May 2019

Water use efficiency in the sugarcane cropping in different planting dates in Brazil

In global terms, irrigation is a human activity with greater demand for fresh water and strategies are needed to minimize this consumption. Therefore, the objective of this study was to establish the sugarcane planting date, which results in a greater water use efficiency, considering the summer planting of the Northeast region of Brazil. The sugarcane cultivar was RB92579, drip irrigated, and the stage of the plant was...

Author(s): Tatiane Barreto de Carvalho, Ronaldo Souza Resende, Raimundo Rodrigues Gomes Filho, Júlio Roberto Araújo de Amorim, Thais Nascimento Meneses and José V.T. Costa  

May 2019

Cultivation of cactus pear forage propagated through the method of fractionation of cladode

Between the varieties of Cactus Pear Forage resistant to Cochineal Carmine, the Orelha de Elefante Mexicana (OEM), Baiana (BA) and Miúda (MI) were found. The adoption of these varieties and dissemination in the areas damaged by this plague are directly related to provision of seeds cladodes. The method of propagation through fractionation of cladode is an alternative in cases where this availability is deficient....

Author(s): Jucilene Silva Araújo, Washington Benevenuto de Lima, Antunes Romeu Lima do Nascimento, João Batista Taveira De Freitas, Geiziane De Fátima Da Silva, Daniel Duarte Pereira, Múcio Freire Vieira and Geovergue Rodrigues de Medeiros  

May 2019

Cattle milk production, processing and marketing situations of smallholder farmers in Telo district, Keffa zone, Ethiopia

The study was conducted in Telo district of Keffa zone, SNNP Regional State with the aim of assessing milk production and milk use pattern. Cross-sectional study design was used to collect data from randomly sampled 156 households using survey questioner, farm visit and focus group discussion. Female headed farms were more frequent in urban. The average family size per household was 7 persons. 58.3% of HH were...

Author(s): Askale Gebrmichael