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Performance of integrated crop-small ruminant production systems in West Africa
This paper examines the performance of integrated crop-small-ruminant systems in the Subhumid and the Soudan-Sahelian zones of West Africa. Using cross-sectional data from 712 farmers from The Gambia, Ghana, Mali and Benin, the translog stochastic production frontier is used to estimate the technical efficiencies of farmers in each country. -
Performance evaluation of prototype mechanical cassava harvester in three agro-ecological zones in Ghana
Large-scale cassava harvesting, especially during the dry season, is a major constraint to its industrial demand and commercial production. -
Performance evaluation of prototype mechanical cassava harvester in three agro-ecological zones in Ghana
Large-scale cassava harvesting, especially during the dry season, is a major constraint to its industrial demand and commercial production. Manual harvesting is slow and associated with drudgery and high root damage in the dry season. Research on mechanisation of cassava production is very low especially in the area of harvesting, and currently there exists no known functional mechanical cassava harvesters in Ghana. -
Knapsack Shield for Herbicide Weed Control in Field Crops
Over dependence on inefficient tools such as hoes for critical field operations limits crop production in developing countries. -
Influence of Seed Storage Techniques on Germinability and Storability of Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L) Walp)
This study was set to investigate the germinability and storability of the newly released cowpea genotypes and secondly the influence of different storage materials under ambient storage condition on seed vigour and germination over time. -
Geographic differences in patterns of genetic differentiation among bitter and sweet manioc (Manihot esculenta subsp. esculenta; Euphorbiaceae)
• Premise of the study: Manioc (Manihot esculenta subsp. esculenta), one of the most important tropical food crops, is commonly divided according to cyanide content into two use‐categories, “sweet” and “bitter.” While bitter and sweet varieties are genetically differentiated at the local scale, whether this differentiation is consistent across continents is yet unknown