Maize (Zea mays L.) has a good potential as a cereal crop side by side with rice and wheat. Irrespective of its local and industrial uses, the production is still challenged by some factors as environmental changes associated with different sowing date and a decline in soil ferti...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2018/43572
The experiment was carried out to investigate the effects of different manure sources on selected soil chemical properties, sweet potato tuber yield and tuber nutrient compositions. The high yielding sweet potato varieties are fertilizer responsive. Research evidences indicated t...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/25918
The response of cocoyam (Colocasia esuclenta (L.) Schott) and soil chemical properties to different manure sources were studied under field conditions in 2014 and 2015 cropping season at Federal College of Agriculture, Ishiagu, Ebonyi State, a derived savanna zone of Southeastern...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/25739
The decline in agricultural productivity in Nigeria is merely because the rural farmers which constitute the bulk of Nigerian crop farmers rely on the rainfall for their agricultural activities. Rice farmers in Ebonyi State, regarded as a major rice producing State in Nigeria rel...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/20783
J. C. Nwite, B. A. Essien, C. I. Keke, C. A. Igwe & T. Wakatsuki·Advances in Research·2015
The development of agriculture in inland valleys of Southeastern Nigeria could not be realized merely due to inability of the farmers to develop these potential and abundant inland valleys for such water loving crops like rice using appropriate water management systems. In an att...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/20792
Agricultural soil quality is drastically affected by modern human activities. This study evaluates sole and combined effect of three agro-wastes namely: - rice husk Ash (RHA), rice husk dust (RHD) and poultry manure (PD) on soil fertility nutrient content and grain yield of maize...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2016/15192
The research was conducted at the Research and Teaching Farm of the Federal College of Agriculture, Ishiagu, Southeastern Nigeria, to investigate the effect of manure sources on soil chemical properties, growth and yield of two sweet potato varieties in Ishiagu. A Split-plot in a...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/20818
Achieving food security for a rapidly growing population in Nigeria will require intensification of food production on existing cropland through improving soil fertility and agronomic practices. Use of chemical fertilizers has been attributing factor for the deterioration of soil...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2015/14503
Nigeria is relatively blessed with rain and high potential of inland valleys. The major constraints in the utilization of these inland valleys for sustainable rice based cropping include, poor soil properties maintenance, inadequate weed and water control. In an attempt to replic...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8879
The research work was conducted at two locations in 2012, 100 meters away from mining pits to determine the effects of lead, slope position and depth on the variation of soil chemical properties. Random sampling method was used to collect soil samples from the study area. Samples...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/5742