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• 1. EFFECT OF DEFOLIATION AND NPK FERTILIZER ON YIELD OF MAIZE (Zea mays L)

  » ABSTRACTThis experiment was conducted at experimental field of Faculty of Agriculture, University of Benin, Benin City, during 2014 growing season. A 3x4 factorial experiment in randomized complete block design with 3 replications was used to study effect of defoliation and NPK fertilizer on yields of maize. Factors were three defoliation levels, No defoliation (D0), defoliation above ear (D1), de...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  7,155 engagements | 

• 2. EFFECT OF INTRODUCING GARDEN EGG TO FLUTED PUMPKIN IN A RELAY INTERCROP ON SOLE ...

  » ABSTRACTThe effect of introducing garden egg (Solanum aethiopicum) to fluted pumpkin (Telfairia occidentalis) in a relay intercrop on the growth of crop mixture under rainfed conditions (September to November, 2014) was investigated at the Faculty of Agriculture University of Benin, Benin City Nigeria.Garden egg and a local variety of fluted pumpkin were sown sole and intercrop. Garden egg and flu...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  6,730 engagements | 

• 3. PERFORMANCE OF EARLY AND LATE MAIZE (Zea mays L.) VARIETIES UNDER VARYING TIMES ...

  » ABSTRACTThis study was carried out at the Research Farm of the University of Benin during the early growing season (April to July) of 2014 to investigate the performance of early and late maize variety under varying times of fertilizer application. The experiment was laid out as a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with a split plot arrangement with four replications. Early and Late maize wer...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  8,377 engagements | 

• 4. EFFECT OF NPK FERTILIZER ON THE GROWTH AND YIELD COMPONENTS OF YAM (Dioscorea Sp...

  » ABSTRACTThe experiment was conducted at the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Benin, Ugbowo Campus Benin City Nigeria. The experiment was conducted under rain fed condition during the early cropping season (March to November) of the year 2013.The experimental design was the Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with yam and egusi melon as the test crops. The trial consisted of 4 levels of NP...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  8,667 engagements | 

• 5. GROWTH AND HERBAGE YIELD OF SEVEN FORAGE LEGUMES IN THE RAIN FOREST ZONE OF NIGE...

  » AbstractA field experiment was conducted for three months during the early growing season (April – July) of 2014 at the Teaching and Research farm of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Benin, Benin City. The objective was to evaluate the performance of 7 herbaceous forage legumes in term of growth and herbage yield. The seven forage legumes (Centrosema pascourum, Lablab purpureus (ILR I46...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  5,582 engagements | 

• 6. GRAIN YIELD AND YIELD COMPONENTS OF EARLY MAIZE (Zea mays L.) VARIETIES UNDER DI...

  » ABSTRACTThis study was carried out at the Research Farm of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Benin to investigate the effect of different population levels on growth and yield of extra early and early maturing maize varieties. The trial was laid out in a split plot factorial in a randomized complete block design with three replicates. Plant population: 40,000, 53,333 and 66,666 plants ha 1...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  6,006 engagements | 

• 7. THE EFFECT OF POULTRY MANURE ON THE GROWTH AND YIELD OF TWO VARIETIES OF TOMATOE...

  » ABSTRACTA field experiment was carried out at the Teaching and Research Farm of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Benin, Benin City to investigate the effect of different levels of poultry manure on the growth and yield of two varieties of tomatoes. The experiment was laid out in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications. The treatment composed of four levels of pou...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  11,526 engagements | 

• 8. VARIATION IN CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND MINERALS OF BASIL (Ocimum gratissimum L.)

  » ABSTRACTThe study was carried out at the Teaching and Research Farm of the University of Benin, Benin City. Proximate analysis was carried out at the Faculty of Agriculture laboratory to determine the nutritional components of ocicum gratissimum. The experiment was laid out in a randomized complete block design with three replicates. Each block was divided into twenty three rows with 0.6m between ...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  5,395 engagements | 

• 9. THE EFFECT OF INFLATION AND INTEREST RATE ON AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY IN NIGERI...

  » 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 the 1960s through the “cheap money policy” adopted by the government to stimulate development after independence (Bayo, 2005). Nigeria...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  56 pages |  9,221 engagements | 

• 10. AGRICULTURE FINANCING IN NIGERIA (PROBLEMS AND PROSPECT)

  » ABSTRACT The study focused on increasing customer traffic  through public Relations: a case study of first Bank PLC Enugu. The objective of the study among  others include:  to determine the impact of Public Relations on increasing costumer traffic  to know how Public Relations helped in improving  communications between organization and its Public  to find out if Public Relations activities...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  0 engagements | 

• 11. ASSESSMENT OF COMMONLY IDENTIFIED DISEASES IN THE 2 COMMON POULTRY MANAGEMENT SY...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY The survival of rural poultry industry in developing countries depends to a large extent on the type of rearing methods employed and seasonal changes in weather conditions. In nearly all African countries, poultry production in rural areas is predominantly based on a free range system utilizing indigenous types of fowl, (Kitalyi, 1998; Horst...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  7,012 engagements | 

• 12. THE CHANGES IN ACCOUNTING STANDARDS ITS IMPACT ON FINANCIAL STATEMENT

  » BSTRACT The project is a comprehensive study of the changes in Accounting standard, the impact on financial statement with a study of Guiness Nigeria Plc Benin Branch, Edo state. This project is aimed at determining the impact of Accounting standard on the users of financial statement and also the needs of the Accounting standard. Data were collected, through primary and secondary sources. The fin...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  7,884 engagements | 

• 13. INVESTMENT IN AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY AS A CATALYST

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0      INTRODUCTION: 1.1   BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY         Investment in agricultural property is not advanced as that of developed countries of the world. Agricultural property investment amounts to all investment operation in such property as cash crops, livestock, pasture land, cottage etc.        Nigeriagenerally is blessed with fertile and large area of lan...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  7,378 engagements | 

• 14. EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT OF ROAD NETWORK ON THE SELLING OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

  » ABSTRACT This research work problem into the place of impact of road network in the selling of agricultural products in Nigeria Anambra State. This study tries to identify the causes of road network in the selling of agricultural product, in addition of this research work in summary. Chapter one; this work entails the introduction, back ground of the study, statement of problems, purpose of the st...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  8,309 engagements | 

• 15. THE ROLE OF PLANTS IN THE TREATMENT OF DISEASES CAUSED BY MICRO-ORGANISMS BASED ...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUNG OF STUDY 1.1.1 Phyllantus This is a genus of the family Euphorbiaceae. It was first identified in Central and Southern India in 18th century. It is called carry me seed, stone breaker, wind breaker, gulf leaf flower or gala of wind, (Bharatiya 1992). There are over 300 genera with over 5,000 species in the Euphorbiaceae world wide. The Phyllantus is on...Continue Reading »

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• 16. FARMERS’ ACCESS TO MICROCREDIT AND RESOURCE USE EFFICIENCY SPONSORED MICROCRED...

  » ABSTRACT  The study examined farmers access to microcredit and resource use efficiency in Ekiti State Sponsored microcredit financing scheme, Nigeria. The objectives of the study were to examine the influence of socio economic characteristic on amount of loan accessed, determine the volume of loans demanded, received and repaid on gender basis, ascertain the constraints in accessing the loans as ...Continue Reading »

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• 17. DETERMINATION OF RESILIENCE OF BROILER FARMS

  » ABSTRACT The contributions of the poultry farms to Nigerian  economic development will depend on its resilience to  distortions in the ever changing economic scenario.This study evaluates the resilience status of poultry (broiler) farms in Delta state, Nigeria. Well structured questionnaire was used to collect primary data from randomly selected 200  broiler farms  in Delta central and Delta n...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  5,593 engagements | 

• 18. ANALYSIS OF EFFECT OF FLOOD ON LIVELIHOODS AND ADAPTATION MEASURES OF SMALLHOLDE...

  » ABSTRACT This study evaluated the effect of flood on farm families in Delta State. It specifically described the socioeconomic characteristics of smallholder crop farmers in the study area, identified the causes of floods in the study area, evaluated the economic effects of flood hazards on smallholder crop farmers, examined the vulnerability of smallholder crop farmers’ families to floods in th...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  7,867 engagements | 

• 19. AGRICULTURAL FINANCING AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA

  » ABSTRACT The objective of this study is to find out the impact of agricultural financing on economic growth in Nigeria for the period 1981 to 2014. The study used endogenous components of Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme (ACGS) loans to Individual Farmers (LIF), loans to Informal Group (LIG), loans to Co operative (LCO), and loans to Company (LCY) as explanatory variables to capture agricultur...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  9,841 engagements | 

• 20. FARMER’S PERCEPTION OF THE EFFECT OF CRUDE OIL SPILLAGE ON AGRICULTURAL FARM L...

  » ABSTRACT The study assessed the farmers perception of the effect of oil spillage on agricultural land of farmers in Udu Local Government of Delta State. The specific objectives of the work are to: Identify causes of oil spillage in the area and ascertain farmers’ perceived problem of oil spillage on their environment and agricultural activities, among others. A multi stage random sampling techni...Continue Reading »

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• 21. ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF FLUTED PUMPKIN PRODUCTION

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1     Background of the studyFluted pumpkin is a very important vegetable that is popular in West Africa. It belongs to the family Telfaria Occidentalis Hook F. cucurbitaceae. It is a leafy vegetable that produces fruits. (Enabulele and Uavbarhe,  2001). Tindall, (1989) defined leafy vegetables as herbaceous plants used for culinary purposes. They are used to incre...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  11,630 engagements | 

• 22. THE ROLE OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION WORKER IN EDUCATING FARMERS IN PLANTAIN PRODU...

  » ABSTRACT           The study examined the role of extension workers in educating farmers and constraints farmers face in plantain production in some selected areas in Edo State, Nigeria. A total of 120 Plantain farmers were randomly selected from the study area. Farmers were interviewed using well structured questionnaire. Simple descriptive statistics and multiple regression were used t...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  6,245 engagements | 

• 23. ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY OF GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM EXTRACT ON NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS IN E...

  » CHAPTER ONE1.0 INTRODUCTION1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDYThere has been a great challenge in recent times in antiviral therapy of poultry diseases. Fewer substances are available for treatment of antiviral infections when compared with the large amount of antibiotics available for treatment of bacterial diseases in poultry; (Esimone et al., 2007). At the same time, the frequency of viral resistance to t...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  5,191 engagements | 

• 24. THE IMPACT OF THE DISTRIBUTION AND UTILIZATION OF OIL PALM ON THE SOCIO ECONOMIC...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study Nigeria ranked sixth among the poorest countries in the world with over 70% of the population living below poverty line in 2007 (Central Intelligence Agency, 2012) while 46% lived below $1.25 daily in 2010 (World Bank, 2014). Okonjo Iweala (2014) noted that Nigeria is one of the five countries in which two thirds of the world’s extreme poo...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  60 pages |  7,605 engagements | 

• 25. THEE ROLE OF ROAD TRANSPORTATION MODE IN THE MARKETING OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

  » PREFACE           The aim of this study is to determine the role of Road Transportation mode in Marketing of Agricultural Produce in Abakaliki Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.           To enhance a quicker, clearer and more comprehensive understanding of the impact of this study the work has been divided into fi8ve chapter.           Chapter one deals with the nat...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  7,061 engagements |