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Farm Management, 9th edition

Author: Ronald Kay, William Edwards, Patricia Duffy

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: AEA310

Topics: Farm Management, controlling assets, human resources, globalization, strategic farm management, decision making, farm business activities, accounting terms, cash accounting, accrual accounting, balance sheet, asset valuation, balance sheet analysis, income statement, depreciation, income statement format, measure of profitability, production function, marginal analysis, law of diminishing marginal returns, equal marginal principle, opportunity cost, expenses, costs, long-run average cost curve, enterprise budgeting, whole-farm planning, partial budgeting, cash flow budgeting, sole proprietorship, joint ventures, operating agreements, partnerships, corporations, trusts, managing risk, managing uncertainty, risk-bearing ability, income taxes, investment analysis, financial feasibility, inflation, enterprise analysis, capital, land, machinery management, estimating machinery costs

Dairy Microbiology Handbook The Microbiology of Milk and Milk Products, 3rd edition

Author: Richard Robinson

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: ANP303

Topics: Dairy Microbiology, milk microbiology, milk product microbiology, milk composition, milk components, milk processing, raw milk microflora, market milk microbiology, cream microbiology, butter microbiology, Condensed milk, Evaporated Milk, Sweetened Condensed Milk, Retentate, dried milk powder production, Manufacturing Processes, dried milk microflora, ice cream, Starter Culture Technology, Lactic Fermentations, Yeast-Lactic Fermentations, Mold-Lactic Fermentations, soft cheeses, Starter Bacteria, Smear-Ripened Cheeses, cheese spoilage, waste disposal, water supplies microbial control

Dairy technology, Part 2

Author: P Walstra, ТJ Geurts, A Noomen, A Jellema, MAJS Van Boekel

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: ANP303

Topics: milk collection, milk reception, Centrifugation, Thennobacteriology, Heat Regeneration, Evaporating, drying, Atomization, ultrafiltration, reverse osmosis, electrodialysis, cooling freezing, lactic fermentations, sugar metabolism, citrate metabolism, acetaldehyde, acid production, bacteriophages, disinfection

Farm management records and Accounts

Author: AIN Kaine

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: AEC401

Topics: Farm management records, farm Accounts, Inventory records, Production records, book keeping, financial statement, financial ratios, farm planning, farm budgeting, farm labour management, feasibility studies, report preparation, farm survey, farm surveying equipment, spreadsheet, data encoding

Plant biotechnology

Author: Adrian Slater, Nigel Scott, Mark Fowler

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: CRP305

Topics: Plant biotechnology, plant genomes, plant tissue culture, plant cell culture media, plant growth regulators, callus, cell-suspension cultures, protoplast, root cultures, shoot tip, meristerm culture, embryo culture, microspore culture, clean gene technology, gene manipulation, herbicide resistance, pest resistance, plant disease resistance, plant-pathogen interactions, natural disease resistance pathways, antimicrobial proteins, RNA viruses, abiotic stress, fruit ripening genetic manipulation, engineering plant protein composition, molecular farming, carbohydrate production, pharming, lipid metabolic engineering, medically related proteins, transgenic crops

Workshop practice

Author: BB Shani

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: AGM403

Topics: Workshop practice, metal bench work production, carpentry bench work, Mortise-Joint construction, welding, machine tool process, shaping

Extension Practices

Author: NE MundI, CU Nwaobiala

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: ARD401

Topics: Extension Practices, extension field trip, mass media, communication, Audio tapes Media, broadcasting, television production, script writing, website development

Biotechnology In Crop Pest Management

Author: MO Olaniyi, MA Petu-Ibikunle

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: CPS401

Topics: Biotechnology, Micropropagation, mutation, Pest Resistant varieties production, crop yields, biofertilizers, Molecular Markers, Spontaneous mutation, Induced mutation, fungal pathogens, nematode resistance, herbicide tolerance, herbicide resistant cultivars, Transgenic insects, biosafety regulation

Aquaculture and the Environment, 2nd edition

Author: TVR Pillay

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: AFM510

Topics: Aquaculture, Environment, Aquaculture Farms, water quality, Hypernutrification, Eutrophication, siting farms, farm design, Animal Wastes, sewage, Heated-water Effluents, water recycling, Aquaculture Waste Production, Feed-derived Waste Products, Metabolic Waste Products, feed loss, Fertilizer-derived Wastes, Algal Blooms, Bacterial Communities, Polyculture, species diversity, disease transmission, genetic dilution, pathogens, aquaculture products safety, microbial contamination, Organochlorines contamination, environmental Contaminants, trace metals contamination, Economic Sustainability, Aquaculture Sustainability, Environmental Sustainability, Aquaculture Development Zones, Environmental Impact Assessment, land use, water use, waste treatment

Properties and Management of Soils in the Tropics, 2nd edition

Author: Pedro Sanchez

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: SLM501

Topics: soil properties, soil management, tropical environment, temperature, solar radiation, rainfall, tropical climates, vegetation, physiography, Anthropocene, biodiversity, climate change, demographics, Green Revolutions, Tropical Agroecosystems, land use, land-use change, Pedology, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Laterite Paradigm, tropical soils, tropical soil research, Soil Taxonomy, soil classification systems, soil physical properties, soil temperature, soil structure, soil compaction, soil water, soil erosion, conservation, conservation agriculture, water, rainfed agriculture, irrigated agriculture, irrigation, mineralogy, clay minerals, mineralogy families, Anion Exchange Capacity, soil acidity capacity, Acid Soil Infertility, Liming, overliming, subsoil acidity, secondary acidity, soil biology, soil biodiversity, comminution, decomposition, nutrient elements transformation, soil structure regulation, organic carbon, carbon pools, carbon fractions, animal manures, composts, biochars, organic farming, soil fertility, nutrient cycling, nutrient uptake, determining fertilizer needs, nitrogen cycle, nitrogen pools, atmospheric deposition, biological nitrogen fixation, mineral fertilizers, organic nitrogen mineralization, soil nitrogen fertilizer reactions, Phosphorus Cycle, Phosphorus, Total Soil Phosphorus, inorganic Phosphorus, Phosphorus sorption, Phosphorus release, plant Phosphorus requirements, Phosphorus fertilization, sulfur cycle, sulfur sorption, Sulphur fertilization, Forest–Soil Nutrient Cycles, land clearing, Mechanized Land Clearing, Crop Yield Declines, Field Abandonment, Secondary Forest Fallows, puddling, flooding, rice cultivation systems, Nutrient Management, Yield Stagnation, Nitrogen Sequestration, Livestock-Based Tropical Systems, tropical pastures, Tropical Livestock Management Systems, pastoralism, Smallholder Mixed Crop–Livestock Systems, Extensive Pasture-Based Beef Production, Pasture Degradation, Crop–Pasture Integration, Tropical Tree-Based Systems, Plantation Forestry, Plantation Forestry Species, Agroforestry, Agroforestry Tree Species, Agroforestry Systems, Simultaneous Agroforestry, Sequential Agroforestry, tree crops

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