RECENT PROJECT TOPICS AND MATERIALS

RESPONSE OF MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L) ) AND SOME SOIL PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES TO POULTRY MANURES AND TILLAGE PRACTICES IN AN ULTISOL ABSTRACT A field trial was conducted to assess the response of maize and soil physical and chemical…

EFFECT OF DEFOLIATION AND NPK FERTILIZER ON YIELD OF MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L) ABSTRACT This experiment was conducted at experimental field of Faculty of Agriculture, University of Benin, Benin-City, during 2014 growing season. A 3×4 factorial experiment in randomized complete…

EFFECT OF INTRODUCING GARDEN EGG TO FLUTED PUMPKIN IN A RELAY INTERCROP ON SOLE AND COMBINED GROWTH OF THE CROP MIXTURES ABSTRACT The effect of introducing garden egg (Solanum aethiopicum) to fluted pumpkin (Telfairia occidentalis) in a relay intercrop on…

PERFORMANCE OF EARLY AND LATE MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L.) VARIETIES UNDER VARYING TIMES OF APPLIED FERTILIZER FOLLOWING A BUSH FALLOW ABSTRACT This study was carried out at the Research Farm of the University of Benin during the early growing season…

EFFECT OF NPK FERTILIZER ON THE GROWTH AND YIELD COMPONENTS OF YAM (DIOSCOREA SPP), AND EGUSI-MELON (COLONCYNTHIS CITRILLUS) INTERCROP ABSTRACT The experiment was conducted at the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Benin, Ugbowo Campus Benin City Nigeria. The experiment was…

GROWTH AND HERBAGE YIELD OF SEVEN FORAGE LEGUMES IN THE RAIN FOREST ZONE OF NIGERIA ABSTRACT A field experiment was conducted for three months during the early growing season (April – July) of 2014 at the Teaching and Research farm…

GRAIN YIELD AND YIELD COMPONENTS OF EARLY MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L.) VARIETIES UNDER DIFFERENT POPULATIONS AT BENIN CITY IN THE NIGERIAN RAIN FOREST ABSTRACT This study was carried out at the Research Farm of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of…

IMPROVING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION THROUGH CO-OPERATIVE CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Every student requires a particular institutional framework.  One of such framework of the student is the co-operative.  The word co-operative can have different interpretation.  In a layman’s…

THE EFFECT OF POULTRY MANURE ON THE GROWTH AND YIELD OF TWO VARIETIES OF TOMATOES (LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM) ABSTRACT A field experiment was carried out at the Teaching and Research Farm of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Benin, Benin City…

THE EFFECT OF INFLATION AND INTEREST RATE ON AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY IN NIGERIA FROM 2000-2015 CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Inflation has been apparent in Nigeria from the outset of her national life as it was propelled in…