FASINMIRIN, Johnson Toyin(FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE, ONDO STATE, NIGERIA, 2007-10)
Prince's feather Amaranthus cruentus, a staple leafy vegetable grown in the humid region of sub-SaharanAfrica is widely known for its nutritional and medicinal importance. Its cultivation is however mostly limited to the ...
ATANDA, EMMANUEL OLUGBENGA(FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE, ONDO STATE, NIGERIA, 2006-09)
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An orange peeler was developed with a view to mechanize the operation of orange peeling unit and remove the drudgery involved in manual peeling. Prior to machine development, measurement of physical dimensions ...
FALAYI, Folayan Richard(FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE, ONDO STATE, NIGERIA, 2009-05)
The need to find alternative but productive means of managing animal waste in modern agriculture cannot be over-emphasised. One important means of managing these wastes is through conversion to important use either as ...
FAYOSE, Folasayo Titilola(FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE, ONDO STATE, NIGERIA, 2009-03)
Graveyards of unserviceable and broken down machines litter the landscape of many developing countries including Nigeria because of poor adaptation. Also, in Nigeria and other tropical countries, significant amount of ...
MANUWA, SETH IDOWU(FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE, ONDO STATE, NIGERIA, 2002-05)
An equipment was developed and used to evaluate tillage parameters. The
equipment consist of a soil bin, soil processing trolley, tool carriage and tool carriage
subframes (adjustable and fixed types). The soil processing ...
ADEWUMI, Babatunde Adewale(FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE, ONDO STATE, NIGERIA, 2005-01)
The threshing of legume grains is particularly important because the output from the thresher will, to a great extent, affect the subsequent processes and the final quality of the product. A number of equipment developed ...
RODIYA, AFOLABI ADENIYI(FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE, ONDO STATE, NIGERIA, 2009-02)
The water poverty index of some selected local government areas in Ekiti State was investigated to identify and evaluate a tool for assessing poverty in relation to water resource availability. Two approaches: the Composite ...
OLOKO, GANIYU ADEKUNLE(FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE, ONDO STATE, NIGERIA, 2004-10)
The problem of natural cooling of buildings in tropical climate has been considered in this research. Two locations Ebute Metta of Lagos Mainland and Ikorodu zones were chosen for the research where the ambient and room ...
HARUNA, Ibrahim Olusegun(FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE, ONDO STATE, NIGERIA, 2006-09)
Current high cost of conventional walling materials, the desire for reasonable thermal comfort and problems involved in the analysis of heating and cooling systems call for the search for alternative walling materials. In ...
KUTI, OLAWOLE ABIOLA(FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE, ONDO STATE, NIGERIA, 2003-08)
Evaluation of Composite Sawdust Briquette as a high-grade fuel for domestic cooking is discussed in this write-up. Composite sawdust briquettes were produced by mixing sawdust and palm kernel shell of sizes 1.18mm, 2.00mm ...
OLAJIDE, AKINWUMI S.(FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE, ONDO STATE, NIGERIA, 2010-05)
In this work, the Environmental Impact Assessment and Management of NigerIan National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Mega station, Awka, Nigeria was carried out. The method adopted involved collection of Baseline Information, ...
ADEOSUN, Emmanuel Oluwatoyin(FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE, ONDO STATE, NIGERIA, 2001-11)
Soil water is a major hinting factor to crop production particularly under dry season condition. Field experiments were conducted in the early and late season periods of year 2000 at the experimental farm of the Department ...
OMOTAYO, Kayode Foluso(FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE, ONDO STATE, NIGERIA, 2001-09)
The scarce water resources of Southwestern Nigeria could be better managed, if reliable forecast of river discharge through rainfall variability data over a long period are available. The study was aimed at carrying out ...
ALLI, ADEKUNLE ADEDEJI(FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE, ONDO STATE, NIGERIA, 2009-12)
Trends and cycles of rainfall and temperature in Nigeria since 1960 were studied on annual, seasonal and monthly bases and implications for water resources and agriculture were discussed. Data used for this study were ...
KOLE, OSEROMI MOSES(FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE, ONDO STATE, NIGERIA, 2007-12)
This study is on the use of palm oil sludge as binder in the production of sawdust briquettes. The specific objectives of the research are to establish the optimum proportion of palm oil sludge as binders, determine the ...
ISINKAYE, OLUWASUYI DANIEL(FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE, ONDO STATE, NIGERIA, 2004-07)
A survey study to establish the status of agricultural equipment fabrication industries was pain-stakenly carried out in Ekiti and Ondo States of Nigeria which are acknowledge agrarian states. The study assessed information ...
OGUNKUNLE, OLAWALE JOHN(FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE, ONDO STATE, NIGERIA, 1995-06)
The level of tillage mechanisation in south-west Nigeria is low because of the high cost : benefit ratio of tillage machinery. This is due not only to few hours of tractor utilisation per annum, but also due to the low ...
AKINBAMOWO, RICHARD OMOYELE(FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE, ONDO STATE, NIGERIA, 2000-07)
This work was carried out at Akure, latitude 7°. 5' N and longitude 5°. 10' E in the rain forest zone of Nigeria on soil type classified as alfisol to determine the effects of conventional tillage techniques on soil and ...
ILESANMI, OLUWASEUN AYODELE(FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE, ONDO STATE, NIGERIA, 2011-03)
Evapotranspiration (ET) rates have been reported to be decreasing in many parts of the world and this scenario had been attributed to the effect of climate change/variation. This study analyzed this phenomenon in the context ...
ENABOIFO, MICHAEL AIRELOBHEGBE(FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE, ONDO STATE, NIGERIA, 2000-07)
Soil water is a major limiting factor to the production of maize particularly under rainfed condition. Field experiments were conducted in the early and late season periods at the experimental farm of the Department of ...