Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Volume 3, Issue 6, November 2014

  • Risks in Vegetables Production from the Perspective of Smallholder Farmers: The Case of Kombolcha Woreda, Oromia Region, Ethiopia

    Kumilachew Alamerie, Mengistu Ketema, Fekadu Gelaw

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 6-1, November 2014
    Pages: 1-5
    Received: 31 March 2014
    Accepted: 24 April 2014
    Published: 16 July 2014
    DOI: 10.11648/j.aff.s.2014030601.11
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    This article belongs to the Special Issue Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment
    Abstract: In Ethiopia, vegetable crops are produced in different agro-ecological zones through commercial as well as smallholder farmers both as a source of income and food. However, due to perishable nature and biological nature of production process, vegetables productions are risky investment activities. In this context, risk perceptions play a key role i... Show More
  • Effect of Cultivation in Different Age’s Oil Palm Plantation on Selected Chemical Properties of Peat Swamp Soils

    Seca Gandaseca, Muhamad Ismawi Salimin, Osumanu Haruna Ahmed

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 6-1, November 2014
    Pages: 6-9
    Received: 10 August 2014
    Accepted: 10 September 2014
    Published: 23 September 2014
    DOI: 10.11648/j.aff.s.2014030601.12
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    This article belongs to the Special Issue Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment
    Abstract: Large-scale land conversion of peat for agricultural purposes requires clearance, drainage, fertilizer application, and liming to increase the pH and boost microbial activity. The objective of this present study was to compare the soil chemical properties of oil palm plantation one-three years oil palm planted and mature oil palm that were previous... Show More
  • Sustainable Harvesting of Alstonia boonei De Wild. (Apocynaceae) in the Community Forest of Mbeth II, East Region of Cameroon

    Jean Lagarde Betti, Joseph Ambara

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 6-1, November 2014
    Pages: 10-22
    Received: 26 August 2014
    Accepted: 11 September 2014
    Published: 23 September 2014
    DOI: 10.11648/j.aff.s.2014030601.13
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    This article belongs to the Special Issue Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment
    Abstract: This paper aims to analyze the traditional usages and, assess the abundance of stems and the mass of the barks of Alstonia boonei for its use as a medicinal plant in the community forest of Mbeth II, East region of Cameroon. Ethnobotanical surveys were conducted among the community of Mbeth II and in city markets in Bertoua and Yaoundé between Janu... Show More
  • Effect of Different Levels of Fertilizer and Irrigation on the Yield of Wheat under Raised Bed System

    Khokan Kumer Sarker, Dilip Kumar Roy, Akbar Hossain, Mohammed Monirul Islam

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 6-1, November 2014
    Pages: 23-27
    Received: 25 September 2014
    Accepted: 10 October 2014
    Published: 17 October 2014
    DOI: 10.11648/j.aff.s.2014030601.14
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    This article belongs to the Special Issue Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment
    Abstract: The study was conducted on raised bed (one pass) tillage system on the effect of fertilizer and irrigation levels at Wheat Research Centre, Nashipur, Dinajpur (25°38´ N, 88°41´ E and 38.20 m above mean sea level). Treatments were: T1; recommended fertilizer dose of N100 + P26.5 + K40 + S20 + Z4 + B1 with irrigation up to 75% field capacity, T2; rec... Show More
  • Green Economy: Challenges and Prospects for Improved Aquatic Agricultural System (AAS) in Niger Delta Communities

    Nenibarini Zabbey, Ijeoma Favour Vincent-Akpu, Ibisime Etela

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 6-1, November 2014
    Pages: 28-35
    Received: 21 September 2014
    Accepted: 10 October 2014
    Published: 20 October 2014
    DOI: 10.11648/j.aff.s.2014030601.15
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    This article belongs to the Special Issue Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment
    Abstract: There is dire need for deliberate green action plan to solve the endemic environmental crises occasioned by unsustainable utilization of natural resources and environmental degradation in the Niger Delta; a region with its characteristic terrain and eco-fragility that is highly susceptible to adverse environmental and climate change-related disaste... Show More
  • Evapotranspiration and Water Stress Estimation from TIR and SWIR Bands

    Girolimetto Daniela, Venturini Virginia

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 6-1, November 2014
    Pages: 36-45
    Received: 25 October 2014
    Accepted: 10 November 2014
    Published: 17 November 2014
    DOI: 10.11648/j.aff.s.2014030601.16
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    This article belongs to the Special Issue Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment
    Abstract: The World agriculture depends on water availability; thus, a successful water management system would assure food for the World. For several decades, the scientific community has developed methods to support water management. These models include the estimates of the main water loss in the system, i.e. the evapotranspiration (ET). In turn, the sate... Show More
  • Calculation of FCR and RBC with Varied Effect of Iron in Broiler

    Barkat Ali Kalwar, Hakim Ali Sahito, Mehmood Ahmed Kalwar, Zaibun Nisa Memon, Madan Lal

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 6-1, November 2014
    Pages: 46-51
    Received: 20 August 2014
    Accepted: 29 January 2015
    Published: 18 March 2015
    DOI: 10.11648/j.aff.s.2014030601.17
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    This article belongs to the Special Issue Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment
    Abstract: One hundred and fifty hubbard broiler were studied to examine their response to various levels of iron in relation to FCR and blood parameters. The experiment was conducted at poultry experimental station, Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences, Sindh Agriculture University Tandojam during, 2013. Commercial feed was supplemented with i... Show More