, 2018 Elder Saksak describes different kinds of yam and wild yam, how to grow them and how to use for them for food, raising money and in custom ceremonies.
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Absence of effects of herbicides use on yam rots : a case study in Wulensi, Ghana [PDF]
, 2019 Yam farmers in Ghana have, over the years, used herbicides for weed control, particularly glyphosate. Although this has been helpful to them, there are complaints and concerns, among the yam farmers and a section of the public, that the yam tuber rots ...
Akudugu, Mamudu Abunga +3 more
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Heliyon, 2023 This study assessed the factors affecting yam farmers' adaptation practices to climate variability in the Ejura Sekyedumase Municipality, Ghana. Primary data was collected through 160 household surveys and 8 key informant interviews.
Frank Baffour-Ata +6 more
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Psychological and Social Pain in Prediction of Suicidality as a Societal and Adult Educational Challenge [PDF]
Educaţia 21This article refers to the topic of psychological (mental/emotional) and social pain in the prediction of suicidality (suicide and its associated behaviors) as an extraordinarily complex and pressing societal and adult educational challenge.
Yuri Gimelfarb, Daniela Cojocaru
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DETERMINANTS OF YAM AGRIBUSINESS PARTICIPATION DECISIONS AMONG RURAL HOUSEHOLDS [PDF]
Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2021 Research background: Participation decisions in yam agribusiness could be one of the measures to combat hunger, poverty and enhance the income of resource-poor rural households in yam-producing areas.
Moradeyo Adebanjo OTITOJU +2 more
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Heliyon, 2021 This study investigated the effect of the addition of starch from “hawthorn” yam (Dioscorea rotundata) and “creole” yam (Dioscorea alata) at different concentrations (0.1%, 0.3%, and 0.5% w/w) on the physicochemical and sensory properties of stirred-type
Jorge Pérez +4 more
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Morphological and molecular characterisation of Scutellonema species from yam (Dioscorea spp.) and a key to the species of the genus [PDF]
, 2017 The yam nematode, Scutellonema bradys, is a major threat to yam (Dioscorea spp.) production across yam-growing regions. In West Africa, this species cohabits with many morphologically similar congeners and, consequently, its accurate diagnosis is ...
Bert, Wim +6 more
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Research Progress on the Browning Mechanism and Its Control Technology of Chinese Yam
Shipin gongye ke-ji, 2022 Chinese yam is a kind of food with high nutritional value. Browning is one of the main problems affecting the quality of Chinese yam during processing and storage.
Shanlin LI +4 more
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Farmers’ perception about quality of planted seed yam and their preferences for certified seed yam in Ghana [PDF]
, 2018 The study examined the effect of farmers’ perception about the quality of seed yam typically used for cultivation on their preferences for certified seed yam.
Abdoulaye, Tahirou +7 more
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Evaluation of yam (Dioscorea rotundata) chips pre-treatment conditions (salting, sulphiting, and blanching) combined with dehydrofrozen storage for fries production [PDF]
Acta Periodica TechnologicaYam is a highly perishable commodity lacking commercial utilization, like potato for French fries production. Frozen yam chips could be a panacea for its increased utilization as fries and export commodity for Nigeria.
Jimoh Kazeem Osuolale +2 more
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