EFFECT OF WATER ACTIVITYON SELECTED FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES OF OKRA SEED FLOUR  

2009-09-16
Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) seed flour was studied in respect of the effect of water activity on selected functional properties. Seeds obtained from matured and dried pods on the parent plants ...

SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT (A CASE STUDY OF LOKOJA)  

2009-09-16
The study examines the problems and management strategies of solid waste in Lokoja and its environs. This comes about with study of the type, kind and amount of waste generated. ...

EFFECT OF PROCESSING ON THE QUALITY OF TIGERNUT MILK  

2009-09-16
Tigemut tubers were differently processed into six products: Fermented tigemut milk (FTM), Pasteurized tigemut milk (PTM), Ultra high temperature tigemut milk (UHTM), Sterilized whole tigemut milk (SWTM), Natural tigemut milk ...

EFFECT OF PACKAGING MATERIALS ON THE PROXIMATE, MICROBIAL AND SENSORY PROPERTIES OF 'OKPA': STEAMED BEAN CAKE.  

2009-09-16
This study examined the effects of packaging materials on the proximate, microbial and sensory characte1istics of 'okpa'. The slurry was prepared by mixing 500g of Bambara nut flour with 170ml ...

QUALITY CHANGES IN SELECTED LOCAL MANGO (Mangifera indica) VARIETIES STORED UNDER AMBIENT CONDITION  

2009-09-16
Three samples of fully matured and unripe mango varieties or cultivars (Haden, Francine and a local variety) were obtained and then stored under ambient condition (32±2ºC with 53.6 - 75% ...

CHEMICAL AND MICROBIAL PROPERTIES OF FERMENTED SESAME (SESAMUMIND/CUM) SEEDS  

2009-09-17
Sesame seeds were boiled, mashed and fermented for four days The proximate composition and microbial properties of the sesame seeds were evaluated. The protein content increased with increasing period of ...

QUALITY EVALUATION AND FOOD APPLICATION OF DEHYDRATED CARROT (Dacus carota)  

2009-09-17
Carrots (Dacus carota) were cut into thin slices. The slices were divided into six portions. The first, second and third portion were treated with 1% sodium metabisulphite solution and oven ...

PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF POUL TRY FEED FORMULATED FROM CASHEW POMACE  

2009-09-22
Starter and finisher poultry feeds were formulated by substituting 15% maize with cashew pomace in a formulated poultry feed and fed to a group of 5 broiler birds for 8 ...

AN ASSESSMENT Of THE EFFICIENCY Of ROAD NETWORK IN IDAH TOWN KOGI STATE  

2009-09-23
Road networks illustrate the territorial organization of economic activities and the efforts to incurred to overcome distance. the road network in Idah is a little scanty when compared with big ...

A PROPOSED DESIGN OF SONGONDAJI INDUSTRIAL LAYOUT FOR LOKOJA, KOGI STATE.  

2009-09-25
This project work is concerned with the development and design of industrial layout for LOKOJA with some specific research objectives and plan objectives- The first chapter of' this project define ...