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  ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to access the determinants of cocoa production under the new cocoa policies in Osun State, Nigeria. The cocoa policies reviewed were soil fertility, access to inputs, pest and diseases, access to credit, access to land and land management, access to information and they were examined to check if it has... Continue Reading

  ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to access the determinants of cocoa production under the new cocoa policies in Osun State, Nigeria. The cocoa policies reviewed were soil fertility, access to inputs, pest and diseases, access to credit, access to land and land management, access to information and they were examined to check if it has... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT Cocoa has been a major source of income for many Nigerians and a major source of foreign exchange earnings for the country. However its production has been experiencing a declining trend in recent times. Many factors have been implicated. One major factor is the inaccessibility of inputs.   The objective of this study therefore describes... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This study assessed the adoption of improved practices for cocoa farmers in Ekiti state Nigeria. A multistage sampling technique was employed to select one hundred and twenty (120) cocoa farmers. Data were collected through interview schedule with the use of stuctured questionnaire and analysed using inferential and descriptive statistics... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This study assessed the adoption of improved practices for cocoa farmers in Ekiti state Nigeria. A multistage sampling technique was employed to select one hundred and twenty (120) cocoa farmers. Data were collected through interview schedule with the use of stuctured questionnaire and analysed using inferential and descriptive statistics... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This study was aimed to determine the physicochemical properties, vitamin content and sensory evaluation of cocoa beverage. Cocoa pod was harvested, carefully opened to remove the seeds from the pod, then it was allowed to... Continue Reading

 ABSTRACT Multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select 120 respondents out of which 113 responded. The respondents were made up of 70 cocoa cooperators and 43 cocoa non-cooperators from five communities in the study area. A well designed questionnaire was used to collect data. The collected data were analyzed using frequency counts,... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT Multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select 120 respondents out of which 113 responded. The respondents were made up of 70 cocoa cooperators and 43 cocoa non-cooperators from five communities in the study area. A well designed questionnaire was used to collect data. The collected data were analyzed using frequency counts,... Continue Reading

 ABSTRACT An experiment was conducted on 126 unsexed commercial broilers (Ross 308). Birds were individually weighed and grouped according to their body weight at day old. They were assigned to three (3) groups according to their body weight (i.e. 39grams and below, between 40-42grams and above 43grams and above). Each chick was wing tagged and... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT An experiment was conducted on 126 unsexed commercial broilers (Ross 308). Birds were individually weighed and grouped according to their body weight at day old. They were assigned to three (3) groups according to their body weight (i.e. 39grams and below, between 40-42grams and above 43grams and above). Each chick was wing tagged and tag... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT In the recent past, it was thought that Obesity is a disease associated to adults, leaving the young (children) out of it. In studies carried out by Guo et al. (1994) & Must et al (1992), it was reported that adolescent weight is a good... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This study was carried out to investigate the effect of different body weight of groups (below 120g and above 120g) and feed quantity (25g and 30g) on performance and egg quality characteristics of Japanese quail birds at six weeks of age. A total of 120 Japanese quails were allocated to four groups with respect to live weight and feed... Continue Reading

 ABSTRACT This study was carried out to investigate the effect of different body weight of groups (below 120g and above 120g) and feed quantity (25g and 30g) on performance and egg quality characteristics of Japanese quail birds at six weeks of age. A total of 120 Japanese quails were allocated to four groups with respect to live weight and feed... Continue Reading

Rauwolfia vomitoria is a natural medicinal herb which has been used over the years for the treatment of hypertension and mental disorders. This is to investigate the inhibitory effect of RAUWOLFIA VOMITORIA aqueous root extract on invitro isolated rabbit intestine precontracted with Acetylcholine. The effect of the root extract was compared with... Continue Reading

Rauwolfia vomitoria is a natural medicinal herb which has been used over the years for the treatment of hypertension and mental disorders. This is to investigate the inhibitory effect of RAUWOLFIA VOMITORIA aqueous root extract on invitro isolated rabbit intestine precontracted with Acetylcholine. The effect of the root extract was compared with... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT Effect of spices (garlic and ginger extract) and salt concentration on the microbial load associated with process ‘Iru’ (Pakia biglobosa) were investigated. The raw locust bean (RLB) had the highest total viable counts of 1.8 x 106 Cfu/g. Fermented locust bean (FLB) had 3.4 x 105 cfulg while FLBGIN (Fermented locust bean with giger)... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION The word wax describes a large variety of substances of plant and animal origin, as well as man made products which are mostly petroleum derivatives. However, natural waxes are not single substances, but a mixture of various of long-chain fatty acids and a variety of other constituents,... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT Cocoa ( Theobroma cacao L .) fruits are important commodity of economic value since the seeds or beans is used to produce high demand products such as cocoa powder, butter and chocolate. The processing of cocoa fruits generates a large amount of cocoa pod husk discard as wastes ( Alemawor et al.,  2009). Cocoa pod husk represents between... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This study is designed to investigate the economic importance of cocoa and avocado pear in Nigeria. In an attempt to carry out this investigation, four research questions were formulated to capture the economic effect of cocoa and avocado pear in the study area. 50 respondents... Continue Reading

Structure of thesis The results from the thesis have been presented in chapters based on various experiments conducted. These chapters are intended as manuscripts for submission to international peer reviewed journals. Chapter 1 gives a general background to the thesis and presents pertinent literature on the topics understudy. While literature... Continue Reading

The study attempts to provide a comprehensive analysis on the economic importance of cocoa in Nigeria economy (1900-1970) . Cocoa has been a major source of income for many Nigerians and a major source of foreign exchange earnings for the country. For this purpose the study seek to achieve this following objective by dividing the study into five... Continue Reading

The study attempts to provide a comprehensive analysis on the economic importance of cocoa in Nigeria economy (1900-1970) . Cocoa has been a major source of income for many Nigerians and a major source of foreign exchange earnings for the country. For this purpose the study seek to achieve this following objective by dividing the study into five... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT Lecithin is used for applications in human food, animal feed, pharmaceuticals, paints, and other  industrial applications, but consistent importation of lecithin has a negative effect on foreign  exchange leading to devaluation of the naira. The need to explore locally available products such  as cassava starch as a possible substitute... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT Lecithin is used for applications in human food, animal feed, pharmaceuticals, paints, and other  industrial applications, but consistent importation of lecithin has a negative effect on foreign  exchange leading to devaluation of the naira. The need to explore locally available products such  as cassava starch as a possible substitute... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT Mouldiness in stored cocoa beans in Ghana and the production of aflatoxin have been studied. Based on actual weight of discarded beans, mouldy beans have been estimated to constitute 0.13 % and 0.00002 % of marketable beans at the farm ers’ level and the buying agents’ depots respectively in the Tafo District. This is contrasted with... Continue Reading

TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION APPROVAL DEDICATION LIST OF TABLES ABSTRACT CHAPTER ONE iNTRODUCTION 1.0 Introduction I 1 .1 Background ofthe study I 1 .2 Statement of the problem 2 1.3 Purpose of the study 3 1 .4 General objective 3 L4. I Specific Objectives 4 1 .4.2 Research Questions 4 1 .5 Scope of the study 4 1 .5. I Geographical Scope 1.5.2... Continue Reading

CHAPTER   1.0                                                       INTRODUCTION  Fungi are a major group of living things, originally considered plants lacking chlorophyll, leaves, true stems, roots and reproducing by spores, but now treated as the separate kingdom fungi. They occur in all... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT   Local production of ash-derived alkali was assessed in this review. Detailed information on local production of ash-derived alkali is rare in literature. Hence, the technology, materials, probable criteria for selection of materials, processes, uses, of alkali were assessed. The project work was carried out in TUDAKA, environmental... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This study was carried out to determine the effect of litter size on the body weight of rabbit at uniben Teaching and Research farm. Data on the reproductive performance were obtained from Does over a period of six months (April to September, 2012) the Does were mated to vigorous bucks. Data obtained were on Does weight at weaning,... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT The study investigated the influence of shyness and body dysmorphism on internet addiction among undergraduates. Six hundred and forty undergraduates were recruited as participants in the present study from two tertiary institutions (university of uyo and Akwa Ibom State university) consisting of 307 males and 337 females. Their age... Continue Reading