ABSTRACT Background: Ramadan is the ninth month of the lunar calendar during which fasting is prescribed for every healthy adult Muslim. Intermittent fasting and caloric restriction, or alternate-day feeding, had been shown to have effect on some physiological and biochemical parameters in the body. Ramadan fasting is considered a unique model of intermittent fasting as food and fluid intake becomes exclusively nocturnal without restriction on the type or amount of food intake. During this fa...
ABSTRACT Agricultural practices affect the production and emission of Carbon dioxide (CO2) from paddy soils. Evidence now exists on increased CO2 concentration in the atmosphere as a result of decomposition of organic matter which impacts on climate change and global warming. The release of CO2 from soil (soil CO2 efflux or soil respiration) is the largest source of carbon to the atmosphere. In Ghana, the major challenge is lack of data on greenhouse gas (GHG) emission to form the basis of sc...
ABSTRACT Continuous irrigation has been observed to degrade soil quality, through leaching of soluble and colloidal materials, development of saline conditions and breakdown of soil structure. Evaluating the quality of soils give information on the current soil condition as has resulted from previous soil management practices such as continuous application of fertilizer, and direct future management practices to sustain the soil ecology. Soil physical parameters (aggregate stability); Chemica...
ABSTRACT The effect of poultry waste application on physicochemical and biological properties of sandy clay loam soil was investigated on a 7m X 7m plot of land. Plot was divided into four portions and 7.5kg each of broiler, cockerel and layers waste was applied to plot A, B, and C in slurry form while plot D was used as control(no application) for eight weeks with two weeks interval. After the fourth application, samples were taken from the plot for laboratory analysis. The results showed th...
ABSTRACT Soil samples were randomly collected from 25 different observed and suspected human communal defecation locations within Ibadan. All the soil types encountered namely, sand, sandy loam, Sandy, clay loamy, and loamy sand enhanced hookworm larval propagation. The organic matter content showed a decrease with depth. The surface layer soil samples supported hookworm larval growth while the sub soil layer with the same amount of organic matter content as the surface soil layers showed a n...
ABSTRACT 3,5-Bis[(2-hydroxy-benzylidene)-amino]-benzoic acid (H2B) and its cobalt(II) and nickel(II) complexes were synthesized and characterized via: electronic, IR, 1 H NMR and 13C NMR. Job’s continuous variation method was used to determine the mole ratio for both metal complexes. Solvent extraction studies were carried out on H2B in 5% DMF with its cobalt(II) and nickel(II) complexes using CHCl3 as organic solvent; with variable condition effects of equilibrium time, buffer pH, mineral ...
ABSTRACT The strategy of utilizing mechanochemical synthesis to obtain metal-organic frameworks with high surface area and nanodisperse particles has been espoused. Transition metal ions have been shown to form complexes with organic moieties such as benzyl-N,N-dimethyldithiocarbamate. It has been established that iron in its oxidised state (Fe3+) is cidal to microorganisms and dialkyldithiocarbamates have an established antifungal activity, the complex of Fe3+ and benzyl-N,N-dimethyldithioc...
ABSTRACT Input loan plays a vital role on economic transformations to cotton farming households. However, their acquisition and repayment are characterized by numerous challenges, including high defaults among beneficiaries. This study intended to examine factors contributing to low loan repayment on cotton inputs; and sought to improve its supply to farmers in Bariadi district. Primary and secondary data were collected from farmers and ginners respectively. A purposive and two stage stratif...
ABSTRACT Soil physical and hydraulic properties determine soil productivity. Tillage alters the structure and composition of a soil consequently influencing important soil processes such as water, air, heat flux, resistance to root penetration and nutrient availability. Soil layers have distinct physical properties which influence water movement in a profile. This study investigated long term effects of conventional, conservation and no tillage systems with or without initial subsoiling on so...
Abstract: Production of biogas through anaerobic digestion of organic waste materials provides an alternative eco-friendly renewable energy source. Anaerobic digestion is a technology widely used for the treatment of organic waste for biogas production. Therefore, the study was conducted to investigate the production of biogas from Wild oats co-digested with goat manure through anaerobic digestion with five treatments. The treatments were made into five treatments by mixing substrates in dif...
ABSTRACT This study examines how the BBC and Al Jazeera Online newspapers framed the xenophobic attacks in South Africa. The study is underpinned by the Framing Theory. Data were gathered from 32 news and feature articles by the BBC and 63 by Al Jazeera Online newspapers. These were thematically analyzed. The findings reveal that the attribution of Responsibility frame is the most dominant. This was followed by the frames of Human Interest, Economic Consequence, Conflict, and Morality in the...
EXTENDED ABSTRACT The study was conducted for three seasons aimed at developing a strategy that combines weed control with soil fertility enhancement using live and dead mulch for increased productivity of organic sweet pepper. Synchronization experiments were set to evaluate release patterns and availability of nutrients by leguminous green manures in soil. A randomized complete block design (RCBD) with a plot size of 3 m x 3 m replicated four times was used. Mucuna and greengram materials ...
ABSTRACT Agricultural credit is a practice of receiving loan with interest rates which is used to increase agricultural production. Agricultural credit now a day’s becomes a serious agenda in economic activities across the globe and it is one of the contributing factors for economic development; especially in the third world countries. It is a mechanism through which the interaction between supply and demand can be maintained in the society. This study is aimed to assess the role of Agricul...
Abstract This study examined the determinants of farm enterprise choice among fadama users in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria. Cross sectional data were obtained from 387 fadama users with the aid of structured close-ended questionnaire. Data collected were analyzed using frequency, percentages, means and multinomial logit model. The study found that about 39% of the fadama users are into crop production and about 27% are into agro-processing, 23% preferred livestock farming while o...
ABSTRACT The study examined the legal and institutional framework for combating gas flaring in Nigeria. The study considered the history, function, effect of oil exploratory activities of oil companies in Nigeria having caused gas flaring resulting in loss of lives and properties in the affected communities where gas is flared. The study relied on primary and secondary sources of infor...