Description

The sustainable management of agricultural produce and storage is of increasing importance to consumers and a key topic in the Nigeria farming movement. Few systematic studies have been undertaken investigating farmers’ local knowledge related to this issue. Connexxion Agro-Allied Research centre is a discipline focusing on local knowledge and folk methods in farming, irrigation, pest, storage and aggregation, however most studies primarily address the treatment on the surface. Very few studies have explored total methods.

Project Scope

In industrialised countries, the recent expansion of organic farming and restrictions in the use of allopathic medicine, as well as frequent discussions in the media and society at large about animal welfare, have shown the growing interest among stakeholders in sustainable management of farm health and welfare. In particular the Council Regulation concerning organic production [1] and its amendments clearly describe methods for assuring farm health on organic farms. According to this regulation, the priority is on keeping agric produce healthy all through

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