Aims: The aim of the study was to examine market integration and price variation in local rice marketing in Osun State, Nigeria. Specific issues addressed in the study were the determination of existence of co-integration between the rural and urban markets and the leading market...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/7639
This article studied soil samples from the various rice-based environments of the inland valleys of Cote d’Ivoire to evaluate their native capacity of mineralization of N. Soil N, is subject to intense chemical and microbiological transformation processes (hydrolysis, oxidations,...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/8169
Aims: This study was conducted to assess the importance of rice to household food and income security. Study Design: This was a cross sectional survey. Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted in Puti-Puti sub-county, Pallisa district, eastern Uganda during the period...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/6701
Present study was carried out to investigate the possibility of developing new superior drought-tolerant plants in rice by mutation breeding. Major regions of rice cultivation especially in Iran and Asia are affected continuously by drought stress especially at the end of floweri...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/5935
The study was conducted to evaluate risk management practices in rice production in Abia State, Nigeria with the specific objectives to: (a) examine the profile of rice producers (b) identify sources of risk and the degree of influence on rice production. (c) examine appropriate...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/5620
Zinc is plant micronutrient which is involved in many physiological functions its inadequate supply will reduce crop yields. Zinc deficiency is the most wide spread micronutrient deficiency problem, almost all crops and calcareous, sandy soils, peat soils, and soils with high pho...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2013/2746
Aim: To investigate the determinants of technical efficiency of rice farmers at Tono Irrigation Project. Study Design: Cross sectional. Place and Duration: The Kassena-Nankana District of Upper East Region of Ghana in the 2007/2008 cropping season. Methodology: One-step estimatio...
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Research Article10.9734/ajea/2013/1448
Sixteen genotypes of rice (Oryza sativa L.) were evaluated during 2008 and 2009 growing seasons at two regions at the State of White Nile- Sudan (EDduim and Kosti) to assess stability of performance, and identify high yielding genotypes. The aim of the comparative study was to as...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2012/1193
The study was conducted at the Sudan University of Science and Technology; College of Agricultural Studies, Shambat farm during the season 2009/10 to study genetic variability and correlation between yields, yield components in some rice genotypes. The experiment was laid out in...
This study examines strategies for enhancing rice innovation system in Southeast Nigeria. Four hundred and ninety six (496) purposively selected actors in rice innovation system were used. Information was collected using questionnaire and interview schedule for illiterate farmers...