Review on maize based intercropping World population is growing exponentially and it has to fulfill their food requirements. An attractive strategy for increasing productivity and labour utilization per unit area of available land is to intensify land use. Intercropping is
Read MoreNutrition, key factor to reduce environmental load from pig production In different parts of Europe animal production is highly concentrated. Pig production generally is the main animal production activity in these areas. Main concerns of these large numbers of pigs
Read MoreCommercial Hybrid Seed Production Corn breeders first recognized its potential for increasing yields and developed procedures for commercial production of hybrid seed. If the biological requirements have been met in a species, a practical program of seed production on a
Read MoreA genetic analysis of the spring-winter habit of growth in wheat Developmental patterns of growth have been studied in nine spring and 10 winter wheat cultivars and in a number of crosses involving both groups. Among the spring cultivars five
Read MorePhysiological Basis of Heterosis for Grain Yield in Maize Although heterosis in maize (Zea mays L.) has been studied since the early 1900s, very little is known about how heterosis affects the physiological components of grain yield. The objective of
Read MoreProbiotics and prebiotics in animal feeding for safe food production Recent outbreaks of food-borne diseases highlight the need for reducing bacterial pathogens in foods of animal origin. Animal enteric pathogens are a direct source for food contamination. The ban of
Read MoreRecent Weed Control, Weed Management, and Integrated Weed Management Integrated weed management (IWM) can be defined as a holistic approach to weed management that integrates different methods of weed control to provide the crop with an advantage over weeds. It
Read MoreSorghum production and utilization This book is in 5 sections dealing respectively with the sorghum plant and grain, production of sorghum, sorghum in other lands, utilization of the plant and utilization of the grain. One-third of the book is devoted
Read MoreFrontier production functions and technical efficiency: a survey of empirical applications in agricultural economics The modelling and estimation of frontier production functions has been an important area of econometric research during the last two decades. Försund, Lovell and Schmidt (1980)
Read MoreRural Livelihoods and Poverty Reduction Strategies in Four African Countries This paper compares and contrasts rural livelihoods in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi, with a view to informing rural poverty reduction policies within Poverty Reduction Strategy Plans (PRSPs). Low household
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