African Journal of
Agricultural Research

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Agric. Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1991-637X
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJAR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 6894

Table of Content: 1 November, 2018; 13(44)

November 2018

Groundwater quality monitoring for agriculture irrigated in Catolé Do Rocha, Paraíba State, Brazil

The electrical conductivity and of cations (Ca2+, Mg2+, Na+ and K+) and anions (Cl-, CO32-, HCO3- and SO42) contents of the water an Amazon well, from State University of Paraíba, Catolé do Rocha city, Paraíba State, Brazil, located in the semi-arid region of the Brazilian High Sertão were evaluated monthly from January to December of year 2017. Despite the increase in electrical conductivity...

Author(s): Evandro Franklin Mesquita, Lourival Ferreira Cavalcante, Francisco Thiago Coelho Bezerra, Jackson Mesquita Alves, José Thyago Aires Souza, Caio Silva Sousa, Antonio Gustavo Luna Souto and Danila Araújo de Lima  

November 2018

Performance and farmers selection criteria Evaluation of Improved Bread Wheat Varieties

Bread wheat is one of the most important cereal crops of the world and a staple food for about one third of the world’s population and is a major cereal crop in Ethiopia. One of the major challenges in improving food security is to develop varieties that are adapted to specific environment and farmers’ needs. Field trials were conducted at two locations, Hitosa (Sero-Anketo kebele) and Limu Bilbilo...

Author(s): Astawus Esatu Seifu, Firew Mekibib and Tadesse Dessalegn.  

November 2018

Competitiveness of Brazilian soybean exports

The objective of this article was to analyze the indicators of competitiveness in the foreign trade of Brazilian soybean from the year 2004 to 2014. The problem under study deals with the competitiveness of this commodity in the international market. The applied methodology initially used the descriptive statistics, seeking to demonstrate through tables and graphs the evolution of the soybean exports in the...

Author(s): Maristela Franchetti de Paula, Humberto Angelo, Anadalvo Juazeiro Santos, Alexandre Nascimento de Almeida, Pedro Guilherme de Andrade Vasconcelos, Ari Schwans, Eder Pereira Miguel and Ademir Juracy Fanfa Ribas  

November 2018

Factors affecting adoption of sustainable soil management practices among vegetable producers in Dhading, Nepal

A research was conducted using primary data for the year 2012 obtained from randomly selected 120 vegetable farmers using pre-tested semi-structured interview schedule. Nalang and Salang VDCs of Dhading district in Nepal were purposively selected for the study. Different variables were fed to probit regression model to identify and quantify the major factors affecting the adoption of sustainable soil management...

Author(s): Ghimire Binod, Dhakal Shiva Chandra, Sharma Sujeeta and Poudel Sujit  

November 2018

Seed-priming of sorghum with antifungal extracts from Balanites aegyptiaca and Eclipta alba in different agro-ecological zones of Burkina Faso

Seed-priming of sorghum with an aqueous extract from the herbal plant, Eclipta alba has previously been found to increase crop yield of sorghum in Burkina Faso dependent on field location. In the present study, a 2.5% w/v antifungal extract from the desert tree, Balanites aegyptiaca, was similarly shown to increase the yield of sorghum by seed treatment. The effect was compared to the effect of E. alba extract on...

Author(s): P. E. Zida, B. J. Néya, R. W. Soalla, P. Sérémé and O. S. Lund  

November 2018

Estimating of rainfall soil losses in Oltu Anzav Watershed

Erosion is a key factor for sustainability of land management. This study aimed to determine the spatial distribution of estimated total soil loss amount and erosion severity in the Oltu Anzav Watershed located in the East of Anatolia, Turkey. This study was conducted by using Geographical Information Systems (GIS) based on Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) method. Topsoil samples (0-30 cm) were collected in...

Author(s): Metin Demir, Adnan Bilgili and Turgay DindaroÄŸlu  

November 2018

Farmers’ perceptions, practices and proposals for improving agricultural productivity in South Sudan

This study was carried out to establish farmers’ perceptions regarding low agricultural productivity and to document their ideas for improving the performance of agriculture sector in South Sudan. The results reveal that the major challenges related to low agricultural productivity as perceived by farmers include poor leveling of fields, poor irrigation management, low water availability, loss of land due to...

Author(s): Asad Sarwar Qureshi, Adam Juma Abdallah and Lona Aggrey Tombe