Yearly Archives: 2024

Fig 1 Sesame (Sesamum indicum), is a plant in the family Pedaliacea and genus Sesamum. It is also called several names like simsim,  benne  or  gingelly. It is believed to have likely…

Fig 1: SHRIMPS Shrimps farming is becoming popular and also increasing all over the world. The highest shrimps and prawn producer lies in the Asian continent where millions of shrimps…

Fig 1: CUCUMBERS Cucumber (Cucumis sativus), is a creeping plant of the gourd family  (Cucurbitaceae), belong to the order Cucurbitales and containing 98 genera and about 975 species. It is widely cultivated for its edible…

Fig 1: BIOCHAR Recycling of waste materials is now gaining a lot of ground globally. Lots of waste materials are now produced during human activities, animal wastes and crop residues…

Fig 1: PAPAYA Papayas a fruit crop originate from Central America where the indigenes ate papayas and used them for medicinal purposes. In the 1500s and 1600s, Spanish and Portuguese…

Fig 1: SOIL INFILTRATION When water comes down as precipitation, some of the water will seep down into the ground where it stay for some time until plants take it…

Fig 1: SOIL WATER HOLDING CAPACITY Soils vary in many different ways.  They differ in texture, consistency, colour, infiltration rates, tilth, permeability, depth, organic matter content, and water holding capacity –…

Fig 1: PUMPKIN Pumpkin may also be referred to as squash or marrow and is believed to have originated in Mexico and South America. They are in the gourd family,…

Fig 1: SOIL ENZYMES Soil is the home for many organisms, place where different activities necessary for life of organisms occur. Plants grow on soil; microorganisms live in soils; water…

Fig1: DIFFERENT SOILS WITH DIFFERENT COLOURS DUE TO MINERALS FOUND IN PARENT MATERIALS Soil is a natural body comprised of three phases. The solids phase (minerals and organic matter), liquid…