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  1. Botanicals are generally assumed to be more biodegradable, leading to less environmental problems. Combination of botanicals could enhance biological activity against insect pests. Hence, the amount of botanic...

    Authors: Jean Wini Goudoungou, Elias Nchiwan Nukenine, Christopher Suh, Tiburce Gangué and Dieudonné Ndjonka
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2018 7:26
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  2. Linkage of tourism with agriculture is critical for maximizing the contribution of local economic and tourism development. However, these two sectors are not well linked for sustainable local development in ma...

    Authors: Diriba Welteji and Biruk Zerihun
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2018 7:8
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  4. Mechanization is a multi-dimensional concept and widely used in agriculture. There is, however, a major difference between the application of mechanization in developed and developing countries The developing ...

    Authors: Mohammad Emami, Morteza Almassi, Hossein Bakhoda and Issa kalantari
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2018 7:24
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  5. Listeria monocytogenes is one of the commonly isolated foodborne pathogens which cause illness, and listeriosis is a disease caused by this pathogen in human beings. Pets that consume contaminated pet food diets ...

    Authors: Lesley Maurice Bilung, Victoria Ulok, Feven Mehari Tesfamariam and Kasing Apun
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2018 7:23
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  7. Ethiopia has possibly the highest potential for potato production than any country in Africa. Postharvest loss (20–25%) is one of the major problems in the potato production. Therefore, this study was conduct...

    Authors: Benyam Tadesse, Fayera Bakala and Lamirot W. Mariam
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2018 7:18
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  9. A field experiment to evaluate the dry matter yield and nutritive value of Sugar graze and Jumbo plus under irrigation was conducted at three different plant spacings (15 x 30, 15 x 45, 15 x 60 cm) on a red–ye...

    Authors: Sagana Pushparajah and Jeyalingawathani Sinniah
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2018 7:22
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  10. The type of farming practices employed within an agro-ecosystem have some effects on its health and sustainable agricultural production. Thus, it is important to encourage farmers to make use of ecosystem-frie...

    Authors: Caesar Agula, Mamudu Abunga Akudugu, Saa Dittoh and Franklin Nantui Mabe
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2018 7:5
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  11. It is widely accepted that crop yields will be affected by climate change. However, the role played by climate in affecting crop yields vis-a-vis non-climatic stresses, is often unclear, limiting decision choi...

    Authors: Terence Epule Epule, James D. Ford, Shuaib Lwasa, Benon Nabaasa and Ambrose Buyinza
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2018 7:10
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  12. Aus rice began to lose its importance as farmers slowly started shifting to cultivation of irrigated Boro rice encouraged by its higher yields. The government of Bangladesh has launched an incentive programme for...

    Authors: Md. Taj Uddin and Aurup Ratan Dhar
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2018 7:14
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  13. To expand the biotechnology market, the opinions of professionals toward biotechnological products are highly valuable for the industry personnel, government policy-makers, and others for taking appropriate de...

    Authors: Abu Habib Md. Abdullah, Md. Safiul Islam Afrad, A. K. M. Abdul Hannan Bhuiyan, Md. Enamul Haque and Tofazzal Islam
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2018 7:2
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  14. Brazil is the world’s largest sugarcane producer, and its production is concentrated in south-central and northeast regions, particularly in the state of São Paulo. The land use change, principally from the in...

    Authors: Alex Wilhans Antonio Palludeto, Tiago Santos Telles, Roney Fraga Souza and Fábio Rodrigues de Moura
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2018 7:1
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  15. Poverty and food insecurity remain as the major challenges to achieve economic development in Ethiopia. Explaining the household food insecurity situation and identifying associated factors will help in makin...

    Authors: Mahlet Mulugeta, Gebeyaw Tiruneh and Zewdie Aderaw Alemu
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2018 7:3
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  16. Fusarium head blight (FHB) resistance in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) has been enhanced by combining resistant alleles with transgressive segregation. In Japan, intensive FHB resistance breeding was initiated in ...

    Authors: Sayaka Niwa, Yusuke Kazama, Tomoko Abe and Tomohiro Ban
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2018 7:4
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  17. Agricultural production systems are a sustainable way of providing nutritious and diversified foods especially among rural households in developing countries. Capacity building of farmers and extension workers...

    Authors: Therese Mwatitha Gondwe, Emmanuel Oladeji Alamu, Mofu Musonda, Numeri Geresomo and Bussie Maziya-Dixon
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:72
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  18. The impact of climate change and variability on livelihoods of smallholder farmers in Northern Ghana has become severer than ever before. As a result, crop insurance has been advocated as one of the recommende...

    Authors: Stephen A. Abugri, Joseph Amikuzuno and Edward B. Daadi
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:71
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  22. West Africa’s Sahel is characterized by a dry and hot climate with limited rainfall that impairs the production of several crops. Sesame is a resilient crop that is well suited to this environment. Unfortunate...

    Authors: Komivi Dossa, Mariama Konteye, Mareme Niang, Youssouf Doumbia and Ndiaga Cissé
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:68
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  23. Rehabilitation and optimized utilization of agro-pastoral dams (APDs), especially for vegetable production, has been recently promoted to boost agricultural production and ensure food security in Benin. Howeve...

    Authors: G. Nathalie Kpéra, Alcade C. Segnon, Aliou Saïdou, Guy A. Mensah, Noelle Aarts and Akke J. van der Zijpp
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:67
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  24. In spite of the fact that tomato fruits do not only serve as food but as medicine, nutrient supplement, flavouring ingredient, detoxificant and human system cleanser, the household consumption is on a constant...

    Authors: Aoudou Yaouba, Emilienne Ketsia Nnomo, Abel Second Ze Medjap and Louis Childeric Essola Etoa
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:55
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  25. South Africa is rated a food secure nation, but large numbers of households within the country have inadequate access to nutrient-rich diverse foods. The study sought to investigate households’ physical and ec...

    Authors: Gamuchirai Chakona and Charlie M. Shackleton
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:66
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  26. Achievement of food security is an important objective in the National Development Plan of Botswana. This study set out to characterise food security situation and food consumption patterns among livestock kee...

    Authors: Sirak Bahta, Francis Wanyoike, Hikuepi Katjiuongua and Davis Marumo
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:65
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  27. Smallholder farmers’ decisions to adopt adaptation options in response to climate change and variability are influenced by socioeconomic, institutional, and environmental factors, indicating that decision patt...

    Authors: Abayineh Amare and Belay Simane
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:64
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  28. Local seed systems that are developed, managed and maintained by farmers are a fundamental practice in smallholder crop production, supporting more than 80% of farmers in sub-Saharan Africa and feeding more th...

    Authors: Kudzai Kusena, Rachel Wynberg and Claid Mujaju
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:52
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  29. Enset Xanthomonas wilt (EXW) was first reported in 1939 and continues to threaten the sustainability of farming systems in south and southwestern parts of Ethiopia. The present study was conducted in the centr...

    Authors: Z. Yemataw, A. Mekonen, A. Chala, K. Tesfaye, K. Mekonen, D. J. Studholme and K. Sharma
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:62
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  31. Smallholder farmers can adapt to climate variability and change through sustainable land management (SLM) practices that help to offset the negative impacts at farm level. However, use of these practices as ad...

    Authors: Paulos Asrat and Belay Simane
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:61
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  32. Food preservation involves different food processing steps to maintain food quality at a desired level so that maximum benefits and nutrition values can be achieved. Food preservation methods include growing, ...

    Authors: Sadat Kamal Amit, Md. Mezbah Uddin, Rizwanur Rahman, S. M. Rezwanul Islam and Mohidus Samad Khan
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:51
    Content type: Review Published on:

  33. The tomato leaf miner Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) is an invasive insect pest of tomato and other solanaceous plants which is rapidly expanding its geographic range. It has a highly damaging effect on...

    Authors: Reyard Mutamiswa, Honest Machekano and Casper Nyamukondiwa
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:49
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  34. Ethiopia has tremendous agricultural potential with vast areas of fertile land. However, agriculture remains underdeveloped and poverty persists, especially in rural areas. Therefore, this study examined the i...

    Authors: Alem-meta Assefa Agidew and K. N. Singh
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:56
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  35. Maize is the most important staple crop for food security and livelihood of smallholder farmers in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa, but it alone cannot ensure food security. Cropping patterns must be diversif...

    Authors: Srinivasulu Rajendran, Victor Afari-Sefa, Apurba Shee, Temesgen Bocher, Mateete Bekunda, Inviolate dominick and Philipo Joseph Lukumay
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:50
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  36. Developing countries in general and Ethiopia in particular are affected by a growing problem of food insecurity. Millions of individuals and households especially the rural poor are the main victims of the p...

    Authors: Diriba Welteji, Kerime Mohammed and Kedir Hussein
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:53
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  37. Golden Rice is any variety of rice which makes beta-carotene, thus giving the rice a yellow (Golden) colour. It was created as an additional intervention for vitamin A deficiency. This dietary deficiency is th...

    Authors: Adrian Dubock
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:60
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  38. The worlds growing population and limited land resources require high intensity of food production. Human nutrition needs both macronutrients and micronutrients. One way of providing micronutrients in staple c...

    Authors: Adrian Dubock
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:59
    Content type: Review Published on:

  40. Farmers’ locally have acquired knowledge from generations of experience and experimentation that fit local conditions. Yet, the scientific approach less used farmers’ soil knowledge (FSK) and site-specific soi...

    Authors: Fanuel Laekemariam, Kibebew Kibret and Tekalign Mamo
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:57
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  41. The success of crop varieties introduction is tightly linked to the uses, biophysical conditions, the cropping systems in which the crop is integrated and farmers’ and consumers’ preferences. In Benin, however...

    Authors: Mathieu Anatole Tele Ayenan, Kwadwo Ofori, Léonard Essèhou Ahoton and Agyemang Danquah
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:48
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  42. Biofertilizers are now considered to be the only alternative of chemical fertilizers which apart from their soaring cost are enhancing in pollution hazards of our environment. Increasing and extending the role...

    Authors: Mahmooda Saleemi, Muhammad Zahid Kiani, Tariq Sultan, Azeem Khalid and Shahid Mahmood
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:46
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  43. This paper examined the effect of Micro-Agricultural Financial Institutions of South Africa financial services on livelihood capital of beneficiaries in North West Province South Africa. A simple random sampli...

    Authors: Idowu Oladele and Lucky Ward
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:45
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  45. Drought is regarded as a leading cause of food insecurity affecting about 220 million people in sub-Saharan Africa. Drought early warning systems (DEWSs) have the potential to strengthen capacity of communiti...

    Authors: Damalie Akwango, Bernard Bonton Obaa, Nelson Turyahabwe, Yona Baguma and Anthony Egeru
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:43
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  46. Understanding diversity of smallholder farm households is of critical importance for the success of development interventions. Farming households often will devise livelihood strategies that provide the best g...

    Authors: Clifton Makate and Nelson Mango
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:37
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  47. A significant gap exists between advances in technologies in agriculture and what Ghanaian farmers practice on their farms. This paper examines rice farmers’ information seeking behaviour and the determinants ...

    Authors: Lawrencia Donkor Acheampong, Benedicta Nsiah Frimpong, Alexander Adu-Appiah, Bright Owusu Asante and Maxwell Darko Asante
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:38
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  48. In Ethiopia, food insecurity remains a major public health challenge. Agroecosystem has a potential to determine food insecurity. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the spatial pattern of household food ...

    Authors: Zewdie Aderaw Alemu, Ahmed Ali Ahmed, Alemayehu Worku Yalew and Belay Simanie
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:36
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  49. The roles and responsibilities of men and women in east African smallholder pig-raising households and the entitlements each can claim from pig-enterprise income are unknown. The article is a qualitative gende...

    Authors: Natalie Ann Carter, Sally Humphries, Delia Grace, Emily Awuor Ouma and Catherine Elizabeth Dewey
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:18
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  50. Cocoyam is an important food security crop in Ghana because it stores better than all other root and tuber crops. Despite its socio-economic relevance, production has declined persistently since the last decad...

    Authors: Stanley Boakye-Achampong, Kwasi Ohene-Yankyera, Robert Aidoo and Olav Jull Sørensen
    Citation: Agriculture & Food Security 2017 6:44
    Content type: Research Published on:
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