ABSTRACT The soils of Owerri area, Southeastern Nigeria were studied with a view to characterizing and classifying them. Four locations namely Umuhu (control), Amakohia (summit), Akpodim (midslope) and Ife (footslope) were selected in the study area, to assess the impact of topography on soil properties. Three profile pits were dug in each site. 65 soil samples were collected and examined with regards to their morphological, physical and chemical properties. Test for variance was carried out...
ABSTRACT Rodent damage to maize and other cereal crops is a chronic problem to Kenyan farmers and occasional outbreaks are reported. According to a report by the Ministry of Agriculture in the year 2008, damage of between 1 and 5 % are common but damages of 20-100 % have also been recorded. In this study, a survey was carried out in Rongai Division, a cereal growing region in the Kenyan Rift Valley, to identify the general crop husbandry and farm enterprises, knowledge on problem rodents, fa...
Abstract The advancement in electronic media is increasingly liberalizing the dissemination of agricultural information, such that farmers can now on their own access information before ever they are communicated to them by extension agents. Therefore, for extension to maintain its relevance and functions, extensionists must acquire the skills/abilities necessary to maintain/control what (contents) farmers are sourcing from the media. In the light of this, the study was designed to assess th...
ABSTRACT The study was designed to assess researchers‘ utilization of e-learning and e-reporting of research findings in selected institutions in Imo State, Nigeria. Some specific objectives were to identify the e-learning and e-reporting technologies available for use by agricultural researchers; determine the mastery level of skills in the application of elearning and e-reporting technologies possessed by the respondents; assess the level of utilization of these technologies by agricultu...
ABSTRACT The imperatives of ICT in extension services delivery necessitated this study that analyzedVillage Extension Agents’ use of information and communication technology in extension service delivery in South-South Nigeria.Specifically, the objectives included to ascertain the socio-economic characteristics of the extension agents, ICT awareness, available ICT facilities, level of ICT knowledge, level of ICT use, benefits from the use of ICT and the constraints to ICT use. The study wa...
ABSTRACT African leafy vegetables are a good source of vitamin A, vitamin C, and foliate among others. They are also a complementing source of other vitamins such as thiamine, niacin and riboflavin, plus some dietary minerals including calcium, iron, potassium, zinc, copper and manganese. Decline in crop yields is mainly caused by loss of soil fertility. Phosphorus (P) is one of the critical elements that limit vegetable production. The situation is aggravated in smallholder agriculture where...
Faba bean (Vicia faba L.) is economically an important crop in Ethiopia. The productivity of Faba bean in Ethiopiahas been declined due to poor management practices of Bio fertilizer rates usage. Three rates of Bio fertilizer (0,500 and 750gha-1) treatments were laid out in RCBD with three replications. Days to 50% flowering, days to 90% physiological maturity,plant height, number of productive tillers, total biomass yield, numbers of pods per plant, number of nodule per plant, effectivenodul...
Apple (Malus domestica) is a tree and its pomaceous fruit, of species Mauls domestic a Borkhin therose family Rosaceae, is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits. The main objective of this reviewis to review postharvest handling of apple fruit with the following Specific objectives: to review preharvest factors that affect postharvest quality of apple fruit and review postharvest factors that affectquality of apple fruits. The factor that causes postharvest losses of apple fruits are ...
Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is an economically important crop. However, its annualproductivity is very low due to poor management practices like: inappropriate seeding rate andutilization of different fertilizer types. Therefore, paper to review the response of bread wheat (Triticumaestivum L.) to seeding rate on yield. Based on this review, application of different seeding rates hassignificant effects on yield and yield components of bread wheat. The results of this review showedthat ...
The existing paper is review quite a number lookup findings on weeds and weed control in soybean.Soybean is the most important oil seeds and grain legume crop in the world, in terms of wholemanufacturing and international trades. However, losses due to weeds have been one ofthe fundamental limiting factors in soybean production. So, successful weed manipulate is one of themost essential practices for low-priced soybean production. Weeds that germinated at the identical time assoybeans grow fa...
Barley is one of the popular crops cultivated since ancient time in the world. Barley is one of the main cereal cropsproduced in the World and it is one of the most ancient crops among cereals and has played a significant role in the developmentof agriculture in the world. It is commonly used for food, animal feed and beverage value. The most important factors that reduceyield of barley is poor soil fertility, blanket recommendation of fertilizers, soil acidity (low soil pH), diseases and ins...
Faba bean (Vicia faba L.) is economically an important crop in Ethiopia. The productivity of Faba beanin Ethiopia has been declined due to poor management practices of inappropriate fertilizer rate and Bio fertilizerrates usage. Factorial combination of five rates of Blended fertilizer (0, 60, 121, 180 and 240 kgha-1 NPSZnB) andthree rates of Bio fertilizer (0,500 and 750 gha-1) treatments were laid out in RCBD with three replications. Days to50% flowering, days to 90% physiological maturity,...
Onion is a herbaceous biennial monocot cultivated as an annual crop. The number of flowers opening oneach day was influenced by hours of sunlight and concentration of phosphorous (P) and nitrogen (N). Nand P treatments tended to lower bolting percentages. The yield of onion seed per plant increased as thenitrogen in the nutrient solution increased where seed stalks were produced. The effect of early dressingsof N on crops grown under conditions when nights are becoming cooler is shown to allo...
Seed quality deterioration is inevitable process. Since seed is a vital input in agriculture which determines not justthe production but also the productivity, it is crucial to maintain the seed quality as well as seed vigor during the storage. Storageis a basic practice in the control of the physiological quality of the seed and is a method through which the viability of the seedscan be preserved and their vigor kept at a reasonable level during the time between planting and harvesting. Many...
ABSTRACT The study analysed value addition in commercial catfish (Clarias gariepinus Heterobranchus spp) production in Rivers State. The specific objectives were to: examine the socioeconomic characteristics of catfish producers in the study area, determine the costs, returns and profit to the various actors in the value addition, determine other sources of income to the catfish producers in the area and identify the constraints faced by the catfish producers in the area. Data were collected...