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1. ASSESSMENT OF THE TRAINING NEEDS OF CRAFT SKILL WORKERS IN NORTH-WESTERN NIGERIA
» ABSTRACT Training of construction craftsmen in the Nigeria construction industry which should have enhanced productivity and competitiveness has suffered a lot. This study assessed craft skills training needs in the North western Nigeria. The objectives of the study included identifying general and specific craft skill training need, extent of the need, militating factors against craft skill...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 4,831 engagements | Source: Building Projects & Research Materials
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2. COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE STRENGTHS OF SOLID AND GLUED LAMINATED TIMBER
» Abstract Timber isa construction material with unparalleledenvironmental credential. Howbeit, limitations of span and crossectional dimension, strength reducing defects and anisotropy limits its engineering application. Mechanical methods of jointing to address the earlier challenge has introduced serious wood fiber failure and increased the embodied energy in timber as a green material. ...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 4,845 engagements | Source: Building Projects & Research Materials
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3. DETERMINATION OF THE PROSPECT OF PARTNERING AS PROCUREMENT METHOD IN THE NIGERIA...
» Abstract Due to the complex nature and characteristics of the industry, adversarial attitudes are usually involved and therefore, new ways in carrying out management processes to attain an improved performance and a qualitative project delivery in the industry is necessary. Partnering is a set of strategic action that deliver marked improvements in construction performance and project success w...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 4,152 engagements | Source: Building Projects & Research Materials
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4. EFFECTS OF THREE BINDING MEDIA ON MOISTURE MOVEMENT IN COMPRESSED EARTH BRICKS
» ABSTRACT The major problem associated with cassava starch stabilized bricks is the high rate of water absorption. The effect of high rate of water absorption make the bricks to be soluble in water and limits its use for only internal partition walls not out doors. This study therefore evaluates the effects of three binding media on compressed stabilized earth bricks. The three binding media ...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 4,216 engagements | Source: Building Projects & Research Materials
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5. EVALUATING THE MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS OF EMPLOYEE-CONSULTANTS IN THE NIGERIAN CONS...
» ABSTRACT The management of people at work is an integral part of the management process. The aim of this research is to evaluate the motivational factors of employee consultants in the Nigerian construction industry, with a view to improve motivational practices which leads to growth and sustenance of the Nigerian construction industry. The objectives of this research are the factors of motivat...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 3,910 engagements | Source: Building Projects & Research Materials
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6. EVALUATION OF PROJECT RISK AND THE DETERMINATION OF CONTINGENCY SUM FOR BUILDING...
» ABSTRACT The construction industry is characterised with inherent risk and uncertainties as a result of its fragmented and competitive nature. This therefore makes it difficult to accurately estimate the cost of construction project. To achieve the objective of having work completed most especially within cost and quality, contingency sum is apportioned to cater for unforeseen items of work tha...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 4,521 engagements | Source: Building Projects & Research Materials
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7. EFFECT OF SEQUENCE AND INTERVAL OF FEEDING CONCENTRATE SUPPLEMENT AND ROUGHAGE O...
» ABSTRACT A feeding trial lasting 90 days was conducted using 28 Yankasa weaner rams with an average weight of 14.96 ± 1.10 kg (5 6 months old) to investigate effect of sequence and feeding interval of concentrate supplement (CS) and roughage on performance. The animals were randomly assigned to four treatments (T1: CS fed 1 h prior to feeding grass hay; T2: CS fed 2 h prior to feeding gras...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 7,196 engagements | Source: Animal Science Projects & Research Materials
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8. QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS AND MICROBIAL STATUS OF BEEF SMOKED WITH DIFFERENT PLANT...
» ABSTRACT Two experiments were conducted. The first evaluated beef smoked using different plant materials (Acacia raddiana, Eucalyptus camaldutensis, Azadirachta indica and Cocos nucifera) as source of smoke. The effect of the plant materials on the organoleptic, microbial and physicochemical properties of smoked beef was evaluated. In the second study, Suya was produced from various round mus...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 6,771 engagements | Source: Animal Science Projects & Research Materials
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9. PERFORMANCE OF WEANER RABBITS FED MAIZE HUSK BASED DIETS WITH AND WITHOUT ENZYME...
» ABSTRACT Two experiments were conducted to evaluate the performance of weaner rabbits fed maize husk based diets with or without enzyme supplementation. In the first experiment, thirty six weaner rabbits were used for the study. Maize husk replaced rice offal at 0, 4, 8, 12, 16 and 20% inclusion levels for treatments one to six respectively. Each treatment consisted of six rabbits and each rabb...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 8,264 engagements | Source: Animal Science Projects & Research Materials
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10. EFFECT OF BREED, AGE AND SEX ON GROWTH, HAEMATOLOGICAL, SERUM BIOCHEMICAL AND CA...
» ABSTRACT A study was conducted to assess the effect of breed, sex and age on growth, haematological, serum biochemical and carcass characteristics of Turkey. The data was generated from 100 Turkeys which comprised 50 Norfolk breed and 50 Mammoth breed. The growth traits included biweekly body weight (BW) and linear body measurements: neck length (NL), body length (BL), thigh length (TL), sha...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 7,985 engagements | Source: Animal Science Projects & Research Materials
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11. EVALUATION OF GROWTH TRAITS AND SEMEN QUALITY USING BIOCHEMICAL AND IGF-1 AS A M...
» ABSTRACT A study was conducted using 231 chicks (101 Normal feather, 56 frizzle and 74 Naked neck) to evaluate growth traits and semen quality characteristics using biochemical and IGF 1 as molecular marker on three genotypes (normal, frizzle and naked neck) of Nigeria indigenous chickens. Each of the genotypes comprised of twenty five hens and five roosters mated in the ratio of 1 rooster: ...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 6,031 engagements | Source: Animal Science Projects & Research Materials
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12. THE EFFECT OF GARLIC (Allium sativum L.) MEAL AS A FEED INGREDIENT IN THE DIETS ...
» ABSTRACT Four experiments were carried out to evaluate the effect of Garlic supplementation in broiler chickens. In the first experiments 0 4 weeks, a total of 270 day old broiler chicks were used for the experiment which had six treatments and three replicates, each replicate was allotted 15 birds in a completely randomized design. Six broiler starter diets were formulated such that (Diet 1) cont...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 9,092 engagements | Source: Animal Science Projects & Research Materials
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13. PERFORMANCE OF TWO SUNFLOWER (Helianthus annuus L.) VARIETIES UNDER VARYING PLAN...
» ABSTRACT The performance of two sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) varieties under varying plant density and nitrogen levels was investigated under field condition in 2012 rainy and dry seasons at the Institute for Agricultural Research farm and irrigation research farm in Ahmadu Bello University, Samaru Zaria (11º12`N07º37`E686 above sea level). The treatments evaluated consisted of four rate...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 4,653 engagements | Source: Agricultural Economics And Extension Projects & Research Materials
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14. DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF AN AXIAL-FLOW MILLET THRESHER
» ABSTRACT Existing millet threshers have not been performing up to expectation. Based on this, the physical properties of pearl millet grains were determined and used to design an axial flow millet thresher. The length, width, thickness, geometric diameter, sphericity, surface area of the grains were found to decreased with decrease in moisture content of the grains from 11.6 to 7.8 %. The...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 4,531 engagements | Source: Agricultural Economics And Extension Projects & Research Materials
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15. INVESTIGATION INTO YIELD REDUCTION OF SUGARCANE PLANTATION OF THE SAVANNAH SUGAR...
» ABSTRACT This study was undertaken to identify the factors responsible for declining of sugarcane production in Savannah Sugar Company (Dangote Group). Soil samples were collected from the field within the irrigated plots P1, G2 and K2. The pH and EC were determined using the pH meter and EC meter, respectively while Ca,Mg and OM were determined using titration methods. Na and K were determined...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 4,541 engagements | Source: Agricultural Economics And Extension Projects & Research Materials
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16. MODIFICATION AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF IAR GROUNDNUT SHELLER FOR SOME SELECT...
» ABSTRACT IAR groundnut sheller was developed in 1985 and the design was based on the properties of the then groundnut variety known as Ex Dakar. New varieties were later developed whose acceptability in practice override, this called for its modification and determination of the characteristics of new varieties.The machine size was modified resulting in the modification of all its components...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 4,583 engagements | Source: Agricultural Economics And Extension Projects & Research Materials
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17. PERFORMANCE OF TWO AGRO-HYDROLOGICAL MODELS IN SIMULATING SOIL WATER BALANCE OF ...
» ABSTRACT Roles of water balance components in any agro ecological system are indispensible for most physical and physiological processes within the soil plant atmosphere system. The performance of two agro hydrological models: the Soil Water Atmosphere Plant (SWAP) and Irrigation Scheduling Impact Assessment model (ISIAMOD) in simulating soil water balance components (SWBC) of a cropped fiel...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 4,490 engagements | Source: Agricultural Economics And Extension Projects & Research Materials
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18. RAINFALL DATA GENERATION FOR SAMARU, ZARIA USING STATISTICAL PARAMETERS
» ABSTRACT Estimation of rainfall for a desired return period is one of the pre requisites for any design purpose at a particular site, which can be achieved by probabilistic approach. This study is aimed at using the statistical parameters of long term observed rainfall data to generate monthly rainfall depth and estimate rainfall values at different return periods for hydrological and agricultu...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 4,422 engagements | Source: Agricultural Economics And Extension Projects & Research Materials
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19. YIELD AND WATER USE RESPONSE OF WATERMELON UNDER DEFICIT IRRIGATION AND MULCH
» ABSTRACT A field experiment was carried out from Feb May 2012 at the irrigation Research Farm, Institute of Agricultural Research, Samaru, to determine the yield and water use response of watermelon under Deficit irrigation and mulch. The experiment consisted of four levels of irrigation water application depth of 100% (I100), 75% (I75), 50% (I50) and 25% (I25) replacement of moisture deplet...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 4,399 engagements | Source: Agricultural Economics And Extension Projects & Research Materials
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20. ADOPTION OF RECOMMENDED ONION PRODUCTION PRACTICES BY FARMERS
» ABSTRACT This study was carried out to determine adoption of recommended onion production practices in Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State, Nigeria. A multistage sampling procedure was used in this study. Random sampling was used in selecting four villages out of eleven villages from the study area. These villages were Shinaka, Kwakwazo, Kojio and Goronyo. The sample size was 120 onio...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 4,576 engagements | Source: Agricultural Economics And Extension Projects & Research Materials
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21. ANALYSIS OF LIVELIHOOD DIVERSIFICATION BY FARMING HOUSEHOLDS
» ABSTRACT Thisstudy focused on analyse of livelihood diversification by farming households in Kachia, Kagarko and Jaba Local Government areas of Kaduna State, Nigeria. Primary data were collected from 220 respondents using structured questionnaire. The statistical tools used to analyse the data were descriptive statistics, logit regression and t statistics. The result of the analysis shows that ...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 4,687 engagements | Source: Agricultural Economics And Extension Projects & Research Materials
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22. ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF THE ADOPTION OF EARLY MAIZE TECHNOLOGY ON PRODUCTIVITY...
» ABSTRACT The study examined the impact of the adoption of early maize technology on productivity and food security status of farmers in Gwagwalada and Kuje area council of FCT Abuja. The study examined the rate of adoption of early maize varieties, determine the economic efficiency of the farmers that adopted early maize varieties in the study area, determine the factors that influence adoption...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 4,840 engagements | Source: Agricultural Economics And Extension Projects & Research Materials
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23. ANALYSIS OF WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IN CASSAVA PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING AS A MEANS OF...
» ABSTRACT This study is focused on the analysis of women empowerment in cassava production and processing as a means of household poverty status in Kwara State, Nigeria. Women in Kwara State were empowered by RTEP inorder to improve their living standard and there was therefore the need to evaluate the impact of the programme on the women‟s income, productivity and poverty status.Primary data ...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 5,506 engagements | Source: Agricultural Economics And Extension Projects & Research Materials
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24. ASSESSMENT OF THE PROFITABILITY OF IMPROVED AGRICULTURE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO ...
» ABSTRACT The study was undertaken to assess the profitability of Improved Apiculture and its Relationship to Poverty Status in Abuja, Nigeria”. A purposive sampling technique was used to purposively select 140 bee farmers from three area councils namely, Abaji, Bwari and Kwaliin the FCT. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics, Farm budgeting techniques, Foster Greer Thorbecke ...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 4,539 engagements | Source: Agricultural Economics And Extension Projects & Research Materials
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25. ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF CATFISH PRODUCTION
» ABSTRACT This study examined the profitability and efficiency of catfish production in Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria. Purposive random sampling technique was used to sample 60 catfish farmers from whom the primary data used were collected with the aid of structured questionnaire. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics, net farm income and stocha...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 6,654 engagements | Source: Agricultural Economics And Extension Projects & Research Materials