Resultados de búsqueda - "Nigeria"
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Early mulching increases yields
Publicado 1990“…Therefore prunings cut later in the season can be fed to livestock without depriving the crop. Trials in Nigeria's...…”
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Brick-walled cooler
Publicado 1990“…A back evaporative cooler for storage of fresh produce, with a capacity of 182m3, has been constructed and tested in Kano, Nigeria. The successful storage of produce in the tropics requires cheap structures or containers which reduce ambient...…”
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African poultry network set up
Publicado 1990“…In November 1989 a workshop held in Nigeria on rural poultry production determined a need to consolidate existing know-ledge and coordinate development. …”
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New methods of Striga control
Publicado 1991“…Research in Nigeria, has shown that hand pulling alone is an ineffective means of controlling Striga spp, (witchweed). …”
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Rapid on-farm multiplication of plantain and banana
Publicado 1992“…Two new methods of propagating plantain and banana have been developed by the National Horticultural Research Institute in Nigeria. Both plantains and bananas are a major food in West Africa, but availability of propagating material has limited the...…”
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Those missing yams again!
Publicado 2001“…Mr A A Olaniyan from nothing less than the National Horticultural Research Institute in Ibadan, Nigeria, joins the masses of readers who still remind us of our error of publishing a photo a woman with a basket of cassava with a...…”
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Better links for subscribers?
Publicado 2001“…Also from Nigeria, in Ado-Etiki, Pastor Emmanuel Akindele asks us to 'produce a register of subscribers, to increase information exchange about development opportunities.'…”
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Local veterinary knowledge
Publicado 2001“…Ethnoveterinary practices research and development Edited by J O Gefu, P A Abdu & C B Alawa, National Animal Production Research Institute, Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria. 2000. 166 pp. ISBN 978 2364 26 8 US$15 Euro 17.80…”
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Women use credit for computers
Publicado 2001“…Using micro-credit loans to finance computers and email subscriptions for rural women has earned the Fantsuam Foundation's Bayanloco Community Learning Centre in Kaduna State, Nigeria, the first APC Africa Hafkin Communications Prize. …”
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Bitter, dry and popular
Publicado 2001“…Bitterleaf (Vernonia spp.) is, despite its common name, a very popular leafy vegetable, commonly found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon and the Democratic Republic of Congo. …”
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Welcome to another Spore reading group!
Publicado 2002“…The president, Godwin Inedia, and Secretary General, Bright Obaseki, have told us formally 'of the existence of the Spore Reading Group (SRG) in Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo state, Nigeria. Its over-riding objectives are to inculcate reading...…”
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Harry potters away
Publicado 2002“…Abiye Samuel Harry, who shares his Spore with more than fifteen other readers, is Principal Agricultural Officer in the River State Development Programme in Nigeria, and an avid user of Spore in his information work.'…”
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Lifting the lid, 2
Publicado 2002“…'I am an extension officer as well as a practicing farmer, writes Ama Ukoha from Aba, Aria State, Nigeria. Often, contributors to Spore have proffered solutions to my immediate problems, such as the drip irrigation technique featured in Spore of...…”
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Stop child labour abuse
Publicado 1999“…J.O Olowoofoyeku, of the Economic Services and Women's Cooperative Agriculture Unit, in Abuja, Nigeria, makes a strong plea to discourage child labour in agriculture. …”
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Give the farmer access
Publicado 1999“…from S.O Obenjo of Gbensola Enterprises in Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria. Talking of his need to stockpile his cassava crop until prices...…”
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New acaricide recipe
Publicado 2000“…A new formula for an acaricide for cattle, sheep, goats and pigs is offered by A Lanwo, Principal Animal Health Technologist, Veterinary Clinic, PO Box 620, Ondo, Nigeria. 'Two years ago, due to the very high cost and non-availability of effective...…”
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From the point of view of the VEWs
Publicado 2000“…More about attending courses, this time from Peter Ifeanyi Duru, of Orlu, Nigeria who asks: 'Can t CTA organise or extend its seminars to village extension workers (VEWs) and, considering their financial status, extend its benevolence to sponsoring...…”
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Quite a cow!
Publicado 2000“…Sani Labaran Zango (PMB 1018 Daura, Katsina State, Nigeria ) tells us of a prolific cow in Kumbi Fulani village. …”
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Invest wisely in young people
Publicado 2000“…Responding to the letter from I Thuwein of Tanzania in Spore 86 about poverty reduction, Wale Adeyinka, of the Federal College of Forestry in Ibadan, Nigeria, refers to his new government s poverty alleviation programme and suggests a link between...…”
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The winner is innovation
Publicado 2000“…In northern Nigeria s Jigawa State Mohammed Bah Abba has won the Rolex Enterprise Award for popularising a cooler which keeps food fresh for three days. …”
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