A study was carried out in two villages of Mughunga and Pohama in Singida Rural District, central Tanzania, to assess the economic value of agricultural land for community livelihoods within the context of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+). Mark...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2015/14132
Aims: To evaluate the effect of hot water treatments on shelf life and de-greening of stored Seeni Kesel banana (Musa spp. cv. Seeni Kesel-Pisang Awak, ABB), which is commonly grown in Sri Lanka. Study Design: A randomized complete block design with six replicates was used. Place...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2015/14011
Aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of staking and non-staking systems on disease severity, yield and quality attributes of yams. Methodology: High costs and lack of planting materials, labour, staking and inappropriate knowledge on production techniques are ma...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2015/14713
In order to investigate of standard ear yield and some agronomic characteristics of baby corn under influence of planting date and plant density an experiment was conducted at Khorasan Razavi Agricultural and Natural Resources Research center, Mashhad, Iran in 2010. In this resea...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/13832
Aims: This study was carried out as a step further in our investigation of the antidiabetic properties of ethanolic seed extract of Corchorus olitorius (ewedu) in the bid to Isolate and Structurally Elucidate the Most Active Antidiabetic Fraction of Corchorus olitorius Seed Ext...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2015/14855
Aims: To determine the effect of petroleum products (kerosene, diesel, engine oil and petrol) contaminated soil at various concentrations on the activities of α-amylase, starch phosphorylase in the cotyledons of cowpea and maize seedlings as well as peroxidase activity in the lea...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/9750
Background: Self-medication with antibiotics constitute a major form of irrational use of medicines and can cause significant adverse effects such as resistant microorganisms, treatment failure, drug toxicity, increase in treatment costs, prolong hospitalization period and increa...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2015/15147
The aims of this study were to identify key factors that affect women household heads’ awareness and knowledge of existing improved farming technologies and to determine the factors that influence women farmers’ adoption of animal draught (ox plough) and agroforestry in Zambia. T...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/13889
An experiment was conducted on Chromolaena odorata dominated grassland to determine the efficacy of integrated mechanical and chemical control on regrowth of Chromolaena odorata and other weeds and to determine their botanical composition at 30, 60 and 90 days after treatment app...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/14965
Aims: The aim of the study was to determine the yielding reliability of serradella, field pea and yellow lupine, sown as stubble catch crop in August on a typical Alfisol. Study Design: The randomized complete block design with four replications. Place and Duration of Study: Fiel...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/15092
The study was conducted in a greenhouse to determine the influence of pelleted and unpelleted composted organic waste materials on the morphological growth, dry matter accumulation and yield of three varieties of cucumber (Cucumis sativus). The experiment was a 3 × 13 factorial t...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/13601
Research has evaluated the contribution of minerals through soil and foliar fertilization on winter wheat yield, the purpose being to identify the interdependence relations for the optimization of the fertilization system. Two types of mineral and foliar fertilizers were tested....
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/14354
The effect of integrating Albizia zygia and NPK 15-15-15 on soil fertility and maize yield were studied to investigate the effect of Albizia zygia and NPK 15-15-15 on soil properties, growth and yield of maize. The experiment was laid out as a Randomized Complete Block Design (RC...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/9179
Introduction: Injury is a major, preventable public health problem in terms of morbidity, premature mortality or disability. This study aims to assess the epidemiology of injury in patients admitted to a tertiary care centre in northern India. Materials and Methods: Observational...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/15207
Background: For effective malaria control at the community level, information on the treatment practices are essential. However, there is no information on malaria treatment practices in Ibusa community. Thus, this study seeks to assess the prevalence of malaria and health care s...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/11814