IOSR-JAVS   Volume-13 ~ Issue-3 ~ March 2020

ABSTRACT: This study was aimed at determining cooperative society's Formation and their Members Contributions to Their Survival in Rivers State. Specifically, the objectives were to Describe the organizational procedure for the formation of agricultural co-operatives in the selected parts of Rivers State, determine the level of members' commitment in general to co-operative matters and examine the effectiveness of committee's management and governance of co-operative societies. Data generated were analyzed using Descriptive techniques (frequency, percentages, mean, standard deviation) and inferential statistics (Pearson Product Moment Correlation coefficient). The results showed that 80%, reported co-operatives being set up due to members' needs, while 4.04% said government programmes to be the reason. Members' Commitment is correlated with Performance of.....

Keywords: Agricultural Co-operatives, Members' Commitment, Committee's management, Governance

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ABSTRACT: The study was conducted on the impact of Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP) on farmers in Ardo–kola Local Government area of Taraba State. The specific objectives of the study were to; describe the socio-economic characteristics of the framers, determine the impact of VCDP on the livelihood of the farmers and identify problems militating against VCDP in the study area. Data were collected from 90 respondent's randomly selected using structural questionnaire and were analyzed using frequency, percentage and t – test. The analysis on the socio-economic characteristics shows that majorities (96.7%) of the respondents were youth, (77.8%) were men and (72.2%) were married. Most (94.4%) attended one form of education or the other. Majorities (77.8%) were small scale farmers and (83.4%) has house hold size below 11 persons. The result on impact.....

Keywords: Impact, VCDP and Farmers

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ABSTRACT: This research investigated the effects ofethanolic extractsof Enantiachloranthacompared to standard antifungal drug (ketoconazole) against pathogenic fungi;Phomaglomerata(Corda) Wollenw. &Hochapfel) and Rhizopusstolonifer(Vuillemin) using potatodextrose agar (PDA) medium. The experiment was laid out in Forest Pathology Unit, Rivers State University, NkpoluOroworukw, PortHarcourt in a completely randomized design (CRD) with five replications. Data collected were subjected to analysis of variance (ANOVA) and the mean separation was done using New Duncan Multiple Range Test (NDMRT) at the probability of 5%. The quantitative and qualitative.......

Keywords: African pear, ethanolic extract, Enantiachlorantha, Ketoconazole Phytochemical, constituent

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ABSTRACT: The study was undertaken to investigate biochemical diversity and genetic distance within and between Tiv and Fulani local chicken ecotypes of Nigeria. The experimental birds were randomly sourced from ten locations. The locations (1-5) for the Tiv ecotype were Uikpan, Daudu, Kadarko, Yelwata and Cohor (in Benue and Nasarawa States) while that of the Fulani ecotype were Lafia, Akurba, Adogi, Asakio and Namu (in Nasarawa and Plateau States). At maturity, four (4) male and four (4) female birds were randomly selected from each location per ecotype to give a total of eighty (80) adult birds (40 birds each for Tiv and Fulani ecotype) and used for blood protein characterization study. Blood protein loci, namely haemoglobin, albumen, transferrin and carbonic anhydrase were analyzed using electrophoresis. Data collected from the biochemical analysis were analyzed using popgene version 1.31........

Keywords: Allele, blood protein, dendogram, electrophoresis, genotypic frequency, locations

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