ASRIC Journal of Agricultural Sciences 2023 v4-i2
ISSN: 2795-3572
EISSN: 2795-3572
ASRIC Journal of Agricultural Sciences 2023 v4-i2
ASRIC Journal of Agricultural Sciences 2023 v4-i2
Published: 2023-12-29
Articles
Building Resilient and Robust Food Systems for a Hungry, Growing, and Changing World – Case Study of 2nd Topmost Ranked African Union and European Union Project at the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI)
John Saviour Yaw Eleblu, Maxwell Asante, Edgar Valentine Traore, Beatrice Ifie, Dorcas Ibitoye, Beatrice-Joy Owusu-Ansah, Muhammed Opoku Gyamfi, Agyemang Danquah, Daniel Dzidzienyo, Kwadwo Ofori, Samuel Kwame Offei, Rodomiro Ortiz, Eric Yiren
The world’s population is projected to rise from 7.7 billion to 9.7 billion in 2050, with sub-Saharan Africa contributing half of this increase. A growing population signifies an increase in the demand placed on our food and limited natural resources. With the food demand expected to increase by 50% in the next 40 years, there is the urgency to make our food production systems more resilient and s
Dietary Intake Constraints of Rural Households in Southwestern Nigeria: Implications for Nutrition Innovation
Awodele Racheal Iyabo, Aminu Oluwafunmilayo Olarewaju, Lukman Abiodun Akinbile
The menace of poverty, hunger and malnutrition, still persists among rural households in Nigeria. It is paramount to tailor agricultural extension programmes and nutritional intervention to the dietary needs of the rural populace. Hence, this study examines the dietary intake of rural households and the underlying constraints affecting them. Multistage sampling procedure was used to select 240 rur
Investigating Groundnut Varieties for Agronomic Performance, Resistance to Aspergillus flavus Infection and Aflatoxin Contamination in Eastern Ethiopia
Ephrem Guchi, Amare Ayalew
Aflatoxin is secondary metabolite produced by Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus paraciticus, and posing a threat to human and animal health. The availability of resistant genotype to A. flavus infection and/or aflatoxin contamination urgently needed. The objective of this study was to evaluate groundnut varieties for reaction to field seed colonization by A. flavus and pre-harvest aflatoxin conta
Clinical and Laboratory Studies on Dogs Suffering from Pyoderma in Correlation to some Microelements and Some Oxidative Stress Markers
Nafie T.S., Mahmud M.M., Dina A. Abd Elkhalek
The present study was carried out in the clinic of Faculties of Veterinary Medicine Suez Canal University, Ismailia and Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt on household dogs and cats admitted to both clinics and suffer from skin problems. The study was continued for one year. The clinical study was conducted on two groups of dogs. The first one was the diseased included ninety (90) dogs of different ag
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