The decline in agricultural productivity in Nigeria is merely because the rural farmers which constitute the bulk of Nigerian crop farmers rely on the rainfall for their agricultural activities. Rice farmers in Ebonyi State, regarded as a major rice producing State in Nigeria rel...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/20783
J. C. Nwite, B. A. Essien, C. I. Keke, C. A. Igwe & T. Wakatsuki·Advances in Research·2015
The development of agriculture in inland valleys of Southeastern Nigeria could not be realized merely due to inability of the farmers to develop these potential and abundant inland valleys for such water loving crops like rice using appropriate water management systems. In an att...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/20792
Nigeria is relatively blessed with rain and high potential of inland valleys. The major constraints in the utilization of these inland valleys for sustainable rice based cropping include, poor soil properties maintenance, inadequate weed and water control. In an attempt to replic...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8879
The research work was conducted at two locations in 2012, 100 meters away from mining pits to determine the effects of lead, slope position and depth on the variation of soil chemical properties. Random sampling method was used to collect soil samples from the study area. Samples...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/5742