scholarly journals Enhancing Onion Production and Productivity through Introduction of Seed Production Techniques in Central Zone of Tigray Region, Ethiopia

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yemane Kahsay
Keyword(s):  
Seed Production ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Maximum Yield ◽  
Central Zone ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Tigray Region ◽  
Production Practice ◽  
Vegetable Seed ◽  
Production Techniques ◽  
Restricted Use

The main reason of low production and productivity is restricted use of inputs, notably improved seeds and fertilizers. May vegetable seeds are imported which results in different problems like disease outbreak, timely unavailability, costly and so on. The demand of vegetable seed is increasing from time to time. Though vegetable seed production is difficult, there are attempts and efforts to produce at local level. Strengthening of community based seed multiplication is a means to develop the vegetable seed production techniques and business. In order to bring this to practical, demonstration and scaling up activities conducted since 2009 to 2014. Farmers Research Group (FRG) approach was used to implement the research. In 2013 an average yield of 7q/ha of onion seed was recorded while the maximum was 10 q/ha. While in 2014 a maximum yield 16 q/ha was recorded at farmers field. The yield increment might be due to skill development by the farmers. Farmers could get gross income of 24, 000 thousand from a parcel of 300 m2 land. Thus local seed production practice is technically possible and economically feasible and should be encouraged and promoted by all stakeholders so as to enhance the income and livelihood of farmers.

Vegetable Seed Production: Prospects and Challenges: The Case of Ghana

2020 ◽  
pp. 91-117
Author(s):  
Michael Kwabena Osei ◽  
Joseph Adjebeng-Danquah ◽  
Kenneth Fafa Egbadzor ◽  
Alimatu Sadia Osuman ◽  
Emmanuel Asamoah Adjei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Seed Production ◽  
Vegetable Seed

scholarly journals Community-Based Tourism as a Sustainable Direction in Destination Development: An Empirical Examination of Visitor Behaviors

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 2864 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heesup Han ◽  
Taeyeon Eom ◽  
Amr Al-Ansi ◽  
Hyungseo Bobby Ryu ◽  
Wansoo Kim
Keyword(s):  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Sustainable Tourism ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Order Structure ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Empirical Examination ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Post Purchase

Community-based tourism is an emerging form of sustainable tourism. Community-based tourism often brings various financial/non-financial benefits to local communities and maximizes sustainability at the local level. The present study was designed to uncover the role of community-based tourism performance in elucidating travelers’ post-purchase decision-making process for sustainable destination products by considering the moderating effect of sense of belonging. A quantitative approach was adopted for the achievement of the research objective. A field survey conducted at community-based tourism destinations was utilized for data collection. The acceptable level of the measurement quality was demonstrated. The results of the structural equation modeling provided empirical evidence that community-based tourism performance significantly affects the formation of travelers’ post-purchase intentions. In addition, the adequacy of the higher-order structure of community-based tourism performance was identified. The community-based tourism performance and intention relationship was also moderated by sense of belonging. With a lack of empirical research about community-based tourism, the findings of this research significantly add to the existing body of knowledge in sustainable tourism.

Community-based Disaster Management and Its Salient Features: A Policy Approach to People-centred Risk Reduction in Bangladesh

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Abul Kalam Azad ◽  
M. Salim Uddin ◽  
Sabrina Zaman ◽  
Mirza Ali Ashraf
Keyword(s):  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Community Resilience ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Management Policy ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Community Based ◽  
The Government

The discourse of disaster management has undergone significant change in recent years, shifting from relief and response to disaster risk reduction (DRR) and community-based management. Organisations and vulnerable countries engaged in DRR have moved from a reactive, top-down mode to proactive, community-focused disaster management. In this article, we focus on how national disaster management policy initiatives in Bangladesh are implementing community-based approaches at the local level and developing cross-scale partnerships to reduce disaster risk and vulnerability, thus enhancing community resilience to disasters. We relied chiefly on secondary data, employing content analysis for reviewing documents, which were supplemented by primary data from two coastal communities in Kalapara Upazila in Patuakhali District. Our findings revealed that to address the country’s vulnerabilities to natural disasters, the Government of Bangladesh has developed and implemented numerous national measures and policies over the years with the aim of strengthening community-focused risk reduction, decentralising disaster management, developing cross-scale partnerships and enhancing community resilience. Communities are working together to achieve an all-hazard management goal, accepting ownership to reduce vulnerability and actively participating in risk-reduction strategies at multiple levels. Community-based disaster preparedness activities are playing a critical role in developing their adaptive capacity and resilience to disasters. Further policy and research are required for a closer examination of the dynamics of community-based disaster management, the role of local-level institutions and community organisations in partnerships and resilience building for successful disaster management.

Management of Avena ludoviciana and Phalaris paradoxa with barley and less herbicide in subtropical Australia

2001 ◽  
Vol 41 (8) ◽  
pp. 1179 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. R. Walker ◽  
G. R. Robinson ◽  
R. W. Medd
Keyword(s):  
Seed Production ◽  
Weed Management ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Maximum Yield ◽  
Yield Reduction ◽  
Weed Seed ◽  
Tiller Density ◽  
Weed Emergence ◽  
Subtropical Australia

The competitive advantage of barley compared with wheat was quantified for suppressing seed production of Avena ludoviciana Durieu. (wild oats) andPhalaris paradoxa L. (paradoxa grass), and for improving herbicide effectiveness on these major winter grass weeds of the subtropical grain region of Australia. Eight field experiments were broadcast with weed seed before sowing wheat or barley, in which the emerged weeds were then treated with 4 herbicide doses (0, 25, 50, 100% of recommended rates). Yield reduction from untreated weeds was on average 4 times greater in wheat than in barley, with greater losses from A. ludoviciana than P. paradoxa. Barley did not affect weed emergence, but suppressed weed tiller density and, to a lesser extent, the number of weed seeds per tiller. Seed production was, on average, 4340 and 5105 seeds/m2 for A. ludoviciana and P. paradoxa, respectively, in untreated wheat compared with 555 and 50 seeds/m2 in untreated barley. Weed seed production following treatment with 25% herbicide rate in barley was similar or less than that after treatment with 100% herbicide rate in wheat. Overall, 25% herbicide rate was optimal for both conserving yield and minimising weed seed production in barley. For wheat, maximum yield was achieved with 50% herbicide but weed seed production was lowest with 100% herbicide rate. This indicates that weeds can be effectively controlled in barley with considerably less herbicide than required in wheat, highlighting the importance of including barley as a part of weed management strategies that aim to reduce herbicide inputs.

scholarly journals Uncovering ‘Community’: Challenging an Elusive Concept in Development and Disaster Related Work

Societies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Titz ◽  
Terry Cannon ◽  
Fred Krüger
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Practical Work ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
The People ◽  
Inherent Ambiguity ◽  
Elusive Concept

In all areas of academic or practical work related to disaster risk, climate change and development more generally, community and its adjunct community-based have become the default terminology when referring to the local level or working ‘with the people’. The terms are applied extensively to highlight what is believed to be a people-centred, participatory, or grassroot-level approach. Today, despite, or because of, its inherent ambiguity, ‘community’ tends to be used almost inflationarily. This paper aims to analyse the way the concept of ‘community’ has come into fashion, and to critically reflect on the problems that come with it. We are raising significant doubts about the usefulness of ‘community’ in development- and disaster-related work. Our approach is to first consider how ‘community’ has become popular in research and with humanitarian agencies and other organisations based on what can be considered a ‘moral licence’ that supposedly guarantees that the actions being taken are genuinely people-centred and ethically justified. We then explore several theoretical approaches to ‘community’, highlight the vast scope of different (and contested) views on what ‘community’ entails, and explain how ‘community’ is framing practical attempts to mitigate vulnerability and inequity. We demonstrate how these attempts are usually futile, and sometimes harmful, due to the blurriness of ‘community’ concepts and their inherent failure to address the root causes of vulnerability. From two antagonistic positions, we finally advocate more meaningful ways to acknowledge vulnerable people’s views and needs appropriately.

scholarly journals Economic performance of community based bean seed production and marketing in the central rift valley of Ethiopia

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y.A. Tebeka ◽  
E. Katungi ◽  
J.C. Rubyogo ◽  
D. Sserunkuuma ◽  
T. Kidane
Keyword(s):  
Seed Production ◽  
Economic Performance ◽  
Rift Valley ◽  
Bean Seed ◽  
Community Based

THE FUTURE FOR VEGETABLE SEED PRODUCTION IN THE SUDAN

1984 ◽  
pp. 89-98
Author(s):  
Ahmed A. El Gasim Ahmed ◽  
R. A.T. George
Keyword(s):  
Seed Production ◽  
Vegetable Seed ◽  
The Future

scholarly journals Hybrid true seed production from potato mother plant as influenced by nitrogen splitting and boron

2020 ◽  
Vol 93 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajesh Chakraborty ◽  
Shahidul Islam ◽  
Tuhin Suvra Roy
Keyword(s):  
Seed Production ◽  
Maximum Yield ◽  
Potato Seed ◽  
True Potato Seed ◽  
Split Application ◽  
Maximum Weight ◽  
Factor B ◽  
True Seed ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Plot Design

Experiments were conducted to show the effect of split application of nitrogen (SN) and boron (B) on hybrid True Potato Seed (TPS) production. The TPS-67 (♂) and MF-II (♀) were used as crossing materials. The experiments comprised two factors i.e., factor-A; nitrogen splitting (4 levels): 2 split (SN0-Conventional), 3 split (SN1), 4 split (SN2) and 5 split (SN3) where 50 kg N ha–1 applied as basal from total 300 kg N ha–1 with each split application and the rest 250 kg N ha–1 was splitted as per treatment at 10 days intervals started from 30 DAP (days after planting); and factor- B; boron (4 levels): 0 (B0), 4 (B1), 6 (B2) and 8 (B3) kg B ha–1 under split-plot design with three replications. We found that SN and/or B influenced the hybrid TPS production. The maximum yield (2160.1 mg) of TPS plant–1 was found from SN1B3 and the minimum (1001.8 mg) was in SN0B0. The maximum yield (172.81 kg) of TPS ha–1 was found from SN1B3 and the minimum (80.14 kg) was in SN0B0. The maximum weight (86.87 mg) of 100-TPS was found from SN3B3; whereas, the minimum (53.36 mg) was in SN0B0.

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