A SURVEY AND ANALYSIS OF PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING BOTANICAL GARDENS IN SOME PARTS OF NIGERIA

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dc.contributor.authorDANBEKI, JEREMIAH JINKUTA
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-21T09:27:23Z
dc.date.available2014-02-21T09:27:23Z
dc.date.issued1983
dc.descriptionA THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE, EDUCATIONAL BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES FACULTY OF SCIENCE AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA 1983en_US
dc.description.abstractData for the survey were gathared from fifteen (15) states- of Nigeria, using questionlaresa. The questioniares were designed to provide information about preparation, maintenance, and problems of botanical gardens and why such gardens were lacking in many parts of Nigeria. From the data gathered, it has been observed that botanical gardens tend to be lacking in many parts of Nigeria. The few botanical gardens that exist tend to be associated with institutions of higher education, not necessarily Universities, In most cases, establishment of botanical gardens in Nigeria came into being as a result of growing interest in the study of botany, which called for the need for collections and maintenance of living plants to serve as aids for studying botany. Botanical gardens for recreation,supply of medicines, or for ornamental, or conservation purposes tend to be lacking Most of the botanical gardens obtained their plants within Nigeria, Some gardens, however, contained plants both from within Nigeria and from overseas countries. The plants obtained locally were either from the local environment, other existing botanical gardens within the country, or both. Most of the botanical gardens prepared their ground and added manure before the plants were brought for planting out. Sources of water supply for the gardens were mainly taps and wells. In some cases reservoirs were provided for storing water, to be used during scarcity. Attempts were made to isolate some of the problems which limit the growth of botanical gardens in Nigeria. Nore of the problems is universal to all the botanical gardens. Most of the botanical gardens have lack of trained manpower and shortage of funds as the greatest problems limiting their growth. Most of the garden staff are illiterates or semi-illiterates. This contributes to difficulties in management and may be partly the reason why seme of the botanical gardens. seem to be poorly manage. Other problems limiting the growth of the botanical gardens include shortage of land, shortage of water, soil factor, and presence of pests and diseases. Most of the areas sampled did not have botanical gardens. The frequent reasons for lack of botanical gardens were stated to be (i) shortage of funds; (ii) most of the institutions were still at their temporary sites, and (iii) lack of knowledge of how to go about establishing botanical gardens. Other reasons included lack of public awareness of what botanical gardens were all about and what could be achieved through them; shortage of land and water, and lack of encouragement from appropriate authorities. Green houses and shade houses, which are additional facilities, tended to be lacking in most of the Nigerian botanical gardens. This means plants which grow well only in controlled environemt (like that of green house)and partial shade (like that of the shade house) can net be cultivated in most of the Nigerian botanical gardens. Generally, botanical gardens as a research institution and for public enlightenment are lacking in Nigeria.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2265
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectSURVEY,en_US
dc.subjectANALYSIS,en_US
dc.subjectPROBLEMS,en_US
dc.subjectASSOCIATED,en_US
dc.subjectESTABLISHING,en_US
dc.subjectBOTANICAL,en_US
dc.subjectGARDENS,en_US
dc.subjectPARTS,en_US
dc.subjectNIGERIA.en_US
dc.titleA SURVEY AND ANALYSIS OF PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING BOTANICAL GARDENS IN SOME PARTS OF NIGERIAen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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