Yam seed system characteristics in Nigeria: Local practices, preferences, and the implications for seed system interventions

Wheat and barley seed system in Syria: farmers, varietal perceptions, seed sources and seed management

A total of 206 wheat and 200 barley farmers were interviewed in northeastern Syria to understand farmer perceptions and practice relating to modern varieties, seed sources and seed quality. Wheat farmers had better awareness and grew modern varieties (87%), applied fertilizers (99.5%), herbicides (93%), seed treatment (90%) or insecticides (41%). In contrast barley growers had low awareness (36...

Use of local material in seed-bed mixes for production of seedling from true potato seed

Title: Potential for clean seed yam production by resource-poor farmers in the middle-belt of Nigeria

Yam minisett technique (YMT) has been promoted throughout West Africa since the 1980s as a sustainable means of producing clean seed yam, but adoption of the technique is often reported as being patchy at best. While there has been much research on the factors which influence adoption of the technique there have been no attempts to assess its economic viability under 'farmer managed' as distinc...

Seed preferences by rodents in the agri‐environment and implications for biological weed control

Post-dispersal seed predation and endozoochorous seed dispersal are two antagonistic processes in relation to plant recruitment, but rely on similar preconditions such as feeding behavior of seed consumers and seed traits. In agricultural landscapes, rodents are considered important seed predators, thereby potentially providing regulating ecosystem services in terms of biological weed control. ...

the search for the self in becketts theatre: waiting for godot and endgame

this thesis is based upon the works of samuel beckett. one of the greatest writers of contemporary literature. here, i have tried to focus on one of the main themes in becketts works: the search for the real "me" or the real self, which is not only a problem to be solved for beckett man but also for each of us. i have tried to show becketts techniques in approaching this unattainable goal, base...