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Economics of Seed Yam Production Using Minisett Technique in Oyo State, Nigeria
Field Actions Science Reports, 2011 The study evaluated the economics of seed yam production using the minisett technique in Oyo State, South West Nigeria. The analysis was based on input and output data collected from sixty yam (Dioscorea spp.) farmers and the existing market price in the
Oguntade Adegboyega Eyitayo +2 more
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Amplifying ribbon extensometer [PDF]
, 1977 A self-contained, nonelectrical strain gage capable of amplifying strain inputs and preserving the maximum strain measurement for later observance is ...
Alley, V. L., Jr., Mchatton, A. D.
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Major staple crops are often introduced and cultivated in monocultures. Yams are staple crops native to the majority of low‐ and middle‐income countries and can provide an alternative to introduced staple crops. We showed that lesser yams cultivated together with teak trees (planted at the border of the farm) are more profitable than lesser yam ...
Budiadi +5 more
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The indigenization of catholicism on Flores [PDF]
, 2010 From the very outset of European expansion, scholars have been preoccupied with the impact of proselytization and colonization on non-European societies. Anthropologists such as Margaret Mead and Bronislaw Malinowski, who witnessed these processes at the
Schröter, Susanne
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The Impact of Credit and Training on Farmers Efficiency: A Semi‐Parametric Meta‐Frontier Analysis
Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Smallholder farmers in developing countries face several constraints, which affect their productivity. To reduce these constraints and enhance productivity, government and non‐governmental agencies implement programmes that provide credit and training to farmers.
Anthony Baffoe‐Bonnie +1 more
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Microorganisms asssociated with postharvest spoilage of yams
Annals of Tropical Research, 2000 This study isolated the microorganisms causing major spoilage of yams collected during a two-year period from various markets in Orissa, India. Seven fungal and two bacterial species (Erwinia sp.
R.C. Ray, M. Nedunzhiyan, C. Balagopalan
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International Soil and Water Conservation Research, 2016 Soil degradation is a growing problem worldwide because it reduces the fertile top layer of the soil available for food production and one such degradative action is soil erosion due to the harvesting of crops.
Pius Olufemi Olusegun Dada +3 more
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.Drawing on the ethnography of migrant care workers in eldercare in Shanghai, this article reveals the evolving landscape of caregiving and kinship practices in contemporary China. The ethnography presents the emic perspective of care workers, who actively develop symbolic trajectories for claiming kinship through ‘filial heart’ in caregiving.
Xinyuan Wang
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Comparaison des trajectoires d'innovation pour la sécurisation alimentaire des pays du Sud
Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement, 2015 Comparison of innovation paths for food security in countries of the South. Description of the subject. The evolution of the concept of food security and of food securization emphasizes the multi-dimensionality of food challenges (quantity, quality ...
Temple, L. +4 more
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Journal of Basic and Applied Research in Biomedicine, 2022 Samples of two yams species (Dioscore aalata variety ‘’Azaguié’’ and Dioscorea cayenensis-rotundata variety’’Tambi’’) tubers were subjected to different boiling times after post-harvest storage.
Nina Kouadio +5 more
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