Resultados de búsqueda - "Nigeria"

Gender differences in labor allocation in West Africa : A case study of the savannas of Northern Nigeria por Chianu, Jonas N., Tsujii, H.

“…Based on a survey of 322 households in northern Nigeria, this paper evaluates gender differences in labor allocation to eight enterprises (crop production, livestock production, processing, fuelwood activities, food gathering, trading, non-farm activities and salaried job) using weighted arithmetic mean. …”
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Livestock production systems in the sub-humid zone of Nigeria, and ILCA's sub-humid research programme por Kaufmann, Ralph R. von

“…Discusses the changing perceptions on the potentials of the subhumid zone of Nigeria for livestock production and includes an overview of livestock production systems in this area, with particular reference to the broad characteristic of the traditional system, constraints imposed by management, diseases & nutrition to achieve potential production capacity and constraints to development. …”
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Trypanotolerant livestock in West and Central Africa. Volume 2. Country studies -Chapter 13. Nigeria por International Livestock Centre for Africa

“…Survey on animal population & distribution, and on tsetse fly infested areas in Nigeria; breed descriptions, animal performance traits, productivity and animal diseases of Muturu cattle, N'Dama cattle, Borgu cattle, N'Dama X Keteku crossbreeds, west African dwarf sheep and west African dwarf goat. …”
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Comparative advantage of crop-livestock production systems in southwestern Nigeria and its technical research implications por Williams, Timothy O.

“…This paper considers the comparative advantage and policy incentives for maize-small ruminant production systems in southwestern Nigeria, using the resource-cost ratio (RCR) approach to analyze the competitiveness and real cost to Nigeria of alternative maize-small ruminant production enterprises. …”
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Evaluation of smallholder peri-urban dairy production systems in Nigeria: Report on the diagnostic survey phase por Barje, P.P., Echoche, O.W., Oyedipe, E.O., Agyemang, K., Adu, I.F., Hailu, Z., Rekwot, P.I.

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The role of the West African dwarf goat in the economy of the smallholder arable farmer in the subhumid zone of Nigeria por Ikwuegbu, O.A., Tarawali, G., Njwe, R.M.

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Getting a piece of the pie: An analysis of factors influencing women's production of sweetpotato in Northern Nigeria. por David, S.

“…It uses as a case study of Nasarawa and Kwara states in northern Nigeria, where women have started to cultivate sweetpotato, a crop traditionally grown by men. …”
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Improving african agricultural market and rural livelihood through warrantage: case of Jigawa State, Nigeria por Adamu, M.A., Chianu, Jonas N.

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Spontaneous infections of tick-borne blood parasites in splenectomized indigenous sheep and goats in Ibadan, Nigeria por Majaro, O.M., Dipeolu, O.O.

“…The significance of the results vis a vis the epidemiology of tick-borne infection of small ruminants in Nigeria is discussed.…”
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Effect of protein intake on the onset of puberty in Bunaji and Friesian x Bunaji crossbred bulls in Nigeria por Rekwot, P.I., Oyedipe, E.O., Akerejola, O.L., Kumi-Diaka, J., Umoh, J.E.

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Productivity of White Fulani cattle on the Jos Plateau, Nigeria. I. Herd structures and reproductive performance por Pullan, N.B.

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Performance of proVitamin A cassava clones across eleven environments in two seasons in Nigeria por Parkes, Elizabeth Y., Kulakow, Peter A., Alamu, Emmanuel Oladeji, Maziya-Dixon, B.B., Aina, O.O., Ofei, R., Iluebbey, Peter O., Agbona, A., Bakare, M., Dixon, A.

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Performance of 23 yellow root cassava genotypes in five major agro ecological zones in Nigeria por Iluebbey, Peter O., Agbona, A., Bello, A., Parkes, Elizabeth Y., Aina, O.O., Kulakow, Peter A.

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Use of quantitative traits to assess aggressiveness of Phakopsora pachyrhizi isolates from Nigeria and the United States por Twizeyimana, M., Ojiambo, P.S., Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit, Hartman, G.L.

“…In this study, in total, 116 and 72 isolates of P. pachyrhizi from Nigeria and the United States, respectively, were compared based on six quantitative traits to assess their aggressiveness on two soybean genotypes. …”
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Cassava intake and vitamin A status among women and preschool children in Akwa-Ibom, Nigeria por Moura, Fabiana F. de, Moursi, M., Lubowa, A., Ha, B., Boy, Erick, Oguntona, B., Maziya-Dixon, B.B.

“…Background: As part of the HarvestPlus provitamin A-biofortified cassava program in Nigeria we conducted a survey to determine the cassava intake and prevalence of vitamin A deficiency among children 6-59 months and women of childbearing age in the state of Akwa Ibom. …”
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Response of maize (Zea mays) to the application of foliar fertilizers in the Sudan and Guinea savanna zone of Nigeria por Jemo, M., Nwoke, C., Pypers, Pieter, Vanlauwe, Bernard

“…The effectiveness of commercial foliar fertilizers in improving maize growth and yield was evaluated in three savanna agro-ecological zones of Nigeria in two steps. In step one, eight commercial foliar fertilizers were assessed in a greenhouse study with two soil types using maize ( Zea mays L. cv. 2004 TZE-Y POPDT STR C4). …”
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Mycotoxin exposure in rural residents in northern Nigeria: A pilot study using multiurinary biomarkers por Ezekiel, C.N., Warth, B., Ogara, I.M., Abia, W.A., Ezekiel, V.C., Atehnkeng, J., Sulyok, M., Turner, P., Tayo, G., Krska, R., Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit

“…A pilot, cross-sectional, correlational study was conducted in eight rural communities in northern Nigeria toinvestigate mycotoxin exposures in 120 volunteers (19 children, 20 adolescents and 81 adults) using a modernLC–MS/MS based multi-biomarker approach. …”
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Increasing smallholders' intensity in cassava value web: effect on household food security in Southwest Nigeria por Adeyemo, T.A., Abass, A., Amaza, P., Okoruwa, V., Akinyosoye, V., Salman, K.K.

“…Although cassava production and processing is on the increase in Nigeria, there is still a large gap to be filled in meeting the food and raw material need of the country in terms of cassava products and by-products. …”
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Spatial integration and price transmission in selected rural and urban markets for cassava fresh roots in Nigeria por Ojiako, I.A., Tarawali, G., Ezedinma, C.I., Okechukwu, R.U.

“…An advanced time series econometric technique was used to study the interaction between the prices of fermented flour, a popular cassava-based food product also called lafun, in typical urban-demand and ruralsupply markets in Nigeria. The price data cover 95 weeks from week 37 of 2004 to week 28 of 2006. …”
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Spatial integration and price transmission in selected cassava products markets in Nigeria: a case of gari por Ojiako, I., Ezedinma, C.I., Asumugha, G.N., Okechukwu, R.U.

“…An advanced time series econometric technique was used to study the interaction between the prices of fermented flour, a popular cassava-based food product also called lafun, in typical urban-demand and ruralsupply markets in Nigeria. The price data cover 95 weeks from week 37 of 2004 to week 28 of 2006. …”
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