Agriculture

STUDIES ON NUTRIENT POTENTIALS OF BLENDS OF TREATED AERIAL YAM

(DIOSCOREA BULBIFERA) AND COWPEA (VIGNAUNGUICULATA L. WALP) FED ADULT ALBINO RATS

STUDIES ON NUTRIENT POTENTIALS OF BLENDS OF TREATED AERIAL YAM (DIOSCOREA BULBIFERA) AND COWPEA (VIGNAUNGUICULATA L. WALP) FED ADULT ALBINO RATSAbstractThis work evaluated the nutrient and antinutrient content and nutritive value of a lesserknownhigh yielding crop (aerial yam) and well-known high...

Agriculture Type: PROJECT

📄 45 pages | 🧠 10755 words | 📚 5 chapters

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STUDIES ON GENE FREQUENCIES OF POLYEMBRYONY AND KARYOTYPE IN FLUTED PUMPKIN

Telfairia occidentalis Hook. F

STUDIES ON GENE FREQUENCIES OF POLYEMBRYONY AND KARYOTYPE IN FLUTED PUMPKIN (Telfairia occidentalis Hook. F.)ABSTRACTFive experiments were performed to investigate thepolyembryonic expressions and karyomorphology of fluted pumpkin(Telfairia occidentalis Hook. F.). The results obtained revealed th...

Agriculture Type: PROJECT

📄 60 pages | 🧠 11746 words | 📚 5 chapters

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STUDIES ON FERTILIZER NITROGEN AND CUTTING MANAGEMENT OF SOWN GRASS AND LEGUME PASTURES IN PURE AND MIXED SWARDS

STUDIES ON FERTILIZER NITROGEN AND CUTTING MANAGEMENT OF SOWN GRASS AND LEGUME PASTURES IN PURE AND MIXED SWARDSABSTRACTThree field experiments were conducted at the Teaching and Research Farm of theDepartment of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. In thefirst exp...

Agriculture Type: PROJECT

📄 30 pages | 🧠 12504 words | 📚 5 chapters

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STRATEGY FOR ENSURING FOOD SECURITY IN TARABA STATE, NIGERIA

STRATEGY FOR ENSURING FOOD SECURITY IN TARABA STATE, NIGERIAABSTRACTThe study identified strategies for ensuring food security in Taraba State. Specifically, the studywas designed to identify the determinants of food security; examine the production patterns offood by farmers, identify the factor...

Agriculture Type: PROJECT

📄 45 pages | 🧠 7350 words | 📚 5 chapters

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Strategies for Climate Change Adaptation Among Rural Households in Imo State, Nigeria

Strategies for Climate Change Adaptation Among Rural Households in Imo State, NigeriaAbstractThe study was designed to ascertain the strategies for climate change adaptation amongrural households in Imo State, Nigeria. Specifically, the study ascertained the respondents' levelof awareness on clim...

Agriculture Type: PROJECT

📄 42 pages | 🧠 9225 words | 📚 5 chapters

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ASSESSMENT OF THE FEEDING PRACTICES, VITAMIN A, IRON, ZINC AND ANTHROPOMETRICS STATUS OF UNDER-FIVE CHILDREN IN ORPHANAGES OF FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY ABUJA, NIGERIA.

ASSESSMENT OF THE FEEDING PRACTICES, VITAMIN A, IRON, ZINC AND ANTHROPOMETRICS STATUS OF UNDER-FIVE CHILDREN IN ORPHANAGES OF FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY ABUJA, NIGERIAABSTRACTThe study was undertaken to assess the feeding practices, anthropometric indices, vitamin A,zinc and iron status of under-f...

Agriculture Type: PROJECT

📄 45 pages | 🧠 10566 words | 📚 5 chapters

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SOME BIOMETRIC AND ALLOMETRIC GROWTH TRAITS OF PUREBRED HEAVY ECOTYPE OF THE NIGERIAN LOCAL CHICKEN

SOME BIOMETRIC AND ALLOMETRIC GROWTH TRAITS OF PUREBRED HEAVY ECOTYPE OF THE NIGERIAN LOCAL CHICKENABSTRACTFifty five (55) experimental birds were randomly replicated into 5 deep litter pens in the ratio of 1cock: 10 hens. Like to like random mating was ensured to raise 200 chicks in the F1 gener...

Agriculture Type: PROJECT

📄 50 pages | 🧠 9329 words | 📚 5 chapters

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SOIL ORGANIC CARBON SEQUESTRATION POTENTIALS IN AGGREGATE FRACTIONS OF CULTIVATED AND UNCULTIVATED SOILS OF SOUTHEASTERN NIGERIA

SOIL ORGANIC CARBON SEQUESTRATION POTENTIALS IN AGGREGATE FRACTIONS OF CULTIVATED AND UNCULTIVATED SOILS OF SOUTHEASTERN NIGERIAABSTRACTA study was carried out on soils sampled at 0-10, 10-20, and 20-30 cm depths from bothcultivated and uncultivated soils at four different locations (Awgu, Okigwe...

Agriculture Type: PROJECT

📄 70 pages | 🧠 6748 words | 📚 5 chapters

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SOIL CHARACTERIZATION AND LAND SUITABILITY EVALUATION OF ANUKA FARMLAND IN NSUKKA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ENUGU STATE, NIGERIA

SOIL CHARACTERIZATION AND LAND SUITABILITY EVALUATION OF ANUKA FARMLAND IN NSUKKA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ENUGU STATE, NIGERIAAbstractThe land at Anuka, Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State in Southeastern Nigeria,under the sub-humid tropical climate was evaluated for maize (Zea mays), ca...

Agriculture Type: PROJECT

📄 70 pages | 🧠 6396 words | 📚 5 chapters

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SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL ANALYSES OF FOOD SECURITY AMONG SELECTED ETHNIC GROUPS IN NORTH CENTRAL NIGERIA

SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL ANALYSIS OF FOOD SECURITY AMONG SELECTED ETHNIC GROUPS IN NORTH CENTRAL NIGERIAABSTRACTThe broad objective of the study was to investigate the socio-economic andcultural dimensions of food security among selected ethnic groups in North CentralNigeria. Specifically, the...

Agriculture Type: PROJECT

📄 70 pages | 🧠 8104 words | 📚 5 chapters

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SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL ANALYSIS OF FOOD SECURITY AMONG SELECTED ETHNIC GROUPS IN NORTH CENTRAL NIGERIA

SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL ANALYSIS OF FOOD SECURITY AMONG SELECTED ETHNIC GROUPS IN NORTH CENTRAL NIGERIAABSTRACTThe broad objective of the study was to investigate the socio-economic andcultural dimensions of food security among selected ethnic groups in North CentralNigeria. Specifically, the...

Agriculture Type: PROJECT

📄 30 pages | 🧠 11584 words | 📚 5 chapters

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SIMPLE SEQUENCE REPEAT (SSR) GENETIC ANALYSIS OF CASSAVA MOSAIC DISEASE RESISTANCE IN SELECTED F1 POPULATIONS OF CASSAVA

ABSTRACTCassava mosaic disease caused by begomoviruses is the most widespread disease of cassavain Africa. Simple sequence repeat (SSR) genetic analysis of an F1 population of cassava wascarried out to identify new sources of CMD resistance. Genomic DNA extracted from parentsand progeny was ampli...

Agriculture Type: PROJECT

📄 75 pages | 🧠 8867 words | 📚 5 chapters

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SHEPHERD MOTIF IN THE OLD TESTAMENT AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR LEADERSHIP IN NIGERIA.

SHEPHERD MOTIF IN THE OLD TESTAMENT AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR LEADERSHIP IN NIGERIAAbstractThis research examines the Shepherd Motif in the Old Testament which has been misunderstood, misinterpreted and subjected to criticism in recent times due to the varying degrees of methodologies by scholars....

Agriculture Type: PROJECT

📄 50 pages | 🧠 8527 words | 📚 5 chapters

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SHEPHERD MOTIF IN THE OLD TESTAMENT AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR LEADERSHIP IN NIGERIA.

SHEPHERD MOTIF IN THE OLD TESTAMENT AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR LEADERSHIP IN NIGERIAAbstractThis research examines the Shepherd Motif in the Old Testament which has been misunderstood, misinterpreted and subjected to criticism in recent times due to the varying degrees of methodologies by scholars....

Agriculture Type: PROJECT

📄 50 pages | 🧠 8379 words | 📚 5 chapters

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SEMEN QUALITY AND EGG HATCHABILITY IN LOCAL TURKEY FED DIETS CONTAINING MORINGA OLEIFERA

SEMEN QUALITY AND EGG HATCHABILITY IN LOCAL TURKEY FED DIETS CONTAINING MORINGA OLEIFERAABSTRACTThe experiment was conducted to determine semen quality, fertility, egg hatchability and somebiochemical parameters in Nigerian local turkey toms fed diets containing Moringa oleifera (MO),Gongronema l...

Agriculture Type: PROJECT

📄 40 pages | 🧠 9388 words | 📚 5 chapters

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