The experiment was carried out to evaluate the effect of Toxic-chec commercial additive and propionic acid on the fermentation and aerobic Stability of silage made with pig excreta, corn stover, molasses and urea; during fermentation. The growth of microorganisms in the silage an...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/12035
The concept of multi functionality of agriculture, of European origin, is an expanded form of addressing agriculture in relation to the traditional perspective, which in turn, focuses on the economic aspect, the production of food and fiber for the market, whose values are regula...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/12597
In the present study, the relationship among body conformation traits, scrotal circumference and serum testosterone concentrations were investigated in pre pubertal male Boer goat crosses at the Caprine Research and Education Unit Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Alabama. Body conf...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/4929
This study was designed to investigate the environmental hazards associated with poultry production among poultry farmers in Edo State. To carry out the investigation, a total of 366 respondents made up of 122 poultry owners, 122 poultry farm workers and 122 poultry farm neighbou...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/11958
Phosphorus (P) is one of the essential plant nutrients and plays an important role in nitrogen fixation of leguminous crops. A two-year experiment was conducted at the Teaching and Research Farm of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Nigeria to investigate the effect of different ra...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/7200
Breadfruit [Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg)] is a traditional staple crop grown for its starchy fruit throughout the tropics. It has long been recognized for its potential to alleviate hunger in the region. However, being a tree of 10 – 30m, breadfruit is vulnerable to wi...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/12012
Aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of field pea grown as a catch crop and used for green manure on the health of spring barley grown in cereal crop rotation. Study Design: The experiment was carried out in the randomized block design with four replications. Pl...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/10416
Aim: A study was conducted to determine the frequency of occurrence of fungi associated with kolanuts (Cola nitida and Cola acuminata) at processing and storage. Methodology: Healthy and infected kolanuts (Cola nitida and Cola. acuminata) collected randomly during processing and...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/11180
Aims: To analyse the adoption of glyphosate herbicide on the control of speargrass. Study Design: Three local government areas were purposively selected. Data collection was carried out in three stages. First stage was through purposive sampling. The second stage was by random sa...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/6771
Objective: This study was undertaken to determine the mineral content of five popular leafy vegetables consumed in southeast Nigeria and to evaluate the effects of time and methods of holding on minerals. Methodology: Five vegetables Pterocarpus soyauxii ("oha"), pterocarpus sant...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/11961
Aims: Agricultural commercialization literature has shown that access to market information influences market participation by smallholder farmers. However, documentation on which type of access to market information influences the extent of market participation in the study area...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/10386
A field trial was conducted during the late wet seasons of 2011 and 2012 at the Research Farm of the Federal University of Agriculture, Alabata, Abeokuta (7015’N, 3025’E) in the forest savanna- transition zone of Ogun State, South Western Nigeria. The objective was to evaluate th...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/10232
Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp) is rich in dietary protein and a relish in most West African countries. Four elite genotypes (IT 97K-499-35, lT 97K-568-18, IT 98K-131- 2 and IT 93K-452-2) emanating from the breeding programme of International Institute of Tropical Agriculture...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/10320
This study estimated the efficiency of poultry egg farming in Ogun state, Nigeria. Primary data were collected with the use of structured questionnaire from 120 farmers drawn by a multi-stage random sampling technique. Descriptive statistics, Tobit regression model and Data Envel...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/10611
The constraints to kenaf production are extensive because farmers lack the information to mitigate them. This study determined the information needs of kenaf farmers. The study was carried out in Ogbomoso Agricultural Zone of Oyo State, in the year 2013. Multistage sampling techn...
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Research Article10.9734/ajea/2014/9557