The poor marketing structure remains a major factor impeding the development of Eswatini pig industry and has turned the piggery agricultural sub sector subsistence rather than market-oriented. The objective of the study was to analyse the marketing cost, margin and efficiency of...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2026/v19i2830
Deficiencies of zinc and iron in soils not only diminish the productivity of forage crops but also lead to insufficient dietary intake of these micronutrients in livestock. The present study aimed to assess the quality of summer fodder maize (*Zea mays* L.) as influenced by agron...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2026/v19i2831
Plants are continuously exposed to various abiotic stresses throughout their life cycle, among which the salinity represents the most detrimental factor. So, this study evaluated the bio-stimulatory effects of three halophilic strains as ecofriendly agent under salt stress condit...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2026/v19i2828
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) play an important role in the development of the Indonesian economy, which is a forum for Indonesian people to express the creativity of business actors by utilizing potential natural resources from each region that have not been optim...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2026/v19i2829
Soil is a vital resource that supports agricultural productivity through nutrient cycling, carbon sequestration, and essential ecosystem services. Soil fertility, governed by physicochemical properties like pH and nutrient availability, directly influences crop yield and sustaina...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2026/v19i2827
Triticum aestivum productivity can be significantly enhanced through integrated nutrient management involving bio-fertilisers, organic manures, and chemical fertilisers. Nitrogen-fixing and phosphate-solubilising bio-fertilisers improve growth, physiological traits, and yield com...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2026/v19i2825
Background: Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) help small and marginal farmers enhance collective action, market access, and rural livelihoods, but many face challenges in becoming self-sustaining due to limited capital, weak governance, and managerial constraints. Aim: The stu...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2026/v19i2823
Olarewaju Taiwo Fagade, Abolade Oluremi Bolaji, Oluwatobi Isaac Adeniran, Felix Timilehin Oyeniyi & Christiana Adeola Onarinde·Asian Research Journal of Agriculture·2026
Aims: The overall objective of this research work was to characterize and compare the leaf and seed storage protein profiles of three elite Solanum lycopersicum (L.) varieties, which are Roma VF, Tropimech, and UC82B, in order to assess their biochemical diversity and genetic rel...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2026/v19i2824
Globally the productivity of marine fisheries has been on the decline. The classic Fox surplus production model has been widely used for the assessment of sustainability of a particular capture fishery. Using this model, MSY (Maximum Sustainable Yield), MEY (Maximum Economic Yiel...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2026/v19i1826
Background: Chhattisgarh's nominal gross state domestic product (GSDP) is estimated at ₹5.09 lakh crore (US$58 billion) in 2023–24, the 17th largest state economy in India. Chhattisgarh's success factors in achieving high growth rate are growth in agriculture and industrial produ...
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Research Article10.9734/arja/2026/v19i1822