Part II: Economic Analyses and the Growth Performance of Broiler Finisher (29-58day) Birds on High Fibre-low Protein Industrial Plant By-products Aims: To explore the possibility of utilizing bio-fermented industrial plant by-products as supplementary crude protein sources in bro...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2018/40606
Assessment of Agricultural Credit Sources for Food Crop Marketing in Ondo State of Nigeria Marketing of food crops in Nigeria is on a declining trend due to the inability of marketers to access proper and efficient agricultural credit to expand their marketing network. Hence, thi...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2018/39515
Effects of Nitrogen Fertilizer on the Growth of Vegetable Amaranths (Amaranthus cruensis. L) in Mubi, Adamawa State Nigeria A field experiment was conducted at Food and Agricultural Organization / Tree Crop Programme (FAO/TCP) Teaching and Research Farm, Faculty of Agriculture, A...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2018/39415
Farmers in Nigeria lack adequate knowledge of climate change. Farmers’ knowledge of climate change is a critical factor in the development of a sustainable climate change adaptation framework for Nigeria and other developing countries. This study examines the knowledge of farmers...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2018/38978
Biotechnological Upgrade of High Fiber-Low Protein Industrial Plant By-products in Broiler Diets: Haematology and Serum Evaluation Aims: To investigate some haematological parameters of broilers in which composite of bio-fermented industrial plant by-products was used as crude pr...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2018/40310
Economic Analyses and the Growth Performance of Broiler Starter Birds on High Fibre-low Protein Industrial Plant By-products Aims: Economic parameters from the production of broiler starter birds in which composites of bio-fermented industrial plant by-products were used as crude...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2018/40481
Soil Pollution Enhances the Accumulation of Heavy Metals in Plants The determine heavy metals levels (Cu, Pb, Cd and As), in different samples (Tomato, Cucumber, Hot Green Peppers, Spinach, Green Beans, Eggplant, Beans of Harati, Zucchini and its soil ). The samples collected fro...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2018/40409
Poultry production is a unique business which offers one of the quickest returns to investment for rural farmers. It has the highest feed conversion rates and produces the cheapest and best sources of animal protein. However, consumption of animal protein by a human in developing...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2018/36202
Effects of Different Inclusion Levels of Moringa oleifera Leaf Meal (MLM) on the Fecundity and Gonadosomatic Index (GSI) of the African Catfish Heterobranchus longifilis This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of varying inclusion levels of Moringa oleifera leaf meal (MLM...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2018/39847
The length-weight parameters, condition factor and length frequency distribution of the tongue sole, Cynoglossus senegalensis (Kaup, 1858) from Akpa Yafe River, Nigeria, were estimated. A total of 292 freshly caught samples were collected between November 2014 and October 2015 fr...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2018/39241
The growth performance of the African catfish, Clarias gariepinus fed with different inclusion levels of processed tiger nut was studied for 168 days (24 weeks). A total of 144 catfish fingerlings with 0.66±0.12 g mean weight and 3.45±0.24 cm mean total length were collected from...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2018/39844
Comparative Study on the Condition Factor, Hematological and Serum Biochemical Parameters of Wild and Hatchery Collected Broodfish of the African Catfish Heterobranchus longifilis (Valenciennes 1840) This study was conducted to investigate the condition factor, hematological and...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2018/39238
Natural abundance of the larval ectoparasitoid Diglyphus isaea walker was estimated on three summer host plants [tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum), Bell peppers (Capsicum annuum), eggplants (Solanum melongena)] in Ojilate region. The parasitoid recorded low abundance in April on al...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2018/39948
The research on the performance of cubanelle, variety of Sweet Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) in Zaria, Kaduna State of Nigeria was conducted in 2015 and 2016 in on station and on farm trials at Irrigation research station (IRS) farm village. The location is the Sudan savannah ecolo...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2018/39646
Heavy Metal Uptake Pattern and Potential Human Health Risk through Consumption of Tomato Grown in Industrial Contaminated Soils An experiment was conducted in pots to study heavy metal uptake pattern and to assess health risk for adult male and female through consumption of tomat...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2018/40169