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Farm‐level agricultural productivity and adaptation to extreme heat
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
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Studies on the Mineral Nutrition of Cassava (Manihot Utilissima Pohl.). [PDF]
Eduardo Angeli Malavolta+4 more
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Micro and nanoparticles of native and modified cassava starches as carriers of the antimicrobial potassium sorbat [PDF]
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
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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
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Evaluation of susceptibility of cassava germplasm to cassava mosaic disease
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
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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
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Cyanogenesis in plants. Part VI.—On phaseolunatin and the associated enzymes in flax, cassava, and the "lima bean." [PDF]
Wyndham R. Dunstan+2 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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