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Biological control interventions and botanical pesticides for insect pests of crops in sub-Saharan Africa: A mapping review
(Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022-07-28)
Agricultural productivity can be increased sustainably in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) by reducing crop losses due to insect pest damage. As an alternative to environmentally-damaging chemical pesticides, biological control ...
Biological control interventions reduce pest abundance and crop damage while maintaining natural enemies in sub-Saharan Africa: a meta-analysis
(The Royal Society, 2022-12-07)
Insect pests are a major challenge to smallholder crop production in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where access to synthetic pesticides, which are linked to environmental and health risks, is often limited. Biological control ...
Advances and trends in ecological organic agriculture (EOA) technologies and research on fruit vegetables produced in Tanzania
(CABI, 2022-07-15)
Ecological organic agriculture (EOA) is a holistic production management system that can solve many problems in the vegetable crops’ value chain (VC). It is, however, unclear about the EOA technologies for the fruit vegetable ...
Characterization of Provitamin A Status and Distribution in Commercial Grown Maize Varieties in Tanzania
(East African Journal of Science, Technology and Innovation, 2022-02-16)
Provitamin A carotenoids are important as precursors for vitamin A, essential for stronger immune system
and eyesight. Consumption of a plant-based diet rich in provitamin A such as provitamin A maize is an
easy and ...
Tree Species Density and Basal Area in Image Forest Reserve, Tanzania
(EAST AFRICAN NATURE & SCIENCE ORGANIZATION, 2022-04-22)
Abstract
The tree species density and basal area form structural and functional variables of healthy forest ecosystems. Tree density and basal area are among useful parameters for management of natural forest resources. ...
Farmers’ participatory breeding of Lablab (Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet): A nutritional, food security and climate smart crop in northern Tanzania
(Research application summary, 2022)
Farmer participatory breeding is considered an alternative technique to conventional breeding.
Farmers play a major role in germplasm conservation, maintenance and selection of preferred
traits especially in neglected ...
Understanding the role of serological and clinical data on assessing the dynamic of malaria transmission: a case study of Bagamoyo district, Tanzania
(African Field Epidemiology Network, 2022-10-07)
Introduction: naturally acquired blood-stage malaria antibodies and malaria clinical data have been reported to be useful in monitoring malaria change over time and as a marker of malaria exposure. This study assessed the ...
Effects of Tephrosia vogelii and rabbit urine formulation on insect pests and yields of cowpea Singida, Tanzania
(INNSPUB, 2022-09-20)
An experiment was conducted at Jineri village, Singida rural to evaluate the effects of 10%(w/v) Tephrosia
vogelii (T) and 50%(v/v) rabbit urine (U) on insect pests and yield of cowpea in Singida Tanzania from
February ...
Managing invasive plants through a nature-based approach in complex landscapes
(Elsevier Ltd., 2022-02-09)
Invasive plants are establishing in many protected areas where use of synthetic herbicides is prohibited. We introduce a nature-based approach (NbA) as an alternative to controlling invasives. The integration of NbA into ...
Development of context-specific dietary guidelines for managing nutrition-related disease conditions among hospitalised patients in Tanzania
(NM-AIST, 2022-08)
Barriers to adequate food intake among hospitalised patients with nutrition-related disease
conditions such as diabetes, cancer, kidney disease, and hypertension, are multifactorial and
complex. Due to this, these ...