Aim: The study was conducted to analyze the factors that influence access to credit by Agribusiness operators in the Kumasi Metropolis of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Study Design: The study used a multi-stage sampling technique to select 151 SME operators engaged in the agribusi...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/12477
Aims: This experiment aimed to determine whether the soil application of organic fertilizers can help the establishment of cacao and whether shade alters its response to fertilizers. Study Design: The 1.6 ha experiment was conducted over a period of one crop year (between April 2...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/15206
Phosphorus is most limiting mineral in the diet of fish and must be supplied in the right quality and quantity to prevent its deficiency or toxicity in fish. A 70 day feeding trial was conducted to evaluate the utilization of Dicalcium phosphate and different bone meals as phosph...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/9118
There is gender division of women in farm labour in Niger State. The gender division of women in farm labour assigns women more works in the processing of groundnut as Agricultural food products and yet, women have no access to improved methods of groundnut processing and depend...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/10957
Aims: To outline the necessary steps in the evaluation of solar panel systems in agriculture. Study Design: Using the outline proposed, GaAs and Si solar panels were evaluated under central Texas weather conditions. Place and Duration of Study: Bioenergy Testing Laboratory (BETA...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/14692
Rainfall is a major climatic factor influencing anthracnose development. In this study, 68 sorghum accessions were evaluated for anthracnose resistance under dry and wet growing conditions at the Texas A&M Agricultural Experiment Station, near College Station, Texas. Access...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/14589
The current study examined the effect of chemical and organic fertilizers on yield components and essence content of peppermint (Mentha piperita L.). The experiment was carried out in randomized complete design with 7 treatments and 4 replications in Sari Agricultural Research Ce...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/14953
The study assessed the factors affecting low yield of cashew among farmers in Kwara and Edo States between March and April, 2014. It examined the socio-economic characteristics, factors contributing to cashew low yield, sources of cashew planting materials and sources of informat...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/14564
Aims: A study was conducted to investigate the status of agrochemicals used and its impact on aquatic biodiversity in the Chalan beel, the largest beel of Bangladesh. Duration of Study: A period of six months from January to June 2009. Methodology: The study was based on question...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/14685
The study analyses the efficiency of resource use by collecting cross-sectional data from 120 groundnut farmers in the Tolon district of the Northern region, Ghana, during 2013 major cropping season. It focuses on identifying the determinants of groundnut output growth, measuring...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/14924
Organic (poultry manure) and inorganic (Urea) fertilizers were comparatively studied with the aim of improving the performance of sweet pepper, Capsicum annum (called ‘Tatase’ in Nigeria) in two ecological zones of Nigeria (Ado Ekiti, Ekiti state and Omu-Aran, Kwara State). Poult...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/14920
The present study was conducted to compare the nutritional and physical quality of egg yolk and egg white of birds from three different genotypes (domestic chicken, hybrid chicken and guinea fowl). The egg yolk and white from each of the bird were separated and analyzed for proxi...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/15068
This review brings together and consolidates the various researches that had been undertaken in grass-cutter with the aim of providing adequate information that will be capable of improving and sustaining the production of the animal as well as its consumption in West Africa. Giv...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/14194
Aims: To formulate an artificial nectar for long-term maintenance of captive hummingbird, to measure the metabolizability of nutrients in the artificial nectar and to evaluate the effects of dietary fiber (inulin) addition on its digestive utilization. Study Design: Two groups of...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/12445
The study was carried out to determine the level of adoption of improved soyabean (Glycine Max (L) Merril) processing and utilization technologies as supplement with local food in Bauchi Local Government Area (LGA), Bauchi State, Nigeria. Bauchi LGA was purposively selected becau...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/12667