Yearly Archives: 2023

The Ultimate goal of the farmer is to obtain high yield of crop from his farming business.  The most important limiting factor in crop farming is inadequate nutrient limiting crops…

Fig 1: HERBICIDE Herbicides are pesticide used to control Weeds. They can be from natural source such as plants extracts or from  chemicals. Herbicides are not normally sold as pure…

Fig 1: Chromolaena odorata What are Weeds?Weed is any plant growing where it is not wanted. It is a plant whose growth interferes with that of the crop for which…

Fig 1: BANANA PLANTATION Plantation crops are tree crops grown either For local consumption or commercial purposes. Such crops take time to grow and surpasses the arable crops. They are…

Fig 1: HORTICULTURE Horticulture is the science that deals with cultivation, production, marketing and storage of perishable crop products and the term perishable has to do with the nature of…

Fig 1: GRASS CUTTER FARMING Grasscutter is a microlivestock and its scientific name is Thryonomys species. Grasscutter is also known or called cutting grass or cane rat. They are monogastric…

Farming System Research (FRS)  is a multidisciplinary whole farm arrangement developed some years ago to solve the problems of small scale and marginal farmers who constitute over 80% of farming…

Fig 1: Organic farming. Conventional Agriculture had been seen as a way of improving the quality and quantity of Agricultural produce from both crops and Livestock. The use of agrochemicals…