Juniper Publishers Agricultural Research Journal

  Journal of Agriculture Research -  Juniper Publishers Tsetse transmitted trypanosomosis is the most economically important disease among others, causing severe economic loss through livestock morbidity, mortality, impaired fertility, high disease and vector control cost, and exclusion/denied access of the farming communities to the fertile and most suitable land for livestock and crop production (1). Women are the first victims of tsetse and trypanosomosis problem as it affects animals and force women to continue transporting goods and conduct farming activities with hand tools. They continue sharing high burden of rural poverty because of their vulnerable socio-economic position exacerbated by the disease (2). Various efforts have been made elsewhere in the country to alleviate the problem and enable utilization of much of the best-watered and most fertile land for livestock and crop production. Among these, Trypanocidal drugs were the most commonly used techni...

  Journal of Agriculture Research -  Juniper Publishers   I have had the privilege of being a senior (or “full”) professor since 1991, who has served as a department head at three different universities and edited, guest edited, or associate edited nine journals in sociology, agriculture, political and military sociology, statistics, food, and technology. I recently found that in the last two years I have been cited by about 1200 scholars in over 80 countries, in about 50 different subject areas. Broadened scholarly communication networks have given all of us a greatly expanded opportunity to consider the theories and methodologies adopted by authors from around the world and across a considerable number of disciplines. Regrettably, while we, as members of a curious time, have been given the potential opportunity for tremendous increases in output or scholarly “yield,” I am afraid the quality of theory and methodological applications have been waylaid, and cu...

  Journal of Agriculture Research -  Juniper Publishers Wheat is prone to both biotic and abiotic stresses that cause significant yield losses. Among the biotic stresses, fungal diseases are the most important production constraints to wheat [1,2]. Among the fungal diseases of wheat, rusts are economically the most important diseases [3]. Rusts of wheat might be the oldest plant parasites (pathogens) as evidenced by the excavations of Urediniospores of stem rust in Israel that dated back to 1300BC and were reported as serious diseases of cereals in Italy and Greece before 2000 years ago [3-5]. The occurrence of widespread epidemics of wheat rusts at the beginning of the 20th century initiated the need for in-depth studies in genetics of disease resistance in plants, life cycle of plant pathogens and genetics of host-parasite interactions [3,6]. Rust diseases are still the major threats of wheat plant causing significant yield losses and decreased qualities of grai...

  Journal of Agriculture Research -  Juniper Publishers The researcher used the ALGRI model in the development of the Crop Production System. This system will help the young farmers of the Philippines because of its decision support and prediction system. Farming plays a vital role in the development of the economy. In fact, according to World Atlas’ Website, the Philippines is the 3rd largest rice producer in the world in 2017, it contributes 5% of global rice production [2]. In 2017, the total paddy rice output reached 93% of the country’s annual requirement (Department of Agriculture Philippines). But establishing the country’s food security is a constant challenging struggle [3]. One of these alarming factors and struggle is the aging population of farmers in the Philippines. Based on the previous research conducted by the Department of Agriculture during Innovation Olympics 2018 and published in Philippine Star on June 2018, the average age of Filipino farm...