This study intended to determine factors affecting the adoption of new technologies in rainfed paddy production practiced by smallholder farmers in the Central District-Zanzibar, Tanzania. A cross-sectional research design was employed. A structured questionnaire, focus group dis...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2018/39172
A field experiment was conducted in summer to evaluate the response of wheat to different potassium fertilizer rates on Cambisols of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia. The experiments were laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design replicated three times with 4 levels of potassium (0,...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2018/38742
Solanum constitutes the largest and most complex genera of the Solanaceae family, many of which are economically important. However, seed germination of the majority of the cultivated species of general Solanum is a major constraint to its production. The objective of this study...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2018/39149
A field experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of organic and inorganic fertilisers application on growth parameters of two amaranth varieties. Fifty-four treatments were evaluated as factorial combinations of organic manure applied at 16.9 t/ha, inorganic NPK fertiliser...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2018/39123
A greenhouse pot experiments were conducted to evaluate the effect of all-purpose yates thrive, which is a new water-soluble compound fertiliser that was brought from Australia on the yield and yield components of wheat and tef on Vertisols brought from Hintalo Wajirat district....
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2018/38791
Aims: This work describes the manufacture of biofilms using a mixture of Opuntia ficus-indica (nopal) mucilage, chitosan and active ingredients extracted from plants. In this case, ethanolic extractions of white cabbage (Brassica olearacea) were performed, since it has been demon...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2018/38970
Salt-laden waters pose major problems in the hydraulic field. Scaling problems can be troublesome for sanitary, potable and irrigation water networks. Also, irrigation water salinity is a major concern for agriculture, affecting crop productivity and yield. To alleviate some of t...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2018/39196
The research work was conducted to observe in vitro propagation of garlic in the Biotechnology Laboratory of the Department of Biotechnology, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Bangladesh from the period of July 2015 to June, 2016, to determine t...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2018/39003
This study was conducted to assess willingness to pay for organic vegetables in Ekiti State, Nigeria. Multi-stage sampling technique was used to collect data from 60 respondents that were purposively selected from 3 organizations within the State i.e. Ekiti State University, Ado-...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/38250
Soil acidity is a serious problem that affects crop productivity in Western Kenya region. The county governments of Kakamega, Bungoma, Vihiga, Busia and Trans-Nzoia are promoting the application of NPK blended fertilizer to enhance the soil acidity. Finger millet (Eleusine coraca...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/38843
An experiment was conducted during August 2013 to February 2014 at the experimental field of the Sylhet Agricultural University (SAU), Sylhet to study the morphological variability, yield and yield contributing characteristics among the five lablab bean genotypes viz., SB003, BP0...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/38783
The experiment was carried out at Kenyatta university farm using 2×3×3 factorial plan in a randomized complete block design. The experiment was carried out for two seasons. Pre cropping soil analsyis was carried out before and after the study to assess soil pH, macro and micro nu...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/37081
In Kano State Nigeria, especially at the famous Dawanau grains market, dichlorvos (DDVP: 2, 2-dichlorovinyl dimethyl phosphate), which is a synthetic organophosphate insecticide is being widely used against stored insect pests of cowpea grains by traders and merchants alike. High...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/37992
In this study, current conditions of cattle manure, manure storage units, problems of manure storage and interaction with the water resources around Siirt Province were examined. For this purpose, 133 livestock enterprises were chosen. 92 percent of these enterprises did not have...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/37754
Samra Aftab, F. S. Hamid, Samavia Farrukh, Abdul Waheed, Naveed Ahmed, Nadia Khan, Seemab Ali, Madiha Bashir, Saqib Mumtaz, Hina Gul & Muhammad Adil Younis·Asian Research Journal of Agriculture·2017
The field experiment was conducted to study the effect of different levels of potassium on growth and yield of onion at Agricultural Research Station Baffa, Mansehra, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, during the year 2016- 2017. Four levels of potassium i.e. 0, 60, 120 and 180 kg ha-1 were use...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/38322