By 2024, the market for organic spices is anticipated to exceed USD 40 billion. Growing consumer knowledge of the therapeutic benefits and health benefits of consuming natural spices will be the main factor driving industry expansion. The expansion of the organic spice market is anticipated to be fueled by a shift in consumer preference toward […]
Category: AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
The tropical cucurbit Telfaria occidentalis (Hook) is a member of the huge Cucurbitaceae family, which also includes gourds, pumpkins, squashes, and melons. Okoli and Mgbeogu have described the crop’s botany (1983). The fast-growing, climber annual fluted pumpkin produces large, fluted or wrinkled fruits. Two or more fruits may grow on the creeping stalk. Fruits can […]
Effect of FINTECH on agribusiness development in transition economy CHAPTER ONE/ INTRODUCTION Background to the study In Nigeria, the government through the Central Bank of Nigeria has tried to achieve a financial inclusion as an integral part for promoting sustainable and inclusive growth by formulating policies that are expected to encourage country wide access […]
Introduction Ginger production has not been an exception to Nigeria’s falling agricultural performance, as it has not been able to reach its full potential as an export crop and a key foreign cash generator. According to Sunday et al. (2014), one of the problems restricting higher productivity was the lack of scientific studies on the […]
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Nigeria has suffered from food insecurity and poverty as indicated in a recent estimate that put the number of hungry people in Nigeria at over 53 million, which is about 30 percent of the country’s total population of roughly 150 million; and 52 percent live under the poverty […]
IMPACT OF ROAD NETWORK IN THE TRANSPORTATION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS ABSTRACT This study was designed to assess Impact of road network in the transportation of agricultural products. The cross-section survey research design was adopted in this research work. Purposive sampling was used to select 4 rural communities while questionnaires were used to collect data from […]
FOOD INSECURITY IN NIGERIA AND IT EFFECTS:THE ISSUE OF CATTLE RANCHING IN BENUE STATE
PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS FACING CATTLE RANCHING SYSTEM IN NIGERIA INTRODUCTION The extensive movement of animals in search of pastures and water is known as “PASTORALISM”. Pastoralism, as it relates to open grazing in Nigeria, has become very controversial. This highly divisive subject follows years of deadly ethnic clashes between herdsmen and local farmers, resulting in […]
Analysis of commercial Bank loans on agricultural output in Nigeria CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Agriculture also called farming or husbandry is the rearing of animals and cultivation of land to produce food, biofuel and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby […]
Antimicrobial effects of extracts of orange peels and ginger on local clinical isolates Abstract A noticeable potency of many species of plants present against bacterial and fungal pathogens. Bacterial resistance against antibiotics is consider one of the common problems in the medical world, so one of the most important steps in microbiological researches is to […]