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In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), “maize is life,” due to its importance to food security and economic wellbeing. Around 40% of Africa’s maize-growing area faces occasional drought stress, resulting in yield losses of 10–25%. Around 25% of the maize crop suffers frequent drought, with losses of up to half the harvest....
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, AlemuT, Yusuf M (2009) Determinants of farmers’ choice of adaptation
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This study was conducted with the aim of modeling and forecasting the Indian shrimp export prices to the USA. Two major species mainly Black tiger (Penaeus monodon), white legged shrimp (Litopenaeus Vannmei) headless, shell on form, grade 16/20 were considered for the study. Published data on weekly price indicators of...
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information available up to time t-1 . Let ψt-1 denote this information. ARCH (q) model for the
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The long desired self-sufficiency in national and grass-root fish production is momentous to food security in Nigeria. The nature and patterns of feed utilization among fish farming households will provide a strategy to raise demand for local feeds thereby raising national feed production vis-à-vis reducing Nigeria’s import dependency on feeds....
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] Deressa, T.T.; Hassan, R.M.; Ringler, C.; Alemu, T. and Yusuf, M. (2009). Determinants
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