Abstract: The replacement of Caatinga by extensive agriculture has led to soil degradation in maize (Zea mays L.) growing areas. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of soil correction in association with Azospirillum brasiliense to replace nitrogen (N) fertilizer on the vegetative growth of two maize genotypes cultivated on degr...
The aim of this research was the study of the centrifugation effect on olive mill wastewater (OMW) treatment by coagulation-flocculation using the Ca(OH)2-pectin system. To separate the treated OMW from the residual sludge, two methods were used: gravity decantation and centrifugation. Efficiency of the treatment was evaluated following the evoluti...
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The present study examined the livestock feed balance of smallholder farmers in Tanqua-Abergelle district of central Tigray, northern Ethiopia. Sixty livestock households were randomly selected from two farmer associations chosen systematically based on their livestock production potential. Data were collected on household characteristics, land hol...
[EN] Nutritional ecology seeks to unravel the extensive web of nutritional links that directs animals in their interactions with their ecological and social environments. European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) populations its endemic locations are declining and it is considered a keystone species of the Mediterranean ecosystem prompteing the inter...
Acrocomia aculeata fruit pulp contains oil (4.1-82.8 % fresh matter) and carbohydrates (6.6-98.0 % fresh matter). To date, only the oil fraction is valorized because very little is known about the nature of carbohydrates. This study explores new ways of adding value to this pulp by developing simple and efficient extraction processes for its carboh...
Moving from intensive farming to agroecology to support farm sustainability means changing feeding practices. In practical terms, this means increasing the botanical diversity and delaying mowing of the grasslands to favor fauna diversity and associated ecosystem services. However, it is unknown whether these feeding practices alter rumen microbiot...
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Even though Jerusalem artichoke ( Helianthus tuberosus L.) has strong resistance to abiotic stresses, salinity can still reduce the biomass of Jerusalem artichoke. The purpose of this study was to elucidate the differences in the development of Jerusalem artichoke and the dynamics of sugar throughout the growth period under high (7.23–8.15 g/kg) an...
Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is one of the main foods used as an energy source that is also as one of the staples feeding more than 800 million people worldwide. In some countries as well as some Colombian areas known for their cassava production, there has been a decrease in their production growth due to the fact that there is neither enoug...
Published in Agriculture and human values
Data is essential to governing those emerging matters of concern that confront the agrifood every day. But data is no neutral intermediary. It disrupts, exposes, and creates new social, economic, political, and environmental possibilities, whilst simultaneously hiding, excluding, and foreclosing others. Scholars have become attuned to both the cons...
In order to identify new alternative raw materials as sources of protein for fish feed, the apparent digestibility coefficients (ADC) of the protein and dry matter of Lemna minorduckweed included in a diet for cachama negra Colossoma macropomum and the effects of the productive performance in the fry stage, calculating its weight. To estimate the c...
