This study aimed to evaluate the synthesis of Cationic Hemicelluloses (CH) extracted/synthesized from peanut hull residue from agroindustry and also evaluate it as a primary coagulant in a physical chemical treatment of synthetic dairy wastewater (SDW). Hemicelluloses were cationized by...

Plastic film mulching has been extensively used to improve yield and water use efficiency (WUE) of main crops in arid and semi-arid regions of northwest China. However, the plastic film residue has given rise to many problems, such as environmental pollution, land deterioration and yield...

Plastic film mulching has been extensively used to improve yield and water use efficiency (WUE) of main crops in arid and semi-arid regions of northwest China. However, the plastic film residue has given rise to many problems, such as environmental pollution, land deterioration and yield...

"A stunning work of popular history-the story of how a crop transformed the history of slavery. Author Jori Lewis reveals how demand for peanut oil in Europe ensured that slavery in Africa would persist well into the twentieth century, long after the European powers had officially banned it in...

"Long before rocketing to fame as a peanut-butter baron. Pic earned his keep making cool sandals for his schoolmates and expensive handbags for their mothers. leatherwork paid for his OE. He went to flower-powered San Francisco, had a hair-raising entanglement with a Colorado drug gang, and...

The international discussion of Trump's dispute over import tariffs for steel, aluminum and even cars is so far focused on the big global players. However, African countries in particular could suffer too from the planned punitive tariffs, analogous to the famous African proverb, "When elephants...

Multilateral trade rounds have stressed converting non tariff barriers to simple tariffs. The WTO Agreement on Agriculture includes the "price-gap" method that was prominent in the Uruguay Round. Many agricultural products, once considered commodities, are in fact differentiated products with...

Groundnut products are of central economic importance to millions of smallholders in Africa, India, and Southern China. The products generate 60 percent of rural cash income and account for about 70 percent of the rural labor force in Senegal and The Gambia. Groundnut trade is heavily distorted,...

Starting with Romer [1987] and Rivera-Batiz-Romer [1991] economists have been able to model how trade enhances growth through the creation and import of new varieties. In this framework, international trade increases economic output through two channels. First, trade raises productivity levels...