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SBP‐Box Transcription Factor JcSPL9 Regulates Both Seed Yield and Oil Content in the Biofuel Plant Jatropha curcas

open access: yesPlant Biotechnology Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Jatropha curcas is a promising feedstock for biodiesel and bio‐jet fuels production; however, its seed yield is constrained by limited inflorescences. SPL9 is a member of the SBP‐box gene family that promotes the juvenile‐to‐adult phase transition.
Mingyong Tang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Variabilité socio-écologique, crise du pastoralisme et résilience des Peuls pasteurs du Gourma rural (Burkina Faso)

open access: yesVertigO, 2016
Combining empirical research and state of art on pastoral practices and regimes of animal ownership of pastoral societies in Africa and Burkina Faso in particular, this paper explores the strategies of resilience of Fulani pastoralists of rural Gourma in
Gabin Korbéogo
doaj   +1 more source

Cultivation and marketing of farm products in the hinterland of Gombe, NE-Nigeria [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
The study investigates elements influencing agricultural development in villages of the hinterland of Gombe, Gombe State, Nigeria. It aims to discover changes in socio-economic and socio-cultural interactions that exist among household, region, nation ...
Malchau, Gilbert
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Surviving the Post–Biafran War by Navigating the Igbo People's Igba‐Boi Apprenticeship Model of Entrepreneurship

open access: yesStudies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT After the Nigerian Civil War, the Biafrans started from scratch through trades, mostly adopting the igba‐boi apprenticeship system in Nigeria. This paper examines the impact of the igba‐boi entrepreneurship system in post‐Biafra for the survival of the Igbo identity.
Chiemela Victor Amaechi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genetic characterization of White Fulani cattle in Nigeria: A comparative study

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Veterinary and Animal Research, 2019
Objective: The objective of the present study was to evaluate heterozygosis in cattle population, and to characterize White Fulani breed by identifying DNA markers considering microsatellites.
Abdelaziz Norezzine   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

'Responsible companies' and African livestock-keepers: acting, teaching but not learning? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
There is some evidence that companies, both multinational and African, operating from motivations that can be very broadly labelled "Corporate Social Responsibility", can make real and significant contributions to pastoral development and that useful ...
Morton, John F.
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What is a Multi‐Ethnic Party and How to Spot a Fake One?

open access: yesSwiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Multi‐ethnic parties have been variously defined: as those which do not champion the interests of, or mobilize against, any specific ethnic group; as those with a recognisably cross‐communal leadership or membership; and as those which acquire some distribution of support across groups.
Jon Fraenkel
wiley   +1 more source

THE GUARANTEE OF THE RIGHT OF EVERY CITIZEN TO LIVE AND WORK IN ANY PART OF NIGERIA

open access: yesBuletinul Științific al Universității de Stat „B.P. Hasdeu” din Cahul: Științe Sociale, 2021
The right to freedom of movement and residence is a twin right granted to Nigeria citizens in the Constitution. We are examining this right with Fulani herdsmen as the focus. Fulani herdsmen have recently become a terror group in Nigeria.
Adeola Olufunke KEHINDE   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ethnic fertility behavior and internal migration in Nigeria: revisiting the migrant fertility hypotheses

open access: yesGenus, 2020
Fertility patterns in Nigeria are high and widely skewed away from the targets of the country’s population policy. As population growth is fueled by natural increase and migration, and with spatial disparities in fertility preferences among the different
Clifford O. Odimegwu, Yemi Adewoyin
doaj   +1 more source

The More She Longs for Home, the Farther Away it Appears: A Paradox of Nostalgia in a Fulani Immigrant Girl’s Life

open access: yes, 2012
Nostalgia, which is derived from the Greek words nos (returning home) and algia (pain), refers to longing for the loss of the familiar (Kaplan, 1987).
Miyazawa, Kaoru
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