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pro vyhledávání: '"A.W. Njoroge"'
Autor:
B. W. Smith, A.W. Njoroge, Dieudonne Baributsa, Kabita Kharel, Pragya Kandel, Gokul P. Paudel, Jorge R. Díaz-Valderrama, Ram H. Timilsina
Publikováno v:
Sustainability, Vol 13, Iss 7959, p 7959 (2021)
Sustainability
Volume 13
Issue 14
Sustainability
Volume 13
Issue 14
Farmers in Nepal lose up to one-third of stored grain to pests and diseases. This results in food insecurity and loss of income. To mitigate these losses, farmers use several approaches including pesticide applications on stored grains. We interviewe
Autor:
Nelly Ramírez-Calderón, Dieudonne Baributsa, Nancy Orihuela-Ordóñez, Jackeline Zanabria-Gálvez, Victor Hugo Casa-Coila, Jorge R. Díaz-Valderrama, A.W. Njoroge, Charles P. Woloshuk, B. W. Smith, Dennis Macedo-Valdivia
Publikováno v:
PLoS ONE
PLoS ONE, Vol 15, Iss 11, p e0240857 (2020)
PLoS ONE, Vol 15, Iss 11, p e0240857 (2020)
Little is known about the major issues leading to postharvest losses in Peru, which are estimated to be 15-27%. We surveyed 503 farmers from the lowlands and Andean regions of Arequipa to learn more about the major grains produced and issues encounte
Publikováno v:
Sustainability, Vol 12, Iss 4608, p 4608 (2020)
Sustainability
Volume 12
Issue 11
Sustainability
Volume 12
Issue 11
Food security is a continuing challenge in Haiti. The demand for food far exceeds local supply. As a result, Haiti imports nearly 50% of its national food needs. Postharvest management is an often neglected link in the grain value chain that has pote
Autor:
Uwe Richter, Oliver Hensel, Barukh Rohde, Christopher Mutungi, A.W. Njoroge, Richard W. Mankin, Hippolyte Affognon
Publikováno v:
Florida Entomologist. 100:109-115
Acanthoscelides obtectus (Say) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) is an economically important pest of common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris L. (Fabaceae), in the tropics and subtropics. The larvae are cryptic and spend most of their development time inside the b
Autor:
Dieudonne Baributsa, A.W. Njoroge
Publikováno v:
Journal of Stored Products Research
Hermetic storage technologies (HSTs) have been disseminated in Sub-Saharan Africa (including Kenya) to reduce grain storage losses among farmers. We carried out a study in three counties in eastern Kenya to assess the use and profitability of HSTs am
Autor:
Oliver Hensel, Uwe Richter, A.W. Njoroge, Richard W. Mankin, Davie Chen, Hippolyte Affognon, Barukh Rohde
Publikováno v:
Insects
Volume 10
Issue 4
Insects, Vol 10, Iss 4, p 105 (2019)
Volume 10
Issue 4
Insects, Vol 10, Iss 4, p 105 (2019)
Grain production is an important component of food security in Kenya but due to environmental conditions that favor rapid growth of insect populations, farmers and other agricultural stakeholders face ongoing and novel challenges from crop and stored
Autor:
Christopher Mutungi, A.W. Njoroge, Barukh Rohde, Hippolyte Affognon, Uwe Richter, Richard W. Mankin, Oliver Hensel
Publikováno v:
Journal of Stored Products Research. 69:31-40
Frequency spectra and timing patterns of brief, 1–10 ms broadband sound impulses produced by movement and feeding activities of Prostephanus truncatus and Sitophilus zeamais last instars and adults in maize were investigated to find spectral and te
Autor:
Hippolyte Affognon, Larry L. Murdock, A.W. Njoroge, Christopher Mutungi, J. Manono, Dieudonne Baributsa
Publikováno v:
Acta Horticulturae. :245-252
Publikováno v:
Journal of Stored Products Research. 58:39-47
Dry mung bean and pigeonpea grains that had sustained some insect damage but fumigated before the start of the experiment were stored in triple-layer hermetic bags (Purdue Improved Crop Storage (PICS™ bags) or woven polypropylene (PP) bags for 6 mo
Autor:
Peter Lamuka, Christopher Mutungi, J. Manono, A.W. Njoroge, Hippolyte Affognon, Larry L. Murdock
Publikováno v:
Journal of Stored Products Research. 58:12-19
Clean shelled maize was stored in woven polypropylene (PP) or triple layer polyethylene (PICS™) bags in the presence of Prostephanus truncatus Horn (PP1; PICS1) or absence of it (PP0; PICS0) at ambient conditions for six months. Moisture content, l