Recent Agriculture Project Topics and Materials (Page 7)

Dedication iii Acknowledgements iii Foreword vi Executive summary vii 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Understanding rural transformation 2 1.2 Bioenergy and rural development 3 2 Agriculture and development in Sierra Leone 6 2.1 Agriculture, inclusive growth, and economic diversification 6 2.2 Boosting the productivity of smallholder agriculture 7 2.3... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   Background of the Study Conservation practices all over the world are changing from the traditional management approach with emphasis on managing natural resources in a way that ensures greater flow to all stakeholders especially local communities. The shift in emphasis is informed by the fact that the local... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT Cheese, a popular food across many cultures has been subject of many studies. It’s of many variants, providing huge nutritional value to humans. One of those many nutrients is calcium. Calcium helps the body in building bone structures amongst other important functions. In this study, we aimed at determining the proportion of calcium... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE 1.0  Introduction 1.1      Background Of Study 1.2       Objective Of Study 1.3      Justification Of Study CHAPTER TWO 2.0  Literature Review 2.1      Definition Of crop production 2.2      Types Of crop production CHAPTER THREE 3.0      CROP BREEDING & GENETICS 3.1  PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES 3.2... Continue Reading

TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE .. .. .. .. .. .. .. INTRODUCTION .. .. .. .. .. .. 1.1 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY .. .. .. 1.2 SCOPE OF THE STUDY .. .. .. .. 1.3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND PROBLEMS 1.4 LITERATURE REVIEW .. .. .. .. 1.5 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND .. .. .. 1.6 CHAPTER ANALYSIS ..... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT The study examined the Analysis of labor use and food security among rural maize farmers in odedelga, ogun state. More specifically, the study sought to assess the labor use and food security among farmers. The study consist of all farmers in Odeda... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This work was done at the laboratory of the Fisheries and Marine Technology, Imo State polytechnic Umuagwo-Ohaji. Two plant products, Mynistic fragans and Aframomum melegueta obtained from the local market were... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT Field trials were conducted at the Imo poly Farm, Imo State Polytechnic Umuagwo in 2014 to determine the effect rate of fertilizer application on vegetable (telfairiaoccidentalis). The treatments involved nine fertilizer types namely; Aleshinloye grade A,... Continue Reading

. ABSTRACT This work was done at the laboratory of the Fisheries and Marine Technology, Imo State polytechnic Umuagwo-Ohaji. Two plant products, Myristica fragans and Aframomum melegueta obtained from the local market were... Continue Reading

FEEDS AND FEEDING OF SHEEP AND GOAT IN UMUNNEOCHI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA ABSTRACT Comparisons were made between 24 Ethiopian rams and 24 Galla goats for voluntary intake, feed selectivity and growth performance when offered three levels of sorghum stover. The levels observed were 25,50 and 75 g/kg live weight per day. Measurements of intake, growth... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT A field trial was carried out at the Imopoly Farm to determine the effects of rate of poultry manure on the growth and yield of Watermelon. Six different rates of poultry manure were replicated three times on eighteen beds. The treatments were; control plot, 2 tons/ha, 4 tons/ha,... Continue Reading

BROILER PRODUCTION AND VALUE IN IMO STATE A CASE STUDY OF EZINITTLE MBAISE ABSTRACT The cost and return analysis of different sizes of integrated broiler farms in Oru East in Imo State has been carried out based on the primary data collected from 150 broiler farmers for the period Mar 2011 to Feb 2012. The study has shown that the total fixed... Continue Reading

Abstract This study examined and analysed the impact of agriculture on economic growth in Nigeria. It adopted the secondary data sourced from Central Bank of Nigeria covering the period 1985 to 2010. The study employed the modern Time Series of the Ordinary Least Square to test... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This study examines the effect of poverty on agricultural productivity. The study make use of primary method of data collection, the analysis of data collected was done through the use of simple percentage. The result revealed that agricultural... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This project seeks to bring together existing state of knowledge and existing state of practice in agriculture sector new techniques have to be proven before they are adopted in the general practice. Chapter one of this project will deal with the statement of problems rationale of... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT The burning of natural vegetation no doubt removes the protective cover of the soil surface and depreciates the quality of the soil. Burning is done without regards to soil degradation and this called for this work have the project... Continue Reading

THE IMPACT OF COOPERATIVE FARMING SOCIETIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE: A CASE STUDY OF OREDO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE ABSTRACT The study focuses on the impact of cooperative societies on agricultural production in the rural setting of Edo state. Results obtained from the interview shows that credit disburse to the farmers... Continue Reading

THE METHOD OF HANDLING CASSAVA PROCESSING IN SELECTED VILLAGES IN EDO STATE: A CASE STUDY OF ESAN SOUTH EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE ABSTRACT This research study was designed to determine the method of handling cassava processing in some selected villages in Edo State. A case study of Esan South East Local Government Area. Project aimed... Continue Reading

AGRICULTURAL FINANCING OF RICE PRODUCTION IN NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OWAN-EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, EDO STATE (PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS) ABSTRACT This project work was carried out to investigate how rice production is financed in Edo State a case study of Owan East Local Government Area, Nigeria. This is due to the fact that rice is a widely... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This research study was undertaken with a view to assessing the veracity of rubber production in Ughelli Local Government Area, Edo State. Several factors were identified as causes of this trend; such as lack of capital, use of old plantations,... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT The study investigating performance of Nigeria agriculture cooperation and rural development bank limited (NACRDB) this specific objective were to identify... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This research work was designed to examine the causes and effect of soil erosion in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State. Five (5) research questions were formulated and questionnaires were administered to one hundred (100) respondents in order to... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate problem and prospect of pig farming in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State four research questions formulated and analyzed. The respondents were made up of pig farmers Ovia North East Local... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Poultry embraces all domesticated birds for the purpose of meat and egg production intended for human consumption. It includes domestic fowl, turkey, duck, geese,... Continue Reading

THE ADVERSE EFFECT OF FUEL SCARCITY ON FARM PRODUCE: A CASE STUDY OF OVIA SOUTH WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE ABSTRACT The research was carried out in Ovia South West Local Government Area and data was also collected from some produce marketers such as Ehomike Food Venture, the Martye Green World venture, Ighile Mojo Farm, Okomu Oil Palm... Continue Reading