The antibacterial efficacy of leaf extracts from guava Psidium guajava (Linn) were assessed on bacterial indicators isolated from two groundwater sources that are prone to faecal contamination in Akure, Nigeria. The load ...

The antifungal activities of chitinases produced from Streptomyces species isolated from termitary and grassland soils at the research farm of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Nigeria were evaluated ...

This study examined the determinants of small-scale agro-processors’ participation in credit markets in Ondo State Nigeria. Specific objectives were to examine factors that influenced agro-processors’ participation in ...

Probiotic foods are functional foods which provide healthy benefit beyond nutrition. In this study, non-dairy probiotic drinks were produced from tigernut extracts and soymilk. In the production of this probiotic drinks, ...

This study investigated poverty differentials among the maize/cassava and poultry farming households. A total of 120 respondents were drawn for the study. Primary data were collected from small-scale farmers on their ...

Urease producing bacteria are significant for their increasing roles in human pathogenicity, biocementation and as soil fertilizer. This study was therefore, aimed at isolation of urease producers from urea-rich soil samples ...

A study was carried out to assay for oil-degrading potential of fungi isolated from cow-dung polluted soils. The samples were collected aseptically from four different cow-dung dumping sites with no history of crude-oil ...

Kersting’s groundnut (Macrotyloma geocarpum) was subjected to liquid and solid state fermentation. The raw and fermented samples were analyzed for microbial load, proximate composition, mineral content, antinutrient, and ...

The study examined the effect of market access on the adoption of sustainable soil management practices by farmers in the study area. Specifically, the study described the socio-economic characteristics of the farmers; ...