Despite many publications on cyanide elimination in cassava by soaking in water, it still remains our preoccupation because the techniques elaborations of cyanide removal depend on a good uptake of phenomena. The traditional methods of cassava processing (steeping, peeling, dryin...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2017/30493
This paper sought to analyse tomato farmers’ perceptions of climate variability in the Offinso North District, Ghana. A cross-section of 378 tomato farmers were interviewed to examine what they perceive climate variability to be and the factors that influence their perception of...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2017/30689
The present research work was carried out to study the yield of chickpea as affected by boron application. Five varieties of chickpea namely BARI Chola-5, BARI Chola-6, BARI Chola-7, BARI Chola-8 and BARI Chola-9 and four levels of boron (0, 1, 2, 3 kg B ha-1) were used in this e...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2017/8944
The main objective of this study was to investigate the major determinate factors of improved highland forages types in the study area and data were collected through survey by developing structured questionnaires for the total sampled households including household heads, member...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2017/18966
Aims: This research aimed at selecting indigenous Bambara groundnut varieties with high nutritional value and inherent resistance to insect attack for cultivation in sudano-sahelian (SS) and sudano-guinean (SG) zones of Cameroon. Study Design: The susceptibility of varieties to i...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2017/30778
To achieve high productivity in soybeans, a balanced fertilization and careful management is necessary during the period in which the plant requires larger amounts of nitrogen is essential. This study evaluated the effect of foliar nitrogen fertilization using ammonium sulfate at...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2017/30258
Accurate and non-destructive methods to determine individual leaf areas and dry mass of plants are very important. Since they stand as key parameters linked to plant production and are used in functional–structural plant models to simulate plant growth. This paper describes an in...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2017/29798
The research was conducted at Namong Senior High Technical School in the Offinso Municipality in the Ashanti Region of Ghana to determine bulking and yield of cassava following application of organic and inorganic fertilizer. The experimental design for the research was a 2 x 6 f...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2017/29013
Climate variability which is characterized by rising temperature and rainfall variability is significantly impacting crop yield and livelihoods of farmers. The study analyzed the nexus between climate variability and tomato production in the Offinso North District of Ghana using...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2017/30688
Genetic diversity is highly significant for the improvement of many crop species including coriander. Eighty one Ethiopian coriander genotypes were evaluated in 9x9 simple lattice design with two replication for genetic diversity analysis in yield and yield related traits at Adam...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2016/16156