Soils of the Northern Guinea Savanna of Nigeria are continuously and intensively cultivated resulting in soil quality degradation, accelerated soil erosion and soil nutrient depletion. This study on effect of tillage, sorghum/Desmodium intercrop and fertilizer rates on soil quality was conducted in order to investigate the extent to which it can al... Continue Reading
Four experiments were carried out to evaluate the effect of Garlic supplementation in broiler chickens. In the first experiments 0-4 weeks, a total of 270 day old broiler chicks were used for the experiment which had six treatments and three replicates, each replicate was allotted 15 birds in a completely randomized design. Six broiler starter diet... Continue Reading
Field surveys were conducted during 2014 wet season in three Local Government Areas each of Kaduna, Kano and Katsina States in North West Nigeria to determine the occurrence and distribution of bacterial leaf blight of cocoyam. A total of 81 cocoyam fields were surveyed in the three States. Sampling was done using a five, 2Ó2 m2 quadrat in each o... Continue Reading
The study was conducted to evaluatethe economics of farmers‟ participation in the Nigeria agricultural insurance scheme in Kaduna State of Nigeria. A multistage sampling technique was used to select 148farmers.Primary data were collected with the aid of structured questionnaires.The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, logit regressi... Continue Reading
This work is an attempt to study the Impact of British Colonial Rule on Zangon Kataf District, 1907 – 1960. In order to achieve this, several sources were consulted and oral interviews were carried out on the field of study. The research revealed that colonialism was the cause of underdevelopment of our area of study. This is because the British... Continue Reading
Two feeding trials were conducted to evaluate the growth performance, carcass characteristics, haematological profile, egg production parameters, egg quality characteristics and economic advantage of Japanese quails fed diets containing autoclaved castor seed cake (CSC) in maize/sorghum based diet (MSBD) with enzyme supplementation in the feeding ... Continue Reading
An investigation was carried out with Fifty (Arachis hypogaea L.) genotypes to assess the genetic diversity for yield and yield related traits. i.e. plant height, canopy spread, number of branches, number of pods per plant, pod yield shelling percentage etc. The experiment was conducted at the Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR) research Far... Continue Reading
This study was carried out in three Local Government Areas in Kaduna State, Nigeria between August and November during the 2013 cropping season. A multistage sampling technique was used in selecting respondents for this study. The first stage was purposive selection of the three Local Governments based on predominance of cocoyam production among t... Continue Reading
Field experiments were conducted at the Institute for Agricultural Research (I. A. R.), Samaru, Zaria (Latitude 11Ëš11' N and Longitude 7Ëš38' E), Nigeria for two years period (2009 and 2012) to study the population dynamics of Agonoscelis versicolor F. on sunflower. Continue Reading
The study was carried out to investigate the effect of participation in artisanal and small-scale mining on the output, income and standard of living of farmers in Kaduna State, Nigeria. A multi-stage sampling technique was used for sample selection. Continue Reading
Trials were conducted to determine the nutrient profile of hydroponic white kaura sorghum sprouts as compared to the grains and the performance of Red Sokoto goats fed the experimental diets. The measurement of the animal response at experimental level was performed in order to test the hypothesis that sprouting gives rise to hydroponic sprouts tha... Continue Reading
Trials were carried out in both screen house and field during 2014 cropping season at Samaru, Zaria to study the Economic Injury Levels (EIL) and to evaluate some cowpea varieties for field resistance to legume pod borer (Maruca vitrata (G.) Fab). First instar larvae of M. vitrata at levels 0 (no larvae were released), 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 0, 25, ... Continue Reading
The study investigated the effect of beekeeping on poverty status of women in Ogun and Kaduna States, Nigeria. Ogun State Beekeepers Network group (OBNG) and Beekeeping Extension Society (BES) in Kaduna State were purposively chosen for the study. OBNG has a population of 214 women beekeepers while BES has 256. A sample of 107 and 128 which represe... Continue Reading
This study was conducted to analyze farm households and community food security in Kaduna state, Nigeria, by purposefully choosing two of the four agro ecological zones of the state’s ADP; and the random choice of four LGAs and eight communities. The analytical tools used include descriptive statistics, Food Security Index (FSI), multiple regres... Continue Reading
Proximate analysis of maize cobs (MC) was carried out with samples from two different sites. The average values of CP, CF, NFE, EE, Ash, Ca and P were 2.47, 32.22, 57.73, 1.66, 5.16, 0.15 and 0.075 percent respectively. The apparent metabolizable energy of MC was found to be 751.68 Kcal/kg. Two experiments were also conducted to evaluate the replac... Continue Reading