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• 1. EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT PLANTATION CROPS RHIZOSPHERE ECOSYSTEMS ON THE GROWTH AND D...

  » TABLE OF CONTENTSTitle Page iiCertification iii Dedication ivAcknowledgement v Table of Contents viList of Tables viiiAbstract ixCHAPTER ONE1.0INTRODUCTION 11.1 Objective 3 CHAPTER TWO2.0LITERATURE REVIEW 4Structure of the Rhizosphere 4 Release of Organic Compounds 4Rhizosphere Population 5Soil Micro Flora 6Soil Macro Flora 6Tomato 7Climatic Requirements 7Soil Requirements 7Nutrient Requirements 8...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  41 pages |  3,769 engagements | 

• 2. ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF POST HARVEST LOSSES AMONG LEAFY VEGETABLE MARKETERS IN IDEM...

  » TABLE OF CONTENTTitle page iiCertification iiiDedication ivAcknowledgement vTable of contents viList of Tables viiiAbstract ixCHAPTER ONEIntroduction 11.1 Background to study 11.2Statement of Problem 21.3Objective of the Study 31.4Justification of the study 3CHAPTER TWO2.0Literature Review 52.1Post harvest handling the global status 52.2Causes of post harvest losses 72.2.1Mechanical injury 72.2.2P...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  35 pages |  4,182 engagements | 

• 3. FARMERS ADOPTION OF IMPROVED TECHNOLOGY IN CASSAVA PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING IN ...

  » FARMERS ADOPTION OF IMPROVED TECHNOLOGY IN CASSAVA PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING IN PERI URBAN AREAS OF EDO STATE: A CASE STUDY OF IKPOBA OKHA AND OVIA NORTH EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS TABLE OF CONTENTSTitle page iiCertification iiiDedication ivAcknowledgement vTable of Content viList of Tables viiAbstract xCHAPTER ONEIntroduction 1Background to the Study 1Statement of the Problem 3Objectives of the ...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  60 pages |  4,001 engagements | 

• 4. ASSESSMENT OF THE USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (ICTs) AMONG...

  » CHAPTER ONE1.0INTRODUCTION 1.1BACKGROUND TO THE STUDYAgriculture is an important economic sector, since it provides income and food for a large segment of the population in developing countries. It plays a key role in the socio economic development of many developing countries. For Agriculture to play these key roles successfully, farmers need to be properly informed in order to take rational deci...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  57 pages |  4,137 engagements | 

• 5. HEDONIC ANALYSIS OF BEEF DEMAND IN BENIN CITY

  » HEDONIC ANALYSIS OF BEEF DEMAND IN BENIN CITY TABLE OF CONTENTTitle Page iiCertification iiiDedication viAcknowledgement vTable of Content vList of Figures and Tables viiAbstract ixCHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTION 11.1 Background Information 21.2 Problem Statement 21.3 Objectives of the Study 31.4 Justification of Study 4CHAPTER TWOLITERATURE REVIEW 52.1 Background 52.2 Beef Consumption in Nigeria 72.3 Hed...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  45 pages |  4,413 engagements | 

• 6. POTENTIALS OF GROWING ENERGY CROPS FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY AMONG CASSAVA AND JATROPHA ...

  » TABLE OF CONTENTTitle pageCertificationDedicationAcknowledgementTable of contentList of tablesAbstract CHAPTER ONEBackground InformationProblem StatementObjectives of the StudyGeneral ObjectiveSpecific ObjectivesHypothesis of StudyJustification of StudyCHAPTER TWO2.0 Literature Review2.1Concept of Biotechnology2.2 Energy crops2.3 Usefulness of Cassava and its Production Level2.4 Usefulness of Jatr...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  50 pages |  3,766 engagements | 

• 7. MARKETING OF UZIZA IN EGOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA EDO STATE, NIGERIA

  » TABLE OF CONTENTS Title page iiCertification iiiDedication ivAcknowledgments vTable of Contents viList of Tables/Figure ixAbstract xCHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTIONStatement of Problems 4Objectives of the Study 51.3Justification of the Study 5CHAPTER TWOLITERATURE REVIEW 2.1The Concept of Marketing 82.2Agricultural Marketing 102.3Marketing Channels 112.4Marketing Chains 122.5Marketing Cost 132.6Marketing M...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  55 pages |  4,515 engagements | 

• 8. PROFITABILITY ANALYSIS OF LAYER ENTERPRISE IN ESAN NORTH EAST AND OVIA NORTH EAS...

  » ABSTRACT This study examined the profitability of layers production in Esan North East and Ovia North East L.G.A’s of Edo State. A purposive and convenient sampling of 64 poultry farmers was carried out in the study area in order to generate data for the analysis. Results of the study showed that the respondents were predominantly males (56%) with good educational background and relatively l...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  44 pages |  4,098 engagements | 

• 9. THE EFFECT OF MICROFINANCE BANKS SERVICES ON AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION OF MEMBERS ...

  » ABSTRACT Lack of access to credit has negatively affected poor farmers and rural dwellers for many years. Rural people need credit to allow investment in their farms and small businesses, to smooth consumption and to reduce their vulnerability to weather and economic shocks. Because they have little access to formal financing institutions, poor rural people follow sub optimal risk management and c...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  4,240 engagements | 

• 10. THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF IMPROVED AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY ON CASSAVA PRODUCTIVITY

  » ABSTRACT This paper assessed the economic impact of improved agricultural technologies on cassava productivity in Kogi State, Nigeria. The results are drawn from a household survey covering the agricultural season of 2009/2010. The data obtained from interview schedule was subjected to descriptive and inferential statistical analysis. Descriptive statistics for this study include frequency, percen...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  4,401 engagements | 

• 11. HOW TO RUN UNIT ROOT TEST USING E-VIEWS SOFTWARE

  » ABSTRACT Unit root testing strategies are unnecessarily complicated because they do not exploit prior knowledge of the growth status of the time series, they worry about unrealistic outcomes, and they double or triple test for unit roots. The authors provide a testing strategy that cuts through these complications and so facilitates teaching this dimension of the unit root phenomenon. F tests are ...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  3,955 engagements | 

• 12. GROWTH AND POVERTY REDUCTION: THE ROLE OF AGRICULTURE

  » ABSTRACT Agriculture is a key part of DFID’s efforts to reduce global poverty and achieve the Millennium Development Goals. It extends into many other areas of development policy and complements our work on issues such as fisheries, forestry, food security, social protection, governance and trade. Building on our understanding of livelihoods (DFID, 2002), this paper shows why we believe agricult...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  4,255 engagements | 

• 13. EFFECT OF CROP RESIDUE ON SOIL CHEMICAL PROPERTIES AND RICE YIELDS ON AN ULTISOL

  » ABSTRACT The soils of the Abakaliki area are low in fertility. The soils have been noted to be acidic, low in organic matter status, caption exchange capacity and other essential nutrients, (Emoezor et al., 1988, Asadu and Akamigbo, 1990, Nnabude and Mbagwu 1999 and Ogbodo and Nnabude, 2004). The use of organic amendments could be a viable means of improving the productivity of the soils. Recycli...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  3,876 engagements | 

• 14. ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF SWAMP RICE PRODUCTION

  » ABSTRACT Rice is the most important cereal in the world after wheat and more than half of the human race needs rice as a source of calories (wakatsuki et al, 2004). It is the leading cereal crop of the south East Asia which constitutes a thick population region of the world (Mani et al, 2007). Africa accounts for only about 2% of worlds output of rice. Rice is produced in the middle belt, south ...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  4,559 engagements | 

• 15. ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF PIG PRODUCTION

  » ABSTRACT   Livestock is one of the fastest growing agricultural sub sectors in developing countries with Agricultural Gross Domestic Product of 33 per cent and is rapidly increasing. Livestock products contribute 17 per cent to kilo calorie (a non S.I unit of energy equal to 100 calories) consumption and 33 per cent to protein consumption globally, but there is large discrepancy between rich and ...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  7,925 engagements | 

• 16. ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF DEFORESTATION

  » ABSTRACT The study provided an economic analysis of the losses from deforestation in Enugu State of Nigeria. Specifically, the study evaluated the effects of socioeconomic factors affecting deforestation in Enugu State. It also identified the factors that influence the decision to deforest. The study further examined the nature and extent of deforestation in the state. Primary and secondary data g...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  4,145 engagements | 

• 17. AN ANALYSIS OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN NIGERIA: THE FATE OF NIGERIA’S AGR...

  » ABSTACT Investment is the process of adding to capital (Arene and Okpukpara, 2006). Lack of capital has been implicated as the major sustenance of the vicious circle of poverty. This is due to its negative effect on production capacity. In developing countries, national income is low; hence savings and investment are low. Low investment translates to low capital stock, low productivity and low out...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  3,792 engagements | 

• 18. AGRICULTURE, TRADE REFORM AND POVERTY REDUCTION: IMPLICATIONS FOR SUB-SAHARAN AF...

  » ABSTRACT The WTO Ministerial Declaration at Doha in November 2001 places considerable emphasis on development (WTO, 2001b), although the outcome is not guaranteed. Many developing countries – particularly in Africa – are skeptical that they will receive sufficient gains from that MTN to warrant the inevitable costs of negotiations and adjustments. These countries and some donors also still nee...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  3,844 engagements | 

• 19. AGRICULTURAL PUBLIC SPENDING IN NIGERIA

  » ABSTRACT The potential contribution of agriculture to economic development in Nigeria is discussed in two important government policy documents: (i) the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS), and (ii) the New Agricultural Policy Thrust (NAP). NEEDS, implemented in 2004 as Nigeria’s homegrown poverty reduction strategy, emphasizes the importance of increasing agricultural...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  4,096 engagements |