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Indigenous Knowledge on Edible Wild Yams (Kumbu) in the Mount Cameroon Region: Towards Domestication for Enhanced Food Security

Crops
Growing food insecurity can in part be attributed to a lack of diversity in arable crops, with most African countries now focused on the production of a few “green revolution crops”.
Frederick Tilili Moleye, Mercy Dione Abwe Ngone, Solange Dzekewong Ndzeshala Takwi, Jean-Pierre Mvodo, Christopher Ngosong   +4 more
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Specimen for high-temperature tensile tests [PDF]

, 1972
Split nut with internal taper to hold specially formed specimen composed of filaments of refractory material provides means for holding at high temperature and under tension so that performance evaluations may be ...
Coulbert, C. D.
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A model of staphylococcal food poisoning scenario mediated by companion dogs colonized by enterotoxin-producing Staphylococcus aureus

The Microbe
In Nigeria, the number of households with companion dogs is on the rise. Staphylococcal food poisoning remains a major public health issue, yet there is no documented evidence of this illness being linked to companion dogs in Nigeria.
Morenike O. Adeola, Faith I. Akinnibosun, Odaro S. Imade   +2 more
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Behavior of subsistence producers in response to technological change- The elasticity of cassava production and home consumption in Benin [PDF]

The welfare effects of GM (genetic modification)-led productivity growth for cassava producers are partly affected by the characteristics of individual cassava producing households. Those household characteristics include the elasticity of production and
Takeshima, Hiroyuki
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Impact of global cotton markets on rural poverty in Benin [PDF]

World cotton prices have fallen by about 40 percent over the last two years, focusing attention on the effect of subsidies for cotton growers in depressing prices. This paper combines farm survey data from Benin with assumptions about the decline in farm-
Daniels, Lisa, Minot, Nicholas
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Intrahousehold Resource Allocation in Côte D'ivoire: Social Norms, Separate Accounts and Consumption Choices [PDF]

In Côte d'Ivoire, as in much of Africa, husbands and wives farm different crops on separate plots. These different crops are differentially sensitive to particular kinds of rainfall shocks.
Christopher Udry, Esther Duflo
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Physiological and Metabolic Mechanisms of <i>Penicillium sclerotigenum</i>-Induced Postharvest Rot in Lichuan Yam (<i>Dioscorea polystachya</i> Turcz.). [PDF]

J Fungi (Basel)
Sun X, Wang Z, Huang Y, Zhang L, Zhu Y, Zhou D, Xiong K, Qin Y, Li K.   +8 more
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Novel one-step deployment of Y-shaped metal stent: no more stent-in-stent or side-by-side. [PDF]

Endoscopy
Nagai K, Itoi T, Tonozuka R, Mukai S, Katanuma A, Ryozawa S, Okabe Y.   +6 more
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Nutritional and health benefits of wild and cultivated yam (Dioscorea spp.) species consumed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Mondo JM, Balezi AZ, Ishara J, Mwanga JIM, Matendo ER, Bagaya DN, Chuma GB, Agre PA, Adebola P, Asfaw A.   +9 more
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Comprehensive evaluation of thermal processing on the edible quality, flavor and starch properties of Chinese yam. [PDF]

Food Chem X
Chen L, Bi J, Li H, Yang L, Zhang M, Li Z, Kan H, Liu Y, Zhao G, Cao C.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source