ADULT AND LIFELONG LEARNING FOR SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Victor Osaghae

Department of Public Administration

Edo State institute of Technology & Management Usen Benin City,

Email: djidiata@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

The concept “lifelong learning “gained prominence in educational discourse as a fundamental right of human being. The adults in the society are affected by the day-to-day economic trends. This challenge may prevent their survival if the educational system is not made profitable and appetitive sector to ensure the success of knowledge-based global economy of the 21^st century. Hence this paper is aimed at a lifelong learning approach to significantly shape the global marketing policies in the name of emancipation of the adults in the society. It examined the strategies for promoting lifelong learning in a contemporary society. However, this paper concludes that adults in a learning society can adequately survive the harsh economic measures being experienced in developing nations like Nigeria if lifelong learning is vigorously pursued and implemented to pave smooth way for a sustainable economic development.

Keywords: Adult, Lifelong Learning, Economics, Sustainable Development. 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT THROUGH CREATION OF LEISURE AND ENTERTAINMENT PARKS IN NIGERIA

Briggs, Dateme Cromwell

Rivers State University, Port Harcourt

ABSTRACT

The design of urban Public Park is an important factor which influences urban community leisure. The objective of this study is to investigate the community perceptions on leisure and entertainment activities in urban Public Park as a means of urban development. The questionnaire survey is done in Rivers state using random stratifies technique. There are four types of variable studies related to leisure parks in an urban public park namely comfort, conveniences, safety and family leisure. The findings from this study are expected to show a positive perception of leisure in urban Public Park towards urban community development.

BIOREMEDIATION OF AQUACULTURE WASTEWATER USING PHOTOSYNTHETIC BACTERIA

Ahmad Idi

Department of Biological Sciences,

Adamawa State University, Mubi.

Email address:: ahmadidy@yahoo.com, ahmadidy2010@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

Aquaculture plays a significant role in the provision of food to ever growing population. But high amount of toxic compounds like ammonium produced as a bye-product of fish metabolism are detrimental to both the cultured fish and surrounding environment.  In this view, photosynthetic bacteria were isolated and their ability to remediate aquaculture wastewater was assessed.  The aquaculture wastewater was characterized and all wastewater parameters were found to be above the standard discharge limit provided the environmental protection act. The photosynthesis activity of the isolates were determined by detecting the presence of bacteriochlorophya and carotenoid pigments at 800 and 865 nm respectively. The isolated bacteria were found to remove ammonium, nitrite and nitrate from the wastewater. One of the isolate was characterized by molecular technique using 16S rRNA analysis and Identified as Rhodobacterspheroides ADZ101. Hence this group of bacteria can provide cheap alternative means of removing toxic nitrogenous compounds from aquaculture wastewater.

Keywords: Bacteriochlorophyll, carotenoid, nitrogenous compounds, Rhodobacterspheroides ADZ101

EVALUATION OF NEEM LEAF EXTRACT (AZADIRACHTA INDICA) ON GROWTH PERFORMANCE AND BIOCHEMICAL PROFILE OF BROILER FINISHER CHICKENS

^*Danwe, A. B; ^*Mufwa, J. B; ^*Finlak, E. A; ^*Danlami A. and ^**Forku .A.

^*Department of Animal Production, College of Agriculture Jalingo Taraba State, Nigeria.

^**Department of Animal Health, College of Agriculture Jalingo Taraba State, Nigeria.

Abstract

A four weeks feeding trail was conducted to evaluate the effect of varying levels of neem (Azardirachata indica) leaves extract on growth performance of broiler finisher chickens, 120 broiler finisher chicken were randomly weight and divided into four groups (treatment) designated as T1, T2, T3, and T4 of thirty (30) bird. Each replicated 3 times, in a completely randomized design and was administered clean drinking water with 0g, 3g, 4g and 5g neem extract respectively. All were given same basal diets of broiler finisher. The result shows that inclusion of varying neem extract did not affect feed consumption and water intake of the birds in the entire treatment group. Also the result of the carcass and biochemical profile were not significant (p70.05) affected by the basal diets and neem leaf extract.This indicates that the use of neem leaf extract as supplement for antibiotic in broiler production is both safe and healthy.

Keywords: Medical value of neem leaf, Neem Leaf in animal production, plant origin, local extraction, natural and safe.

POTENTIALS OF TUMERIC PLANT (Curcuma longa L.) POWDER FOR THE CONTROL OF BRUCHID BEETLES ON COWPEA SEEDS (Vigna unguiculata L) DURING STORAGE

¹Adenekan, m. O., ²Olubode, T., ¹Awogbade, A.l. and ¹Adesanya, O.A.

¹Department of Agriculture, Federal College of Agriculture, Ibadan

²Department of Home and Rural Economics, Federal College of Agriculture, Ibadan

Email: mopadenekan@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT

There has been growing interest in the use of natural plant products for protection of agricultural commodities due to their low mammalian toxicity and low persistence in the environment. It is against this background that this study was conducted to evaluate the potentials of Tumeric (Curcuma longa L.) plant powders for the control of bruchid beetles on cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) seeds. A synthetic insecticide, Cypermethrin and three Curcuma longa plant products (leaf, root and flower powders) were tested on cowpea seeds infested with ten teneral adults of male and female bruchid beetles in a Completely Randomized Design (CRD). The products were tested at 2.5g/50 g of cowpea seeds, while Cypermethrin was applied according to manufacturer’s recommendation to serve as the standard check.. Each treatment was replicated four times with the control and left for five days before data collection commenced. Data were collected on mean egg laid, hatched, mean number of adults that emerged from each replicate, mortality of insects, mean number of holes and weevil perforation index (WPI) as well as the total developmental period of the insects treated with different plant products of C. longa. The results obtained revealed significant differences (P ≤ 0.05) in the mean egg laid of 11.6 ± 1.8 when the root powder was applied, when compared with the value of 84.6 ±3.9 obtained at the control experiment. Similarly, the lowest mean mortality was obtained at the control experiment (1.4±0.2) and was significantly different from the highest value of 10.0 obtained when Cypermethrin was applied. The results of this experiment also revealed lowest seed perforation (4.1 %) and Weevil Perforation Index of 1.2 when the powder of root was applied indicating that the root powder showed good potential as bio-insecticide for the control of bruchid beetles on cowpea seeds during storage.

Keywords: Cowpea, Oviposition, Tumeric, Eclosion, Cypermethrin, Curcuma longa