Universally, it is agreed that adaptation is largely a social issue (as opposed to purely biophysical or technological). However, it is surprising that gender, one of the social issues is not yet playing a more explicit role in adaptation studies. Hence, in this twenty first cent...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2015/11711
Joel L. Meliyo, Leon Brabers, Boniface H. J. Massawe, Balthazar M. Msanya, Didas N. Kimaro, Loth S. Mulungu, Nganga I. Kihupi, Jozef A. Deckers, Hubert Gulinck & Herwig Leirs·Journal of Agriculture and Ecology Research International·2014
The present study was carried out between September 2009 and June 2013 in Western Usambara Mountains plague focus with the aim of establishing the influence of selected soil physical properties and soil microclimate on rodent burrows’ abundance, portal orientation and use. Two la...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2015/13695
Aim of the work: Animal urine, including that of camels, has long been used for the therapeutic management of human ailments. In this study, we sought to characterize the cytotoxic properties of newly derived purified fractions from previously described camel urine extract (PMF)...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/12271
Human activities are important factors that affect the quality of water. The study was conducted to determine the impact of Human activities on the water quality and the Bio-diversity of the river system using benthic macro-invertebrates as indicators. Bottom samples were collect...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2015/14323
Indigenous soil conservation measures such as miraba have been widely used in Usambara Mountains for controlling soil erosion but with little success. On-farm runoff experiments were set from 2011–2014 onAcrisols in Majulai and Migambo villages with contrasting agro-ecological co...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2015/13636
Aim: Staple crops face major challenges in the near future and a diversification away from over-reliance on staples is important towards the achievement of global food security, this stimulate the retrieving and field evaluation of underutilized amaranth accessions for pest infes...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2015/14227
Aims: The study aimed at estimating economic losses incurred by farmers from damage of rice crop by graniviorous pest birds and assessing the implication of this for sustainable food security. Study Design: Line transect bird sampling with spatial and temporal replications; bird...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2015/14178
Aims: This paper discusses some interventions that could lead to wise use of forest resources as a step towards sustainable agriculture. Forest resources provide various materials that meet the basic human needs such as food and health-care. However, the use of these resources an...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2015/14631
Aims: To evaluate the feasibility of sack potato production in some parts of Zimbabwe. Study Design: The study utilised two instruments for data collection, namely questionnaires and structured interviews. Methodology: The first questionnaire for the producers of sack potato was...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2015/13700
Achieving food security for a rapidly growing population in Nigeria will require intensification of food production on existing cropland through improving soil fertility and agronomic practices. Use of chemical fertilizers has been attributing factor for the deterioration of soil...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2015/14503
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