Globally the taro leaf blight (Phytophthora colocasiae) disease causes between 50 to 70% yield loss. Four taro landraces were planted in three agroecological zones of Cameroon; the Western Highlands (Bambui), Mono-Modal Humid Forest (Ekona), and the Bimodal Humid Forest (Nkolbiss...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2020/v13i330102
The study was carried out the influence of long term manuring and fertilization on soil properties. Soil samples were collected in 2016 from a highly weathered terrace soil with rice-wheat cropping pattern at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU) expe...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2020/v13i230101
Field trials were conducted during the 2005, 2006 and 2007 rainy season at Irrigation Research Station, Kadawa situated in Sudan savannah agro – ecological zone, Kano state, Nigeria to compare the gross margin values obtained from rice production using three different varieties o...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2020/v13i230100
Bulbul Ahmed, Ahmed Khairul Hasan, Biswajit Karmakar, Md. Sahed Hasan, Fahamida Akter, Parth Sarothi Saha & Md. Ehsanul Haq·Asian Research Journal of Agriculture·2020
An experiment was carried out at the Agronomy Field Laboratory, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh during October 2014 to March 2015 to study the growth and yield performance of field pea varieties as influenced by date of sowing. The experiment comprised of two facto...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2020/v13i230099
In Côte d’Ivoire, maize is second cereal most cultivated and consumed after rice. In bad storage conditions, corn may be contaminated by mycotoxins (aflatoxin B1, total aflatoxins, ochratoxin A, fuminosin B1, zearalenone). The aim of this study was to assess the exposure risk of...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2020/v13i230098
Kanga N'guessan Martial, CHÉRIF Mamadou, Koné Tchoa, Sanogo Souleymane, Kanga Ahou Nadia, Tuo Seydou, Affery Arthur Martin, Kassi Koffi Jean Fernand Martial, Bomisso Edson Lezin, Camara Brahima, Sorho Fatogoma, Dick Acka Emmanuel & Kone Daouda·Asian Research Journal of Agriculture·2020
Pineapple has several types of organs that can be used for its multiplication. Its natural multiplication is particularly slow, as it is necessarily vegetative because the species is self-sterile (on average 2 suckers per strain in six months). The supply of pineapple rejects is...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2020/v13i230097
The present study was carried out to evaluate the genetic variability and performance evaluation of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp) accessions with the objective of selecting accessions with the best adaptability and potentiality for upgrading grain yield and other related t...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2020/v13i130096
The experiment was conducted at Cotton Research Centre, Chowgacha, Jessore during 2015-2016 with twenty genetically diverged genotypes, with a view to select desirable genotypes and important characters enhancing seed cotton yield in upland cotton. The experiment was laid out in...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2020/v13i130095
This paper analyzes rice farmers’ intention to adopt modern rice technologies using the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). Quantitative data were gathered through a survey among 404 rice farmers selected using three-stage sampling design. The empirical analysis was done using Par...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2020/v13i130094
Field experiments were carried out at Dinajpur, Nilphamari and Faridpur from July, 2017 to March, 2018 to evaluate the performance of native land races of rice viz., Chinigura, Kataribhog, Radhunipagol, Badshabhog, Kalozira, Uknimadhu, Dudshar, Salna, Shitabhog and Zirashail to a...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2020/v13i130093
Aim: This study was conducted to investigate the economic implication years after an outbreak of armyworm among the smallholding farmers in Ekiti State, Nigeria. Methodology: A combination of purposive and snowball sampling techniques were used to select 60 respondents in four co...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2020/v13i130092
The first essential component of social and economic justice is adequate food production. Food plays a vital role in the life of mankind and it keeps the body functioning. Nigeria is a country richly blessed with abundant natural and human resources that if properly utilized can...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2020/v12i430091
Sorghum bicolor is the main food widely used to feed millions of people in Central and West Africa. Sorghum production in Sub-Saharan Africa is limited by biotic factors including the parasitic witchweed Striga hermonthica. In Northern Cameroon chemical and organic fertilizers, b...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2020/v12i430090
Economic, social and political transformations have a manifest effect on the relationships that the various actors have with steppe resources. Highlighting the multiplicity of actors explains the development of conflicts over the use of this resource. The present work aims, on th...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2020/v12i430089
The study aimed to determine the level of consumer attitudes towards purchasing organic food, by conducting a statistical analysis of the data collected from the questionnaires collected from a sample of consumers in Amman Governorate in 2018 distributed to a sample of 384. The a...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2020/v12i430088