March 2013

Impacts of climate change on marginal community and bio-diversity in Terai, Nepal

This paper aims at exploring the impacts of climate change on the marginal communities and the status of silvo-agriculture species. Mahottary district of Nepal was selected for this study in 2012. A pertinent questionnaire was used to determine the impacts of climate change. The key respondents were interviewed and workshops organized at three different levels to triangulate the information. Stratified random sampling...

Author(s): R. A. Mandal, Bechu K. V. Yadav, I. C. Dutta, P. K. Jha, S. B. Karmacharya, K. K. Yadav, S. Haque and A. Shrestha

March 2013

Analysis of microbial quality and safety of camel (Camelus dromedarius) milk chain and implications in Kenya

The camel milk chain was investigated for microbial quality and safety and its implications to public health. At production, 66% of the samples had microbial load less than 105 cfu/ml compared to 54% at bulking and marketing where the microbial load was over 106 colony forming units (cfu)/ml. Gram-positive cocci (42%) were the majority at production. Gram-negative rods formed the majority (54%) at bulking and...

Author(s): Matofari J. W., Shalo, P. L., Younan, M., Nanua, J. N., Adongo, A., Qabale and Misiko, B. N. 

March 2013

Advanced evaluation of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) accessions for fodder production in the central rift valley of Ethiopia

The experiment was conducted at Adami Tulu Research Center in 2004 with 37 selected lines of grain type cowpea (Vignia species) germ-plasm introduced from Melkassa Agricultural Research Center, Lowland Pulse Improvement Program for the advanced nursery trial. Dolichos lablab (Lablab purpureius both var. Highworth and Rongai) and cowpea (Vignia ungiculata var. white worder training type) were included as a...

Author(s): Ayana Etana, Estefanos Tadesse, Ashenafi Mengistu and Abubeker Hassen