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Full-Text Articles in Agriculture
Market Development In Support Of Sorghum And Millet Farmers In Tanzania And Zambia, J. Mark Erbaugh, Emmanuel R. Mbiha, Fredy T.M. Kilima, Precious Hamukwala, Gelson Tembo, Donald W. Larson
Market Development In Support Of Sorghum And Millet Farmers In Tanzania And Zambia, J. Mark Erbaugh, Emmanuel R. Mbiha, Fredy T.M. Kilima, Precious Hamukwala, Gelson Tembo, Donald W. Larson
INTSORMIL Presentations
Problem: Sorghum and millet productivity, production and consumption have been stagnant or declining for 20 years.
Challenge: How to increase the productivity and incomes of sorghum and millet farmers to improve food security and accelerate economic growth.
Solution: Better technology and linking producers to markets are important parts of the solution to the problem.
Objectives
Examine the effects of new production and marketing technology on sorghum and millet producers’ income and productivity in Tanzania and Zambia.
Identify better technologies, enhance market linkages between producers and buyers, improve quality and diversify utilization to ensure food security and increase farm income.
Conclusions: …
Eagle Lager: A Sorghum Success Story On Many Levels, Ian Mackintosh
Eagle Lager: A Sorghum Success Story On Many Levels, Ian Mackintosh
INTSORMIL Presentations
In 1999 in Uganda we were faced with a static but highly competitive market.
Needed to grow our market and to do this we needed to make beer cheaper
It was felt that a suitable local ingredient would reduce the cost of manufacture and stimulate local agriculture and the economy as well as provide opportunities for growth and profit for the company.
An extensive base line study of the Ugandan agricultural sector was undertaken to determine what was “out there.”
It was clear that there was enormous potential but little else.
Sorghum seemed the logical starting point because there was …
Virtues Of Sorghum: Utilization And Supply Chain Management, Lloyd W. Rooney
Virtues Of Sorghum: Utilization And Supply Chain Management, Lloyd W. Rooney
INTSORMIL Presentations
Discusses the consumer demands, value-added supply chain, strategy for value-added products, functionality of sorghums and millets, sorghum food use in Central America, plant breeding and improvement of grain quality, sorghum image, special sorghums as a particularly healthy food item, food utilization, improving sorghum quality, effect of molds, insects, and weathering on grain quality, and mycotoxins.
Reflections On The Sua-Intsormil Project (2005-2011), Sokoine University Of Agriculture, Joseph J. Mpagalile, Wenceslaus R. Ballegu
Reflections On The Sua-Intsormil Project (2005-2011), Sokoine University Of Agriculture, Joseph J. Mpagalile, Wenceslaus R. Ballegu
INTSORMIL Presentations
Discusses the Sokoine University of Agriculture-INTSORMIL Project that ran from 2005 to 2011. Covers training, research strategy, and stakeholders, and includes recommendations for future projects.
Food Entrepreneurship Curricula, Joseph J. Mpagalile, Wenceslaus R. Ballegu, Jeremia Makindara
Food Entrepreneurship Curricula, Joseph J. Mpagalile, Wenceslaus R. Ballegu, Jeremia Makindara
INTSORMIL Presentations
SUA Food Entrepreneurship Program Mission Statement: To educate and assist entrepreneurs in developing their sorghum based food manufacturing business. Covers ideas generation, market research, business development, regulations, food safety, brand development, sales and distribution, and with a focus on product development.
Developing Entrepreneurship, The Tanzania Experience: Sua-Intsormil Project, Joseph J. Mpagalile, Wenceslaus R. Ballegu
Developing Entrepreneurship, The Tanzania Experience: Sua-Intsormil Project, Joseph J. Mpagalile, Wenceslaus R. Ballegu
INTSORMIL Presentations
Project Title: Building a Sustainable Infrastructure for Product Development and Food Entrepreneur/Industry Technical Support: A Strategy to Promote Increased Use of Sorghum and Millet in East Africa.
Long Term Program Objectives: Development of successful entrepreneurial businesses that add-value to sorghum and millet such that:
~Farmers have an established outlet for cash sales of high-quality sorghum and millet
~Small businesses or cooperatives develop processing capabilities enabling the incorporation of sorghum and millet into a wide variety of food products
~Markets and market channels for sorghum and millet-based products develop.
Further develop research, extension and marketing expertise of National Agricultural Research Institutes …
Economic Analysis Of Small Scale Sorghum Processing In Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, Jeremia Makindara, Joseph J. Mpagalile, Wenceslaus Ballegu
Economic Analysis Of Small Scale Sorghum Processing In Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, Jeremia Makindara, Joseph J. Mpagalile, Wenceslaus Ballegu
INTSORMIL Presentations
Due to small scale food processing initiatives, several entrepreneurs dealing in small scale sorghum processing have emerged in Tanzania and especially in urban centers such as Dar es Salaam. The recent initiative that has contributed to this is the SUA-INTSORMIL Project that started in 2005. However, despite such initiatives being received by many entrepreneurs, very few economic studies have been conducted to assess the benefits obtained by sorghum processing entrepreneurs and the challenges they face are not well explained. This study therefore assessed costs and benefits obtained by small scale sorghum processing entrepreneurs in Dar es Salaam and the challenges …
Sorghum Millet And Other Grains Crsp, Leader With Associates Cooperative Agreement No. Eep-A-00-06-00160: The New Program, John Yohe
INTSORMIL Presentations
INTSORMIL was created in 1979 by USAID and BIFAD as a long-term mechanism for agriculture development. It is meant to utilize capacity of U.S. land grant universities increase research capacity Increase food production. INTSORMIL was replaced in 2006 by the SMOG, Sorghum, Millet and Other Grains CRSP. The focus of these programs in Africa has been on sorghum, pearl millet, finger millet, tef, and fonio. The programs have facilitated investigation of soil and water (environmental considerations), integrated pest management, nutrition and health, broadening market access, mitigating post-harvest constraints, enhancing productivity and livelihood in marginal areas, increasing income, improving food quality, …
Sorghum And Pearl Millet Seed Value Chains In Zambia: Opportunities And Challenges For Smallholder Farmers, Priscilla Hamukwala
Sorghum And Pearl Millet Seed Value Chains In Zambia: Opportunities And Challenges For Smallholder Farmers, Priscilla Hamukwala
INTSORMIL Presentations
Sorghum and pearl millet rank second and third, respectively, as important staple cereals after maize.
-There are new market developments in the beer industry requiring farmers to increase productivity and production
-These markets can significantly affect access to improved seed, and thus increase decisions on utilization
-Even though market developments indicate great potential for the two crops, their supply has remained erratic
-There was need therefore to identify the constraining factors to steady supply of sorghum & millet grain through conducting a seed value chain
-Little is known about the existing seed acquisition channels, extent of utilization, how they function …
Zamace: Zambia Agricultural Commodities Exchange, Brian Tembo
Zamace: Zambia Agricultural Commodities Exchange, Brian Tembo
INTSORMIL Presentations
Discusses what ZAMACE is, the services it offers including commodities trading, ZAMACE and the smallholder farmer, partnerships, and challenges including dispute resolution.
Nebline, Nov./Dec. 2010
NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County
Feature: Garbology 4-H School Enrichment
Farm Views
Horticulture
Food & Fitness
Home & Family Living
Environmental Focus
Urban Agriculture
4-H & Youth
Community Focus
Extension Calendar
Nutrition Education Program
Family and Community Education (FCE) Clubs
and other extension news and events
Sorghum And Pearl Millet Improved Seed Value Chains In Zambia: Challenges And Opportunities For Smallholder Farmers, Priscilla Hamukwala, Gelson Tembo, Don Larson, Mark Erbaugh
Sorghum And Pearl Millet Improved Seed Value Chains In Zambia: Challenges And Opportunities For Smallholder Farmers, Priscilla Hamukwala, Gelson Tembo, Don Larson, Mark Erbaugh
INTSORMIL Scientific Publications
Sorghum and millet are a very important source of food and farm income for smallholder farmers, which can be enhanced especially if linked to new markets. These two crops have been widely viewed as minor traditional crops in the Zambian food systems. The two crops were displaced by maize in the 1900s with the opening of the copper mines. However, they remain important food crops for semi-arid areas of the country. In recent years, there have also been new market developments requiring farmers to increase productivity and production. Unfortunately significant productivity enhancements are impeded by low access to improved technologies …
Grain Sorghum Opportunities For The Future, Stephen C. Mason
Grain Sorghum Opportunities For The Future, Stephen C. Mason
INTSORMIL Presentations
Contains statistics about sorghum growing in the United States and world wide, with a focus on Nebraska.
Grain sorghum is an important crop worldwide, but has become a minor crop in Nebraska
Largely replaced by maize and soybean as major commodity crops
Small investment in research in both private and public sectors
Yield has increased more slowly for grain sorghum than for other crops
Modern maize hybrids and soybean varieties have increased stress tolerance, thus reducing this advantage of grain sorghum
Management is easier for corn and soybean than for sorghum – particularly weed control
Grain sorghum has lower cost …
Harina De Sorgo Para Uso En La Industria De La Panificación, Laboratorio De Tecnología De Alimentos (San Andrés, El Salvador)
Harina De Sorgo Para Uso En La Industria De La Panificación, Laboratorio De Tecnología De Alimentos (San Andrés, El Salvador)
INTSORMIL Scientific Publications
El sorgo o maicillo ha sido cultivado y utilizado en El Salvador por muchos años tanto para el consumo humano como animal. Existen variedades criollas y mejoradas que han sido utilizadas para la produccion de harina y la elaboración de alimentos, obteniendo muy buenos resultados. Con harina de sorgo se pueden elaborar muchos productos alimenticios, ya sea en combinación con harinas de otros cereales (harinas compuestas); o usando harina de sorgo pura, sin mezclas. La industria de la panificacion en El Salvador ya esta utilizando el sorgo para la elaboración de diversos productos tales como pan de dulce y pan …
Nebline, October 2010
NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County
Feature: 4-H Can Help Youth Choose a Career Path
Farm Views
Horticulture
Food & Fitness
Home & Family Living
Environmental Focus
Urban Agriculture
4-H & Youth
Community Focus
Extension Calendar
Nutrition Education Program
Family and Community Education (FCE) Clubs
and other extension news and events
Collaboration For Improved Soil And Water Management In Eastern And Southern Africa, Charles S. Wortmann
Collaboration For Improved Soil And Water Management In Eastern And Southern Africa, Charles S. Wortmann
INTSORMIL Presentations
INTSORMIL Technical Focal Areas:
Enhancing productivity and livelihood in marginal areas
Soil and water management
Integrated pest management
Mitigating post-harvest losses
Nutrition and health
Food quality, processing and safety
Broadening market access
Increasing income
Breeding, biotechnology, and biodiversity
Nebline, September 2010
NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County
Feature: Wildlife Rescue Team Helps Orphaned and Injured Wildlife
Farm Views
Horticulture
Food & Fitness
Home & Family Living
Environmental Focus
Urban Agriculture
4-H & Youth
Community Focus
Extension Calendar
Nutrition Education Program
Family and Community Education (FCE) Clubs
and other extension news and events
Nebline, August 2010
NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County
Feature: Youth Develop Life Skills at Hands-On Clover College
Farm Views
Horticulture
Food & Fitness
Home & Family Living
Environmental Focus
Urban Agriculture
4-H & Youth
Community Focus
Extension Calendar
Nutrition Education Program
Family and Community Education (FCE) Clubs
and other extension news and events
Lancaster County Super Fair Schedule & Map Special Pullout Section
Nebline, July 2010
NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County
Feature: See, Learn, Explore Spring Creek Prairie
Farm Views
Horticulture
Food & Fitness
Home & Family Living
Environmental Focus
Urban Agriculture
4-H & Youth
Community Focus
Extension Calendar
Nutrition Education Program
Family and Community Education (FCE) Clubs
and other extension news and events
Following Tetraploidy In Maize, A Short Deletion Mechanism Removed Genes Preferentially From One Of The Two Homeologs, Margaret R. Woodhouse, James C. Schnable, Brent S. Pedersen, Eric Lyons, Damon Lisch, Shabarinath Subramaniam, Michael Freeling
Following Tetraploidy In Maize, A Short Deletion Mechanism Removed Genes Preferentially From One Of The Two Homeologs, Margaret R. Woodhouse, James C. Schnable, Brent S. Pedersen, Eric Lyons, Damon Lisch, Shabarinath Subramaniam, Michael Freeling
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications
Previous work in Arabidopsis showed that after an ancient tetraploidy event, genes were preferentially removed from one of the two homeologs, a process known as fractionation. The mechanism of fractionation is unknown. We sought to determine whether such preferential, or biased, fractionation exists in maize and, if so, whether a specific mechanism could be implicated in this process. We studied the process of fractionation using two recently sequenced grass species: sorghum and maize. The maize lineage has experienced a tetraploidy since its divergence from sorghum approximately 12 million years ago, and fragments of many knocked-out genes retain enough sequence similarity …
Good Agricultural Practices For Food Safety Of Fresh Produce, Laurie Hodges
Good Agricultural Practices For Food Safety Of Fresh Produce, Laurie Hodges
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications
What are the guiding principles of food safety for fresh produce?
• Once contaminated, removing or killing pathogens on produce is very difficult.
• Preventing microbial contamination at all steps, from production to distribution, is strongly favored over treatments to eliminate contamination that may have occurred.
• Document the implementation of prevention programs, and educate workers at all levels of the agricultural and packing environments on food safety.
Key Signatures of a Credible Food Safety Program
The following is a condensed checklist of practices and conditions that reduce the potential for fresh produce to be exposed to pathogenic microbes. Review …
Nebline, June 2010
NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County
Feature: 12 Reasons for Visiting a Farmers' Market
Farm Views
Horticulture
Food & Fitness
Home & Family Living
Environmental Focus
Urban Agriculture
4-H & Youth
Community Focus
Extension Calendar
Nutrition Education Program
Family and Community Education (FCE) Clubs
and other extension news and events
Nebline, May 2010
NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County
Feature: Groundwater, a Vital Nebraska Resource
Farm Views
Horticulture
Food & Fitness
Home & Family Living
Environmental Focus
Urban Agriculture
4-H & Youth
Community Focus
Extension Calendar
Nutrition Education Program
Family and Community Education (FCE) Clubs
and other extension news and events
Nebline, April 2010
NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County
Feature: Volunteer to Make a Difference!
Farm Views
Horticulture
Food & Fitness
Home & Family Living
Environmental Focus
Urban Agriculture
4-H & Youth
Community Focus
Extension Calendar
Nutrition Education Program
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and other extension news and events
Proceedings Of The 37th Annual Meeting, Southern Soybean Disease Workers (March 10-11, 2010, Pensacola Beach, Florida), Jason Bond, Boyd Padgett, Clayton A. Hollier, Alemu Mengistu, Cliff Coker, Stephen R. Koenning
Proceedings Of The 37th Annual Meeting, Southern Soybean Disease Workers (March 10-11, 2010, Pensacola Beach, Florida), Jason Bond, Boyd Padgett, Clayton A. Hollier, Alemu Mengistu, Cliff Coker, Stephen R. Koenning
Southern Soybean Disease Workers: Conference Proceedings
Contents
SSDW treasury report
Southern United States Soybean Disease Loss Estimates for 2009. Compiled by SR Koenning
Green Bean symposium (Jason Bond, moderator)
Factors Contributing to Green Plants at Maturity. DJ Boquet, RL Leonard, GB Padgett, RW Schneider, J Griffin, J Davis, and R Vaverde
The Green Stem Disorder Enigma in Illinois. C Hill and G. Hartman
The Influence of Fungicides, Herbicides, and Their Interactions on Green Bean Syndrome. GB Padgett, DJ Boquet, RW Schneider, and MA Purvis
Association of Stink Bug Injury with A "Green Plant" Malady in Soybean. JH Temple, BR Leonard, J Davis, P Price, and J …
Nebline, March 2010
NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County
Feature: Biosolids Improve Soil, Increase Yields
Farm Views
Horticulture
Food & Fitness
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Environmental Focus
Urban Agriculture
4-H & Youth
Community Focus
Extension Calendar
Nutrition Education Program
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and other extension news and events
Weed Awareness Special Pullout Section
Nebline, February 2010
NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County
Feature: NEP Helps Educate Families About WIC's New Food Package
Farm Views
Horticulture
Food & Fitness
Home & Family Living
Environmental Focus
Urban Agriculture
4-H & Youth
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Extension Calendar
Nutrition Education Program
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and other extension news and events
Narrated History Of Wcrec, Cathy Fox
Narrated History Of Wcrec, Cathy Fox
West Central Research and Extension Center, North Platte--History & Publications
No abstract provided.
Rna Interference As A Method For Target-Site Screening In The Western Corn Rootworm, Diabrotica Virgifera Virgifera, Analiza P. Alves, Marce D. Lorenzen, Richard W. Beeman, John E. Foster, Blair D. Siegfried
Rna Interference As A Method For Target-Site Screening In The Western Corn Rootworm, Diabrotica Virgifera Virgifera, Analiza P. Alves, Marce D. Lorenzen, Richard W. Beeman, John E. Foster, Blair D. Siegfried
Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications
To test the efficacy of RNA interference (RNAi) as a method for target-site screening in Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) larvae, genes were identified and tested for which clear RNAi phenotypes had been identified in the Coleopteran model, Tribolium castaneum. Here the cloning of the D. v. vergifera orthologs of laccase 2 (DvvLac2) and chitin synthase 2 (DvvCHS2) is reported. Injection of DvvLac2-specific doublestranded RNA resulted in prevention of post-molt cuticular tanning, while injection of DvvCHS2- specific dsRNA reduced chitin levels in midguts. Silencing of both DvvLac2 and DvvCHS2 was confirmed by RT-PCR and quantitative RT-PCR. As in T. …
Resource Management Plan: Calamus Reservoir, Nebraska Great Plains Region, Bureau Of Reclamation
Resource Management Plan: Calamus Reservoir, Nebraska Great Plains Region, Bureau Of Reclamation
United States Bureau of Land Management: Staff Publications
The Calamus Reservoir Resource Management Plan (RMP) serves as a guidance document for land and resource management at the Calamus Reservoir and Kent Diversion Dam project areas. Calamus Reservoir and Kent Diversion Dam are components of the features and facilities constructed as part of the North Loup Division. This RMP has been developed cooperatively between the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission (Commission). The Commission manages both Calamus Reservoir and Kent Diversion Dam for Reclamation under a long term lease agreement.
The RMP provides information regarding project characteristics, land and water use, cultural resources, endangered …