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Item ANALYSIS OF PROFITABILITY AND DETERMINANTS OF PLANTAIN PRODUCTION IN IFE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT (ADP) ZONE OF OSUN STATE, NIGERIA(FUOYE Journal of Agriculture and Human Ecology, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti, Nigeria., 2017) Ojediran, E.O; Ibrahim, H.K; Adebisi., L.O; Belewu, K.Y; Owolawi, SThis study analyzed the profitability and determinants of plantain production in the Ife Agricultural Development Project (ADP) zone of Osun State. Three Local Governments areas; Ife South, Ife North and Ife East were randomly chosen from the ADP zone. Thirty (30) plantain farmers were randomly selected per each ADP zone, making a total of 90 plantain farmers households. The questionnaire was used for the purpose of extracting needed information from the respondents. The results showed that plantain production enterprise was male dominated. Majority of the farmers were married and also at their prime age. Most of them (72.2%) have had some form of formal education and also experienced farmers. The cost and returns analysis showed that plantain production is a profitable enterprise accruing back about ₦4 for every naira invested into it. Regression estimates result revealed that the size of farm, age of the farmer, labour, farming experience, access to credit and extension service were the factors affecting plantain production in the study area. Climatic change and variability in the form of heavy wind and rain, lack of capital and credit inaccessibility were identified as the top major constraints to the production of plantain. The study therefore recommends that efforts be mobilized to provide incentives both in cash and kind to the farmers.Item Analysis Of The Determinants Of Plantain Supply By Small Holder Farmers In Osun State, Nigeria.(AGROSEARCH Journal of Agriculture, Food and Development. Faculty of Agriculture University of Ilorin., 2018) Ojediran, E.O; Adewumi, M.O; Falola, A; Ibrahim, H.K; Belewu, K.Y; Oyedeji, O.AThis study analyzed the determinants of supply among plantain farmers in Osun State, Nigeria. A four-stage sampling technique was adopted for this study. The first stage involved a purposive selection of Ife Agricultural zone due to its high plantain production and marketing activities in the area. The second stage involves the random selection of Ife North and Ife South Local Government Areas (LGAs) from the four LGAs that make up the Agricultural zone. The third stage involved the random selection of six) villages from each of the selected local governments making a total of 12 villages. Thereafter, 10 plantain farmers were randomly selected from each of the 12 villages. In all, 120 farmers were used for the study and data were collected using a semi-structured questionnaire. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Ordinary Least Square Regression model. The results of the study revealed that 69.2% of the sampled farming household heads were male. The significant factors influencing the decision to supply plantain in the study area were distance to market, current market price, household size, quantity processed and farm size. The current price of plantain, quantity processed and farm size were positively significant suggesting a direct relationship while household size and distance to market were found to be negatively significant suggesting an inverse relationship with supply. It is therefore recommended that farmers should be encouraged to increase the supply of plantain by providing adequate and easy means of processing and disposing their product to curb loss as well as making up a centralised price both at the farm-gate level and at the market.Item Assessment of Dietary Diversity and Food Calorie Consumption among Rural Households in Kwara State, Nigeria.(Applied Tropical Agriculture School of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology, The Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria., 2017) Muhammad-Lawal, A.; Ibrahim, H.K; Oloyede, W.O; Belewu, K.Y; Adesina, T.AThe study assessed the factors that influence dietary diversity behaviour of rural households as well as the relationship between the dietary diversity and food calorie consumption among rural households in Kwara State, Nigeria. 120 rural households were selected using a three-stage sampling technique. Data were collected using structured questionnaire. The study adopted random utility model to fit the collected data, which were analysed using household Dietary Diversity Score [DDS], Analysis of Variance [ANOVA] test and Multinomial Logit Regression [MLR] technique. The result revealed that with reference to medium dietary diversity category, age, household income, gender and education level were the socioeconomic factors that are positively significant at p<0.01, p<0.05 and p<0.1 levels to explain the dietary diversity attitude of the respondents. However, household size is negatively significant at p<0.01 level, which express the variation of the dietary diversity of households with reference to medium dietary diversity. The food energy consumption (F-value, 183.15) is affected by rural households’ decision of dietary diversity by at least 2245 kcal, which is above the recommended calorie for daily intake (1800 kcal). The findings of the study suggested that enlightenment campaigns on family planning, food-aid intervention and nutrition education could be strengthened to provide the recommendable dietary formula that improves human health status.Item Assessment of physico-mechanical properties of clay deposits in Asa Local Government Area of Kwara State Nigeria for industrial applications(Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, University of Ilorin, 2019-04-20) AJAO, KABIRU SULEIMAN; Shuaib-Babata, Y.L; Ambali, I.O; Elakhame, Z.U; Aremu, I.N; Ibrahim, H.K; Odeniyi, O.Mabout the properties of most available clay materials in Nigeria is necessary to enhance their industrial applications. Availability of this information will adversely reduce importation of refractory materials and its products into the country, since the mineral resources are abundantly available in the country. This study evaluated the chemical and physico-mechanical properties of some selected clay deposits across the three districts of Asa Local Government Area (LGA) of Kwara State to ascertain their suitability for refractory and other industrial applications. The results revealed that the clay samples were mainly alumina-silica based with silica and alumina concentrations of 47.30 – 58.50% and 32.75 – 34.30% respectively. The physico-mechanical properties exhibited by the clay samples included: clay content (33.80-72.20%), linear shrinkage (6.10-9.80%), moisture content (21.00-33.00%), bulk density (1.99 - 2.87 g/cm3), apparent porosity (21.00-37.00%), permeability (73-94), compressive strength (213-840 N/mm2), thermal shock resistance (+29 cycles), specific gravity (2.18-2.52) and refractoriness (>1300oC). The properties were within the required standard values which make the clays suitable for insulating materials, refractories for low-medium thermal applications and