The Impact of Public Libraries on Tiv Management Strategies for Postharvest Losses of Cassava in Benue State
Tim Cuttings Agber,
Murphy Tersoo Igbudu,
Dorcas Nguwasen Tarbo
Issue:
Volume 1, Issue 1, December 2017
Pages:
1-7
Received:
16 March 2017
Accepted:
27 May 2017
Published:
17 July 2017
DOI:
10.11648/j.ajist.20170101.11
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Abstract: The cultural heritage of any people can be redressed through the preserved cultural values tangibly stored and preserved in media and forms retrievable and usable. Audiovisual heritage are quite essential that the public library system must not afford to elude its storage not only for users but also for posterity. Cassava has played an important role as a staple crop in the feeding of the Tiv people. Cassava is the principal source of dietetic food energy for a significant portions of world populace particularly those living in the lowland tropics, and much of the sub-humid tropics. Incidentally, cassava is the sixth most important crop after wheat, rice, maize, potato and barley and is the primary staple for more than 800 million people in the world and it plays a crucial food security role to the populace due to the fact that its matured edible roots can be left in the ground for up to 36 months. Moreover fresh cassava has a very short postharvest storage lifespan and as such, the Tiv people developed different ways of processing it into durable forms soon after harvest, as well as organizing their local markets where the cassava products would be sold. This study therefore, looks at the impact of the public library through the storage of audiovisual materials on Tiv Management Strategies of Postharvest losses of Cassava for the Development of Agriculture in Benue State of Nigeria. The study sampled 377 out of the population of 20,000. The snowball sampling technique was used in selecting the subjects for the study. Mean and standard deviation statistics was used in answering the research questions. The study found that the Tiv people had various strategies they adopted in managing postharvest losses of cassava. However, the public library failed to acquire and store audiovisual materials on these management strategies for postharvest losses of cassava; information that would have been used for improving and reducing postharvest losses of cassava by farmers. It was therefore, recommended that concerned policy makers should make policies that will allow public libraries to acquire store and preserve audiovisual materials on various indigenous knowledge for development to ensue; and for posterity; and that governments and other stakeholders should ensure that the public library sector is adequately funded and manpower is adequately provided as well.
Abstract: The cultural heritage of any people can be redressed through the preserved cultural values tangibly stored and preserved in media and forms retrievable and usable. Audiovisual heritage are quite essential that the public library system must not afford to elude its storage not only for users but also for posterity. Cassava has played an important ro...
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Current View of the Significance of Yeast for Ruminants a Review 1- Role of Yeast and Modes of Action
Alsaied Alnaimy Mostafa Habeeb
Issue:
Volume 1, Issue 1, December 2017
Pages:
8-14
Received:
15 April 2017
Accepted:
22 May 2017
Published:
20 July 2017
DOI:
10.11648/j.ajist.20170101.12
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Abstract: A variety of mechanisms have been suggested to explain changes in the activity of the rumen and improvements in performance when ruminants are fed yeast-based (Direct-Feed Microbials) DFMs. Yeast may have a buffering effect in the rumen by mediating the sharp drops in rumen pH which follows feeding of higher concentrate rations. Yeast may help to buffer excess lactic acid production when ruminants are fed high concentrate diets. At higher pH levels when feeding yeast caused increased numbers of rumen cellulolytic (cellulose digesting) bacteria and improvements in fiber digestion. Yeast fed has been shown to stimulate the growth and activity of rumen bacteria. Some products have high numbers of live yeast with low recommended feeding rates while other products suggest that live organisms are not required for beneficial effects and that the end products (metabolites produced by the yeast cells) are the active ingredients. Both types of yeast product have been reported to produce a variety of positive effects, especially, when fed to animals on a high forage diet.
Abstract: A variety of mechanisms have been suggested to explain changes in the activity of the rumen and improvements in performance when ruminants are fed yeast-based (Direct-Feed Microbials) DFMs. Yeast may have a buffering effect in the rumen by mediating the sharp drops in rumen pH which follows feeding of higher concentrate rations. Yeast may help to b...
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