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    Nutrient utilisation and growth performance of rabbits fed diets based on maize, cassava or their by-products
    (Taylor & Francis, 1998) Onifade, A. A.; Abu, O. A.; Akande, O. N.; Abanikannda, O. T. F.
    A 70-day feeding trial was conducted to evaluate nutrient intake, digestibility and growth characteristics of rabbits fed maize grain (mg), maize offal (mo), cassava tuber (ct) or cassava peel (cp) based diets. The four test ingredients were included at 30.84% in diets supplying 17% crude protein. The consumption of dry matter, crude protein and crude fibre were higher (P4.05) in mo and cp based diets, while apparent digestibilities were better (Pc0.05) in rabbits fed mg and ct based diets. Rabbits fed mo attained the highest (P<0.05) body weight gain, followed by those fed mg and ct and the group fed cp gained the least. Feed consumption was higher (P<0.05) in rabbits fed cp and mo than mg and ct diets; and the gain: feed ratio was the reverse of the feed intake. It is concluded that mo and ct are effective substitutes for mg, however, diets based on cp would require nutrient supplementation.
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    Sustainable food crop production through multiple cropping patterns among farmers in South Western Nigeria
    (Kalma-Raj, 2007) Fawole, O. P.; Oladele, O. I.
    This paper examined the medley of food crops among farmers as a method of evolved sustainable food crop production. Farmers from different groups were randomly selected and a structured questionnaire was administered on them to elicit information in the areas of crop mixtures and reasons for such mixtures. The result of the study indicates farmers profile with a mean age of 53.4 years with majority married (78%), having non-formal education (37%) and long years of farming experience (39%). Yam maize crop mixture was the most prominent among farmers and the assurance of food security was the prevailing reason for multiple cropping. The study has thus, provided clear insight into the practice of multiple cropping by farmers in the study area and also a basis for a demand-led technology development for the improvement of production.