IOSR-JAVS   Volume-7 ~ Issue-4 ~ APRIL-2014

Paper Type	:	Research Paper
Title	:	Consumer Cooperatives, Food Security and Sustainability among Civil Servants in Ekiti State, Nigeria
Country	:	Nigeria
Authors	:	Adedapo A. O., Alabi O. O.
	:	10.9790/2380-07410104

ABSTRACT: The issues of food security and family sustenance have been a major challenge in recent times due to the importance of food as the basic necessity of life. A large number of urban dwellers have not been able to meet the need of food for family consumption. Due to urban development, there is inadequate access of land for subsistence farming.In order to find solution to this food crisis, civil servants have resulted into consumer cooperative which involved the bulk purchase of food items for members, in which food are purchased on loans and then deducted from their salaries. This study access the influence of cooperative on household food security and sustainability among civil servants in Ekiti state. A total of 120 civil servants were randomly selected for the study. Findings revealed that 88.33% (106 people) of the respondents patronize consumer cooperatives, 60.37% patronize mainly during the festive periods, 31.64% patronized on monthly basis while only 8.49% patronize on quarterly basis.
Keywords: Civil servants, consumer co-operatives, food security, poverty, sustainability.

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ABSTRACT: It is assumed that the content of anti-nutrients in legumes seeds and find out the dependency among their content and the amount of important nutrients. The influence of the agri-environmental conditions on concentration of anti-nutrients was evaluated on the basis of the analysis of the material collected from the experiments carried out in the years 2010-2011, located in different regions of Poland. The analyses were performed in the Main Chemical Laboratory of IUNG-PIB Puławy and in Laboratory of Research Centre for Cultivar Testing (COBORU) in Słupia Wielka, near Poznań. The obtained results indicate that the region of cultivation did not have a significant impact on the concentration of these substances in the seeds of faba bean. Seeds of fodder pea of Muza and Marych cultivars contain significantly less tannins than Roch and Wiato cultivars. In the case of faba bean, however, fewer of these compounds were found at white-flowering cultivars. The average content of total alkaloids in lupine was definitely greater in blue lupine than in yellow lupine. The location of cultivation of yellow lupine did not have an influence on the level of total alkaloids and gramine. Blue lupine collected much less alkaloids in the location of Central Poland and significantly more in the North and West of Poland.
Keywords: anti-nutrient substances, legumes, location of cultivation, nutrients, seeds.

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Paper Type	:	Research Paper
Title	:	Influence of Mulch Materials on Population of Plant Parasitic Nematode, Growth and Yield of Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L. Moench)
Country	:	Nigeria
Authors	:	Aminu-Taiwo B. R., Idowu A. A., Alamu O.O., O. W. Olaniyi, O. O. Olufunmi
	:	10.9790/2380-07411217

ABSTRACT: A field experiment was conducted at National Horticultural Research Institute Idi-ishin, Ibadan to investigate the influence of mulching materials on population of plant parasitic nematodes, weed density, soil moisture, temperature content, growth and yields of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L. Moench). The mulch materials were dried leaves of Azadirachta indica , Terminalia catappa , Eugenia uniflora, Pannicum maximum (grass straw) and plastic mulch with hoeing and no weeding as control. The experiment was conducted between June to September 2010. The experimental design was randomized complete block design in three replications. Data were collected on Vegetative Growth (VG), Gall Indices (GI), nematode reproduction. All data were analysed using ANOVA (p=0.05).
Keywords: Gall indices, Mulch materials, Nematode population, soil moisture and weed density.

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Paper Type	:	Research Paper
Title	:	Pubertal traits of male goats kept on rations supplemented with different protein types
Country	:	Libya
Authors	:	Nasir Salim Elhammali, Adil Salim Elsheikh
	:	10.9790/2380-07411821

ABSTRACT: This study was carried out to determine the impact of type of protein supplementation to the ration on pubertal characteristics of male goat kids. Eighteen crossbred (Nubian × Saanen) weaned male goat kids were distributed to 3 ration groups. Group I (n=6) was kept on a ration supplemented with ground nut cakes, group II (n=6) on a ration supplemented with sesame cakes and group II (n=6) on a ration supplemented with cotton seed cakes. The pubertal traits studied were preputial separation, scrotal circumference at puberty, weight and age at puberty, ejaculate volume, individual motility percent and mass motility of semen, percentages of live and abnormal morphology spermatozoa and the concentration of spermatozoa. The results of this study revealed that only the pubertal body and the percentage of abnormal sperms were significantly influenced (p˂0.05) with protein type.
Keywords: crossbred; goats; male; puberty; protein type.

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