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PLANTATION AGRICULTURE ABSTRACT This study is about the factors challenging plantation agriculture in Edo state, A case study of Ovia North East Local Government Area. Several factors were identified that challenged plantation farm. example of such factors are lack of…

AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ROLE OF NIGERIA’S AGRICULTURE IN DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY The economies of the developed nations has agriculture as the basis for growth and development. Most developing countries have agriculture as their…

PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ORGANOLEPTIC PROPERTIES OF FLOUR AND FUFU PROCESSED FROM CASSAVA VARIETIES CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Fufu is a dough – like consistency prepared from predominantly starchy material by pounding the boiled material or by cooking a non-gelatinized powder or paste…

THE INFLUENCE OF AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF FOOD PRODUCTION IN NIGERIA CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1    BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Agriculture accounts for about 20 percent of GDP, in the African sub-region (World Bank, 2005); two third of…

EVALUATION OF SELECTED AGROALLIED WASTES AS CARRIER FOR TRICHODERMA HARZIANUM ABSTRACT This study was carried out to estimate the effectiveness of agro-allied wastes as carriers of the biological control organism, T. harzianum, by evaluating colonization and sporulation rate of each.…

THE EFFECT OF BIOMODIFICATION WITH TRICHODERMA HARZIANUM ON THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND IN VITRO GAS FERMENTATION CHARACTERISTICS OF MELON SEED HUSK WITH OR WITHOUT SUPPLEMENTATION WITH WHEAT BRAN ABSTRACT This study was carried out to evaluate the effect of biomodification…

PRODUCTION PROCESSES OF IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF “PUPURU” (A FERMENTED TRADITIONAL CASSAVA FLOUR) ABSTRACT Pupuru (a fermented cassava product) is one of the major staple foods amongst the Yoruba, Ilaje and Ijaw speaking people in the south-south and south-western region…

COMPARATIVE INVESTIGATION OF THE GERMINATION AND EARLY GROWTH OF TWO AGROFORESTRY TREE SPECIES IN THE NURSERY ABSTRACT The comparative investigation of the germination and early growth of two Agroforstry tree species in the nursery was studied. Seeds of Annona recticulata…

EVALUATION OF SOME PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF IFE BROWN BEAN, SOY BEANS AND SOME SOY BEAN PRODUCTS ABSTRACT Soya beans and Ife brown beans were evaluated for their physical characteristics (seed size, seed shape, textile colour and weight) before…

IN- VITRO GAS FERMENTATION PATTERN OF MAIZE STRAW WITH CASSAVA PEEL BASED SUPPLEMENT ABSTRACT This study was carried out to investigate the in vitro gas fermentation pattern using maize straw with cassava peels based supplement fed to WAD goats. The…