Small holder commercialisation is part of an agricultural transformation process in which individual farms shift from highly subsistence oriented production towards more specialised production, targeting markets for input procurement and output supply. The study, therefore, analy...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2018/45177
Fertilizers are used to improve soil fertility and crop production, but high cost and environmental effects have necessitated cost-effective fertilizer management strategies. A field experiment was setup as randomised complete block design with three treatments (Control – no fert...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2018/45721
Wheat (Trticum aestivum L.) farmers in Kenya are faced with a major threat on their wheat farming from stem rust (Puccinia graminis f. sp tritici). Smallholder’s farmers are earning low income from their wheat farming but there’s high demand for wheat products. The interaction be...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2018/45043
Two-year studies were conducted to determine the responses of 9 commercial and local cassava varieties to M. tanajoa and the environment during the 2014/2015 and 2015/2016 wet and dry seasons at Ukiriguru in Mwanza region of the Lake Zone, Tanzania. The experiments were conducted...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2018/39582
Achieving homozygosity and uniformity has been the goal of breeders for a long time and the task was really time to take and laborious. After performing the selection for 6-7 year breeders were not even confirm about the homozygosity of that genotype. The Double Haploids have mad...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2018/45795
Training, on-farm demonstration and testing of different agricultural machinery, was conducted in the Western zone of Tigray, Ethiopia with the objective of creating awareness, providing an opportunity for trainees to familiarize with, learn to operate, use and maintain different...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2018/39098
Aims: The work was conducted to ascertain the level of genetic diversity in some local and improved accessions of okra in Ibadan. This is to contribute to the conservation of plant genetic resources efforts by breeders. Place and Duration of Study: Improved accessions of okra...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2018/45099
The study investigates promoting food security and sustainable post-harvest quality and shelf life of tomato through different media communications in Southern Guinea Savanna of Nigeria. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data from 60 respondents. The results revealed...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2018/43155
Some engineering properties of Rubus fruticosus fruits and nuts and were characterized in order to provide fundamental information about their properties that will aid in designing modern technology for their handling, processing, storage, preservation, quality evaluation, distri...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2018/43228
Field experiments were conducted at Kericho East (0°22' S, 35°17' E) and Bomet central (0°47' S, 35°21' E) in South Western Kenya between July 2012 and March 2014, to determine the effects of rhizobia inoculation on nodulation, growth, yield, nitrogen (N) fixation and nodule occu...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2018/44804