Comparative effects of farmyard manure, sawdust and NPK 15-15-15 fertilizer on growth and yield of garden egg (solanum gilo).

A study was carried to determine the effect of inorganic and organic fertilizer for garden egg production. This is to assess and establish the type that will produce optimum yield. The fertilizer types evaluated were poultry manure, sawdust, NPK 15-15-15.The study was conducted on Alfsoil soil at kabba. The experimental design used was Randomized Completely Block Design (RCBD) with five treatments. The treatment were poultry manure (25 tons/hac) T1, sawdust 25 tons/hac (T2), NPK 15-15-15 (400kg/hac)  T3, poultry manure  (25 tons/hac) + NPK 15-15-15  (400kg/hac) T4 and control (No fertilizer application) T5. All the treatments were replicated four times to give a total of twenty (20) Experimental plots. The gross experimental site was 25m x 11m (275m”). Each bed was 1m x 5m (5m”).Planting was carried out using 2 seeds per hole at a spacing of 60cm x 60cm. The plant population per bed was 32 plants and for the whole plots were 640 plants. The result of this study showed that the combination of poultry manure and NPK 15-15-15 had significant effect (P<0.05) on Number of leaves, Number of fruits and weight of fruits (fruit yield).  The yield performance sequence was in the order FYM + NPK 15-15-15 > FYM > sawdust > NPK control. Keywords:-  poultry manure, sawdust, NPK 15-15-15, garden egg, afsoil

Evaluation of adherence to oral antiviral hepatitis B treatment using structured questionnaires

AIM: To assess adherence rates to nucleos(t)ide analogues (NUCs) therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection and determine factors associated with adherence

Effects of farmyard manure, sawdust and npk 15-15-15 fertilizer on growth and yield of (cucumis satius l)

A study was carried to determine the effect of inorganic and organic fertilizer for cucumber production. This is to access and establish the type that will produce optimum yield. The fertilizer types evaluated were poultry manure, sawdust NPK 15-15-15.The study was conducted on Alfisol soil at kabba. The experimental design used was Randomized Completely Block Design (RCBD) with five treatments. The treatment were poultry manure (25 tons/h), sawdust 25 tons/h, NPK 15.15-15 (400kg/ha), poultry manure (25 tons/ha) + NPK 15-15-15 (400kg/ha) and control (No fertilizer application).All the treatments were replicated four times to give a total of twenty (20) experimental plots. The result of this study showed that the combination of poultry manure and NPK 15-15-15 significantly increased (P<0.05) the Number of leaves, Number of fruits and weight of fruits (fruit yield). The yield performance sequence was in the order poultry manure+ NPK 15-15-15> poultry manure> sawdust> NPK> control

Resilience to Food Insecurity: Theory and Empirical Evidence from International Food Assistance in Malawi

This research investigates the impacts of food assistance on resilience to food insecurity of the beneficiary households under the World Food Programme and Oxfam America’s project “The R4 Rural Resilience Initiative” implemented in rural and vulnerable areas of Malawi during the period 2015-2016. The empirical analysis uses three main techniques: the Resilience Index Measurement and Analysis II methodology of the Food and Agriculture Organization to measure resilience and food security; a reflexive method for a descriptive performance assessment; matching techniques for impact evaluation. The performance analysis and the impact evaluation reveal positive and significant relationships between programme interventions and resilience to food insecurity, showing also improved household access to loans insurance and savings