CONTRIBUTIONS OF AGRICULTURAL IMPROVED TECHNOLOGIES TO RURAL POVERTY ALLEVIATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: CASE OF IMAZAPYR-RESISTANT MAIZE IN WESTERN KENYA [PDF]
Last two decades have been dominated by issues on poverty as major growth area with the adoption by United Nations member countries of the Millennium Development Goals, the first of which calls for halving the incidence of poverty and hunger by 2015 ...
Manyong, Victor M. +3 more
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The 2023 European Union report on pesticide residues in food
EFSA Journal, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2025.Abstract Under European Union legislation (Article 32, Regulation (EC) No 396/2005), the European Food Safety Authority publishes an annual report assessing the pesticide residue levels in food. In 2023, as part of the EU‐coordinated multiannual control programme subset, 13,246 samples placed on the European market were analysed, with a 1.0% found to ...
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Effect of glufosinate-ammonium, glycophosphate and imazapyr herbicides at two spraying volumes on Imperata cylindrica (L.) Raeuschel [PDF]
, 2011 Imperata cylindrica (L.) Raeuschel is a problematic weed of the tropical region which causes significant losses in cultivated and non-cultivated areas, and is difficult to control.
Awang, Yahya +3 more
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Imazapyr+imazapic herbicide determines acute toxicity in silver catfish Rhamdia quelen
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2016 Imazapyr (IMY) and imazapic (IMI) are imidazolinone herbicides which have been associated in a commercial formulation (Kifix(®)). To date, there are no studies on the toxicity of an IMY+IMI herbicide in fish. This work aimed to assess the acute toxicity (24 and 96 h) of IMY+IMI (0, 0.488 and 4.88 µg/L) towards Rhamdia quelen through hematological ...
Jaqueline Ineu, Golombieski +10 more
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Participatory Evaluation of Integrated Pest and Soil Fertility Management Options Using Ordered Categorical Data Analysis [PDF]
During participatory rural appraisals, farmers at the Lake Victoria basin of Kenya and Uganda identified Striga, stemborer and declining soil fertility as three major constraints to maize production To reduce food insecurity, several innovative ...
De Groote, Hugo +5 more
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Commercialisation: A meta-approach for agricultural development among smallholder farmers in Africa? [PDF]
, 2013 This paper presents a critique of commercialising smallholder farming for agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa. First it questions the validity of an overarching ‘metanarrative’ approach to development.
Chitundu, Maureen +2 more
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Planta Daninha, 2002 Durante o ano de 1999 foram conduzidos três experimentos em Botucatu-SP, em condições de caixas d'água, com o objetivo de estudar o efeito de alguns herbicidas sobre Pistia stratiotes, Eichhornia crassipes e Salvinia molesta.
D. Martins +3 more
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Impacto do transgene AHAS e de herbicidas associados à cultura da soja na comunidade microbiana do solo. [PDF]
, 2012 O Brasil ocupa a posição de segundo maior produtor mundial de soja geneticamente modificada [Glycine max (L.) Merr.]. Apesar da importância da cultura, ainda há poucos estudos sobre os efeitos causados na comunidade microbiana do solo, pelo cultivo de ...
ARIAS, C. A. A. +6 more
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Seasonal effects on mortality rates and resprouting of stems treated with glyphosate in the invasive tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle) [PDF]
, 2015 Tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima) is regarded as invasive within urban and natural areas worldwide. Efficient methods to control it are significantly needed if we are to limit its well-known environmental and economic impacts.
BADALAMENTI, Emilio +2 more
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Planta Daninha, 2004 Os objetivos do experimento foram avaliar a eficácia do imazapic+imazapyr sobre a tiririca e a influência desta planta daninha sobre a população de desnitrificadores em solo cultivado com milho. O experimento foi realizado em caixas de 0,70 x 0,30 x 0,30
A.V. Ulbrich +3 more
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