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• 1. DETERMINATION OF BOILING EFFECT ON ASCORBIC ACID, TOCOPHEROL, AND VITAMIN A CONT...

  » ABSTRACT Ficuscarpensis commonly known as fig tree is a medicinal plant found in tropical forest and grassy woodlands and possesses high antioxidant capacity.This study investigated the concentrationsof antioxidant vitamins: A, C and E in the boiled and fresh leaf extract `of Ficuscarpensis using Spectrophotomer. The result obtained showed that boiling reduced the concentration of Vitamin C (0....Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  8,146 engagements |   Source: Bio-Chemistry Projects & Research Materials

• 2. CULTIVATION OF MUSHROOM USING CORN COB, SAWDUST AND THE MIXTURE OF BOTH SUBSTRAT...

  » ABSTRACT Mushrooms are edible fungi belonging to class Basidiomycetes.  Most species of mushroom are popular and widely cultivated throughout the world owing to their simple and low cost production technology and higher biological efficiency. This study on cultivation of mushroom using different substrates adopted a culture method in which the mushroom was cultured on sawdust, corn cob and the ...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  9,794 engagements |   Source: Bio-Chemistry Projects & Research Materials

• 3. BIOREMEDIATION OF OIL-CONTAMINATED SOIL USING EMULSIFIER (LIQUID SOAP), NPK FERT...

  » Abstract Two different set of soil samples were collected near Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company Limited (KRPC), a Subsidiary of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Kaduna. The first set of samples labelled (D) was obtained from areas where diesel from the refinery spilled into the environment and the second set of samples labelled (P) was collected from areas where petrol leake...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  9,110 engagements |   Source: Bio-Chemistry Projects & Research Materials

• 4. BACTERIOLOGICAL QUALITY OF PASTEURIZED LIQUID MILK SAMPLES SOLD AT DIFFERENT SHO...

  » ABSTRACT The present study was carried out to determine the bacteriological quality of pasteurized liquid milk samples sold at different shops in students market located at Imo state University front gate. A total of four samples were collected. The samples were examined to determine the total heterophilic bacterial count and total coliform count. Results revealed that two of the samples (1 and 2)...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  8,762 engagements |   Source: Bio-Chemistry Projects & Research Materials

• 5. ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY OF LOCALLY MADE SOAP ON DERMATOPHYTES ISOLATED FROM BARBING ...

  » ABSTRACT The comparative study on the effect of the locally made black soap and Dudu osun soap on dermatophytes isolated from barbing equipment using agar well diffusion method. The fungi isolated from the barbing equipment are Trichophyton rubrum (56.25%), Microsporum canis(28.13%), and Trichophyton mentagrophytes (15.63%).  The isolates were treated with Dudu Osun and Black soap, the resu...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  8,753 engagements |   Source: Bio-Chemistry Projects & Research Materials

• 6. ANALYSIS OF BORE-HOLE WATER QUALITY OF COMMUNITIES

  » ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION Water is one of the most important and abundant compounds of the ecosystem. All living organisms on the earth need water for their survival and growth. It rarely occurs in its pure form in nature (Ababio, 2005). It is the only substance that exists naturally on Earth in all three physical states of matter; gas, liquid, and solid. The Earth has oceans of liquid water and polar...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  9,131 engagements |   Source: Bio-Chemistry Projects & Research Materials

• 7. THE EFFECT OF MICROFINANCE BANKS SERVICES ON AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION OF MEMBERS ...

  » ABSTRACT Lack of access to credit has negatively affected poor farmers and rural dwellers for many years. Rural people need credit to allow investment in their farms and small businesses, to smooth consumption and to reduce their vulnerability to weather and economic shocks. Because they have little access to formal financing institutions, poor rural people follow sub optimal risk management and c...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  8,242 engagements |   Source: Agricultural Economics And Extension Projects & Research Materials

• 8. THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF IMPROVED AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY ON CASSAVA PRODUCTIVITY

  » ABSTRACT This paper assessed the economic impact of improved agricultural technologies on cassava productivity in Kogi State, Nigeria. The results are drawn from a household survey covering the agricultural season of 2009/2010. The data obtained from interview schedule was subjected to descriptive and inferential statistical analysis. Descriptive statistics for this study include frequency, percen...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  8,402 engagements |   Source: Agricultural Economics And Extension Projects & Research Materials

• 9. HOW TO RUN UNIT ROOT TEST USING E-VIEWS SOFTWARE

  » ABSTRACT Unit root testing strategies are unnecessarily complicated because they do not exploit prior knowledge of the growth status of the time series, they worry about unrealistic outcomes, and they double or triple test for unit roots. The authors provide a testing strategy that cuts through these complications and so facilitates teaching this dimension of the unit root phenomenon. F tests are ...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  8,167 engagements |   Source: Agricultural Economics And Extension Projects & Research Materials

• 10. GROWTH AND POVERTY REDUCTION: THE ROLE OF AGRICULTURE

  » ABSTRACT Agriculture is a key part of DFID’s efforts to reduce global poverty and achieve the Millennium Development Goals. It extends into many other areas of development policy and complements our work on issues such as fisheries, forestry, food security, social protection, governance and trade. Building on our understanding of livelihoods (DFID, 2002), this paper shows why we believe agricult...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  8,631 engagements |   Source: Agricultural Economics And Extension Projects & Research Materials

• 11. EFFECT OF CROP RESIDUE ON SOIL CHEMICAL PROPERTIES AND RICE YIELDS ON AN ULTISOL

  » ABSTRACT The soils of the Abakaliki area are low in fertility. The soils have been noted to be acidic, low in organic matter status, caption exchange capacity and other essential nutrients, (Emoezor et al., 1988, Asadu and Akamigbo, 1990, Nnabude and Mbagwu 1999 and Ogbodo and Nnabude, 2004). The use of organic amendments could be a viable means of improving the productivity of the soils. Recycli...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  7,710 engagements |   Source: Agricultural Economics And Extension Projects & Research Materials

• 12. ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF SWAMP RICE PRODUCTION

  » ABSTRACT Rice is the most important cereal in the world after wheat and more than half of the human race needs rice as a source of calories (wakatsuki et al, 2004). It is the leading cereal crop of the south East Asia which constitutes a thick population region of the world (Mani et al, 2007). Africa accounts for only about 2% of worlds output of rice. Rice is produced in the middle belt, south ...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  8,955 engagements |   Source: Agricultural Economics And Extension Projects & Research Materials

• 13. ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF PIG PRODUCTION

  » ABSTRACT   Livestock is one of the fastest growing agricultural sub sectors in developing countries with Agricultural Gross Domestic Product of 33 per cent and is rapidly increasing. Livestock products contribute 17 per cent to kilo calorie (a non S.I unit of energy equal to 100 calories) consumption and 33 per cent to protein consumption globally, but there is large discrepancy between rich and ...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  16,229 engagements |   Source: Agricultural Economics And Extension Projects & Research Materials

• 14. ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF DEFORESTATION

  » ABSTRACT The study provided an economic analysis of the losses from deforestation in Enugu State of Nigeria. Specifically, the study evaluated the effects of socioeconomic factors affecting deforestation in Enugu State. It also identified the factors that influence the decision to deforest. The study further examined the nature and extent of deforestation in the state. Primary and secondary data g...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  8,239 engagements |   Source: Agricultural Economics And Extension Projects & Research Materials

• 15. AN ANALYSIS OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN NIGERIA: THE FATE OF NIGERIA’S AGR...

  » ABSTACT Investment is the process of adding to capital (Arene and Okpukpara, 2006). Lack of capital has been implicated as the major sustenance of the vicious circle of poverty. This is due to its negative effect on production capacity. In developing countries, national income is low; hence savings and investment are low. Low investment translates to low capital stock, low productivity and low out...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  7,556 engagements |   Source: Agricultural Economics And Extension Projects & Research Materials

• 16. AGRICULTURE, TRADE REFORM AND POVERTY REDUCTION: IMPLICATIONS FOR SUB-SAHARAN AF...

  » ABSTRACT The WTO Ministerial Declaration at Doha in November 2001 places considerable emphasis on development (WTO, 2001b), although the outcome is not guaranteed. Many developing countries – particularly in Africa – are skeptical that they will receive sufficient gains from that MTN to warrant the inevitable costs of negotiations and adjustments. These countries and some donors also still nee...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  7,480 engagements |   Source: Agricultural Economics And Extension Projects & Research Materials

• 17. AGRICULTURAL PUBLIC SPENDING IN NIGERIA

  » ABSTRACT The potential contribution of agriculture to economic development in Nigeria is discussed in two important government policy documents: (i) the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS), and (ii) the New Agricultural Policy Thrust (NAP). NEEDS, implemented in 2004 as Nigeria’s homegrown poverty reduction strategy, emphasizes the importance of increasing agricultural...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  8,585 engagements |   Source: Agricultural Economics And Extension Projects & Research Materials

• 18. THE POTENTIALS OF AQUACULTURE DEVELOPMENT IN FISHING COMMUNITIES

  » ABSTRACT   Aquaculture continues to grow rapidly every day, and then became bigger and bigger industry every year. So understanding the basic part behind aquatic production facilities is of increasing importance for all those working in this industry. Aquaculture requires knowledge and skills of the many general aspects of production such as spawning, production of feeds etc (Anderson, 2004). Fis...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  12,203 engagements |   Source: Fishery & Aquaculture Projects & Research Materials

• 19. STUDIES ON THE BIOLOGY OF SILVER CATFISH (CHRYSICHTHYS NIGRODIGITATUS LACÈPÈDE...

  » ABSTRACT Studies on the biology of silver catfish Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus (Lacèpède, 1803) in Jebba Lake, Nigeria was carried out between January 2009 and December 2010. Samples collected using fleets of experimental gillnets were used for the study. There was fluctuations in the physico chemical parameters measured; mean electrical conductivity (66.41±13.89μs/cm), and mean phosphate (0.20...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  8,902 engagements |   Source: Fishery & Aquaculture Projects & Research Materials

• 20. IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE

  » . ABSTRACT This study examines the major effects of climate change on Fisheries and Aquaculture. Factors responsible for climate change which include burning of fuel, oil, coal, gas, deforestation among others cause the emission of green house gases (carbon dioxide, water vapour, methane and nitrous oxide) into the atmosphere with resultant global warming leading to climate change. The main elemen...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  10,996 engagements |   Source: Fishery & Aquaculture Projects & Research Materials

• 21. COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF FOUR COMMERCIAL FISH FEEDS IN THE...

  » ABSTRACT With global population expansion, the demand for high quality animal protein is rising dramatically (Yisa et al., 2006). Increased aquaculture production is clearly needed to meet this demand, because capture fisheries are showing serious decline due to over fishing, aquatic habitat destruction and pollution (FAO, 2004). World capture fisheries have been in a stable state throughout much...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  10,430 engagements |   Source: Fishery & Aquaculture Projects & Research Materials

• 22. CHALLENGES OF WOMEN INVOLVED IN AQUACULTURAL ACTIVITIES

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1. Background of the STUDY The Fisheries subsector is a significant source of fish food and livelihood for many people living in the coastal communities as it supplies animal protein necessary for growth and income. However, it has become clear that the challenges women are facing needs to be addressed and evaluated at their various levels. There is enormous need to stud...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  13,231 engagements |   Source: Fishery & Aquaculture Projects & Research Materials

• 23. A STUDY ON CONSUMERS ACCEPTABILIY ON FRESH AND SMOKED CATFISH

  » ABSTRACT Fish is a major source of food for humans, providing significant portion of the protein intake in the diet of large proportion of the people, particularly so in developing countries. Fish is less tough and more digestible compared to beef, chicken and mutton. Moreover, has little or no religious rejection that gives it an advantage over pork and beef (Kumolu Johnson and Ndimele, 2011). Th...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  71 pages |  14,005 engagements |   Source: Fishery & Aquaculture Projects & Research Materials

• 24. THE EFFECT OF SOAKED CASSAVA PEEL MEAL SUPPLEMENTED WITH ENZYME AS REPLACEMENT F...

  » ABSTRACT Recently, the nutritional status of the populace in most developing countries is predominantly marked by inadequate protein intake both in quantity and quality (Taiwo et al., 2005). Efforts are being directed towards exploring all reasonable options to meet the recommended level at a reduced cost. Poultry production is a good source of animal protein and contributes immensely in boosting...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  9,217 engagements |   Source: Animal Science Projects & Research Materials

• 25. THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT ENZYME SUBSTRATES ON THE PERFORMANCE OF BROILERS FED PEE...

  » ABSTRACT An experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of using two different enzyme substrates on the performance of broilers fed peeled cassava root meal (PCRM), in a 3 x 3 factorial arrangement in a completely randomised design experiment. One hundred and eighty nine broiler chicks aged 14 days were assigned to nine experimental diets where PCRM replaced maize at 0, 50 and 75 percent l...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  8,487 engagements |   Source: Animal Science Projects & Research Materials