Salient factors in the low utilization of PICS bags (triple-bagging) in Nasarawa local government area of Kano state, Ni
Journal Title: Scientific Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences - Year 2013, Vol 2, Issue 3
Abstract
Thepaper asserts that cowpea is a major nutritional legume in West Africa and thatthe grain experiences great losses at postharvest stages especially at storage.It posits that hermetic storage which the PICS is one of have proved to be avery successful storage option for cowpea storage without the use of agrochemicals but that there are daunting problems with its utilization. The studyrevealed among others that having outlets where the PICS can be bought(29%),making the PICS cheaper (45%), convince grain merchants that the PICS is more effective than regular storagebags(19%), and lastly forcing it on grain merchants by government would lead to more usage of the PICS (7%). Basedon the opinion of the cowpea merchants it was recommended that the sellingprice of the PICS be reviewed downwards, and that there should be a massiveenlightenment campaign for the use of the PICS; advantages of the PICS overregular bags and how to use the PICS should be demonstrated in all grainmarkets in the region by extension bodies both public and private.
Authors and Affiliations
A. J. Adegbola| Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute, PMB 3032 Kano, Nigeria., F. E. Awagu| Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute, PMB 3032 Kano, Nigeria., S. I. Onimajesin*| Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute, PMB 3032 Kano, Nigeria., E. O. Ojuekaiye| Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute, PMB 3032 Kano, Nigeria., O. S. Kamaldeen| Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute, PMB 3032 Kano, Nigeria.
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP278
- DOI -
- Views 469
- Downloads 28
Tracing dust sources in different atmosphere levels of tehran using hybrid single-particle lagrangian integrated traject
Thepresent study aims to tracing dust sources of Tehran (capital city of Iran)using HYSPLIT model and atmospheric circulationsystems atdifferent levels. The statistical analyses within the period 1981-2005 indicatethat...
Study and research on the possibility of benefitting from nanotechnology in architecture design of buildings of tehran c
Nano is extracted from the Greek word of “Nanos”meaning midget. Nanotechnology defines the behavior of materials in nanometerscales (m10-9), and in this scale, the materials behave completelydifferent from the behavior...
Teacher pedagogical knowledge in mathematics: a tool for addressing learning problems
This paper attempts to give a pedagogical role a classroom teacher is suppose to play in disseminating and imparting of mathematical knowledge. To achieve this, the paper focuses on the concept of teacher pedagogy, ped...
Explicit difference method for solving the two-dimensional two-sided fractional diffusion equation in the shifted grunwa
In this paper, weintroduce and discuss an algorithm for the numerical solution oftwo-dimensional two-sided fractional diffusion equation. The algorithm for thenumerical solution of this equation is based on explicit fi...
International incidences, macroeconomic variables and their volatility effect on economic growth: empirical evidence fro
The prime objective of this study is to incorporate the volatility among the different macroeconomic variables. In order, to analysis the volatility among different variables we have employed the ARCH/GARCH model. Our...