Amino acid composition of the body parts of Macrobrachium vollenhovenii and Callinectes amnicola collected from Badagry creek were assessed and determined. Fifteen and twelve samples of M. vollenhovenii and C. amnicola respectively were used in the study. The weight of the prawns ranged from 4.09g- 17.50g while the crab ranged from 31.00g-119.82g. The prawns were separated into three (3) different parts which are the whole prawn, flesh and exoskeleton while the crabs were limited to the whole crab and the flesh. Chemical analysis was carried out following the modified method AOAC method 982.30, while the data obtained were analyzed using SPSS version 20.0. Eighteen amino acids were reported made up of ten (10) essential amino acids (EAA) and eight non-essential amino acids (NEAA). The EAA were arginine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan and valine, while the NEAA were glycine, alanine, proline, aspartate, glutamate, tyrosine and cystine. The ratio of EAA: NEAA in M. vollenhovenii and C. amnicola was 1.25. There were significant differences (p=0.05) among the amino acids from the various parts analysed. Glutamate recorded the highest concentration while cystine recorded the lowest concentration in both crustaceans. Thus, these crustaceans probably play important roles in learning and sensitivity due to the concentration of glutamate which is a powerful excitatory neurotransmitter that is released by nerve cells in the brain. On the basis of nutrition and higher concentration of amino acids, M. vollenhoveni and C. amnicola are better sources of protein and can serves as substitutes for other proteinous food.

This paper reviewed the communication strategy of Kebbi State Agricultural Development Agency to see how effective it has been in terms of enhancing women’s participation in sustainable agricultural development. Descriptive statistics was deployed using both questionnaire and In-depth Interview (IDI) where 372 copies of questionnaire were retrieved and analysed from women farmers in Kebbi state. The paper used to achieve this, literatures on the concept of sustainable agriculture, women’s participation in sustainable agricultural development, communication strategies, and barriers to women’s participation in sustainable agriculture were reviewed. Findings revealed that both local and conventional strategy were deployed and yielded result in enhancing women’s participation as well as send vital message to message. The paper recommended that based on the acceptance of both local and conventional strategies, more efforts by Agricultural agencies and government should be focus on them to further endear women to agriculture in the state and Nigeria at large.

This study was conducted to determine socio-economic characteristic and identify constraints of palm oil marketers in Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu State, Nigeria. Both Secondary and Primary Data were used for data collection. Percentage and frequency distribution were used to determine the socio-economic characteristic of palm oil marketers and the identification of the constraints facing the level of palm oil marketers, the result showed that 60.83% of the respondents were females, while 37.17% were males. The Age bracket of 31 – 40 constituted the majority (37.50%) of palm oil marketers in the study area. The result also indicates that married people were more involved in the palm oil marketing which accounted for 51.7% in the study area. 40.00% of the respondents had primary education, while the least 13.33% had tertiary education. The major sources of income of the respondents were trading which accounted for 37.50%; this shows that palm oil business is a profitable enterprise and it worth investing. It was observed that palm oil marketer’s years of experience of respondents were within the bracket of 5 – 9 years which accounted for 35.00%, while the least 15% and above were 11.67%. The major constraints of palm oil marketers in the study area were: lack of capital incentives (29.17%), the use of unimproved varieties (20.83%), lack of essential infrastructure (19.17%), high purchase price of fruits (12.50%), Charges on taxes (10.00%), Seasonal of product (8.33%). The study recommends that capital should be made available to the palm oil marketers for them to sell and transport their palm oil to the urban areas where they will make more income as a trader. Extension agent should provide informal education on marketing strategies and marketing structure which will improve their palm oil business in Nkanu East L.G.A of Enugu State, Nigeria.