Submergence tolerance has long been regarded as an important breeding objective for rain-fed lowland and deep water rice area. Despite this recognition, there has been limited success in developing rice with improved submergence tolerance in Africa. The present research was aimed...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i42812
Societies which rely upon agriculture for their livelihood may face the perils of climate change, especially developing countries in the tropics and subtropics such as Nigeria in which some of the food crops are already close their peak temperature tolerance. This study was to ev...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEBA/2016/28441
Nine hundred and seventeen inter-specific rice lines were subjected to field screening for African Rice Midge Resistance in both Rainfed and Irrigated lowland ecologies at Badeggi and Edozhigi experimental fields respectively in 2009 cropping season, to determine the levels of Af...
Multi-locational rice evaluation trials were conducted in six locations across Nigeria to select promising varieties that could be cultivated by farmers. Entries were planted in a randomized complete block design replicated three times in each location. Grain yield records of the...
Aims: Examine the gender, cultural, social and religious dimensions of shea economy in Nigeria and determine how they aid in income and welfare. Study Design: The study was conducted in Nigeria which is in Western Africa. Multi-stage sampling procedure was employed in sampling th...
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Research Article10.9734/sajsse/2026/v23i21266
B. O. Ehirim, M. Bashir, M. N. Ishaq, A. S. Gana, B. Z. Salihu, T. Gbadeyan, O. F. Nwankwo, E. Kouko, K. D. Tolorunse, J. Amedu, S. U. Echefu & N. Danbaba·Journal of Scientific Research and Reports·2020
Biotechnology per se is not a panacea for the world’s problems of hunger and poverty. However, genetic engineering in particular offers outstanding potentials to increase the efficiency of crop improvement. Thus, biotechnology could enhance global food production and availability...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2020/v26i1030321