This study investigated the impact of remittances on the output of arable of remittance and non receiving farm households in South Eastern Nigeria. A multi-stage random sampling and purposive sampling technique was used in choosing the sample. The cost route technique was used in...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/6502
The research was designed to estimate variations in hematological variables between sex and varieties of extensively reared helmeted guinea fowl with the objective of recommending parameters that are suitable as markers during selection. The study was carried out in the Teaching...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/10066
The study was carried out to study the effect of supplementing low crude protein (CP) diet with ideal methionine to lysine ratio (IMLR) on the performance, carcass characteristics and immune response against Infectious Bursa Disease (IBD) and Newcastle Disease (ND) viruses in bro...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/9112
Aims: One hundred and thirty five day old Arbor Acres broiler chicks with an average weight of 40g were fed beniseed and drumstick leaves as sources of lysine during eight weeks in order to evaluate growth response, meat yield and carcass characteristics. Study Design: The trial...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/8489
Fish is an important source of food, income, employment, and recreation for people around the world and it is a very important source of animal protein for both man and livestock in developed and developing countries. In Nigeria, the current demand for fish is about four times th...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/8082
An experiment was carried out at the nursery of the Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana, Tafo, to determine the influence of nut weight and depth of sowing on the emergence and viguor of cashew seedlings. The factorial experiment was laid out in a split plot with four replications....
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/9656
The field and screen house experiment was conducted at Tanzania Coffee Research Institute and Seliani Agricultural Research Institute respectively in Tanzania, between March-July 2013, to assess the effects of Bradyrhizobium japonicum and phosphorus on growth and total leaf chlor...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/6736
Aims: Decreasing vegetable transplant costs involves decreasing the plug cell volume, which is known to have negative effects during post-transplant growth. The objective of this work was to evaluate the impact of different plug cell volume and hormonal regulators on both lettuce...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/10096
The performance of the export subsector is one of the vital indices in measuring the impact and successes of several financial reform programmes carried out in Nigeria. Accordingly, the study estimated the effect of financial sector reforms on major agricultural exports in Nigeri...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/9554
Management practices, including use of organic and inorganic fertilizers, significantly affect soil organic carbon (SOC) pool and agronomic yield. Crop yields in semi-arid regions of Turkey are declining because of depletion of SOC pool and the attendant decline in soil quality....
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/8670