This study assessed the indigenous strategies employed by irrigation farmers to cope with adverse effects of climate change in Katsina State. It also related the use of those strategies on one hand and food security situation of households in the study area on the other hand. It was carried out in two out of the three zones of Katsina State Agricul... Continue Reading
This study was conducted to determine the analysis of the efficiency of the non-mechanized and the mechanized rice farmers in Kaduna state. The specific objectives were to determine the inputs and output level of the non-mechanized and the mechanized rice farmers in the study area, to determine the costs, returns and profitability of the non-mech... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT Most forms of rural development have positive bearing on agricultural growth in third world countries. This is because agricultural activities are mostly undertaken in rural areas. In this respect, improving water supply and sanitation in the rural areas is a direct attempt at improving agricultural production in the intended areas. Continue Reading
This research was undertaken to investigate the contribution of IAR groundnut varieties to poverty alleviation among farming households in the North West Zone of Nigeria. Primary data were obtained through the use of well-structured questionnaire from a sample size of 347 comprising of 170 adopters and 177 non-adopters of IAR groundnut varieties. T... Continue Reading
This research was undertaken to investigate the contribution of IAR groundnut varieties to poverty alleviation among farming households in the North West Zone of Nigeria. Primary data were obtained through the use of well-structured questionnaire from a sample size of 347 comprising of 170 adopters and 177 non-adopters of IAR groundnut varieties. T... Continue Reading
The study examined broadly the socio-economic factors influencing the adoption of improved rice processing technologies by women in Jigawa State, Nigeria. The specific objectives were: (i) describe the socio-economic characteristics of the women rice processors in the study areas (ii) investigate the level of awareness of improved rice processing t... Continue Reading
Government thrust on irrigation development in Nigeria seems to have focused on the establishment of large-scale irrigation schemes, which for various reasons have been unable to yield the desired increase in agricultural production. Available evidences tend to suggest that small-scale irrigation systems have greater potential of increasing agricu... Continue Reading
This study estimated the costs and returns, the input-output technical relationship, as well as constraints associated with watermelon production in some selected Local Government Areas of Kano State of Nigeria. Field survey was conducted in four local government areas (Bunkure, Kura, Wudil and Bichi) where structured questionnaires were administe... Continue Reading
The purpose of this study is to assess ways of intensifying crop and livestock production in Katsina state through an examination of farm level reorganization of resources and activities in the integrated crop-livestock system. Data were collected from 120 households in six villages of the state using structured questionnaire. The tools of analysi... Continue Reading
For areas with water problem, it is generally believed that dry season farming can increase total agricultural production and consequently agricultural productivity. Intervention in smallscale dry season irrigation farming is also known to favour the small-scale farmers scattered all over an area. However, for a meaningful government intervention ... Continue Reading
The main objectives of the study are to derive optimum farm plans for the small scale mixed crop/ livestock farmer and to examine the effect of resource adjustments on total gross margin under the existing technology and resource endowment. The study area is Giwa District of Zaria Local Government area of Kaduna state. The study was carried out du... 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
A study was made of factors affecting flowering and fruit set in pepper plants grown from seed. The duration of the initial vegetative phase of growth was prolonged when radiant exposures were low, as in the winter or when shading was used in the summer. The change from vegetative to reproductive development was also delayed by a reduction in night... Continue Reading
Field trials were conducted at Irrigation Research Sub-station Farm of the Institute for Agricultural Research, Ahmadu Bello University, Kadawa (11ÂÂ�, 39'N 80ÂÂ�, 27' E and 500m above sea Level), during the 2002/2003 and 2003/2004 dry seasons to determine the morphological and physiological characteristics of Irrigated durum wheat varieties. Continue Reading
A study was conducted to evaluate the effects of feeding graded levels of PKM in broiler chicken diets supplemented with or without MaxigrainÂÂ� enzyme on the performance of broiler chickens. The first study is on nutrient retention, where eighty one (81) day old chicks of the Arbor Acres strain were randomly allotted to nine (9) isonitrogeneous d... Continue Reading