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COMPARING THE PROFITABILITY OF CASSAVA-BASED PRODUCTION SYSTEMS IN THREE WEST AFRICAN COUNTRIES: COTE D'IVOIRE, GHANA AND NIGERIA [PDF]
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) cassava-producing countries such as Nigeria, Ghana, and Côte d'Ivoire have developed, in recent years, a renewed interest in cassava as an alternative food crop.
Camara, Youssouf +2 more
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Taro leaf and stylo forage as protein sources for pigs in Laos [PDF]
, 2012 Existing forage plants may have applications as alternative protein resources for pigs in smallholder farming systems. This thesis examined the effect of harvesting/defoliation interval on the yield and chemical composition of taro leaves and stylo ...
Kaensombath, Lampheuy
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Sustainable development (SD) was introduced in 1987 by the Brundtland Commission report. This leads to the induction of the circular economy (CE). Within these two frameworks, biogas technology plays a crucial role in facilitating the transformation of organic waste into energy and organic fertilizer without producing non‐recyclable waste ...
Tewodros Tarekegn Lapiso, Hynek Roubík
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Behavior of subsistence producers in response to technological change- The elasticity of cassava production and home consumption in Benin [PDF]
The welfare effects of GM (genetic modification)-led productivity growth for cassava producers are partly affected by the characteristics of individual cassava producing households. Those household characteristics include the elasticity of production and
Takeshima, Hiroyuki
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Removal of Cyanides from Gadung (Dioscorea hispida Dennst.) Tuber Chips using Leaching and Steaming Techniques [PDF]
, 2011 Gadung (Dioscorea hispida Dennst.) has been considered as one of staple foods in Indonesia. However, its high cyanides content has limited its utilisation for commercial food production. This work is aimed to investigate the removal of cyanides content
Budiyati, C.S. +2 more
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Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The value of purchased seed is a product of its underlying genetic information. However, farmers purchasing seed face a classic information asymmetry problem, as varietal identity is not directly observable. In this article we investigate the effectiveness of two certification systems in addressing this issue in the context of Uganda: the ...
Nicholas Tyack +3 more
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Effect of Cassava Flour Characteristics on Properties of Cassava-Wheat-Maize Composite Bread Types
International Journal of Food Science, 2013 Replacement of wheat flour by other kinds of flour in bread making is economically important in South East Africa as wheat is mainly an imported commodity.
Maria Eduardo +3 more
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Recent growth in African cassava [PDF]
According to the authors, "Cassava serves as a staple food for 200 million Africans, second only to maize in its calorie contribution. In response to a series of devastating attacks by cassava diseases and pests over the past several decades, the ...
Haggblade, Steven +2 more
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Expansion of the crop ontology by adding cassava trait ontology [PDF]
, 2015 Poster presented at CGIAR Generation Challenge Programme, General Research Meeting.
Arnaud, Elizabeth +3 more
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