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The study determined the methods for improving capabilities of farmers’ utilization of existing and emerging technologies for cassava production in Enugu State. Multi-stage sampling procedures was used to select a sample size of 300. Questionnaire was
Chukwuemeka Ugboaja, Samson Ejike Onu
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Farmers' Income through Cassava-based Food Diversification
Sri Wiyati Mahrani +5 more
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Middlemen and Smallholder Farmers in Cassava Marketing in Africa
Cassava is a basic food staple and a major source of farm income in Africa. Efficiency in cassava marketing is therefore a very important determinant of consumers living cost and producers' income. Exploitation of one marketing agent by another in the course of product distribution could contribute to increased marketing costs and hence inefficiency ...
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Graphical Overview of Protein quality characterization of velvet and African yam beans. ABSTRACT The increasing demand for plant‐based foods has intensified research in alternative protein sources. This study assessed the chemical composition, functional properties, and biological qualities of velvet bean (VB) and African yam bean (AYB) flours to ...
Chiemeziem Adanma Obike +4 more
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The “Pesticide Chip”: Chemical Legacies and Agrarian Futures in Costa Rica
Abstract For decades, agro‐industrial capital has adopted cascading chemical and biotechnical interventions, or fixes, to secure accumulation through the cultivation of monocrops. We develop a framework that centres on how monocrop‐induced susceptibility to pests and pathogens—and the patchwork of fixes to address these—produces uneven chemical ...
Soledad Castro‐Vargas, Marion Werner
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Analysis Of Farming Business And Income Contribution Of Cassava Farmers
Cassava is an alternative food besides rice and corn. Farmers cultivate cassava as an additional alternative in their farming business. One of the locations that has good cassava production in Central Java is Banyumas Regency, precisely in Cilongok District.
Fitri Amalinda Harahap +2 more
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“Women Enlace”: Interweaving Women to Make Collective Action Possible
ABSTRACT This study engages with the contemporary debate on women's collective action through the lens of commons governance. Drawing on the theory of collective action in the management of common‐pool resources (CPRs) and on feminist ethnography with a group of rural extractivist women in the Cerrado—a vast tropical savanna biome in Brazil's Central ...
Cilene dos Anjos Marcondes
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Mobilizing agro-biodiversity and social networks to cope with adverse effects of climate and social changes: experiences from Kitui, Kenya [PDF]
Poster presented at 13th Congress of the International Society of Ethnobiology.
Eyzaguirre, Pablo B. +4 more
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ABSTRACT The Ghana School Feeding Programme (GFSP) operates a decentralised procurement model, in which school caterers are responsible for: selecting, purchasing, transporting, preparing, delivering and distributing school meals. However, caterers' views and experiences are rarely taken into account. This study aimed to better understand GSFP caterers'
Julia Liguori +3 more
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Cassava is the second most important staple food crop for Uganda and is prone to contamination with mycotoxins. This study aimed at understanding the current agricultural practices, their potential influence on mycotoxin occurrence, as well as assessing ...
Elias Oyesigye +3 more
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