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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
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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 +9 more
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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 +4 more
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Interdisciplinary Assessment of Market Oriented Yam Cultivation in Semi-arid Burkina Faso
Frontiers in Agronomy, 2022 Yam (Discorea spp.) is a staple food crop in Africa that requires fertile soils and an annual rainfall of about 1,500 mm. However, in the semi-arid North-West of Burkina Faso, farmers produce yam in continuous rotation on degraded soils with annual ...
Olivier Heller +9 more
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Neural Representations for Sensory-Motor Control, II: Learning a Head-Centered Visuomotor Representation of 3-D Target Position [PDF]
, 1992 A neural network model is described for how an invariant head-centered representation of 3-D target position can be autonomously learned by the brain in real time.
Bullock, Daniel +3 more
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Zooarchaeological Analysis of an Atoll Assemblage From Central Micronesia
Archaeology in Oceania, EarlyView.ABSTRACT There has been a dearth of archaeological research on atolls in the central‐eastern Caroline Islands of Micronesia. This has limited our understanding of pre‐contact subsistence and settlement strategies in these more marginal and remote environments, particularly in regards to zooarchaeological data.
Philippa Jorissen +2 more
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Microstructural, physicochemical, thermal, and rheological properties of starches from commonly consumed yam varieties in West Africa. [PDF]
J Sci Food AgricAbstract BACKGROUND This study assessed the starch content of ten yam varieties commonly consumed in West Africa to clarify their structural, thermal, physicochemical, and rheological properties and to support their potential food and industrial applications.
Adebola PO +9 more
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Objective Measurement of Musculoskeletal Pain: A Comprehensive Review
DiagnosticsBackground: Musculoskeletal (MSK) pain is a leading contributor to global disability and healthcare burdens. While self-reported pain scales remain the clinical standard, they are limited by subjectivity and inter-individual variability.
Nahum Rosenberg
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Frontiers in Agronomy, 2022 Intensification of staple food crops such as Yam (Dioscorea spp.) while sustaining the environment is imperative in providing food for the expected 9.6 billion global population by 2050.
Eric Owusu Danquah +16 more
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Effect of water yam (Dioscorea alata) flour fortified with distillers spent grain on nutritional, chemical, and functional properties [PDF]
, 2015 It was envisaged that the inclusion of treated distiller ’ s spent grain ( DSG ) to yam fl our might increase its nutritional value, with the aim of reducing nutritional diseases in communities consuming yam as a staple.
Abulude F. O. +28 more
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