AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION PROJECT TOPICS AND RESEARCH MATERIALS

• 461. FACTORS AFFECTING THE PERFORMANCE OF ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC STUDENTS IN TECHNICAL...

  » ABSTRACT This study was carried out to determine the factors affecting the performance of electrical/electronic students in technical/vocational colleges in Kaduna metropolis, the study was carried out in Government Technical College Kajuru, Malali, and Business Apprenticeship Trade Center (BATC) Soba. Six research questions were used to guide the study. Survey research the design was used for thi...Continue Reading »

  50 pages |  163 engagements | 

• 462. CO-ORDINATION BETWEEN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND THE EXTENSION SERVICE ...

  » CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTION1.1 THE PROBLEM Agriculture used to be the powerhouse of the Nigerian economy, providing more than 85 per cent of the country’s foreign exchange earnings and abundant and cheap food for the people. That was in the distant past as its eminent role in the economy ended in the late sixties. Today, agriculture is in a comatose state, severely afflicted by problems caused b...Continue Reading »

  50 pages |  116 engagements | 

• 463. THE ECONOMIC COST OF COVID LOCKDOWNS: AN OUT-OF-EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS

  » Abstract This paper estimates the cost of the lockdown of some sectors of the world economy in the wake of COVID 19. We develop a multi sector disequilibrium model with buyer seller relations between agents located in different countries. The production network model allows us to study not only the direct cost of the lockdown but also indirect costs which emerge from the reductions in the availabi...Continue Reading »

  50 pages |  165 engagements | 

• 464. ASSESSMENT OF WHEAT FLOUR AND GRAIN SOLD IN CALABAR FOR THE PRESENCE OF AFLATOXI...

  » ABSTRACT A study was undertaken to identify Aflatoxin producing species of Aspergillus in wheat flour and grain. A total of 20 samples of wheat flour and grains bought from local sellers at Watt and Marian market all in Calabar, Nigeria were subjected to microbial assessment for the presence of Aflatoxin producing species of Aspergillus. This was carried out by employing both cultural and wet moun...Continue Reading »

  50 pages |  236 engagements | 

• 465. DEVELOPMENT AND SENSORY CHARACTERISTICS OF DOUGHNUT PRODUCED FROM COMPOSITE OF M...

  » ABSTRACT Plant foods are the most important dietary sources for meeting nutritional needs, tackling several existing and newly spreading diseases in the population of Nigeria and other developing countries in Africa. This study was carried out to develop doughnut from composite of wheat, yellow corn and mucuna urens flours and determine their proximate composition and sensory characteristics. Two ...Continue Reading »

  50 pages |  144 engagements | 

• 466. EVALUATION OF BIOETHANOL PRODUCTION POTENTIAL OF THREE ORGANIC SUBSTRATES CASSAV...

  » ABSTRACT Energy is an important component in all the sectors of any society and serves as a key indicator of a country’s socio economic growth, poverty eradication, and security. This study was aimed at evaluating the biofuel production potential of three organic substrates (Cassava, Maize and Sugarcane Liquor). A total of 10kg weight each of the three samples was obtained from a local distr...Continue Reading »

  50 pages |  193 engagements | 

• 467. EVALUATION OF THE EFFECT OF DUMPSITE LEACHATE ON THE GROWTH, YIELD AND MITOTIC C...

  » ABSTRACT The experiment was carried out in Calabar which was aimed at investigating the direct and indirect effect of solid wastes dumpsite leachate on growth attributes, yield, and yield components, and cytology of Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) in 2018. The leachate used for the study was obtained from the dumpsite in Calabar and made into four concentrations of 25 ml/L soil; 50 ml/L; 75 ml/L an...Continue Reading »

  50 pages |  143 engagements | 

• 468. GELATINASE PRODUCTION POTENTIAL OF BACTERIA ISOLATED FROM ATIMBO AND KWA RIVER S...

  » ABSTRACT The industrial importance of gelatinase cannot be overemphasized as more jaw dropping discoveries have uncovered the various undisputable applications of the enzyme in several aspects of science. In this study, gelatinase producing bacteria were probed from sediment samples of Kwa River and Atimbo River, Cross River State. Primary screening uncovered 3 isolates (B5, A7 and B6) that could ...Continue Reading »

  50 pages |  157 engagements | 

• 469. GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF CLARIAS GARIEPINUS FEDGRADED LEVEL OF MELON SHELL AND MELO...

  » ABSTRACT This study assessed the effect of partial and complete replacement of maize (ZeaMaysL.) with graded levels of melon shell and melon back (Cucumeropsis mannii) in the diet of clariasgariepinus. In a 60 days study in which 10 clarias gariepinus fingerlings stocked in each of 6 rectangular plastic tanks with dimension 10x12x20 filled with water to half its capacity and made in duplicates,wer...Continue Reading »

  50 pages |  170 engagements | 

• 470. THE USE OF COMPUTER SIMULATIONS IN ANALYZING MATK AND PDV1 GENES IN ZINGIBER OFF...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION The term in silico was coined in 1989 as allusion to the Latin Phrases in viro, in vitro and in situ which are commonly used in biology. In silico studies refers to the studies, facts, findings or experiment done in living organisms (i.e. the medicinal plant species) outside living organism (computer system) and where they are found in nature respectively. The expression i...Continue Reading »

  50 pages |  135 engagements | 

• 471. THE IMPACT OF THE AGRICULTURAL CREDIT GUARANTEE SCHEME FUND ACGSF IN THE DEVELOP...

  » ABSTRACT The study focused on the impact of the agricultural credit guarantee scheme fund (ACGSF) in the development of the agricultural sector. The specific objectives where to ascertain the impact of this credit from the scheme crop production, livestock production. The study also examined the effect of lending rate on agricultural development. The study used secondary data sourced from CBN stat...Continue Reading »

  50 pages |  166 engagements | 

• 472. DESIGN A POULTRY MEAT PROCESSING FACTORY WITH A HYGIENIC WORK ENVIRONMENT AND ME...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY The livestock industry is an important subsector of the agricultural sector of Nigeria’s economy. The role of this sector cannot be over emphasized considering the importance of animal protein in the diet of people and contribution from this sector to the gross domestic product (Adekaye and Akinrade, 1986). Uguru (1981), enumerated livestock t...Continue Reading »

  50 pages |  141 engagements | 

• 473. GROUND PENETRATING RADAR GPR APPLICATION IN SOIL CONDUCTIVITY, SOIL PROPERTIES A...

  » ABSTRACT This study focused on ground penetrating radar (GPR) application in soil conductivity, soil properties and attributes in University Of Calabar Farm. It reveals how (GPR) can be used to identify various soil conductivity and soil properties. This study also reveals that (GPR) methods hold promise for improved characteristics and monitoring of the subsurface. This study will review several ...Continue Reading »

  50 pages |  145 engagements | 

• 474. DETERMINANTS OF ADOPTION OF AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY IN KENYA: A CASE OF SMALL SC...

  » Abstract Agricultural technologies are seen as an important route out of poverty in most of the developing countries. However the rate of adoption of these technologies has remained low in most of these countries. This study aim at shedding some light on the potential factors that influence agricultural technology adoption in Kenya by looking at small scale farmers in Kirinyaga. Kenya. The followi...Continue Reading »

  50 pages |  144 engagements | 

• 475. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PERCEIVED AND ACTUAL EFFECTIVENESS OF PERSUASIVE ME...

  » Abstract Although measures of perceived message effectiveness are commonly employed informative evaluation research, the validity of such measures has been assumed rather than demonstrated. A meta analysis revealed a corrected for attenuation correlation of.41 between perceived effectiveness (PE) and attitude (k= 40). This association was apparently subject to the influence of moderator variables,...Continue Reading »

  50 pages |  132 engagements | 

• 476. THE DETERMINANTS OF VOLUNTARY FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE BY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

  » Abstract Encouraging organizations to be more open has been a key issue in contemporary debates over nonprofit accountability. However, our understanding of what motivates organizations to the disclosure decision is weak. We aim to enhance our understanding of this critical issue by developing and testing a model of the determinants of voluntary disclosure decision making, using data gathered on t...Continue Reading »

  50 pages |  127 engagements | 

• 477. DETERMINANTS OF CONTINUITY IN CONVENTIONAL INDUSTRIAL CHANNEL DYADS

  » Abstract Recently, increasing attention has been paid to the question of how to build stable, long term relationships between manufacturers and members of conventional channels. This descriptive field study concerns a basic requirement for building long term relationships, which is the expectation by a marketing intermediary that the relationship will last. Hypotheses about the continuity of relat...Continue Reading »

  50 pages |  148 engagements | 

• 478. SOCIOECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF RURAL FARMERS’ USE OF ECOSYSTEM-BASED ADAPTATION...

  » Abstract The study analyzed the socioeconomic determinants of farmers’ use of ecosystem based adaptation practices for climate change adaptation among rural farmers in Anambra State, Nigeria. A sample of 150 farmers partcipated in the study. Data were collected using structured questionnaire and analyzed using mean, percentages and bar charts. Results showed that intercropping (96%), crop di...Continue Reading »

  50 pages |  117 engagements | 

• 479. DETERMINANTS OF THE EFFICACY OF HIV LATENCY-REVERSING AGENTS AND IMPLICATIONS FO...

  » Abstract HIV eradication studies have focused on developing latency reversing agents (LRAs). However, it is not understood how the rate of latent reservoir reduction is affected by different steps in the process of latency reversal. Furthermore, as current LRAs are host directed, LRA treatment is likely to be intermittent to avoid host toxicities. Few careful studies of the serial effects of pulsa...Continue Reading »

  50 pages |  144 engagements | 

• 480. UNDERSTANDING THE DETERMINANTS OF ALTERNATE ENERGY OPTIONS FOR COOKING IN THE HI...

  » Abstract The current study is based on a comprehensive dataset collected through a primary survey of 500 farmers from the seven districts of the Himalayan region of northern Pakistan: Ghizer, Gilgit, Diamer, Astore, Skardu, Chance, and Hunza Nagar. The paper uses multivariate probit, Poisson regression censored least absolute deviation, and a propensity score matching (PSM) approach to understand ...Continue Reading »

  50 pages |  185 engagements |