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Comparison of labour requirements for cropping maize on land previously used for stylosanthes fodder banks and on adjacent fallows in the sub-humid zone of Nigeria por Tarawali, G., Mohamed-Saleem, M.A., Kaufmann, Ralph R. von

“…Examines the returns to labour from cropping fallowed land and land that has been used for stylosanthes fodder banks in the subhumid zone of Nigeria.…”
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Potential adoption and diffusion of improved dual-purpose cowpea in the dry savannas of Nigeria: an evaluation using a combination of participatory and structured approaches por Okike, Iheanacho, Kristjanson, Patricia M., Tarawali, Shirley A., Singh, B.B., Kruska, Russell L., Mounyong, V.M.

“…The potential impact and return to investment from introducing improved dualpurpose cowpea for food and fodder in northern Nigeria was investigated using a combination of farmers' workshops and village and household level surveys. …”
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Forage resources and their utilization by herded cattle: A comparison of a grazing reserve and a farming area in the sub-humid zone of Nigeria por Bayer, W., Kaufmann, Ralph R. von, Suleiman, H.

“…Describes the forage resources and their utilization by pastoralists' cattle in two of ILCA's case study areas in the sub-humid zone of Nigeria. Examines effects on cattle productivity. …”
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Development of cassava germplasm resources for the improvement of high value root quality traits through induced mutation and marker aided breeding in Nigeria por Okogbenin, Emmanuel, Egesi, Chiedozie N., Mbanaso, E.N.A., Ogbe, F.O., Santos Meléndez, Luís Guillermo, Gutiérrez Artunduaga, Janneth Patricia, Marín, J.A., Mba, C., Ukpabi, U.J., Fregene, Martin A.

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Characterization of the farming and livestock production systems using the feed assessment tool (FEAST) in selected local government areas of Oyo state, Nigeria por Babayemi, O.J., Samireddypalle, A., Sosina, A.O., Ayantunde, Augustine A., Okike, Iheanacho, Duncan, Alan J.

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Characterization of the farming and livestock production systems using the feed assessment tool (FEAST) in selected local government areas of Osun state, Nigeria por Babayemi, O.J., Samireddypalle, A., Sosina, A.O., Ayantunde, Augustine A., Okike, Iheanacho, Duncan, Alan J.

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Influence of Age and sex on body weight and some body linear measurements of Extensively Reared wad Goats in Derived Savannah zone of Nigeria por Ojedapo, L.O, Adedeji, T.A., Olayeni, T.B., Adedeji, O.S., Abdullah, A.R., Ojebiyi, O.O.

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Strengthening urban producer organizations for innovative vegetable production and marketing in West African cities: experiences from Accra, Chana and Ibadan, Nigeria por Larbi, Theophilus Otchere, Cofie, Olufunke O., Amoah, Philip, Veenhuizen, René van

“…In Accra, Ghana and Ibadan, Nigeria, 200 urban farmers were organized into 8 producer groups and trained using technical and organizational innovations in vegetable production so as to improve yield and income. …”
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Micronutrients availability in a cleared forestland after seven years of continuous cultivation and eight years of natural fallow in an Alfisol, eastern Nigeria por Asadu, C., Chibuike, G., Dixon, A.

“…More research is needed in order to understand the interrelationships that exist among micronutrients in alfisol of eastern Nigeria.…”
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Effect of tillage, fertilizer and sorghum/desmodium intercrop cultivation on soils quality and yield of sorghum in an alfisol of a Northern Guinea Savanna of Nigeria por Chidowe, O.A., Joshua, T.M., Sunday, A., Dawi, T.B., Oluoch, M., Zeyaur, K.

“…Soil quality protection under intensive land use and fast economic development has become a major challenge for sustainable resource use in the developing countries such as Nigeria. Conventional tillage practice is commonly practiced at land preparation and effect of this on soil quality for sustainable productivity was investigated in this study, in comparison with No Till, Conservation tillage, and split old ridge practices in combination with four nitrogen and three phosphorus fertilizer rates. …”
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Gender and innovation in agriculture: a case study of farmers varietal preference of drought tolerant maize in southern Guinea Savannah region of Nigeria por Ayinde, O.E., Abdoulaye, Tahirou, Olaoye, G., Akangbe, J.

“…The study analyses farmers’ varietal preference of drought tolerant maize in Southern Guinea Savannah region of Nigeria. It specifically determined the socioeconomic characteristics of farmers, identified their gender based preference for Drought Tolerant maize variety and elucidated the reasons for preference. …”
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Identification and molecular characterization of a novel sugarcane streak mastrevirus and an isolate of the A-strain of maize streak virus from sugarcane in Nigeria por Yahaya, A., Dangora, D.B., Alegbejo, M.D., Kumar, P. Lava, Alabi, O.J.

“…The results of this study add to the repertoire of diverse AfSVs present in cereal and sugarcane mixed cropping landscapes in the northern Guinea savannah region of Nigeria, with implications for disease epidemiology.…”
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Incidence of Aspergillus section Flavi strains and aflatoxin production in some market samples of Dioscorea yam chips from various towns in Nigeria por Akinbade, O.O., Kumar, M., Atehnkeng, J., Adegoke, G.O., Kumar, P. Lava, Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit

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Relation of yields of soybean and maize to sulphur, zinc and copper status of soils under intensifying cropping systems in the tropical savannas of northeast Nigeria por Kwari, J.D., Kamara, A.Y., Ekeleme, F., Omoigui, L.O.

“…Deficiencies of sulphur (S), copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn) are becoming prevalent under intensifying agricultural systems in north-eastern Nigeria. They are manifest in the partial or lack of response by crops to NPK fertilizers leading to a reduction in crop quality and yields. …”
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Growth, yield and disease responses of 12 cassava genotypes evaluated for two cropping seasons in a derived savannah zone of southeastern Nigeria por Baiyeri, K.P., Edibo, G.O., Obi, I.U., Ogbe, F.O., Egesi, Chiedozie N., Eke-Okoro, O.N., Okogbenin, Emmanuel, Dixon, Alfred G.O.

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The occurrence of African cassava mosaic virus and East African cassava mosaic Cameroon virus in natural hosts other than cassava in Nigeria por Alabi, O.J., Ogbe, F.O., Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit, Dixon, Alfred G.O., Hughes, J., Naidu, R.A.

“…The results confirm the natural occurrence of ACMV and EACMCV in four plant species other than cassava and indicate that theymay play a role in the epidemiology of CMD in Nigeria.…”
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Measurement of pesticide residues from chemical control of the invasive Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in a maize experimental field in Mokwa, Nigeria por Togola, A., Meseka, S.K., Menkir, A., Badu-Apraku, Baffour, Boukar, O., Tamo, Manuele, Djouaka, R.

“…This study was designed to evaluate the residue of 11 insecticides that were used to control high population of the fall armyworm in maize field in Mokwa, Nigeria. Maize and soil samples were collected from an experimental field to investigate the residue level using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC, Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, CA, USA) analysis techniques. …”
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Alley cropping with Senna siamea in southwestern Nigeria: 11 Dry matter, total N, and ureaderived N dynamics of the Senna and maize roots por Vanlauwe, Bernard, Sanginga, N., Merckx, Roel

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Non-timber forest products income from forest landscapes of Cameroon, Ghana and Nigeria: an incidental or integral contribution to sustaining rural livelihoods? por Malleson, R, Asaha, S, Egot, M., Kshatriya, Mrigesh, Marshall, A.R., Obeng-Okrah, K., Sunderland, Terry C.H.

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Report on mapping livelihood and nutrition in Nigeria using data from the national rural livelihoods survey and the national food consumption and nutrition survey por Maziya-Dixon, B.B., Okechukwu, R., Kormawa, P.M., Legg, C., Ofodile, S., Alabi, T.

“…Two country-wide surveys, one on rural livelihoods, poverty and food demand, and the other on food consumption and child nutrition, were carried out in Nigeria by IITA, and the results mapped in order to assist interpretation.The lack of reliable recent census statistics in Nigeria complicates the process of mapping socio-economic variables. …”
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