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The shortage of food supply to meet the need of human population is a great concern to the whole world. Local varieties of crops are low yielding, effert of pest…

Fig 1: FRUITS Fruits are very important in human diet. They are part of the plant which develop from the flower. They are the fleshy or dry ripened ovary of a…

Fig 1: LIST OF VEGETABLES Lots of nutritional related health problems have risen drastically globally due to low vegetable intake by human especially those living in developing and underdeveloped countries.…

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…