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Global habitat suitability and invasion risk of melon thrips

Agricultural and Forest Entomology, EarlyView.
Habitat suitability of Thrips palmi worldwide was predicted using the MaxEnt model. Precipitation of the driest month, precipitation of the wettest month and annual mean temperature were identified as the key climatic drivers influencing its distribution.
Owusu Fordjour Aidoo, Rosina Kyerematen, Emmanuel Twum, Frederick Leo Sossah, Gengping Zhu, David W. Crowder   +5 more
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Bambara groundnut : an exemplar underutilised legume for resilience under climate change

, 2019
World agriculture is currently based on very limited numbers of crops, representing a significant risk to food supplies, particularly in the face of climate change which is expected to increase the frequency of extreme events.
Licea, Luis C. S., Massawe, F., Amoah, Stephen, Modi, Albert T., Faloye, Ben, Hahiree, Mohd Khairul Izwan Mohd, Abberton, Michael, Amoah, S., Azam-Ali, Sayed N., Chai, H.H., Mateva, K.I., Massawe, Festo, Zahrulakmal, M., Mayes, S., Abberton, Michael T., Salazar Licea, Luis C., Oyatomi, Olaniyi, Azam-Ali, S.N., Hahiree, M.K., Modi, Albert Thembinkosi, Kundy, Aloyce C., Khairul Izwan Mohd Hahiree, Mohd, Mateva, Kumbirai I., Gao, Xiuqing, Berchie, Joseph N., Kendabie, P., Modi, Albert, Gao, X., Faloye, Benjamin, Ho, Wai Kuan, Olaniyi, Oyatomi, Licea, L.C.S., Kendabie, Presidor, Azam-Ali, Sayed, Chai, Hui Hui, Kundy, A.C., Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe, Faloye, B., Berchie, J.N., Ho, W.K., Mayes, Sean, Zahrulakmal, Muhammad   +41 more
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Buyers' response to third‐party quality certification: Theory and evidence from Ethiopian wheat traders

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract When quality attributes of a product are not directly observable, third‐party certification (TPC) enables buyers to distinguish between quality levels and reward sellers accordingly. We study the adoption of TPC by traders in smallholder‐based agricultural value chains in low‐income countries, where traders aggregate products from many small ...
Gashaw T. Abate, Tanguy Bernard, Erwin Bulte, Jérémy Do Nascimento Miguel, Elisabeth Sadoulet   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Groundnut policies, global trade dynamics, and the impact of trade liberalization [PDF]

Groundnut products are of central economic importance to millions of smallholders in Africa, India, and Southern China. The products generate 60 percent of rural cash income and account for about 70 percent of the rural labor force in Senegal and The ...
Sewadeh, Mirvat, Diop, Ndiame, Beghin, John   +2 more
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Informal groundnut seed system in Andhra Pradesh – a case study [PDF]

, 2007
The seed takes the major share (50%) in groundnut crop production cost. The seed systems in Andhra Pradesh, like the rest of the country, consist of public, private and civil sectors.
Wani, S P, Ravinder Reddy, Ch
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Optimisation and Evaluation of the Effect of Bambara Groundnut Addition on the Nutritional Quality and Functional Properties of Amaranth Grain-Based Composite Flour

Acta Universitatis Cibiniensis. Series E: Food Technology, 2017
Nutritional quality and functional properties of composite flour consisting amaranth grain, bambara groundnut, carrot and rice bran flours were evaluated. The dependent variables were optimized using optimal mixture model of response surface methodology.
Awolu Olugbenga Olufemi, Olokunsusi Eunice Yetunde   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Food without fire: Environmental and nutritional impacts from a solar stove field experiment

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Over 80% of the population in rural Sub‐Saharan Africa relies on biomass cooking fuel, a substantial source of anthropogenic greenhouse gases. We use a field experiment in Zambia to investigate the impact of solar stoves on biomass fuel use and cooking habits.
Laura E. McCann, Jeffrey D. Michler, Maybin Mwangala, Osaretin Olurotimi, Natalia Estrada Carmona   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Studies on the transmission of groundnut rosette virus by Aphis craccivora Koch

, 1967
Four strains of groundnut rosette virus were transmitted by a race of Aphis craccivora (Koch) from groundnut in Nigeria. Two of these strains, both from East Africa, were transmitted only by A. craccivora from Kenya.
Okusanya, B. A. M., Watson, M. A.
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The economic foundations of powersharing: Evidence from Africa

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract How—and with whom—do rulers share power? Existing research focuses on the strategic logic of powersharing. In this paper, we analyze its economic foundations. Powersharing is modeled as a subnational fiscal contract, in which rulers allocate political representation based on constituencies’ revenue potential. Empirically, we combine historical
Yannick I. Pengl, Philip Roessler
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Recycling the groundnut crop waste as fertilizer and paper [PDF]

MATEC Web of Conferences
India is the second largest producer of groundnut in the world. More than 85 lakhs of hectares of the land isapproximately used in groundnut cultivation.
Arunachalam E., Vannamathy B., Narmadha P., Narmatha K.   +3 more
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