CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Starch is one of the most abundant substances in nature‚ a renewable and almost unlimited resource. Starch is produced from grain or root crops. It is mainly used as food‚ but is also readily converted chemically‚ physically and biologically into many useful products to date; starch is used to produce such diverse products as food‚ paper‚ textiles‚ adhesives‚ beverages; confectioning‚ pharmaceuticals‚ and building materials. Cassava starch has many remarkable characteristics
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UTILIZATION OF PLANT RESOURCES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF COUGH CONDITIONS IN PAKELLE SUBCOUNTY‚ ADJUMANI DISTRICT LEBU SARAH ATIENO 08/U/26857/PS A RESEARCH PROJECT REPORT SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN WILDLIFE HEALTH AND MANAGEMENT OF MAKERERE UNIVERSITY JUNE‚ 2011 DECLARATION I LEBU SARAH ATIENO declare that the work presented in this special project report is my own original piece of work unless otherwise stated and
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NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA COURSE CODE :AGR203 COURSE TITLE : PRINCIPLES OF CROP PRODUCTION AEM203 COURSE GUIDE COURSE GUIDE AGR203 PRINCIPLES OF CROP PRODUCTION Course Team Dr. Jari Sanusi (Developer/Writer) - NOUN Dr. S. I. Ogunrinde (Programme Leader) - NOUN Dr. Jari Sanusi (Coordinator) - NOUN NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA ii AEM203 COURSE GUIDE National Open University of Nigeria Headquarters 14/16 Ahmadu Bello Way Victoria Island Lagos Abuja Office: No.5 Dar-es-Salaam
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The Travels of Ibn Battuta Ibn Battuta started on his travels when he was 20 years old in 1325. His main reason to travel was to go on a Hajj‚ or a Pilgrimage to Mecca‚ as all good Muslims want to do. But his traveling went on for about 29 years and he covered about 75‚000 miles visiting the equivalent of 44 modern countries which were then mostly under the governments of Muslim leaders of the World of Islam‚ or "Dar al-Islam". He met many dangers and had many adventures along the way
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MEDICINAL PLANTS IN THE PHILIPPINES: A GUIDE TO ITS COMMON USES Historically‚ early humans relied on medicinal plants for remedies of diseases. that were made Before the onset of medicinal science‚ into medicine. Medicinal plants are people searched for remedies for different illnesses by using plants various plants thought by people to have medicinal properties‚ but few plants or their phytochemical constituents have been proven by rigorous science or approved by regulatory agencies to have medicinal
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Agriculture‚ Ecosystems and Environment 116 (2006) 15–26 www.elsevier.com/locate/agee Adding a soil fertility dimension to the global farming systems approach‚ with cases from Africa E.M.A. Smaling a‚b‚*‚ J. Dixon c a International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC)‚ P.O. Box 6‚ 7500 AA Enschede‚ Netherlands b Plant Production Systems‚ Wageningen University‚ P.O. Box 430‚ 6700 AK Wageningen‚ Netherlands c International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT)
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Crop Production Techniques of Horticultural Crops 2013 HORTICULTURAL COLLEGE AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY COIMBATORE – 641 003 Contents Part I - Fruits Page No. Chapter A - Tropical and Sub Tropical Fruits Mango .................................................................................................................. Banana .....................................................................................................
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Alcoholic Beverages: Alcoholic beverages have been consumed by humans since the Neolithic era; the earliest evidence of alcohol was discovered in Jiahu (site of a Neolithic Yellow River settlement based in the central plains of ancient China) dating from 7000–6600 BCE. The production and consumption of alcohol occurs in most cultures of the world‚ from hunter-gatherer peoples to nation-states. An alcoholic beverage is a drink that contains ethanol. Alcoholic beverages are divided into three
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CHAPTER ONE 1. ORGANISATIONAL BACKGROUND The Plant Protection and Regulatory Services Directorate (PPRSD) was established in 1965 by an Act of Parliament: Prevention and Control of Pests and Diseases of Plants Act‚ 307 now replaced by “Plants and Fertilizer Act‚ 2010 (Act 803). The PPRSD is the National Institution with the mandate and capacity to organize‚ regulate‚ implement and coordinate the plant protection services needed for the country in support of sustainable growth and development
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! ! " # $ % FEBRUARY 2004 EIA of Ajaokuta – Obajana Gas Pipeline Project TABLE OF CONTENT Table of Contents List of Tables List of Maps List of Figures List of Plates List of Abbreviations and Acronyms EIA Report Preparers Acknowledgement Executive Summary - Pages i vi ix x xi xii xv xvi xvii CHAPTER ONE 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.6.1 1.7 1.8 INTRODUCTION Background Terms of Reference Nigeria Applicant EIA Premises Administrative
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