Vol 18 (2025)
Table of Contents
- Research Article
Perception of People Towards Urban Forestry: A Survey in Kano Metropolis, Kano State Nigeria PDF Dantani Abdulmalik, Khalil Abdulmannan Muhammad This study was designed to assess Perception of People towards Urban Forestry in Kano Metropolis. This involved the examination of demographic nature of urban dwellers, assessing their level of awareness with regards to urban forestry as well as perceived benefits of urban forestry. Four (4) out of eight (8) Local Governments were randomly selected, proportional allocation was used in distribution of questionnaire based on the number of wards, 180 respondents were chosen at random. Descriptive statistics was used to present demographic information and Chi-Square test of association was used to test whether relationship exist between socioeconomic characteristics of the respondents and urban forestry awareness as well as the sources of information. From the results obtained on demography of the respondents, it shows more young people in the study area between (20-30yrs) at 55.5%, more males were interviewed (64%), most are single (65%), 65% of the population are graduates (HND/BSc), 75% of the population have 0-3 children, 77% are typically urban and 39% engage in business, 15% farmers, 15%civil servants and 31%others. Level of awareness shows that most people up to 81% are aware of urban forestry and the most common source of information is Radio (43%) followed by Internet (37%). Majority of the people (60%) believe that Government is responsible for indiscriminate cutting of trees. 47% of the individuals are of the opinion that government should impose tree planting among the urban dwellers, 64% suggested road plantations as a necessary means to ameliorating micro-climate and 46% strongly believed on punishment for those cutting trees illegally. Chi-square results revealed that, demography has no significant association with the level of awareness (P>0.05) while Age, Education and Residence shows significant association (P<0.05). demographic information has no significant association with source of information (P>0.05) with the exception of marital status which portray significant association (P<0.05).
- Research Article
Morphological Response and Yield of Rice Cultivars to Water Deficit Condition at Different Growth Stages on Sandy Loam Soil in Tropical Rainforest PDF O. A. Akpoilih, O. A. Dada Drought is a major abiotic constraint in upland rice field, causing severe yield loss of more than 50%. Southwestern Nigeria, which covers almost 30% upland rice fields are purely rainfed and rainfed farming is no longer reliable due to fluctuation in rainfall pattern and volume causing drought in rice field. The need to understand response of upland rice cultivars to moisture deficit at different phenological stages is important to device appropriate drought management strategy in upland rice field. Information on response of upland rice cultivar to water deficit condition at different growth stages is scanty. Therefore, response of 12 Rice Cultivars (RC) to water deficit condition at tillering, panicle initiation and grain filling on sandy loam was investigated. The study was a 4×12 factorial, arranged in completely randomized design with six replicates was conducted in a screen house during the early and late dry seasons of 2018 in Tropical rainforest. Treatments included twelve RC: OFADA, IGBEMO, FARO-16, FARO-44, FARO-60, IR-64, APO, NERICA-4, NERICA-5, NERICA-7, NERICA-8, water stressed at tillering, Panicle Initiation (PI) and Grain Filling (GF) and Well-Watered Soil (WWS, served as control). Three weeks old rice seedling was transplanted into pot containing 5 kg soil. Data were collected on plant height (cm), leaf area (cm2), number of leaves and tillers, leaf roll and dry, dry matter and yield components. Data were analyzed using analysis of variance (ANOVA) and means separated with LSD (p<0.05). APO had significantly taller plant (99.42 and 113.18) at tillering and GF than other cultivars. However, at PI, OFADA was taller (143.26 cm) than other cultivars. Similarly, IR-64 had significantly higher number of leaves (13.67, 17.38 and 17.54 cm) and tillers (3.17, 3.75 and 4.17) at tillering, PI and GF, respectively than other cultivars. Similarly, IR-64 had highest unfilled grain weight (1.67 g), while VANDANA had higher filled grain weight (3.71 g) and grain weight (3.93 g) over other cultivars. Drought stress retarded growth and reduced yield of upland rice cultivars severely at tillering and panicle initiation stages than at grain filling stage, while VANDANA produced the highest grains relative to other cultivars predisposed to drought.