Douati Togba Etienne, Mahan Makado Romuald, Konan N’Guessan Ysidor, Sidibe Daouda, Coulibaly Adama & Biego Godi Henri Marius·Asian Research Journal of Agriculture·2017
Aims: To assess the nutrients of cakes enriched with the almonds powders of Terminalia catappa cultivated in Côte d’Ivoire and their daily contributions in adult people’s diet. Study Design: Six groups of cakes, 5 enriched with almonds powders from Terminalia catappa (cake1, cake...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/36697
An experiment to determine the effect of sowing method, seed rate and variety on the yield and seed quality of sesame (Sesamum indicum L) and its implication on returns was conducted at Kano and Dutse, in the sudan ecological zone of Nigeria during 2009 rainy season. The treatmen...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/29589
Njoh Roland Ndah, Celestine Fonyikeh-Bomboh Lucha, Eugene Loh Chia, Egbe Enow Andrew, Tata Yengo & Donald Ngwa Anye·Asian Research Journal of Agriculture·2017
This study examined the role of snail farming (Heliculture) as a potential tool for conservation and livelihood development in forest dependent communities around the Mount Cameroon National Park (MCNP). The villages selected for this study were Mapanja, Bonjongo, Mokunda and Boa...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/35113
Trichoderma harzianum is an antagonistic fungus and is widely recognized as a potential biological control agent against several soil-borne plant pathogens. Traditionally it was applied using basal or digging method. These are laborious, time consuming and low application accura...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/36964
Background: Livestock population is affected by various infectious and non-infectious diseases which can lead to huge economic losses to the farmers in terms of reduced growth, production performance and mortality. Aims: To investigate the prevalence of infectious and non-infecti...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/36845
Aim: The study investigated the quality of juice prepared from African bush mango fruit pulp. Study Design: The study was carried out in three replications and the data were analyzed using analysis of variance in completely randomized design. Place and Duration of Study: The stud...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/36476
Agriculture contributes on an average one third to total Gross Domestic Product. It is the major source of employment for the majority of people in Nepal. Productivity of vegetables is in increasing trends after 1991/92 up to 2015/16 but fruits productivity is in decreasing trend...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/36442
Low soil fertility is one of the most important constraints limiting onion production in Eastern Africa. Farmers northern Ethiopia should tackle this problem through combined application of organic and mineral fertilizers, which amend the soil environment. An investigation was ca...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/36671
The present study was conducted to know the costs and returns of three integrated fish-based farming (IFF) systems in Kaduna metropolis of Nigeria during 2015 to 2016 farming season. Primary data were collected through the structured questionnaire from 138 fished-based farmers an...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/36867
Maximum yield per unit area may be obtained by growing maize hybrids that can withstand high plant density. Maize genotypes differ in plant density tolerance (PDT). The objectives of the present investigation were to identify the density tolerant genotypes, to estimate the superi...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/36053
Onion is seen as a major horticultural crop in Bangladesh. Irrigation technologies that conserve water are necessary to assure the economic and environmental sustainability of commercial agriculture. This study was conducted in Lysimeter to observe the effect of different irrigat...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/35863
Aims: It is become necessary to reduce the gap between the demand and supply of edible oil and protein. So, the aim of the present investigation is to study the effect of foliar application with humic acid, salicylic acid and paclobutrazol on some morphological, anatomical and se...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/36034
Tamarind is a fruit tree native to tropical parts of Africa and Asia It is used as a source of raw material in food industry, timber and landscaping. Despite the great value of tamarind, there is no information related to how it is utilized and produced in Kenya. The objective of...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/34705
Sixteen Red Sokoto male goats weighing on average 9.36±0.67 Kg were used for the experiment in a completely randomised design (CRD) for a duration of 12 weeks to determine the total feed intake, weight gain and apparent nutrient digestibility coefficients. The treatments were; A...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/36076
Curry leaf [Murraya koeinigii (L.) Sprengel] exported from India had insecticide residues above maximum residue limits, which are hazardous to consumer health and caused rejection of the commodity at point of entry in Europe and middle east resulting in a check on export of curry...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/34458