Cowpea leaves are highly perishable seasonal crops with limited utilization in the arid and semi- lands. The instituted coping strategies among households to enhance availability of vegetable for consumption yet be elucidated any documented studies. study sought assess post-harvest handling practices hygiene knowledge lands Kenya. A cross-sectional involving 405 randomly selected was used Taita...

This article presents an overview of smallholder farmers' perceptions climate variability and change in synchrony with historical trends Machakos County, Kenya. Farmers' were obtained using focus group discussions household interviews. Monthly rainfall temperature (minimum maximum) data for the period 1983-2014 used analysis. The interview analyzed descriptive statistics while from qualitative ...

To validate the potential as added-value resources of Asteraceae and Labiatae species of Argentinean semi-arid lands, we have selected 13 of their major terpenoids belonging to several chemical classes and tested their insect antifeedant and toxic activity on the herbivorous insects Spodoptera littoralis and Leptinotarsa decemlineata. The antifeedant effects of the test compounds were structure...

Adam Milewski,* Mohamed Sultan, Ahmad Al-Dousari and Eugene Yan 1 Department of Geology, University of Georgia, 210 Field Street, 306 Geography-Geology Building, Athens, GA 30602, USA 2 Department of Geosciences, Western Michigan University, 1903 W. Michigan Avenue, 1187 Rood Hall, Kalamazoo, MI 49008, USA 3 Department of Geography, Kuwait University, Kuwait, Kuwait 4 Argonne National Laborator...