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Pleistocene Hypothesis – Moving Savanna Perceptual Preference Hypothesis Beyond Savanna [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2022
We provide an extension of the Savanna perceptual preference hypothesis (“Savanna Hypothesis”), supposing that interaction with landscapes offering survival advantage for human groups during evolution might have gradually evolved to permanent landscape preferences.
Rathmann, Joachim   +2 more
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Savanna futures [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Abstract Constant change is the driving force in the history of savannas, and some conception of the future can be gauged from evidence of past changes and from trends experienced today. The potential futures for savanna landscapes may be depicted as two interconnected sets of processes: variations caused by natural events including ...
Peter A. Furley
openaire   +2 more sources

Effects of insecticides and cultivars on panicle-feeding insect pest infestations and grain yield of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) in northern Ghana

open access: yesBulletin of the National Research Centre, 2021
Background Panicle-feeding insects are a challenge in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) cultivation but most farmers do not protect the crop. Here, the effects of pest management in different sorghum cultivars on grain yields and the financial ...
Jerry A. Nboyine   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessment of the optimal frequency of insecticide sprays required to manage fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda J.E Smith) in maize (Zea mays L.) in northern Ghana

open access: yesCABI Agriculture and Bioscience, 2022
Background Insecticide use is an important component of integrated pest management strategies developed for fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda J.E Smith, control in maize in many African countries.
Jerry A. Nboyine   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Participatory On-Farm Evaluation of Improved Groundnut Genotypes in the Guinea Savannah Agro-Ecological Zone of Ghana

open access: yesAgriculture, 2023
The on-farm mother–baby trial experimental approach was employed to evaluate the performance of elite groundnut genotypes on farmers’ fields in the Guinea savannah agroecology of Ghana in the 2020 and 2021 cropping seasons.
Ophelia Asirifi Amoako   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mobile phones and wrong numbers: how Maasai agro-pastoralists form and use accidental social ties in East Africa

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2021
Mobile phones are recognized as important new tools for rural development in the Global South, but few studies have examined how phones can shape social networks.
Timothy D. Baird   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Savanna ConneXions-Brand book ja kuvitukset [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
Tiivistelmä Tässä opinnäytetyössä käydään läpi opinnäytetyöprosessin tuloksena Savanna ConneXionsille rakentunut Brand book, sekä yrityksen koulutusmateriaaleissa käytettävät kuvituskuvat.
Käärmekallio, Eeva
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Remote Sensing of Savannas and Woodlands [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Savannas and woodlands are one of the most challenging targets for remote sensing. This book provides a current snapshot of the geographical focus and application of the latest sensors and sensor combinations in savannas and woodlands.

core   +3 more sources

Field efficacy of genetically modified FK 95 Bollgard II cotton for control of bollworms, Lepidoptera, in Ghana

open access: yesAgriculture & Food Security, 2018
Background Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) cultivation in Ghana is constrained by bollworms that damage squares (flower buds) and developing bolls, resulting in loss in seed cotton yield.
Mumuni Abudulai   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cultivar and insecticide spraying time effects on cowpea insect pests and grain yield in northern Ghana

open access: yesAnnals of Agricultural Sciences, 2019
Insecticide application is the recommended practice for control of insect pests on cowpea (Vigna unquiculata (L) Walp). However, these have negative effects on humans and the environment, apart from being costly for resource-poor farmers.
F. Kusi   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

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