The overall objective of this study was to analyse the impact of Hadejia Valley Irrigation Project (HVIP) on crop productivity and poverty reduction in the study area. The specific objectives were to: Describe the socio-economic and institutional characteristics of beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries of the Project; Analyse the impact of the Proje... Continue Reading
This study was carried out to analyze the impact of adoption of modified drum oven technology on income and Level of Living of Fish Processors in Niger State, Nigeria. Data for the study were collected using questionnaire administered to 320 fish processors in eight (8) LGAs of Niger State. The LGAs were purposively selected because of the intensit... Continue Reading
The research considered the resource use efficiency and profitability of maize production in Kaduna state. Data collection was collected with a well-structured questionnaire administered on 163 maize farmers selected through purposive and random sampling techniques. The methods of analyses used were descriptive statistics, multiple regression model... Continue Reading
Thisstudy focused on analyse of livelihood diversification by farming households in Kachia, Kagarko and Jaba Local Government areas of Kaduna State, Nigeria. Primary data were collected from 220 respondents using structured questionnaire. The statistical tools used to analyse the data were descriptive statistics, logit regression and t-statistics. Continue Reading
The study focused onanalyzing women empowerment through production of ginger for household food security in Southern Kaduna. Two Local Government Areas were purposively selected in Southern Kaduna and six villages were randomly selected from these Local Government Area and 224 farmers were selected in this study area. Primary data were collected f... Continue Reading
The study focused onanalyzing women empowerment through production of ginger for household food security in Southern Kaduna. Two Local Government Areas were purposively selected in Southern Kaduna and six villages were randomly selected from these Local Government Area and 224 farmers were selected in this study area. Primary data were collected f... Continue Reading
A feeding trial lasting 90 days was conducted using 28 Yankasa weaner rams with an average weight of 14.96 ÂÂ� 1.10 kg (5-6 months old) to investigate effect of sequence and feeding interval of concentrate supplement (CS) and roughage on performance. Continue Reading
The study analyzed cowpea marketing and price trend in some selected rural and urban markets in Kaduna State, Nigeria. A multi-stage sampling technique was used for sample selection. The first stage was purposive selection of Maiganaagricultural zone in Kaduna State; namely Ikara, Makarfi, Giwa, Shika, Galadimawa and Tudunsaibu. Continue Reading
Afield trial was conducted in the 1991 wet season on the Research Farm of the Institute for Agricultural Research, Samaru, Zaria (11ÂÂ� 11'N, 7 38'E, 658m above mean sea - level) located in the northern Guinea savanna ecological zone of Nigeria . The objec iv e was to determine the effects of nitrogen and phosphorus on the productivity of maize an... Continue Reading
There is a widespread recognition that non-adoption of labour- saving devices is a significant constraint on increasing farm productivity and output. This constraint has persisted inspite of the fact that intermediate farm tools and equipment have been introduced to farmers in Nigeria over the past seventy years. In this thesis, a number of factors... Continue Reading
Land use and soil management practices, affect soil physical quality indicators. Ten plots from the long-term DNPK trial field of Samaru were selected and soils analyzed to assess the hydrological and physico-chemical properties after a long period of cultivation and fallow. 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 die... Continue Reading
Agriculture and land are quite inseparable Land is an important resource and a factor of production to the extent that without land there can be no agricultural growth or development. Land crisis is a phenomenon which in recent years has brought about an unprecedented problem and hardship to many inhabitants of Idah Local Government Area (L.G.A.) a... Continue Reading
A study was conducted to determine the genera, frequency and prominence value of plant parasitic nematodes associated with Jatropha curcas accessions in Sabon Gari, Kudan, Giwa and Zaria Local Government Areas of Kaduna State, Nigeria in 2013. Using systematic random method of sampling, 72 soil and root samples were collected from the Jatropha pla... Continue Reading
The main focus of the study is on economic analysis of irrigated rice production in Kura local government area of Kano State, Nigeria. The Research was carried out in 10 selected villages in Kura local government area. The 10 villages were selected from the 26 villages in the local government and 10% of the farmers in each of the selected 10 villag... Continue Reading