Success Story: APPEALS Chiller Technology for Making Yoghurt
Yoghurt is one of the Dairy products gotten from Cowmilk. It is a semi-solid food produced by bacterial fermentation of milk often sweetened and flavoured.
Read moreMaize Knowledge Advisory
One of the major steps towards improving maize productivity is the provision of extension advice to farmers and beneficiaries on good agricultural practices for maize production, hence the need to compile a production guide for the crop.
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It has been discovered that limited access to information stands as the root challenge most small scale and large-scale farmers face today in Nigeria with most farmers missing out on new and improved farming methods which greatly limits their output. The objective of this knowledge guide is to provide the farmers with the needed information on Good Agricultural Practices on Ginger production
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Milk is one component that has a poor shelf life and is most susceptible to adulteration and growth of microbes if proper hygiene practices are not maintained. The dairy products intended for human consumption must be free from harmful pathogens.
Read moreKnowledge Sharing Product: The Success Story of All-Male Tilapia Cage Culture Technology
This document captures the success story on increasing fish production and productivity through the adoption of All-Male Tilapia cage culture technology by Mr. Sejiro Michael Oke-Tojinu, the Chairman of the Ashford Cooperative in Badagry and a beneficiary of the Agro-Processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support (APPEALS) Project cage culture project in Afowo community, Badagry […]
Read moreUse of Urea Deep Placement Technology among Rice Farmers in Kano State.
Assessing the level farmers’ usage of Urea Deep Placement (UDP) is important to improve the efficiency of soil nutrient. Extension organizations such as KNARDA are responsible for disseminating the technology. The demonstration provides an insight into the practice of UDP among the Project’s registered farmers engaged in rice production as a means to improve the efficiency of soil nutrient, promote climate smart agricultural practice as well as improve productivity of the rice fields. Fertilizer deep placement is a technology practiced by placing granulated fertilizer directly in the root zone (IFDC, 2013). The ultimate aim of the technology is to improve…
Read moreTechnology Demonstration on farm operations, using motorized hand-held cutter and harvesting equipment for Rice, Tomato and Wheat.
The three 3-day technology demonstration was conducted to 600 farmers across all value chains of rice, tomato and wheat, out of which 300 farmers (male: 256, female: 44) were from rice production. The demonstration showed the use of rice/wheat cutting machine etc. A total of 150 farmers (male: 87, female: 63) were drawn from tomato production, they were shown the use of weeding machine.
Read moreTechnology Demonstration on Wet Tomato Processing
APPEALS Project Kano State Co-ordinating Office in collaboration with NSPRI Kano zonal office facilitated a Demonstration entitled Interactive/Practical Demonstration on Improved Processing and Packaging Technologies for Wet Tomato Products and shelf-life extension of Tomato Fruits. The demonstration intended to address the gaps and challenges that are being faced by stakeholders in tomato production and processing, including the need to build food security in tomato. The Demonstration gathered 120 participants working in tomato production and/or nutrition programme sector of Kano State Nigeria. The Demonstration was a great opportunity to bring participants from various groups together to learn improved techniques in production…
Read moreTOMATO Greenhouse Technology Demonstration in collaboration with NIHORT and TERRA-TIGA
A three-day demonstration on greenhouse installation and Practices was conducted to 350 (200 Males: 150 Females) farmers at Bagauda Fisheries institute (Demo plot Site). Among them were 5 people with disability. The participants were enlightened on the numerous benefits of greenhouse technology, the profit to be accrued and Maximum number of plants it can comfortably contain. He further stated that the tunnel size (24 x 8m) contains 6 beds of 2 rows making 12 rows. The intra-row spacing of 60cm will give a plant population of 480. The weight of fruit per plant is estimated at 7kg. Therefore, the estimated…
Read moreTomato Production Technology Demonstration
A total of Fifty (50 No.) co-operative group leaders from various Local Government Areas of Kano State were selected to benefit from the training/demonstration. This is made up of twenty-one (21 No.) mixed group of tomato processors; ten (10 No.) women group leaders of wheat flour processors represented by Dala cluster of Gurasa (Local bread) processing women co-3 operative groups; thirteen (13 No.) wheat crop farmers; and six (6 No.) rice crop farmers.
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