Search Results - "Nigeria"

Integrating livestock, trees and crops by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…A pilot project in Nigeria, combining traditional crops with trees (Leucanea leucocephala and Gliricidia sepium) that are grown for livestock grazing, appears to be succeeding. …”
Get full text

Fodder Banks by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Fodder banks provide cattle farmers with high quality fodder for the dry season. In Nigeria's sub-humid zone around Kaduna the number of these banks nearly doubled in 1984; the number of fodder banks managed by pastoralists increased spontaneously...…”
Get full text

Improving yam yields by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Scientists at the University of Nigeria have shown that treating tubers of white yam ( Dioscorea rotundata) with the growth regulator IBA before planting ensures dormancy is broken and results in more uniform crop establishment and higher yields....…”
Get full text

Bia improved yams by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Researchers at the University of Nigeria have shown that the dormancy period of white yams (Dioscorea rotundata) can be broken by applying the growth regulator BIA (butyric indolic acid) to the tubers before planting. …”
Get full text

Pigeonpea for food and shelter by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Trials by ICRISAT International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics) scientists in India, Malawi, Nigeria and northern Australia suggest that perennial pigeonpea can produce as much biomass as Leucaena leucocephala, which is the most...…”
Get full text

Ground creeper to smother weeds by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Researchers at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Nigeria have been working with Mucuna for several...…”
Get full text

Plant biotechnologies: Luxembourg by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…CTA cosponsored a meeting at IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria in November 1990 which addressed the more specific issue of enhancing biotechnology research…”
Get full text

Sustaining livestock development by Sonaiya, Funso

“…Dr Funso Sonaiya is a professor at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Nigeria. An FAO consultant since 1983, he is also the Coordinator for the African Network on Rural Poultry Development (ANRDP), as well as editing its Newsletter and also the...…”
Get full text

The industrial uses of sorghum by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…In Nigeria, for several years now, sorghum has taken the place of foreign cereals whose importation is strictly controlled. …”
Get full text

Cassava in tropical Africa by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Cassava in tropical Atrica; a reference manual produced by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, 1990 176pp, ISBN 978 131 041 3 Pbk IITA, PNB 5320 Oyo Road, Ibadan, NIGERIA…”
Get full text

Trends in cassava production by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Five countries, Brazil, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Indonesia, Nigeria and Thailand account for almost 70 per cent of the...…”
Get full text

Safe solar drying by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…David Yisa of Minna, Nigeria, asks 'how to maintain the natural colour of sun dried tomatoes and peppers, and avoid blackening. …”
Get full text

Capacity building by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Whilst a few laboratories in South Africa, Nigeria, and perhaps Kenya, have the capacity to produce...…”
Get full text

Back to the land by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Adetoyese Adedeji of Kawo Maduna, Kaduna State, Nigeria, read with 'keen interest the true stories of four non-agricultural professionals who turned into experts in Spore 84. …”
Get full text

Gum to keep desert in place by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…The US Agency for International Development (USAID), the American Soft Drink Association and the Importer Services Corporation (ISC) have signed an agreement with various states in northern Nigeria to expand the production of Arabic gum (Acacia)....…”
Get full text

Protect stored cowpeas by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) is cultivated widely in Africa and its centre of production is Nigeria. A good source of vegetable protein, in certain regions cowpea provides people with nearly 60% of their protein intake. …”
Get full text

Longing for the loaf by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…is what the roadside posters yell in Lagos, Nigeria. Africa has been willingly invaded by bread. …”
Get full text

The quality of fertilizers in West Africa by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…With the exception of Niger and Nigeria, the task of fertilizer...…”
Get full text

More meaningful education by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…The participants came from Ghana, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria, Tanzania, Za…”
Get full text

Africa RISING West Africa Project External Mid-Term Review Report by Ellis-Jones, J., Okali, C., Agyemang, K.

Get full text