Resultados de búsqueda - "Nigeria"

Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for leaf sample collection for genotyping por Olutegbe, A., Nnadi, A., Ige, A., Nafiu, K., Ogungbesan, B., Kayondo, S.I., Mbanjo-Edwige, G., Rabbi, I.

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Intercropping with cassava in Africa por Ezeilo, W.N.

“…In Africa, cassava-growing areas are located from Senegal in the west, through Nigeria and Zaire, east to Malagasy and from 15°N-15°S latitude, according to de Viliers (1965). …”
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Public school students camp at IITA Forest Center in honor of IITA legend por International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

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The yield and persistence of selected forage legumes in subhumid and semi-arid West Africa por Tarawali, Shirley A.

“…Trials were conducted at 7 sites in northern Nigeria to identify forage legumes as alternatives to Stylosanthes hamata cVerano. …”
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Sustainable production systems programme: current activities and future opportunities por Li Pun, H.H.

“…Currently the programme has activities under four themes, viz, systems analysis and impact assessment, livestock policy analysis, market-oriented smallholder dairy and, improving livestock productivity under disease risk, and in three ecoregions, viz, highlands-Ethiopia, subhumid-Nigeria, and semi-arid-Niger.…”
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A case for on-farm trials of fodder banks on the Adamawa Plateau in Cameroon por Tarawali, G., Pamo, E.T.

“…Complementary studies conducted in Nigeria on the yield benefits of cropping leguminous pastures support the feasibility of using fodder banks as a means of improving the livelihoods of small scale farmers.…”
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Diagnostic trials: a field guide por Huising, E.J., Zingore, Shamie, Kihara, Job Maguta, Nziguheba, Generose, Palm, Cheryl A.

“…The Diagnostic Trials, conducted in Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, and Tanzania, constitute a major part of Africa Soil Information Service agronomic activities. …”
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Impact of livestock pricing policies on meat and milk output in selected sub-Saharan African countries por Williams, Timothy O.

“…Reviews, analyses and presents evidence concerning the effects of livestock pricing policies on production incentives in a sample of sub-Saharan countries including Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Mali, Nigeria, Sudan and Zimbabwe - selected on the basis of their livestock population, production, trade and consumption. …”
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Interactions between agronomy and economics in forage legume research por Kaufmann, Ralph R. von, Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.

“…Highlights the interactions between agronomy and economics in developing forage production techniques for the two main land-use situations in the subhumid zone of Nigeria, viz, cultivation and fallow. Presents break-even sorghum grain-stylo price ratios for different undersowing times, capital and recurrent costs of a 4-ha fodder bank with metal fencing, and costs of obtaining crude protein from a 4-ha fodder bank and from cotton-seed cake. …”
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Evaluating adoption of new crop-livestock-soil-management technologies using georeferenced village-level data: the case of cowpea in the dry savannahs of West Africa por Kristjanson, Patricia M., Okike, Iheanacho, Tarawali, Shirley A., Kruska, Russell L., Manyong, Victor M., Singh, B.B.

“…The present study uses georeferenced community level data to study the adoption of improved cowpea in northern Nigeria. One objective of this study is to find out which factors of the community of village level are significant determinants of adoption of improved dual-purpose (DP) cowpea variaties and management techniques. …”
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LPA Brief no. 10. The role of credit in the uptake and productivity of improved dairy technologies in sub-Saharan Africa por Freeman, H.A., Jabbar, M.A., Ehui, Simeon K.

“…The study looked at both the supply of credit from financial institutions in Ethiopia, Nigeria and Uganda, particularly the bank's credit allocation policies, and at demand for credit in households in the same three countries plus Kenya. …”
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The role of crop residues and agro-industrial by-products as animal feed resources in sub-Saharan Africa por Sibanda, S., Said, A.N.

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Decision guides on manure use: a communication strategy por Murwira, Herbert K., Mutiro, K, Chivenge, Pauline P.

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R4D priority for yam improvement: summary of yam survey results. por Abdoulaye, Tahirou, Rusike, Joseph, Arega, A., Hareau, Guy, Kleinwechter, U., Creamer, Bernardo, Pems, D., Holger Kirscht, H., Djana Mignouna, D., Akinola, Adebayo A.

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The estimation of live weight from body measurements in Yankasa sheep por Afolayan, R.A., Adeyinka, Isaac A., Lakpini, C.A.M.

“…These animals are from purebred Yankasa sheep kept as a part of the open nucleus-breeding scheme of the National Animal Production Research Institute, Shika, Zaria, Nigeria. The effect of sex, type of birth and age group of lambs on live measurements and muscularity were analyzed by least-squares procedures. …”
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Rising to the challenge of sustainable intensification of agricultural production in Africa: Farming systems design to support action research for development por Klapwijk, C.J., Timler, Carl J., Mashingaidze, N., Groot, Jeroen C.J., Descheemaeker, Katrien K., Franke, L., Tittonell, Pablo A., Giller, Kenneth E., Bekunda, Mateete A., Larbi, Asamoah, Chikowo, Regis, Falconnier, Gatien N., Ollenburger, M.H., Mourik, Tom A. van

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Private sector commercial products set to raise crop productivity and farming in Africa por Jefwa, J.M.

“…It is expected that this effort will increase crop yield by 30% and directly empower about 175,500 households (approximately 1.3 million persons) in selected areas in Kenya, Ethiopia, Niger, and Nigeria. Over the last 2 years, the project has been able to screen over 100 products from different private companies within and outside Africa. …”
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Genomics for transforming yam breeding por Gedil, Melaku A, Bhattacharjee, Ranjana, López Montes, Antonio José

“…The five major yam-producing countries in West Africa (Bénin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, and Togo) account for 93% of worldwide production. …”
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Competitiveness of Root Crops for Accelerating Africa’s Economic Growth, 12th Triennial Symposium of International Society for Tropical Root Crops Africa Branch (ISTRCAB), Accra, G... por Okechukwu, R., Ntawuruhunga, P., Dziedzoave, N.T., Manu-Aduening, J.A., International Society For Tropical Root Crops, Adu-Kwarteng, E., Darko, M. N.

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Adsorption and desorption of paraquat in acid tropical soils por Juo, A.S.R., Oginni, O.O.

“…Adsorption of paraquat (1:1′-dimethyl 4:4′-bipyridylium chloride) by six common soil types from southern Nigeria was studied. Adsorption data conformed with linear Langmuir isotherm. …”
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