Resultados de búsqueda - "Nigeria"

Adoption of striga (striga hermonthica) management technologies in northern Nigeria por Hassan, M.B., Baiyegunhi, L.J., Ortmann, G.F., Abdoulaye, Tahirou

“…This study examined the adoption of Integrated Striga Management (ISMA) technologies among maize farmers in Bauchi and Kano states of northern Nigeria. It employs a double-hurdle approach to analyse the factors influencing adoption and intensity of ISMA technologies among households, using cross-sectional data of 643 farmers from the two states. …”
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Pathogenic variation of Mycosphaerella species infecting banana and plantain in Nigeria por Zandjanakou-Tachin, Martine, Ojiambo, P., Vroh Bi, Irie, Tenkouano, A., Gumedzoe, M.Y.D., Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit

“…These results describe the current pathotype structure of Mycosphaerella in Nigeria and provide a useful resource that will facilitate screening of newly developed Musa genotypes for resistance against two important leaf spot diseases of banana and plantain.…”
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Two extraearly maturing white maize hybrids released in Nigeria por Badu-Apraku, Baffour, Olakojo, S.A., Olaoye, G., Oyekunle, M., Fakorede, M.A.B., Ogunbodede, B.A., Aladele, S.

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Fungal and bacterial metabolites in commercial poultry feed from Nigeria por Ezekiel, C.N., Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit, Sulyok, M., Warth, B., Krska, R.

“…The multi-toxin profiles in 58 commercial poultry feed samples collected from 19 districts in 17 states of Nigeria were determined by LC/ESI–MS/MS with a single extraction step and no clean-up. …”
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Molecular characterization of atoxigenic strains for biological control of aflatoxins in Nigeria por Donner, M., Atehnkeng, J., Sikora, R.A., Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit, Cotty, P.J.

“…A similar aflatoxin management strategy is being pursued in Nigeria. In the current study, loci across the 68 kb aflatoxin biosynthesis gene cluster were compared among 18 atoxigenic and two aflatoxin-producing vegetative compatibility groups (VCGs) from Nigeria and an atoxigenic VCG used commercially in North America. …”
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Performance of semideterminate and indeterminate cowpeas relaycropped into maize in Northeast Nigeria por Kamara, A.Y., Omoigui, L.O., Ewansiha, S.U., Ekeleme, F., Chikoye, David, Ajeigbe, Hakeem A.

“…Field trials were conducted in 2005 and 2006 in Tilla (northern Guinea savanna) and Sabon-Gari (Sudan savanna) in northeast Nigeria to determine the performance of two improved cowpea varieties when relay-intercropped with early and late maize, 6 and 8 weeks after planting the maize. …”
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Response of upland rice cultivars to nitrogen fertilizer in the savannas of Nigeria por Kamara, A.Y., Ekeleme, F., Omoigui, L.O., Oikeh, S.O., Chikoye, David, Tegbaru, A.

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A roadmap for evidence-based insurance development for Nigeria’s farmers por Hansen, James, Hellin, Jonathan, Rose, Goslinga, Araba, Debisi

“…This report is designed to inform development of inclusive insurance for Nigeria’s agriculture sector, and is offered as a contribution to the NARF. …”
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Status of integrated soil fertility management (ISFM) in southwestern Nigeria por Ande, O.T., Huising, Jeroen, Ojo, A.O., Azeez, J., Are, K.S., Olakojo, S.A., Fademi, I.O., Ojeniyi, S.O.

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Manure marketing in the savannas of Nigeria: implications for sustainable food security por Olayide, O., Alene, A., Ikpi, A., Nziguheba, Generose

“…Achieving sustainable food security in Nigeria is feasible through organic farming. However, unavailability and resource constraints hamper the adoption of agricultural inputs; hence the market offers opportunity for use of purchased organic inputs. …”
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Towards a gender responsive cassava breeding program in Nigeria por Teeken, Béla, Olaosebikan, O., Haleegoah, J., Oladejo, E., Madu, Tessy, Bello, A., Parkes, Elizabeth Y., Egesi, Chiedozie N., Okoro, M., Onwuka, S., Aina, O.O., Kulakow, Peter A., Kirscht, H., Tufan, Hale Ann

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Instituitionalising effective regulation of bio-fertilizer and bio-pesticide in Nigeria por Mudashir, I., Tarus, D., Mensah, A., Masso, C., Watiti, J., Nang’ayo, F.

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Engaging with cultural practices in ways that benefit women in northern Nigeria por Tipilda, A., Alene, A., Manyong, Victor M.

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Occurrence of Ochratoxin A in Nigeria ready for sale cocoa beans por Dongo, L., Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit, Kumar, M., Ojiambo, P.S.

“…There is no data available regarding OTA contamination of ready for sale cocoa beans in Nigeria. The objective of this study was to assess the levels of OTA contaminations in ready for sale cocoa bean samples collected from farmers during a survey in three states of Nigeria. …”
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Soil conservation in Nigeria: past and present on station and on farm initiatives por Junge, B., Abaidoo, Robert C., Chikoye, David, Stahr, Karl

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The effect of quality on gari prices in Nigeria: a hedonic analysis por Ezedinma, C.I., Nkang, N.

“…Two hundred key informants were interviewed in 94 rural markets visited and 100 wholesale traders were interviewed in a big urban market in Lagos, a major commercial city in Nigeria. The markets that supply gari to Lagos are located in the southeast and southwest zones of Nigeria. …”
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Pathological variation in cassava bacterial blight (CBB) isolates in Nigeria por Ogunjobi, A., Fagade, O., Dixon, A., Amusa, N.A.

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Trends in farm labour productivity and implications for cassava industrialisation in Nigeria por Ezedinma, C.I., Okarter, C., Asumugha, G.N., Nweke, F.

“…Nigeria is presently the largest cassava producing country in the world. …”
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Genetic variability in cassava as it influences storage root yield in Nigeria por Aina, O.O., Dixon, A., Akinrinde, E.

“…Genetic variability in shoot and root characteristics among 20 broad-based cassava genotypes was studied in four agroecological zones in Nigeria to determine its effects on root yield. Seventeen agronomic parameters were evaluated on a plot size of 40 m2, at spacing of 1x1 m in a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) in four replicates. …”
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Effect of soil moisture stress on growth and yield of cassava in Nigeria por Aina, O.O., Dixon, Alfred G.O., Akinrinde, E.A.

“…Nine cassava genotypes were evaluated for their growth responses and adaptability to soil moisture stress on the field and in the screen house in Nigeria. Genotypes were evaluated in three savanna agroecologies in a randomized complete block design with three replicates. …”
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