Volume 6, Issue 16, 2020

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Agricultural enterprises in Bangladesh are highly vulnerable to extreme and aberrant weather conditions. To face such threats of climate change farmers utilize their own knowledge or practices that varies for different geographies. To boost production several scientific innovations are evolved and disseminated by the service providers in recent times. However, literatures suggest that traditional local technologies offer solutions to numerous climate change impacts. The importance of such local technologies has not been assessed holistically from the perspective of climate-smart agriculture (CSA). Therefore, the aim of the study is to explore the prospects for promoting indigenous technologies along with the dissemination of recent innovations by extension agencies for sustainable food production as well as CSA. The study was based on the qualitative data collected from primary and secondary sources from climate hotspots of Bangladesh.

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Analysis

Integrating traditional and modern adaptation practices towards climate-smart agriculture in Bangladesh

Awal MA

Agricultural enterprises in Bangladesh are highly vulnerable to extreme and aberrant weather conditions. To face such threats of climate change farmers utilize their own knowledge or practices that varies for different geographies

Discovery Agriculture, 2020, 6(16), 113-126

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Assessing the positions of actors in alternative food networks using connectedness and proximity: Kenyan organic vegetables

Josphat Njenga Gichure

The novelty of the emerging concept “alternative food network” provides a great potential to boost the organic sector in Kenya. A census of all stakeholders in Nairobi’s organic fresh produce value chain was done using semi-structured questionnaires with Ucinet Version 6 used to analyze connections

Discovery Agriculture, 2020, 6(16), 127-134

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Research

Effect of seeding rates on the performance of some wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes under Fayoum conditions

Ekram A Megawer, FS Abd-El Samie, KH Ghallab, Hayam A Shallaby

A field experiment was conducted during 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 seasons at the research farm (Dar El-Ramad), of Faculty of Agriculture, Fayoum University, Egypt, to investigate the effects of three seeding rates

Discovery Agriculture, 2020, 6(16), 135-143

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Analysis

An assessment of the quality assurance programme in Nigeria rice processing sector

Bello RS, Saliu MI, Olaniyan AA, Bello MB, Ikechukwu GO

A review of the quality assurance programme in the rice processing industry in Nigeria has been carried out and reported in this work. Drawing inferences from reviewed activities, three identified critical factors influencing rice quality include rice physical appearance before and after processing, its cooking qualities, and eating qualities.

Discovery Agriculture, 2020, 6(16), 144-158

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Analyzing problems in fish fry marketing: A farm level study in Bangladesh

Arup Kumer Das, Mohammed Nasir Uddin, Md. Asaduzzaman Sarker, Most Zannatun Nahar Mukta, Md. Nur Alom Sarkar Mithun

Problems are common issue that creates barrier to both fish fry as well as fish production. This study was mainly undertaken to determine and analyze the extent of the problems faced by the hatchery owners in marketing fish fry in ten unions of Muktagacha and Trishal upazila (sub-district) under Mymensingh district

Discovery Agriculture, 2020, 6(16), 159-168

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Effect of Growth Retardant Chemicals (Cycocel and Alar) on Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima) Growth and Cutting Quality

Alemayehu Negash, Diriba-Shiferaw G

From the many cultivated bedding and potted floriculture, poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima) is one of the commercially important plant species which revealed undesirable stretch growth habits.

Discovery Agriculture, 2020, 6(16), 169-183

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Effects of Different Rates of NPS, NPSB and NPSZn Blended Fertilizers on Growth and Yields of Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)

Diriba-Shiferaw G, Tilaye-Batu G

Potato is an important food and cash crop in Ethiopia; however, the productivity of the crop is below its potential due to various constraints like unbalanced fertilizer rate and type for specific crop variety produced across the production areas

Discovery Agriculture, 2020, 6(16), 184-192

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Report

Discovery of self-reliant regenerative sustainable agricultural model, an “On-Farm” research for higher profit of small & marginal farmers

S. K. Mukherjee, P. Bhattacharyya, M.K. Bhowmik, S. Islam, S. Das, S. Pal, J. Parui, A. Tarafdar, B. Senapati, P. PATHAK, T. K. Garai

An experiment was conducted in the farmer’s field at Moraghata village of Ichhapur Mouza of Balagarh Block under Hooghly district of West Bengal, India (Latitude: 23.18 to Longitude: 88.40) for consecutive three years starting from Rabi 2015-16 to Kharif 2018-19

Discovery Agriculture, 2020, 6(16), 193-198

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Diversity and Seasonal Variation of Plankton Community in Ramsagar Lake, Bangladesh

Md Rahat Alam, Mst Naima Afrin Eliyana, Sarker Md Touhiduzzaman, Md Nahid Hossain

This study aims to explore diversity of plankton and their seasonal variation of density in the Ramsagar Lake, Bangladesh. Samples were collected monthly from three sites with three replications for each

Discovery Agriculture, 2020, 6(16), 199-209

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Analysis

Effects of organic and inorganic manure on the yield and yield components of upland irrigated rice in Owerri South East Nigeria

Ekpe II, Oti NN, Nwankwo VC, Okonkwo KC, Orji A, Nwaigwe MO, Aguwa UO, Ojiako FO

A research was conducted to assess the performance of irrigated upland rice grown using organic and inorganic manure on an Ultisol at the Centre for Agricultural Research and Extension, Federal University of Technology, Owerri

Discovery Agriculture, 2020, 6(16), 210-220

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Effect of organic and inorganic manure on the nutritional value and heavy metal uptake of upland rice in Imo State Nigeria

Ekpe II, Oti NN, Nwankwo VC, Okonkwo KC, Nwaigwe MO, Aguwa UO, Ojiako FO

A research was conducted to assess the nutritional value and heavy metal uptake of upland rice grown using organic and inorganic fertilizer on an Ultisol at the Centre for Agricultural Research and Extension, Federal University of Technology, Owerri

Discovery Agriculture, 2020, 6(16), 221-232

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