the leached soil of the Niger Delta profitable for themselves. The agricultural revolution in West Africa lead towards the Atlantic Slave Trade. The agricultural skills and knowledge of West Africans attracted Europeans. West Africans’ tropical agricultural skills greatly interested outsiders because the Europeans wanted to profit from this knowledge. On the map it is shown that West Africa consists of the Niger Delta‚ which is made up of the Southern half of Mali‚ Niger‚ Nigeria‚ Benin‚ and Togo
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CONTRIBUTION OF WOMAN DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA BY A. O. I. GABRIEL AND HOW IT AFFECTS OKRIKA. Introduction The Niger Delta is located in Southern Nigeria and is Africa’s largest delta‚ covering about 70‚000 square kilometers‚ and with about one-third of it made up of wetlands‚ and the third largest world mangrove forests. The Niger Delta is unique in Nigeria because it is the home of Nigeria’s oil industry‚ with its attendant environmental hazards such as water‚ land‚ air pollution‚ etc. Human activities
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Many of the other oil companies have little or no contact with the indigenous communities. Only Shell and Elf extract oil in the Niger Delta region‚ since Shell is the largest cooperation in the district thus has the greatest contact with the indigenous communities. (Ejobowah‚ 2000‚ 33). For that reason‚ this essay will only be exploring Shell Oil Company within the Niger
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Name of Student: Bal Krishna Maharjan Course: Food Microbiology 17/FA Describe how to isolate and differentiate between molds and yeasts? Answer: Isolation of molds: Isolation of molds can be done in two ways: 1. Direct isolation: Under this different methods can be selected depending upon the nature of molds and need of study. The following are the different direct isolation techniques. a. Direct transfer: Involves simple transfer of a mold from its source to a pure culture‚ usually consists of
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Review Sheet Exercise I: Survey of Higher Microorganisms: Protozoa‚ Fungi‚ and Helminths Protozoa (group of Kingdom Protista) 1. Amoeba a. nucleus- dark center of the cell b. food vacuole- They feed by taking nutrients into the cell by diffusion and packaging it into (clear circles spread throughout the cell) c. pseudopod- “false foot”; the motility results from the streaming of the protoplasm that forms the process 2. Entamoeba causes amoebiasis or amoebic dysentery‚
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While the Niger River and Western Sudan remained key geographical features of the Mali and Songhai kingdoms‚ the thirst for more wealth and larger trade networks caused each kingdom to expand its territory. Greed was the key factor in driving this expansion‚ because both kingdoms were well placed for trade and had access to resources. Specifically‚ the Niger was an essential river in West Africa because it “integrated the region economically and linked the interior regions of Western Africa with
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belonging to the genus Aspergillus are most commonly used for the production of amylase. Traditionally‚ most of the production of amylase is carried out by submerged fermentation‚ a process which is a method for growing pure cultures of aerobic bacteria‚ and are incubated in a liquid medium subjected to continuous vigorous agitation. Because of the ease of handling and a greater control of the environmental factors like temperature and pH‚ microorganisms like Aspergillus can also be grown on moist
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Proposal) The consequences of child abuse in Nigeria: A case study of Niger-Delta Region in Nigeriamore by Flourish Itulua-Abumere 1‚827 Download (.pdf) PHD.pdf 390 KB www.articlesbase.com/college-and-university-articles/phd-research-proposal-the-consequences-of-child-abuse-in-nigeria-a-case-study-of-niger-delta-region-in-nigeria-6663894.html articlesbase.com The consequences of child abuse in Nigeria: A case study of Niger-Delta Region in Nigeria PHD Research proposal ByFlourish Itulua-AbumerePresented
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for economic growth and development and thus the challenge of ensuring that natural resource wealth leads to sustained economic growth and development. Still many countries are cursed by natural resources wealth. (Frederick van der Ploeg‚ 2011) The Niger delta is situated around the southernmost part of Nigeria‚ which is located in the south- south District of the southern region of Nigeria. It bounded by some other communities such as Escravos‚ Ekpan‚ Batan‚ Odidi 1 and Odidi 2 etc. Fishing is the
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The Political Economy Of Illegal Bunkering In Nigeria By Kòmbò Mason Braide (PhD) Port Harcourt‚ Nigeria Demonise & Diabolise: The Niger Delta has been a source of illicit international business deals (like the trans-Atlantic slave trade)‚ as far back as the 15th century. Today a new form of syndicated criminal proclivity is threatening the very foundations of Nigeria’s petroleum industry‚ and by extension‚ the Nigerian economy‚ as well as putting tremendous pressure on Chief (General) Olusegun
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