Results 111 to 120 of about 165,173 (340)

Farm‐level agricultural productivity and adaptation to extreme heat

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Harnessing farm‐level fluctuations in weather over time, we investigate the impact of extreme heat on farm‐level agricultural productivity and adaptation strategies in Nigeria. We employ data from the Nigeria Living Standards Measurement Study‐Integrated Surveys on Agriculture (LSMS‐ISA) from the years 2010, 2012, and 2015.
Joaquin Mayorga   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Studies on the Mineral Nutrition of Cassava (Manihot Utilissima Pohl.). [PDF]

open access: bronze, 1955
Eduardo Angeli Malavolta   +4 more
openalex   +1 more source

Micro and nanoparticles of native and modified cassava starches as carriers of the antimicrobial potassium sorbat [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Cross-linked and/or acetylated cassava starches were synthesized and characterized. The acetylation increased the water retention capacity and the solubility in water while the higher level of cross-linking produced the opposite effect on starch. Native (
Alzate Calderón, Paola Carolina   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Carotenoids in Cassava Roots

open access: yes, 2017
Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is a preventable tragedy that affects millions of people, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. A large proportion of these people rely on diets based on cassava as a source of calories. During the last two decades, significant efforts have been made to identify sources of germplasm with high pro-vitamin A carotenoids (pVAC ...
Ceballos, Herman   +5 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Evaluation of susceptibility of cassava germplasm to cassava mosaic disease

open access: yesJournal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka, 2008
Cassava mosaic disease (CMD) caused by geminiviruses is one of the important diseases of cassava Manihot esculenta Crantz causing severe yield loss. Use of resistant varieties is the most feasible measure to manage virus diseases. Eleven germplasms of cassava including Kirikavadi, MU51 and CARI 555 that are recommended and released for cultivation by ...
Prasangika, H.M.S.   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

The Inevitability of Leaving and the Impossibility of Staying Away: Rural Youth Migration in Flores, Indonesia

open access: yesAntipode, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines why, despite greater numbers of youth out‐migration, connections to rural land remain strong for young people in a remote farming village on Flores Island, Indonesia. Following recent geographic work on the development of rural young people's aspirations and how the imaginings of “elsewhere” support navigational practices ...
Jessica N. Clendenning
wiley   +1 more source

Consumer preferences for table cassava characteristics in Pernambuco, Brazil [PDF]

open access: yes
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.
core   +1 more source

Cassava

open access: yes, 1997
SB 123 .3 ...
Bonierbale, M.W.   +5 more
openaire   +1 more source

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy