reported in 1895 and in 1915 its diffraction by örystals was also discovered by a number of workers including Bragg^ and Laue^ . The use of this property of X-ray to 4 determine the struoture of some simple crystals was reported the same year. This property has become a powerful tool in modern Science particularly in the.fields of Physics, Chemistry, Metallurgy and Mineralogy. It has provided an easy approach to the study of the norphology of crystals and has...
Abstract The teleost digestive tract is simple and comprises the following parts: oropharyngeal cavity, oesophagus, stomach, intestine, rectum and anus. These organs are involved in the breakdown of ingested food macromolecules into small absorbable micromolecules. These small molecules are necessary for the maintenance, growth and energy needs of the body (Johnson, 1994; Junqueira and Carneiro, 2005). Besides processing food, some parts of the tract have evolved into organs of respiration (p...
ABSTRACT Increased consumer awareness has raised concerns over food safety and production methods. In Nigeria, consumption of organic produce is low. This study assessed consumer willingness to pay for selected organic leafy vegetables. Data from 129 respondents were obtained using a simple random sampling technique. Conjoint analysis and contingent valuation were used to analyze willingness to pay and determinants of willingness to pay. Contingent valuation indicated that 84.5%, 76%, and 62...
ABSTRACT Organic additives are agro-waste materials which when mixed with clay; improve its physical properties and its performance. These physical properties include compression strength, density, porosity etc. In addition to cost, challenges facing clay bricks are their reliability. The effect of some organic additives on compressive strength of clay bricks was investigated, were some possible organic additives, including Rice husk, Rice husk ash, Cow dung and Cow dung ash were considered. ...
ABSTRACT The main objective of the study was to assess the effect of certified organic production systems on the livelihood of smallholder producers in Kenya. The study followed explanatory research design using two purposively pro-poor chosen case studies (honey production in Mwingi district and vegetables production in Ngong district). Collection of primary data was through face-to-face interviews using pre-tested semi-structured questionnaire. Collection of contextual data was through focu...
ABSTRACT This project has the purpose of making a website as a tool for advertising for NOGAMU, a shop that sells organic products. First the researcher contacted the manager of the establishment and asked permission to interview staff and customers alike and use NOGAMU as a case study. They were very cooperative and discussed at length the system they are using at present and how it works, A mail sent to prospective customers every week and it contains information about the products that are...
Abstract: Alternative energy sources have recently become more and more attractive due to the increasing demand for energy, global warming, depletion of fossil fuels and high prices of petroleum-based fuels. One of the alternative sources of energy is Biogas. In this study, Guizotia scabra sub-species scabra was evaluated for its potential of biogas production codigested with Cow dung (CD ) in five mix ratios under mesophilic condition (38ºC) using batch digester in Botany laboratory of Har...
ABSTRACT Inland-based fish farming in Kenya continues to draw enormous financial support by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Development under the Economic Stimulus Programme. The Fish Farming Enterprise Productivity Programme (FFEPP) entails the production of fish in a managed environment in marine and freshwater systems for food and commercial purposes. In-land based pond fish farming has been hampered by low level of fish farming, abandonment of ponds, and inadequate tr...
Abstract Declining soil fertility poses a serious threat to food production and food security to most farming households. Integrated Soil Fertility Management (ISFM) comprising the combination of organic and mineral fertilizer and other practices such as cereal-legume intercropping, diversified crop rotation and farmers’ knowledge has been promoted in various countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) including Kenya. This study aimed at evaluating adoption, productivity and return to investmen...
1.0INTRODUCTION 1.1GENERAL BACKGROUND TO THE SUBJECT MATTER The role which farming plays in the economic development and growth of Nigeria is to great to be imagined. Agricultural outputs accounts for be better percentage of the total economics activities in Nigeria. Even in the developed countries like United States of America, Great Britain, France and Japan, the place of faming standout consciously. In Nigeria however, this sector has remained neglected to the detriment of the mush talke...
ABSTRACT In the previous decades, there has been an upsurge of use of pesticides on food produces. Many consumers now perceive or are knowledgeable that consumption of organic vegetables is healthier than consuming their corresponding items. A cross sectional study was done to assess the awareness and perception of consumers regarding food safety in Morogoro and Dar es Salaam. A total of 200 paticipants half from each segment were interviewed using a constructed and pretested structured quest...
Abstract: Organic liquid fertilizer not only increases the growth medium ofcrops, but also accelerates the maturation and nutrient quality of the crops. Thus, the present study was aimed at producingorganic liquid fertilizer from banana peels and groundnut husks through aerobic fermentation in open containers. The design of the experment was complete randomized design (CRD) in two replications.Theresults indicated that pH,7.05,EC,0.8,Carbon(C),49.5%,Nitrogen(N),3.62%,C:N,13.71,Phosphorus(P),...