Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Volume 8, Issue 4, August 2019

  • Profitability and Value Chain Assessment of Groundnut in Digga District of East Wollega Zone, Oromia National Regional State, Ethiopia

    Oliyad Sori, Hika Wana

    Issue: Volume 8, Issue 4, August 2019
    Pages: 81-88
    Received: 16 July 2018
    Accepted: 15 August 2019
    Published: 30 August 2019
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    Abstract: Marketing inefficiencies and low coordination of groundnut value chain are the main problems though Digga district is potential in groundnut production. The study was conducted to analyze the profitability and value chain assessment of groundnut in Digga district of Oromia region, Ethiopia. More specifically, the study identified value chain actors... Show More
  • Status of Pest, Oryctes rhinoceros and Its Natural Enemies in the Independent Smallholder Treated with Different Insecticides

    Fathul Nabila Abd Karim, Mohd Rasdi Zaini, Ismail Rakibe, Shafiq Sani, Nurul Farahana Hazira Hazlee, Noor Shuhaina Shaikh Mazran

    Issue: Volume 8, Issue 4, August 2019
    Pages: 89-94
    Received: 28 July 2019
    Accepted: 19 August 2019
    Published: 17 September 2019
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    Abstract: A field study was carried out at Tangkak, Malaysia regarding Oryctes rhinoceros’s infestation and its natural enemies after being treated with selected pesticides from January until October 2017. The objective of this study to examine the effect of different insecticides usages with the presences of Oryctes rhinoceros including unteated area and po... Show More