ABSTRACT Comparisons were made between 24 Ethiopian rams and 24 Galla goats for voluntary intake, feed selectivity and growth performance when offered three levels of sorghum stover. The levels observed were 25,50 and 75 g/kg live weight per day. Measurements of intake, growth and feed selectivity were taken over a period of 10 weeks. Both […]

CHAPTER ONE 1.0    INTRODUCTION Nutrition is the science of food, nutrients and other substances, their action, interaction and balance in relation to health and disease and the processes by which the organism ingests, digests, absorbs transports, utilizes and excretes food substances. The development of nutrition made food to be recognized as the fundamental source of […]

ABSTRACT A study was conducted to determine the presence of Salmonella species in Frozen Foods in Owerri in August, 2000. A total of 30 Food samples were collected from the different market in ten different locations in Owerri and examined for the presence of Salmonella. After the culturing and biochemical tests, three different Salmonella species […]

ABSTRACT Dioscorea bulbifera is a major stable food crop which is a species of yam widely distributed around the world in tropical and subtropical regions. Dioscorea bulbifera have been traditionally used to lower glycemic index, thus providing a more sustained form of energy and better protection against obesity and diabetics, it also has anti-cancer properties. […]

ABSTRACT The anti-nutritional composition of Okro seeds flour at different stages of maturity at harvest were analyzed. The Okro fruits were harvest at one and two, week’s maturity after fruity. They were de-husked prior to the determination of anti-nutritional composition. The results were statistically analyzed descriptively and correlatively at 95% confidence limit. The tannin, saponine […]

ABSTRACT Field trials were conducted at the Imopoly farmFarm, Imo State Polytechnic Umuagwo in 2014 to determine the effect rate of fertilizer application on vegetable (telfairiaoccidentalis). The treatments involved nine fertilizer types namely; Aleshinloye grade A, Aleshinloye grade B, Sunshine grade A, Sunshine grade B, Pace setter grade A, Pace setter grade B, Neem compost,. […]

INTRODUCTION Nutritional status is the balance between the intake of nutrients by an organism and the expenditure of these in the process of growth, reproduction, and health maintenance (Kruuse, 2007). Nutritional status can be measured for individual as well as for population. Accurate measurement of individual nutritional status is required in clinical practice. The choice […]

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background Information Nigeria has been an agricultural economy since the colonial period up to the 1970s when we witnessed the oil boom. The agricultural sector contributed over 60% to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (National Technical Working Group (NTWG), 2009). From early 1970s to mid-1980s, rapid expansion of the oil sector […]

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background Information Nigeria has been an agricultural economy since the colonial period up to the 1970s when we witnessed the oil boom. The agricultural sector contributed over 60% to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (National Technical Working Group (NTWG), 2009). From early 1970s to mid-1980s, rapid expansion of the oil sector […]

TABLE OF CONTENTS Cover Page – – – – – – – – – – Title Page – – – – – – – – – – Certification – – – – – – – – – – Dedication – – – – – – – – – – Acknowledgement – – – – – – […]

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.    1 Background of the Study Soil is one of the world‘s greatest resource. It has been described as a natural body of animal, mineral and organic constituents, differentiated into horizons of variable depth which differ in morphology and physical, chemical and biological characteristics (Joffe, 1948). It is an important natural resource that […]

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate problem and prospect of pig farming in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State four research questions formulated and analyzed. The respondents were made up of pig farmers Ovia North East Local Government Area. All the respondents were randomly selected from the three main […]

ABSTRACT This study was specially designed to find the problems and prospects of maize production in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State. In carrying out this study, the respondents were made up to farmers. A total sample size of fifty respondents were interviewed with the aid of questionnaire, the findings were analyzed and discussed the […]

ABSTRACT This project work was designed to examine and analyze the factors affecting the processing production and storage of garri in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State. Five research questions were formulated and questionnaires were administered to hundred respondents in Oredo to determine the result for the study. At the end of the study, […]

ABSTRACT This research was carried out in order to assess the causes and effects of deforestation in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State. the researcher collected his information by distributing questionnaire to the people living in Ovia North East Local government Area in Edo State and to the Ministry of Agriculture Department of […]

ABSTRACT This abstract is basically concerned to ascertain “The Role of mass media in disseminating Agricultural information to cassava and plantain farmers in Ovia North East Local Government Area. It also analyses the problems of mass media to cassava and plantain farmer’s recommendation was also made. CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.    BACKGROUND INFORMATION According to the business […]

  ABSTRACT This project work centered on the economic analysis of snail production in Uhunmwode Local Government Area, Edo State and  how snail production have been more effective and efficient in productivities activities within and outside the Uhunmwode Community in Edo State. Chapter one will focus on the introduction of the study, objectives of the study, […]

ABSTRACT This project work is designed to find out appraisal of problems and prospect of peasant farming in Uhunmwonde Local Government Area of Edo State. During the study, data was collected through the use of questionnaire and oral interview. Questionnaires were distributed. In this, to examine the problems of peasant farmers, on how to go about […]

Dedication iii Acknowledgements iii Foreword vi Executive summary vii 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Understanding rural transformation 2 1.2 Bioenergy and rural development 3 2 Agriculture and development in Sierra Leone 6 2.1 Agriculture, inclusive growth, and economic diversification 6 2.2 Boosting the productivity of smallholder agriculture 7 2.3 Promoting foreign investment in agriculture 9 3 The Makeni […]

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   Background of the Study Conservation practices all over the world are changing from the traditional management approach with emphasis on managing natural resources in a way that ensures greater flow to all stakeholders especially local communities. The shift in emphasis is informed by the fact that the local communities are inextricably […]

ABSTRACT Poultry production has in no small way helped to develop- the community and people of Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area, mostly in Idogbo the local government headquarters. This study however, examined the prospects and equally analysed the problems and finally came to a conclusion that with the various findings which include the outbreak of […]

ABSTRACT The term Agricultureâ has been subjected to different definitions by various experts. As a result Ighodo (1984: 20) defined agriculture as the art and science of the cultivation of crops and rearing of animals for man’s use.  He also emphasized that agriculture is also the production of fibres for industries, processing of farm produce, packaging […]

ABSTRACT Cheese, a popular food across many cultures has been subject of many studies. It’s of many variants, providing huge nutritional value to humans. One of those many nutrients is calcium. Calcium helps the body in building bone structures amongst other important functions. In this study, we aimed at determining the proportion of calcium content […]

CHAPTER ONE 1.0  Introduction 1.1      Background Of Study 1.2       Objective Of Study 1.3      Justification Of Study CHAPTER TWO 2.0  Literature Review 2.1      Definition Of crop production 2.2      Types Of crop production CHAPTER THREE 3.0      CROP BREEDING & GENETICS 3.1  PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES 3.2      BIOMEDICAL, HEALTH BENEFICIAL & NUTRITIONALLY ENHANCED PLANTS 3.3      CROP PHYSIOLOGY & […]

CHAPTER ONE 1.0  Introduction 1.1      Background Of Study 1.2       Objective Of Study 1.3      Justification Of Study CHAPTER TWO 2.0  Literature Review CHAPTER THREE 3.0      CROP BREEDING & GENETICS 3.1  PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES 3.2      BIOMEDICAL, HEALTH BENEFICIAL & NUTRITIONALLY ENHANCED PLANTS 3.3      CROP PHYSIOLOGY & METABOLISM 3.5  SEED PHYSIOLOGY, PRODUCTION & TECHNOLOGY 3.6 […]

CHAPTER ONE 1.0  Introduction 1.1      Background Of Study 1.2       Objective Of Study 1.3      Justification Of Study CHAPTER TWO 2.0  Literature Review CHAPTER THREE 3.0      CROP BREEDING & GENETICS 3.1  PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES 3.2      BIOMEDICAL, HEALTH BENEFICIAL & NUTRITIONALLY ENHANCED PLANTS 3.3      CROP PHYSIOLOGY & METABOLISM 3.5  SEED PHYSIOLOGY, PRODUCTION & TECHNOLOGY 3.6 […]

CHAPTER ONE 1.0  Introduction 1.1      Background Of Study 1.2       Objective Of Study 1.3      Justification Of Study CHAPTER TWO 2.0  Literature Review 2.1      Definition Of crop production 2.2      Types Of crop production CHAPTER THREE 3.0      CROP BREEDING & GENETICS 3.1  PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES 3.2      BIOMEDICAL, HEALTH BENEFICIAL & NUTRITIONALLY ENHANCED PLANTS 3.3      CROP PHYSIOLOGY & […]

CHAPTER ONE 1.0  Introduction 1.1      Background Of Study 1.2       Objective Of Study 1.3      Justification Of Study CHAPTER TWO 2.0  Literature Review 2.1      Definition Of soil CHAPTER THREE 3.0      CROP BREEDING & GENETICS 3.1  PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES 3.2      BIOMEDICAL, HEALTH BENEFICIAL & NUTRITIONALLY ENHANCED PLANTS 3.3      CROP PHYSIOLOGY & METABOLISM 3.5  SEED PHYSIOLOGY, PRODUCTION […]

CHAPTER ONE 1.0  Introduction 1.1      Background Of Study 1.2       Objective Of Study 1.3      Justification Of Study CHAPTER TWO 2.0  Literature Review 2.1      Definition Of crop production 2.2      Types Of crop production   CHAPTER THREE 3.0      CROP BREEDING & GENETICS 3.1  PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES 3.2      BIOMEDICAL, HEALTH BENEFICIAL & NUTRITIONALLY ENHANCED PLANTS 3.3      CROP PHYSIOLOGY […]

CHAPTER ONE 1.0  Introduction 1.1      Background Of Study 1.2       Objective Of Study 1.3      Justification Of Study CHAPTER TWO 2.0  Literature Review 2.1      Definition Of PLANT HORMONES 2.2      Types Of PLANT HORMONES CHAPTER THREE 3.0      CROP BREEDING & GENETICS 3.1  PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES 3.2      BIOMEDICAL, HEALTH BENEFICIAL & NUTRITIONALLY ENHANCED PLANTS 3.3      CROP PHYSIOLOGY & METABOLISM 3.5  PLANT HORMONE ON […]

CHAPTER ONE 1.0  Introduction 1.1      Background Of Study 1.2       Objective Of Study 1.3      Justification Of Study CHAPTER TWO 2.0  Literature Review 2.1      Definition Of crop production 2.2      Types Of crop production CHAPTER THREE 3.0      CROP BREEDING & GENETICS 3.1  PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES 3.2      BIOMEDICAL, HEALTH BENEFICIAL & NUTRITIONALLY ENHANCED PLANTS 3.3      CROP PHYSIOLOGY & […]

Abstract The aim of the present review is to highlight the possibilities of a sustainable crop production in the arid Mediterranean region, which is predicted to suffer from increasingly severe droughts in the future due to climate changes, in addition to increased problems with soil salinity and increased temperatures. Annual rainfall in the region varies between […]

ABSTRACT The effects of matric water potential (Ψm), proline (P) and abscisic acid (ABA) on cotton plants were studied. The characteristics examined included the stability of leaf membranes, chlorophyll content, chlorophyll stability index, leaf relative water content and dry matter content. Membrane stability was assessed by determining leakage of electrolytes from leaf discs exposed to […]

COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT RATES OF GOAT DROPPINGS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF AMARANTHUS HYBRIDUS. Review Goat dropping, were evaluated with recommended level of inorganic fertiliser for vegetable (Amaranthus Hybridus). The highest crop yield was obtained by the application of goat dropping combined with the recommended level of inorganic fertiliser. The lowest yield […]

Depletion of Stratospheric Ozone. ABSTRACT Depletion of stratospheric ozone emerged as a political concern in the early 1970s in the United States in the debate over the development of a commercial fleet of supersonic transports. In the mid- 1970s it became a major political issue with regard to the use of CFCs in aerosol spray […]

EFFECT OF POULTRY MANURE ON THE GROWTH AND YIELD OF TERFERA CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION EFFECT OF POULTRY MANURE ON THE GROWTH AND YIELD OF TERFERA. Watermelon, (Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus) is an important vegetable crop in the tropics, Nigeria inclusive. The fresh Watermelon pod contains approximately 86.1% water, 2.25% protein, 0.2% fats, 9.7% carbohydrate, 1.0% […]

EVALUATION OF THE CHEMICAL COMPONENT OF DOGOYARO LIQUID (AZADIRACHTA INDICA) FOR ANTI-MALARIA ABSTRACT The global scenario is now supporting the development of malaria drug from less toxic plant products with proven medicinal properties. Each part of the neem plant (Azadirachta indica A. Juss) reportedly has various medicinal properties and has been in use in many continents […]

FEEDS AND FEEDING OF SHEEP AND GOAT IN UMUNNEOCHI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA – Agricultural Science Projects ABSTRACT Comparisons were made between 24 Ethiopian rams and 24 Galla goats for voluntary intake, feed selectivity and growth performance when offered three levels of sorghum stover. The levels observed were 25,50 and 75 g/kg live weight per day. […]

THE EFFECT RATE OF FERTILIZER APPLICATION ON VEGETABLE (TELFAIRIA OCCIDENTALIS ABSTRACT Field trials were conducted at the Imo poly Farm, Imo State Polytechnic Umuagwo in 2014 to determine the effect rate of fertilizer application on vegetable (telfairiaoccidentalis). The treatments involved nine fertilizer types namely; Aleshinloye grade A, Aleshinloye grade B, Sunshine grade A, Sunshine grade […]

THE COMPARATIVE EFFECT OF MYRISTICA FRAGANS (NUTMEG) AND AFRAMOMUM MELEGUETA (ALLIGATOR PEPPER) ON DEMESTES MACULATUS DEGEER.  Agricultural Science Project ABSTRACT This work was done at the laboratory of the Fisheries and Marine Technology, Imo State polytechnic Umuagwo-Ohaji. Two plant products, Mynistic fragans and Aframomum melegueta obtained from the local market were pulverized and dissolved in Alcohol and water at concentrations of 1gk, […]

ANALYSIS OF LABOR USE AND FOOD SECURITY AMONG RURAL MAIZE FARMERS IN ODEDE LGA, OGUN STATE –  Agricultural Science Projects CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY Food is any nourishing substance that is eaten, drunk, or otherwise taken into the body to sustain life, provide energy, promote growth, etc. It is an indispensible perquisite […]

Integrated Fisheries Resource Management CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Integrated Fisheries Resources Management is an initiative and strategies aimed at addressing the issue of how fish resources in a nation can be best shared between competing users within the broad context of ecologically sustainable development so that they can be managed on a […]

Physicochemical and Heavy Metal Analysis of Soil Samples From Selected Rural and Urban Locations CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Soil is a naturally occurring body consisting of different layers known as soil horizons, which differ from the parent materials in their morphology, physical, chemical, and mineralogical characteristics (Stutz, et al 1986). […]