Can banana peel and sweet potato vines have efficient in diets for growing rabbits?
Abstract This study aimed to evaluate the use of banana peel (BP) and sweet potato vines (SPV) as a replacement for maize and alfalfa hay in diets for rabbits. Animal performance, economic analyses, meat composition and color were evaluated for 49 days in a total 50 New Zealand White rabbits weaned at 35 days with average body mass of ±614g ...
Diuly Bortoluzzi Falcone +5 more
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A study was conducted in five regions of Bangladesh, specifically Gazipur, Bogura, Jamalpur, Jashore, and Chattogram, each characterized by suitable agro-ecologies for sweet potato cultivation.
Zakaria Alam +6 more
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Revised! HS-200, a 5-page fact sheet by William M. Stall, explains the increased importance of weed management in tomato production due to the introduction of the sweet potato whitefly.
William M. Stall
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Effect of channel size on sweet potato storage root enlargement in the Tuskegee University hydroponic nutrient film system [PDF]
The potential of the sweet potato as a food source for future long term manned space missions is being evaluated for NASA's Controlled Ecological Life Support Systems (CELSS) program.
Bonsi, C. K. +6 more
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Thirteen popular vegetables you can grow [PDF]
January, 1953."Cooperative Extension Work in Agriculture and Home Economics, University of Missouri, College of Agriculture and the United States Department of Agriculture cooperating."Title from ...
Cunningham, Clyde R.
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Sweet potato for closed ecological life support systems using the nutrient film technique [PDF]
Sweet potatoes were grown hydroponically using the nutrient film technique (NFT) in support of the Closed Ecological Life Support System (CELSS) program.
Bonsi, C. K. +6 more
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Less hunger, better health and more wealth: the benefits of knowledge sharing in Malawi’s Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potato project [PDF]
Agricultural researchers, NGOs and farmers in Malawi have pooled their knowledge and resources to develop and distribute new vitamin-enriched and drought-resistant sweet potato varieties, and to devise and promote new commercial activities that will help
Botha, B. +7 more
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COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF TRADITIONAL METHODS AND RECOMMENDED PRACTICE OF PLANTING SWEET POTATO
Generally, no significant differences in agronomic characters and yield components of sweet potato were observed using either the traditional methods or the recommended practice of planting.
Paz Saladaga-Eronico +1 more
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Orange-Flesh Sweet Potato - Promising Partnerships for Assuring the Integration of Nutritional Concerns into Agricultural Research and Extension [PDF]
Research Results from the Department of Policy Analysis MARD-Directorate of Economicsfood security, food policy, Mozambique, sweet potato, malnutrition, Crop Production/Industries, Food Security and Poverty, Q18,
Andrade, Maria Isabel +3 more
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Delivering new technologies to the Tanzanian sweetpotato crop through its informal seed system [PDF]
The concept of integrated seed sector development (ISSD) for sweetpotato was tested in Shinyanga and Meatu districts of the Lake Zone of Tanzania. Agricultural Research Institute (ARI)–Ukiriguru documented the informal system.
Amour, Rahila +4 more
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