Degradation of grassland and the environment restricting access to grazing resources increased pastoral vulnerability to drought and loss of livestock assets which pose threat to pastoral based livelihoods. In respond to these threats many pastoral communities diversify their livelihood to agro-pastoralism. This shift led to increased sedentarization of the pastoralists with many growing crops...

Background: The vegetables provide important nutrients to human beings. Nevertheless, contaminated vegetables can cause health problems because of their microbial load. The aim of this study was to assess the microbial quality of three main leafy vegetables cultivated and consumed at Porto-Novo in Republic of Benin. Methods: Totally, 36 samples of amaranth, nightshade, and lettuce were taken f...

The increasing global energy demand has pushed the oil industry towards developing more innovative and advanced methods of enhancing oil recovery even under unfavourable technical and environmental conditions. The severity of many operational problems affecting the drilling and production of oil and gas wells is worsened by inaccessibility; hence, remedial efforts must be implemented from afar....

When cane cuttings that have failed to germinate are dug up and examined, they are frequently found to be infested with the larvae and adults of Nitidulid beetles which, consequently, are often accused of responsibility for such failure. As additional evidence against them is adduced the rapidity with which replants may become infested in fields in which a high population of the beetles has bee...

two groups of olive cultivars were characterized as showing low (tokhmkabki) and high (roghani) rooting percentage after application of iba treatment. semi-hard wood cuttings were dipped in h 2 2 o 2 (0-3.5% w/v) and iba (4000 mg.l -1 ) and also they were investigated in combination. h 2 o 2 alone did not stimulate rooting of olive cuttings and there were no significant differences between this...

It is generally recognized that minute doses of substances which are toxic in larger quantities may act in a stimulatory fashion, that is, they may cause the plant to accelerate one or more of its activities in excess of any stoichiometric relationship. Minute traces of mineral salts (2, 4) and -auxins, bioses, vitamins, and other growth accessories (1, 3, 7) which are of biological origin, all...