ABSTRACT Meloidogyne spp. and Fusarium spp. cause wilt disease in sweet pepper and result in decline of its production. Other limiting factors of sweet pepper production are inappropriate agronomic practices and lack of effective climate adaptation strategies. The aim of this study was to investigate on one hand, how farmers perceive climate change and their access to agricultural extension services and, on the other hand the distribution and identification of causal agents of wilt disease an...
ABSTRACT Mining is one of the main causes of environmental pollution by heavy metals. Re-vegetation of mine spoils is an effective way of restoring the mined land to its pristine status. The study was conducted to assess the physicochemical soil properties, heavy metal concentrations in two re-vegetatively restored mined spoils at an AngloGold concession at Obuasi. Concentration of heavy metals in cassava were used as an indicator for comparism. A simple random sampling technique was used to...
A BSTR A C T To enhance food security, crop losses due to disease and pest damage must be reduced. Improved technologies for pest control using appropriate and environmentally sound technologies to promote food security is a major priority for many developing nations. Integrated Pest Management, IPM (also referred to as Integrated Crop M anagement (ICM)) is one o f such approaches to promoting food security. Its adoption by farmers is therefore critical. In Ghana, few empirical evidence about...
ABSTRACT Envirodome greenhouse technology has become a widely accepted and profitable system for vegetable production particularly in Ghana. However, plant varieties best suited for the Envirodome have not been fully exploited in Ghana. Thus, an experiment was carried out at the Forest and Horticultural Crops Research Centre (FOHCREC), Okumaing-Kade in Ghana from July 2018 to April 2019 to assess eight different types of tomato for some morphological and yield attributes under Envirodome gree...
ABSTRACT Two field experiments were carried out from July 1993 to January 1994 at the University of Ghana farm, Legon. The first experiment investigated the effects of two preemergent herbicides alachlor-atrazine mixture and diuron at the manufacturers' recommended rates and at rates 50% above those recommended on weed control, growth and yield of maize variety 'Abeleehi'. The second experiment carried out on the same plots determined the residual effects of these herbicides on two varieties ...
ABSTRACT Fifteen genotypes of okra were evaluated in eight environments for stability of seed yield, and also to identify the most suitable environments for producing high quality seed at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria from 1984 to 1986. There was significant genotype x environment interactions for all characters examined except for percent seed germination. On the average, highest seed yield and best seed quality as measured by percent seed germination were associated with environments wi...
The mean Moduli of Rupture and Elastiuty (NOR and MOE) measured for each of the 12 treatment combinations used in this experlment are summarised in Table 1, MOR values ranged from 4.23 to 11.92 N/ mm2 while MOE values ranged from 1950 to 4140 N/mmz. These range values, conform favourably to the range values of 3.28 to 10.46 N/mm2 (MOR) and 2200 ta 4010 N/ mm2 (MOE) reported by Badejo et al(2011). Furthermore, the mean MOR range values of 6.62 to 11.92 N/mmz obtalned for some of the boards com...
ABSTRACT The major purpose of this thesis is to measure the consumer perception of groundnut quality, their level of aflatoxin and willingness to pay for safe groundnuts in the Northern Region of Ghana. The major contribution of the report is to help protect groundnut consumers in the region from the menace of aflatoxins and promote consumption of safer groundnuts. The following objectives were embarked upon by the researcher: (1). To determine the consumer perception of good quality groundn...
ABSTRACT Cocoa contributes immensely to Nigeria’s export earnings but it has low domestic value addition. In order to improve this, there is a need to ascertain the competitiveness along cocoa value chain. However, there’s a dearth of information on the competitiveness at each stage of cocoa value chain. The competitiveness of cocoa along the value chain in Southern Nigeria was therefore investigated. Using three-stage sampling procedure, six cocoa producing Local Government Areas (LGAs) ...
ABSTRACT High and sustainable kenaf production in a fragile tropical soil requires the use of soil amendments. Arbuscular Mycorrhizae (AM) are important for nutrition of plants in nutrient depleted soils of the tropics. Due to insufficient information on kenaf production using fertilizers and AM, the effects of fertilizers and AM on soil chemical properties, growth and fibre yield of kenaf were investigated. Screenhouse and field experiments were conducted at the Institute of Agricultural Res...
ABSTRACT This study assessed willingness o f Lagos metropolitans to commit time and the prospective number o f hours to be committed to Urban Forestry Development (UFD) in the metropolis. Data were obtained from a questionnaire survey o f 900 metropolitans living in three income profiled neighbourhoods using the payment card contingent valuation method. Data were analysed with descriptive statistics and Tobit model at p= 0.10. Results show that 48% o f the respondents were willing to commit t...
ABSTRACT: Residual levels of lead, chromium, cadmium and zinc in water and fish tissue from Ubeji River, Warri and blood samples from residents of Ubeji were analysed. Control water and fish samples were obtained from Eleyele River and blood from residents of Ibadan. All the samples collected were digested using a modified procedure from the Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC) and were subsequently analyzed using Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy. Levels of lead and cadmium in Ube...
ABSTRACT Output price risk has been a perennial challenge to cassava farmers due to their inability to foresee and quantify the level of risk associated with the price of their produce. It was against this background that the study analysed output price risk of cassava in the Volta region of Ghana. Primary data were collected from 500 sampled cassava farmers using structured interview schedule and analysed using descriptive statistics whilst secondary data were analysed using procedures suc...
ABSTRACT An investigation was conducted on the use of rattan (cane) furniture waste as furnish material for the manuracture of cement-bonded particleboard (CBP). Laboratory scale CBPs were fabricated from hot water pretreated chopped strands of mixed rattan waste obtained from rattan furniture workers in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. Three-layered boards of 6-mm thickness were made comprising coarse core and tine surfaces at two density levels of 1,050 kg/mi and 1,200 kg/m3, three CaCl, concent...
Abstract Tills study examined the public willingness 10 finance urban tree planting 111 Lagos metropolis. Nigeria and the associated factors capable of influencing the willingness. Descriptive statistics and Tobit model ~t 5% level of significance were used to analyse data obtained from multi-stage randomly sampled 873 Lagos metropolitan residents. The results revealed that 84% of the respondents were willing 10 contribute funds 10 Urban Tree Planting (UTP) in Lagos metropolis with 1>-I1000 b...