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2 nd AFRICAN ORGANIC CONFERENCE 2012<br />

May 2-4, 2012 in Lusaka, Zambia<br />

Content<br />

GRAIN YIELD AND YIELD ATTRIBUTES OF FOURTEEN SESAME (SESAMUM INDICUM L.) VARIETIES<br />

CULTIVATED UNDER ORGANIC SYSTEM 5<br />

EFFECTIVENESS OF SOIL FERTILITY MANAGEMENT PRACTICE AMONG MAIZE FARMERS IN ORIIRE<br />

LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF OYO STATE 5<br />

EFFECT OF ORGANIC MANURE, BIO-FERTILIZER AND YEAST ON THE GROWTH AND YIELD OF<br />

SOYBEAN GROWN ON NEMATODE INFESTED SOIL 6<br />

EFFECT OF NEEM COMPOST ON ROOT KNOT NEMATODE (MELOIDOGYNE INCOGNITA) PEST OF<br />

CELOSIA ARGENTEA. 6<br />

INFLUENCE OF DIFFERENTLY COMPOSTED ORGANIC RESIDUES ON THE YIELD OF MAIZE<br />

AND ITS RESIDUAL EFFECTS ON THE FERTILITY OF AN ALFISOL IN IBADAN, NIGERIA. 7<br />

ADAPTATION TO DRY SEASON LIVESTOCK FODDER SCARCITY THROUGH CANAVALIA<br />

BRASILIENSIS INTEGRATION IN THE CEREAL SYSTEMS IN THE MIOMBO WOODLAND ECOSYSTEM IN TANZANIA 7<br />

ORGANIC FARMING AND FARMERS’ ADAPTIVE AGRICULTURAL INNOVATIONS IN RESOURCE<br />

DEPLETED BANANA-COFFEE FARMING SYSTEM IN WESTERN TANZANIA 8<br />

GROWTH, YIELD AND NUTRIENT COMPOSITIONS OF GINGER (ZINGIBER OFFICINALE ROSCOE)<br />

AS AFFECTED BY ORGANIC FERTILIZERS APPLICATION IN OGBOMOSO, SOUTH WEST NIGERIA. 9<br />

GROWTH, YIELD AND NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION OF FLUTED PUMPKIN (TELFAIRIA OCCIDENTALIS)<br />

AS AFFECTED BY FERTILIZER TYPES IN OGBOMOSO, SOUTH WEST NIGERIA. 9<br />

AGRONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L) AS INFLUENCED BY COMPOST RATES IN IN THE<br />

RAINFOREST-SAVANNAH TRANSITIONAL ZONE OF SOUTHWEST NIGERIA 10<br />

GROWTH AND YIELD RESPONSE OF SWEET POTATO (IPOMEA BATATAS L.) TO ORGANIC-BASED<br />

FERTILIZER IN ABEOKUTA SOUTH WESTERN NIGERIA 11<br />

EFFECT OF PLANT STRUCTURE ON COLONIZATION AND DAMAGE BY ACRAEA TERPSICHORE<br />

(LEPIDOPTERA: NYMPHALIDAE) ON CORCHORUS OLITORIUS 11<br />

COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF MODIFIED NEEM LEAF, WOOD ASH AND NEEM LEAF EXTRACTS<br />

FOR HYMENIA RECURVALIS CONTROL ON AMARANTHUS SPP. IN IBADAN SOUTHWEST NIGERIA 12<br />

LIFE CYCLE OF HYMENIA RECURVALIS (F.) [LEPIDOPTERA: PYRALIDAE] ON SUSCEPTIBLE<br />

AMARANTHUS SPECIES IN IBADAN SOUTH-WEST NIGERIA 13<br />

EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT LEVELS OF ORGANO-MINERAL FERTILIZER ON BOOT STAGE<br />

DRY MATTER YIELD AND QUALITY OF PEARL MILLET (PENNISETUM GLAUCUM (L) R. BR.) 13<br />

BIO-INTENSITY AND AGRONOMIC INTERVENTION FOR AN EN-HANCED CROP PRODUCTIVITY AND<br />

MITIGATION FOR VICES CLIMATE CHANGE 14<br />

LEGISLATIONS TO PROMOTE AND REGULATE ORGANIC AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN SUDAN 14<br />

ORGANIC SECTOR DEVELOPMENT IN TANZANIA PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES ON<br />

ORGANIC POLICY AND PROGRAMME 15<br />

PLANTS USED IN ETHNO-VETERINARY PRACTICES IN VILLAGE SHEEP AND GOAT PRODUCTION<br />

IN ODEDA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, OGUN STATE, NIGERIA 15<br />

PRESENTATION OF THE BASIC ELEMENTS OF SRI 16<br />

DEVELOPING A NATIONAL ORGANIC CERTIFICATION PROGRAMME: UGANDA’S EXPERIENCES 16<br />

THE ECOLOGICAL ORGANIC AGRICULTURE INITIATIVE: THE FUTURE OF AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT 17<br />

ICT HELPS FARMERS INCREASE YIELDS, ENTER NEW MARKETS, AND SHARE INFORMATION:<br />

EXPERIENCES FROM AFRICA AND LATIN AMERICA 18<br />

STUDY ON IDENTIFICATION OF GAPS AND INTERVENTION NEEDS OF SMALLHOLDER ORGANIC FARMERS IN ETHIOPIA 18<br />

INFLUENCE OF SEWAGE SLUDGE, MYCORRHIZA AND DIFFERENT FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS<br />

ON THE GROWTH AND YIELD OF OKRA (ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS [L.] MOENCH) 19<br />

THE CONCEPT OF ORGANIC CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE –‘ORGANIC FOR AFRICA!’ 19<br />

BOOK OF ABSTRACTS 1

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