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The Vhembe district has highly favourable agro-ecological conditions for the production of sub-tropical fruits and nuts
Bottle gourd Standl. is one of the most important, widely cultivated popular winter vegetables in Bangladesh. But it is cultivated around the tear due to its taste and demand to the consumers. It occupies an area of about 7217 ha with a total production of 85,267 tons. The average yield is only 11.81 tons per hectare,…
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Tomato has been tested for expression of vaccines that can address human health issues of the developing world
Increased pigmentation was apparent in stems, petioles, main leaf veins,and sepals. lc-containing lines had 10 to 20 times higher levels of total anthocyanins than controls. In addition,antioxidant activity of lc-containing lines was 1.5 times higher than that of controls .The unique flavor and odor of alliums is derived from the hydrolysis of organosulfur compounds, which produces pyruvate,…
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It is particularly challenging to breed for drought and salinity tolerance as this is controlled by multiple genes
High value vegetables preferentially receive more inputs than other vegetable crops to help them cope with unfavorable weather and nutritional deficiencies, but extremes of heat, drought, salinity, and flooding will be unavoidable in a warming world. Some vegetable cultural practices to cope with these stressors already exist, but the development of well adapted cultivars will…
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Small-scale growers can find it difficult to produce and deliver according to the supermarket chain’s standards
Indeed supermarkets may contribute to a higher demand of horticultural products and increase expectations for quality, safety, and presentation, while simultaneously excluding small growers from participating in procurement and contracts. The importance of supermarkets is growing especially fast in the southeast Asia region. Supermarkets are expanding in China 30% 40% per year, 2 3 times…
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Tomato fruits were started harvesting at breaker stage from 20inner plant of each treatment
However, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute has released varieties that are higher yielder, but some varieties are prone to several pests and diseases. Beside this growers’ demand is good quality hybrid varieties having tolerance to different major insects and diseases.In this context, BARI needs to be developed tomato varieties possess traits of virus and wilt resistance. In 2020, The World…
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A good number of respondents declined to revert back the questionnaires forcing only a response rate of 74%.
An F ratio is calculatedto represent the variance between the groups, divided by the variance within thegroups. A large F ratio indicates that there is more variability between thegroups caused by the independent variable than there is within each group, referredto as the error term . Therefore, this is an indication of abetter predictor model.…
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The Free State and Northern Cape are the least populated provinces by youth
The elders’ agricultural productivity level cannot meet the speedily growing population’s food and fibre needs. Additionally, the new ideas and techniques used to improve agricultural production are not user-friendly for most older people and illiterate. Subsequently, fostering youth involvement in agriculture remains vital to economic development in most developing countries. Therefore, youth remains an important…
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We have listed all products in local terminology for ease of comprehension by farmers
The reverse was seen with fruit crops where 23% of the commercial farmers produced fruits while 67% non-commercial farmers produced fruits. Livestock contributed the least as an agro-ecological product in the entire region. Interestingly, there was a difference in the age of individuals operating commercial farm households versus those in the non-commercial farming households .…
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We can verify that local variation within cultivarsis greater than the variation between local cultivars
The temperatures ranged from 22.1˚C to 35.5˚C lower temperature and the highest temperature achieved in the above-day interval. The average value calculated for highest temperature was 32.9˚C and 24.9˚C for the lowest temperature recorded daily. The vegetative characteristics variance analysis sheet has not found significant contrasts between local cultivars, but detected at least a significant…
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Organic rice buyers in the US are importing large percentages of their rice from Cambodia
The divergence has weakened the capacity of indigenous resource governing institutions that regulate access to resources which have traditionally supported collective action to adapt at the local level . Jones and Boyd and Upton argue that institutional factors play important roles in prescribing options and shaping adaptation path-ways at different scales. In a related observation,…