Sökning: "maize"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 137 uppsatser innehållade ordet maize.
1. Global and Ethiopian Cereal Prices: Does the Law of One Price hold in the long run?
Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistikSammanfattning : Like many other countries in the world, Ethiopia is currently facing significant challenges with high food prices. The high food prices affect cereals such as teff, sorghum, and maize which are staple foods in the Ethiopian diet. This study investigates the relationship between cereal prices in Ethiopia and the world market price of cereals. LÄS MER
2. Assessing water balance and yields in Malawian cropping systems : maize soybean and maize Gliricidia systems resilience against climate change
Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Soil and EnvironmentSammanfattning : In Malawi, maize monocultures are increasingly susceptible to extreme weather patterns, causing considerable yield reduction and heightened food insecurity for smallholder farmers dependent on rainfed subsistence agriculture. Diversifying cropping systems is crucial for ensuring yield resilience. LÄS MER
3. Pheromone-based mating disruption to control Spodoptera frugiperda in Tanzania: Possibilites and Constraints for smallholders
Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)Sammanfattning : Despite a growing interest in the use of pheromones as a more sustainable form of pest control, their use remains unstudied in the smallholder context. This paper is one of the first to study their use by small scale Tanzanian maize farmers to control the invasive pest Spodoptera frugiperda (known as fall armyworm). LÄS MER
4. Nutrient flow on agroforestry farms in the province of Son La in northwest Vietnam
Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Uppsala universitet/VindenergiSammanfattning : The population in the high mountains of the northwest provinces of Vietnam belongs to the poorest population in the country. Among the reasons behind this are the high frequency of minority groups in the region and the infertile soils of the steep slopes. LÄS MER
5. Noggrannhet av RTK-GPS-positionering av enskilda frön vid precisionssådd
Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Lunds universitet/Industriell elektroteknik och automationSammanfattning : With higher demands on farmers to reduce the usage of fertilizers and pes ti cides because of their negative environmental impact, as well as the rising prices of resources required for agriculture, precision agriculture has become a big focus in today’s agriculture research. Individual plant care systems are a big part of precision agriculture, and accurate information about the po si tions of individual plants is required for these systems. LÄS MER