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An ICT Based Solution for Pesticides Authenticity Verification: A Case of Tanzania
(Modestum, 2018-11-10)Pesticides authenticity is important for human health and environmental protection also economic progress of users, dealers and the government benefits through levies. In order to ensure that authentic pesticides are sold ... -
Identification and characterization of viruses causing maize lethal necrotic disease (mlnd) in Northern Tanzania
(NM-AIST, 2017-05)Maize Lethal Necrosis (MLN) is a viral disease in maize currently reported in eastern and central Africa countries including Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Ethiopia, Congo and Tanzania. The disease is caused by Maize Chlorotic ... -
Identification and Management Challenges Associated with Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith), Causal Agent of Bacterial Wilt Disease of Tomato in Sub-Saharan Africa.
(Science Alert, 2017)Tomato is the world's most consumed vegetable crop after potato and it is source of vitamins, minerals, fiber, lycopene, β-carotene and income. Despite its significant importance tomato can heavily be attacked by different ... -
Identification of Bacillus anthracis, Brucella spp., and Coxiella burnetii DNA signatures from bushmeat
(Springer Nature Limited, 2021-07-21)Meat from wildlife species (bushmeat) represents a major source of dietary protein in low- and middle-income countries where humans and wildlife live in close proximity. Despite the occurrence of zoonotic pathogens in ... -
Identification of multiple unknown point sources occurring in the 2D transport equation: application to groundwater pollution source identification
(Journal of Mathematical and Computational Science, 2020-02-29)Water loss in the water distribution systems (WDS) is a challenge to many water authorities in the world but the problem is crucial in the less developed countries. The effect of water losses in the WDS includes the ... -
Identification of Resistant Common Bean Genotypes to Foliar Diseases using Hyperspectral Data
(IEEE, 2023-11-15)Common bean is one of many legumes (family Fabaceae) widely cultivated for their edible seeds, seedpods, and leaves. Despite its benefits and life dependency especially in sub-Saharan Africa, production of improved common ... -
Identification of the Time-Dependent Point Source in a System of two Coupled Two Dimension Diffusion-Advection-Reaction Equations: Application to Groundwater Pollution Source Identification
(Global Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics, 2020)This paper addresses the inverse source problem in a system of two-dimension advection-dispersion reaction equation with an emphasis on groundwater pollution source identification. We develop an inverse source problem ... -
Identifying Age Cohorts Responsible for Peste Des Petits Ruminants Virus Transmission among Sheep, Goats, and Cattle in Northern Tanzania.
(MDPI, 2020-02-07)Peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) causes a contagious disease of high morbidity and mortality in global sheep and goat populations. To better control this disease and inform eradication strategies, an improved ... -
Identifying the right plants for diverse biocontrol agents in tropical smallholder bean farming systems
(African Journals OnLine (AJOL), 2022-10-20)Biocontrol agents such as predators, parasitoids and pathogens potentially regulate crop pests populations. The agents feed directly on the pests, oviposit in the pest body or cause disease in the pest. While biocontrol ... -
“If You Do Not Take the Medicine and Complete the Dose…It Could Cause You More Trouble”: Bringing Awareness, Local Knowledge and Experience into Antimicrobial Stewardship in Tanzania
(MDPI, 2023-01-25)Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health issue disproportionately affecting low- and middle-income countries. In Tanzania, multi-drug-resistant bacteria (MDR) are highly prevalent in clinical and community settings, ... -
Illegal harvesting threatens fruit production and seedling recruitment of Balanites aegyptiaca in Dinder Biosphere Reserve, Sudan
(Elsevier, 2021-09)Illegal harvesting negatively affects the forest tree populations, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, but little is known how fruit production and seedling recruitment are impacted. We assessed recruitment parameters of ... -
Image - based poultry disease detection using deep convolutional neural network
(NM-AIST, 2021-07)The poultry sector in the country is highly affected by diseases including Coccidiosis, Salmonella and Newcastle that have a significant impact on production. Lack of reliable information and proper methods of farming ... -
Image Segmentation Deep Learning Model for Early Detection of Banana Diseases
(Taylor & Francis online, 2024-12-14)Bananas are among the most widely produced perennial fruits and staple food crops that are highly affected by numerous diseases. When not managed early, Fusarium Wilt and Black Sigatoka are two of the most detrimental ... -
Image segmentation deep learning model used to Identify black Saigatoka And Fusarium wilt in banana early
(NM-AIST, 2024-05)Bananas are among the most widely produced perennial fruit crops. Farmers largely produce bananas because they are important staple food and cash crops. However, bananas are highly affected by Fusarium Wilt and Black ... -
iMAP: an integrated bioinformatics and visualization pipeline for microbiome data analysis
(BMC Bioinformatics, 2019)Background: One of the major challenges facing investigators in the microbiome field is turning large numbers of reads generated by next-generation sequencing (NGS) platforms into biological knowledge. Effective analytical ... -
iMAP: an integrated bioinformatics and visualization pipeline for microbiome data analysis
(BioMed Central, 2019-07-03)One of the major challenges facing investigators in the microbiome field is turning large numbers of reads generated by next-generation sequencing (NGS) platforms into biological knowledge. Effective analytical workflows ... -
Immune response following Newcastle disease immunization and growth performance of kuroiler, broiler and local Tanzanian chickens
(Academic Journals, 2020-01-31)Chicken is a major livestock species raised by smallholder households in rural areas in developing countries of Sub-Saharan Africa as a chief source of meat protein and income generation. However, Newcastle disease largely ... -
Immunochromatographic thread-based test platform for diagnosis of infectious diseases
(Springer Nature Switzerland AG., 2018-03-31)Patterning is an important step in fabrication of multiplexed microfluidic devices. Various approaches including cutting, photolithography, wax-printing, plotting and etching have been developed and tested. Recently, using ... -
Impact of anthropogenic pollution and artisanal fishing on the population of Tilapia spp. Oreochromis niloticus and Oreochromis amphimelas in Lake Manyara, northern Tanzania
(Springer Nature B.V, 2024-01-17)Lakes are among the main sources of protein and livelihood to huge communities of rural people, and some of them house endemic fish species. The livelihood of about 200,000 rural people depends on Lake Manyara resources ... -
Impact of Antioxidant Additives on the Engine Performance and Exhaust Emissions Using Biodiesel made from Jatropha Oil of Eastern Africa Origin
(Journal of the South African Institution of Mechanical Engineering, 2016)Biodiesel’s chemical nature makes it more susceptible to oxidation in comparison to mineral diesel. Biodiesels are doped with antioxidants to increase oxidation stability for long term storage. However, it is quite ...
