9 articles in this issue
Eric Tielkes
Coffee production changed dramatically over the years. Through mass marketing, coffee consumption increased exponentially until the 1970s. Speciality coffees emerged to satisfy a specific group of consumers, and such segmentation of the market continues u... see more
Priscilla Nyaguthii Njue,Hezron Nyarindo Isaboke,Salome Atieno Migose
In Kenya, dairy goat farming has highly been practiced for food provision and as an income-generating enterprise. However, there is scanty information on the contribution of dairy goat farming to the quality of diets consumed at household level especially... see more
Demba Aïssata Samoura,Bolanle Wahab,Olalekan John Taiwo,Alpha Issaga Pallé Diallo,Obadia Kyetuza Bishoge
Extreme weather events pose a serious threat to subsistence farming and food security in Upper Guinea, where most farmers rely heavily on rain-fed agriculture. Following crop failures, farmers use what is available to them to try to maintain household foo... see more
Barbara Kurz,Jonathan Steinke,Stefan Sieber
The diets of resource-poor farmers in the Atsimo Atsinanana (AA) region of south-eastern Madagascar have limited diversity and are low in animal protein. Although poultry farming is widespread, productivity is low, and consumption of eggs is uncommon. To ... see more
Simon Wanjala Omondi,Paul Tana,Cosmas Lutomia,Felister Makini,Lusike Wasilwa
Vulnerable and marginalised groups (VMGs) who comprise widows, orphans, people living with disability and HIV, have not been given sufficient attention in agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) by policy makers, development partners, research, and extens... see more
Emile B. Bolou-Bi,Antoine Koua N'Guetta,Edwige-Gwladys K. Gnimassoun,Jean Baptiste D. Ettien
New agroecological practices propose to manage soil fertility using soil microorganisms such as arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). However, few studies have been conducted on the impact of plantain mycorrhization and metal (Fe2+ and Al3+) solubilisation ... see more
Alcido Elenor Wander,Maria Laura Turino Mattos
This study aimed to assess the economic viability of biological nitrogen fixation in flood rice cultivation in subtropical lowlands. A field experiment of seven treatments was carried out during the cropping seasons 2015/16, 2017/18, 2018/19 and 2019/20 a... see more
Charity Wangari Gathambiri,Samuel Imathiu,Jesca Mbaka,Willis Owino
Rot is a major cause of bulb onion losses in Kenya, accounting for about 14 % of total postharvest losses. In Kenya, the fungi associated with bulb onion postharvest rot of onion postharvest rots are not well known. Therefore, this study aimed at identify... see more
Joel Domínguez-Viveros
The objectives were to evaluate non-linear models (NLM) to define the growth curve of Brahman cattle in Mexico. The database was derived from weight development control, with live weight measurements (150,932 in females and 286,804 in males) taken in the ... see more