Vegetable production is an economic activity not only for the farmer but also the consumer because we use vegetables every day in our households. According to the Centre for Scientific and Industrial…
Did you know that what you may call waste in your house, is actually of great value? Compost is one valuable product that can come out of simple selection and…
Selecting very good swine breeding stock is the first step and the key to successful pig production. Mistakes in the selection of swine breeding stock may lead to failures. Productive breeding stock…
Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potato has enormous health benefits including its ability to help gain weight, boost immunity, ease digestion and treating bronchitis. It also helps in treating arthritis and stomach ulcers. In…
Breeding stock is a group of animals used for planned breeding. When people are looking to breed animals, they look for certain valuable traits in purebred animals. They may also…
Cabbage is a popular vegetable throughout the world because of its adaptability to a wide range of climatic conditions and soil, ease of production and storage, and its food value….
How to plan healthy meals on a tight budget, is a huge challenge. Even, more so, when you are dedicated to eating healthy. To help out on the challenges, I…
Transplanting vegetable seedlings from the nursery is one very key activity after the seedlings reach maturity. To ensure good plant population, better establishment and optimum yield, you must carry out…
First, looking at Vegetable seedling nursery establishment, it is said in food production circles that the success of any production system depends on the kind of seed we are sowing,…
What is a weed? A weed is a plant considered undesirable in a particular situation, “a plant in the wrong place”. Examples commonly are plants unwanted in human-controlled settings, such…
Malabar spinach (Basella alba) is a popular tropical leafy-green vegetable. It is a vine and people commonly grow them as backyard herb in their backyard gardens. There are two important vine spinach…
Spinach contains a lot of nutrients including carbohydrates, sugar, soluble and insoluble fibre, sodium, vitamin, minerals, fatty acids, amino acids and water. Below is the nutritional profile that contributes to its…
