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IS ORGANIC TUBER PRODUCTION PROMISING? FOCUS ON IMPLICATIONS, TECHNOLOGIES AND LEARNING SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT [PDF]

, 2014
Alternative soil management practices like organic farming assume special significance in the context of global warming and climate change for sustainable and safe food production. Organic farming enables a clean environment by promoting soil quality and
Jyothi, A.N., Santhosh Mithra, V.S., Sreekumar, J., Suja, G.   +3 more
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Analysis of Starch from Non- Edible Root and Tubers as Sources of Raw Materials for the Synthesis of Biodegradable Starch Plastics

Journal of Basic and Applied Research in Biomedicine, 2022
The study investigated the physicochemical properties of starches from Caladium bicolor (wild cocoyam), Icacina trichantha (false yam), dioscorea villosa (wild sweet yam) and oyster mushroom.
N Alobi, Esther Sunday, T Magu, G Oloko, B Nyong   +4 more
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Comprehensive characterization of yam tuber nutrition and medicinal quality of Dioscorea opposita and D. alata from different geographic groups in China

Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2020
China is an important domestication center of yams, and two main yam species of Dioscorea opposita and D. alata are commonly cultivated in China. However, the differences of nutritional and medicinal characteristics between the two species and their ...
Nan SHAN, Pu-tao WANG, Qiang-long ZHU, Jing-yu SUN, Hong-yu ZHANG, Xing-yue LIU, Tian-xu CAO, Xin CHEN, Ying-jin HUANG, Qing-hong ZHOU   +9 more
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Comparing IM Lorazepam and IM Clothiapine for Agitated Psychosis in Hospitalized Patients

European Psychiatry
Introduction When patients in a closed hospital ward experience acute psychosis and become highly agitated or pose a risk to themselves and others, it’s often crucial to provide immediate sedative treatment.
•. Kverashvili, E. Malik, •. Shelef, •. Stryjer   +3 more
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Physicochemical and Organoleptic Properties of Dried Synbiotics Yoghurt from Lesser Yam Tubers (Dioscoreaesculenta L.)

MATEC Web of Conferences, 2016
There are many variations of Yam (Dioscorea spp.) which spread out in the world including Indonesia. Those variations could be categorized based on their shape, size, colour, and flavour of their tuber. The genus of Dioscorea spp.
Winarti Sri, Saputro Erwan Adi
doaj   +1 more source

Profitability of positive selection technique for seed yam production in Ghana and Nigeria

Cogent Economics & Finance, 2022
Over the years, the traditional seed system has failed to deliver quality seed yam for propagation. This is due to the high incidence and severity of the yam mosaic virus leading to yield losses of 52.6%–65.4%.
Jonas Osei-Adu, Robert Aidoo, Simon Cudjoe Fialor, Stella Ama Ennin, Kingsley Osei, Bright Owusu Asante   +5 more
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COMPLIANCE INDEX ANALYSIS AND TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY OF SEED YAM PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES IN NORTH-CENTRAL NIGERIA

AGRISE, 2023
Technology adoption for increased productivity can only be relevant when technologies introduced are adequately complied with. This study assessed the level of compliance by CAY -Seed and NRCRI-Seed yam farmers to the usage of the seed yam production ...
Morolake Bolaji, Raphael Olarewaju Babatunde, Olubunmi Abayomi Omotesho, Sunday Onwuaroh   +3 more
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Examining the Impact of Row Planting on Labor Use for Sustainable Food Production Among Maize Farmers in Rural Ghana

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smallholder farmers are reverting to traditional production methods due to the high opportunity costs and unintended consequences of new technologies. This study focuses on row planting technology, which is labor‐intensive and slow without mechanized operations.
Emmanuel Tetteh Jumpah, Habtamu Alem, Abdulai Adams, Tomáš Ratinger, Miroslava Bavorová   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

THE PROCESSING TECHNIQUE AFFECTS THE PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND TEXTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PURPLE YAM BASED GLUTEN-FREE DOUGH

Jurnal Teknologi Pertanian
Purple yam tuber in the form of flour has been applied for functional food products. Processing purple yam tubers into flour eliminates many beneficial compounds of the tubers.
Ulyarti, Nazarudin, Lisani, Nur Wulandari   +3 more
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Dynamique de gestion de la biodiversité d’igname face au développement du vivrier marchand au nord-Bénin

VertigO, 2012
In this paper, we analyzed the impact of the development of food market on the dynamic of yam biodiversity management in Northern Benin, using a mix-method approach. We conducted investigations in Tchaourou district, which is the yam barn in Benin. Three
Janvier Egah, Mohamed Nasser Baco, Ismail Moumouni   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source