39 research outputs found
Beliefs, taboos and minor crop value chains: the case of Bambara Groundnut in Malawi
Throughout sub-Saharan Africa, bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranean) is a source of food for smallholder farmers that is increasingly promoted for its drought tolerance, soil enhancing qualities and nutritious properties. Being an accessible crop to smallholders, it has also recently been the focus of support to develop its value chain in Malawi. However, bambara groundnut is featured in the belief systems of rural people in Malawi, and may effect and be effected by market development. Beliefs and taboos reflect the life/death meanings symbolically represented in bambara groundnut, which influences how and by whom the crop is produced and consumed. These practices lend significant control over the crop to women. These findings have important implications for development and market related interventions that work with food crops, which need to be taken into account during the design phase
High resolution mass spectrometry in molecular structure studies. XIII. Mechanism of electron impact induced elimination of ketene in conjugated cyclohexenones and correlations with photochemistry
Biogenic Ag Nanoparticles from Neem Extract: Their Structural Evaluation and Antimicrobial Effects against Pseudomonas nitroreducens and Aspergillus unguis (NII 08123)
Predictive breeding for maize: Making use of molecular phenotypes, machine learning, and physiological crop models
Availability and Role of Multipurpose Trees and Shrubs in Sustainable Agriculture in Kenya
Introduction and Development of New Production Systems with Non-Traditional Animal Species
INFLUENCE OF VESICULAR-ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA ON GROWTH, WATER RELATIONS, AND LEAF ORIENTATION IN LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA (LAM.) DE WIT*
Suitability of AFLP markers for the study of genomic relationships within theOxalis tuberosa alliance
Understanding the enhancement in photoelectrochemical properties of photocatalytically prepared TiO2-reduced graphene oxide composite
Solution-phase photocatalytic reduction of graphene oxide to reduced graphene oxide (RGO) by titanium dioxide (TiO) nanoparticles produces an RGO-TiO composite that possesses enhanced charge transport properties beyond those of pure TiO nanoparticle films. These composite films exhibit electron lifetimes up to four times longer than that of intrinsic TiO films due to RGO acting as a highly conducting intraparticle charge transport network within the film. The intrinsic UV-active charge generation (photocurrent) of pure TiO was enhanced by a factor of 10 by incorporating RGO; we attribute this to both the highly conductive nature of the RGO and to improved charge collection facilitated by the intimate contact between RGO and the TiO, uniquely afforded by the solution-phase photocatalytic reduction method. Integrating RGO into nanoparticle films using this technique should improve the performance of photovoltaic devices that utilize nanoparticle films, such as dye-sensitized and quantum-dot-sensitized solar cells