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Rice is the staple food in Liberia, consumed by more than 90% of the population. However, its production is dominated by smallholder farmers relying on poor quality inputs that have for long time been considered the core hindrance to achie…
Horticultural farming is the fastest growing agricultural sector in Kenya. Despite this, the production and marketing of mangoes is hampered by fruit fly infestation that is responsible for high pre and post-harvest losses. To reduce the l…
Tobacco in Zimbabwe is ranked among the top major crops which give foreign currency to the country and is also a major cash crop among smallholder farmers. Deforestation in Zimbabwe has been a country-wide problem most tobacco farmers are …
Rice is one of the favored staple foods sustaining Asian countries. Its demand increases with increasing population, however, yield of aerobic rice keeps declining when grown continuously and this is attributed to nutrient stresses and soi…
South western Uganda is the hub for potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) production in Uganda, but whose main challenge is diminishing arable land due to human population explosion. Intercropping of potato with popular legume crops appears to be …
The potato crop has the potential to greatly contribute to the income and food security of Ugandans, but the yields have remained low at 7.5 t ha-1. The low yields have been attributed to the use of poor quality seed potato recycled from p…
In Rwanda, cabbages are facing numerous problems including low soil fertility which leads to their low yield. The main objective of this study was to compare the effects of organic manure and mineral fertilizer NPK (17-17-17) on growth an…
The study was carried out to assess the yield and physicochemical properties of seed oils among nine international provenances of Sclecorya birrea (subspecies caffra and birrea) planted in Malawi. Seed oils were obtained using Soxhlet extr…
La croissance démographique galopante à induit une pression sur les ressources naturelles ; ce qui n’est pas sans conséquence sur les systèmes de production agricole. Ces pressions se manifestent à travers la surexploitation des sols qui d…
Climate and its variability is a major risk factor for the success of soybean cultivation in Benin. This aspect becomes even more important in the context of future climate scenarios, in which global warming is predicted and food security …
In Kenya, there is a wide range of variability of potato cultivars with different physical and chemical properties. These differences define the nature of their starch characteristics which influence their suitability for processing. The p…
Postharvest darkening (PHD) of seed coat, resulting from the oxidation of proanthocyanidins, is a critical challenge to the marketability of common bean since this characteristic is associated with long cooking time by consumers, thus lowe…
The study was conducted to evaluate mass yield and nutrient composition of Moringa oleifera response to different cutting regimes in the savanna zone of Ghana. Three harvesting regimes were imposed on the initial establishment in a randomi…
Climate-change and/or climate-variability is affecting the temporal and spatial distribution of ecosystems and human activities at the landscape scale. There are implications of land use/cover change on ecosystems as well as human activiti…
Small-scale farmers in Southern Mali who are mainly maize producers are facing many challenges in the uptake and accurate application of agricultural technologies. Maize production constitutes a significant opportunity for these farmers to…
Understanding gene actions and how they contribute in the expression of characters is of great importance when devising an efficient selection program through the use of a suitable mating design. This study sought to determine the mode of …
Gum Arabic is a resin of immense economic and industrial value in Sudan especially among rural smallholder producers whose income and livelihood is dependent on its production. Recently, production of this important resin has seen turbulen…
A study was carried out in a farmer’s field in Molepolole, Botswana to investigate diversity and abundance of different insect pests in five safflower genotypes. Thirteen insect species belonging to eight arthropod orders were observed dur…
Poor seed quality is a major bottleneck to sustainable production of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) in Uganda. This is primarily due to over reliance on informal seed sources, most of which are characterised by poor seed types and quality. …
African fabrics are especially popular in Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal. However the materials used are not originally from these countries, but are said to have been created by Indonesia and the Dutch and printed in Europe. The materials gai…
The productivity of cowpea is much less, when compared to other pulse crops because new varieties do not satisfy the consumer needs and the expected yield of farmers. Mutagenesis is one of the effective methods of crop improvement. To effe…
In Benin, two main technologies are used to process baobab pulp into a pasteurized nectar, based on the number of the thermal treatments. As applied in processing units, the technologies do not affect significantly the quality of the paste…
Fifteen (15) cowpea genotypes were radiated at five (5) doses of gamma radiation (0, 50, 100,150 and 2000y). The experiment was conducted in the laboratory using the randomised complete block design with four replicates. Data were collecte…
Climate change presents scenarios of extreme temperature variations that will limit agricultural productivity further when the need for efficient production systems cannot be over emphasized. Aside breeding for tolerance, the development o…
Solar dried traditional African vegetable (TAVs) are nutritious and can contribute towards dietary diversity in a household. However, solar drying technology is still new and its consumption is low. This paper examines factors influencing…
