FOOD CROP PRODUCTIVITY IN NIGERIA: AN ESTIMATION OF TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY AND TECHNOLOGICAL GAP RATIO
Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems, 2021 Background: This study analyzed the determinants of food crop productivity in Nigeria. Objectives: To describe the socio-economic characteristics of the food crop farmers, estimate the meta-frontier production and compare the technological gap ratio of ...
H.M. Adeleke +4 more
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Insects, 2022 Clanis bilineata tsingtauica Mell is a nutritious edible insect. In the present study, soybean variety NN89-29 susceptible to leaf-feeding insects was used as the experiment material to evaluate the rearing factors affecting the production of C ...
Xiaofeng Liu +8 more
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Agriculture, 2023 Studies on smallholders’ determinants of soil fertility management practices have become increasingly important for boosting agricultural productivity, particularly in cereal-based farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa.
Shiro Mukai
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Effects of Food Plots on White-Tailed Deer in Kisatchie National Forest [PDF]
Journal of Range Management, 1993 An extensive food plot program maintained for 4 years on the National Red Dirt Wildlife Management Preserve of the Kisatchie National Forest, La., failed to produce improvements in southern pine-mixed hardwood forest range sufficient to affect quality of deer (Odocoileus virginianus) harvested by sport hunters. A combination of normal forest management
Mark K. Johnson, Kenneth D. Dancak
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Modified Arrhenius Equation in Materials Science, Chemistry and Biology
Molecules, 2021 The Arrhenius plot (logarithmic plot vs. inverse temperature) is represented by a straight line if the Arrhenius equation holds. A curved Arrhenius plot (mostly concave) is usually described phenomenologically, often using polynomials of T or 1/T.
Jan Kohout
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Composition and Host-Use Patterns of a Scarab Beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Community Inhabiting the Canopy of a Lowland Tropical Rainforest in Southern Venezuela [PDF]
, 2019 The adult scarab beetle fauna of the canopy in a lowland tropical rainforest in southern Venezuela was observed and collected by means of a 42 m-tall tower crane for a complete year.
Kirmse, Susan, Ratcliffe, Brett C.
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RELATIVE TOXICITY OF SOME CHEMICAL PESTICIDES AGAINST JUTE HAIRY CATERPILLAR (SPILOSOMA OBLIQUA W.) IN TOSSA JUTE (CORCHORUS OLITORIUS L.) [PDF]
Malaysian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture, 2021 Pesticides have been a major contributor to the growth of agricultural productivity and food supply. Pesticides were a key factor in significant agricultural productivity growth during the last century and continue to be a critical factor in reducing ...
Md. Sohanur Rahman +4 more
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Soil Fertility Management for Wildlife Food Plots
EDIS, 2007 SL-248, 4-page illustrated fact sheet by C.L Mackowiak, includes sections on soil sampling, soil analyses, soil pH/liming, fertilizer recommendations, and organic fertilizers. Published by the UF Department of Soil and Water Science, March 2007.
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Application of story elements in children's food packaging design based on cognitive psychology
Shipin yu jixie, 2022 This paper analyzes the problems existing in the current packaging design of children's food in China, and studies the emotional value, intellectual value, information transmission value and brand value of story elements in the packaging design of ...
TANG Hua
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Wood mouse feeding effort and decision-making when encountering a restricted unknown food source [PDF]
, 2019 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Barja, Isabel +2 more
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