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Frontiers in Insect ScienceBlueberry cultivation has recently become a rapidly expanding export industry in Peru. With few to no official records of phytosanitary problems up to date.
Ricardo Velasquez +5 more
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Consumer preferences for table cassava characteristics in Pernambuco, Brazil [PDF]
Cassava is a major source of carbohydrate for populations in the tropics; however, there is little information about the preferences of consumers toward the quality characteristics of this crop.
Gonzalez, Carolina, Johnson, Nancy L.
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Polymer Engineering &Science, EarlyView.Poly(hydroxybutyrate‐co‐hydroxyvalerate)/thermoplastic starch blends, produced by melt processing, showed improvements in mechanical properties and water vapor transmission barrier performance, which can help control excessive water evaporation from the soil, thus contributing to pH and moisture regulation.
Pâmela R. Oliveira +4 more
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Physicochemical Characteristics of Sun-dried and Roasted Cassava Rice
Agritech, 2019 High demand of rice can be minimized by promoting cassava as an alternative carbohydrate source. One method to process cassava to ease consumption and to prolong its shelf-life is by making it into analog rice, namely cassava rice.
Rudiati Evi Masithoh +2 more
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, 2006 Most basic information on plant-mealybug interactions during the last decade has come from research on the cassava Manihot esculenta Crantz (Euphorbiaceae) system with two mealybug species, namely Phenacoccus manihoti Matile-Ferrero and Phenacoccus herreni Cox and Williams (Sternorrhyncha: Pseudococcidae).
/Calatayud, Paul-André, /Le Rü, Bruno
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Farm Management Dividends in a Friendly Policy Environment: The Case of Cassava Industry in Nigeria [PDF]
Following the radical reorientation of agricultural policy during the SAP years, beginning in the mid-1980's, cassava emerged as an important crop in the national effort to replace imported foods with domestic production.
Asogwa, B.C., Umeh, Joseph Chinedu
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Development and identification of cassava clones with special starch characteristics [PDF]
, 2007 Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is an important food security crop for many tropical and subtropical countries. It is also acquiring an increasing role in rural development as raw material for different industries.
Calle, Fernando +12 more
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Commercialisation: A meta-approach for agricultural development among smallholder farmers in Africa? [PDF]
, 2013 This paper presents a critique of commercialising smallholder farming for agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa. First it questions the validity of an overarching ‘metanarrative’ approach to development.
Chitundu, Maureen +2 more
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.The digitization of RBetno (JBRJ) represents a step forward for biodiversity conservation in Brazil. Aligned with the Kunming‐Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (Target 2, 2020–2030), this project documents the use of plants, including traditional knowledge and vernacular names, with a focus on the Atlantic Forest and Amazon.
Viviane S. Fonseca‐Kruel +6 more
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Building capacity in vector‐borne plant virus research: The CONNECTED Network
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Plant viruses spread by insects decimate crop yields globally, causing food security challenges in vulnerable areas, including regions of Africa. Interdisciplinary research is needed to protect future crop supplies. CONNECTED, the Community Network for African Vector‐Borne Plant Viruses, increased research capacity in Central, East, West and Southern ...
Nina F. Ockendon‐Powell +8 more
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