Peanut is Kenya's second most important legume after beans, primarily grown in the Nyanza and Western regions. This study maps the peanut value chain in Kenya, aiming to identify key actors, quantify costs and value addition, and outline constraints and opportunities, with a view to upgrading...

In the Sahel region, agroforestry potentially increases crop yields, alongside restoring and retaining soils. Nonetheless, little is known about how diverse agroforestry systems perform across actual agricultural systems of smallholders in the region. We therefore investigate how smallholders'...

Market participation is both a cause and a consequence of economic development. Markets offer households the opportunity to specialize according to comparative advantage and thereby enjoy welfare gains from trade. The current literature on product marketing in Ghana is inadequate for designing...

Digital farm advisory services can be a cost-effective way to provide relevant information to smallholders in developing countries. Information provision has been shown to generate positive impacts on agricultural practices and farmers' income across various settings. We conducted a...

Rhizosphere microbial communities have a relationship with plant growth and soil fertility and play an important role in the ecosystem. Here, we investigated the effects of different fertilization on the microbial community structure in the peanut rhizosphere soil using Illumina MiSeq high...

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...

This paper considered Bayesian Stochastic Frontier Model to analyse technical efficiency and their determinants of groundnut farmers in Ghana. The paper used a cross-sectional data of three-hundred (300) observations to obtain posterior distributions of the farmers’ technical efficiency...

In Andhra Pradesh, paddy is the major staple crop. There are significant changes in the macro policy environment and its implications for crop competitiveness since early 1990s. This paper examines the trends in production and competitiveness of paddy which is a major crop in Andhra Pradesh in...

The use of leguminous species as feed supplements is now recognized in poultry and farm animals. A study on the graded levels of pinto peanut meal enriched in duck ration was conducted to evaluate the potential of Pinto peanut meal on the production performance of Philippine Mallard Ducks. A...

Production and evaluation of ogiri-ahuekere- fermented groundnut (Arachis hypogaea Linn) seed condiment were studied. The groundnut seeds were sundried, dehulled and boiled for 8 hours. The cooked groundnut cotyledons were ground into a paste and wrapped in small portions (30g) with blanched...

The utilization of low-value, abundant and sustainable biomass materials for high-value energy storage application is remarkable important nowadays. Among the most promising next generation energy storage batteries, we can find lithium-sulfur batteries that have a high theoretical specific...

Groundnut an oilseed crop is highly grown under arid and rainfed conditions with zinc deficiency which is an zinc responsive crop. The deficiency occurs as a result of no application of organic manures and dependence of high analysis fertilizer. Zinc as a cofactor of many enzymes, enhances...

This study seeks to compare profitability and profit efficiency of certified groundnut seed (CGS) and conventional groundnut (CG) production in Northern Ghana using cross-sectional data. The two-step stochastic metafrontier profit model was used to estimate profit efficiencies and their...

"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...

"Here is your journey of George Washington Carver, the shy, unassuming scientific genius of Tuskegee Institute, and white businessman Bob Barry, Grady Porter, and Tom Huston -- through the letters they wrote to each other and to others who joined them on a quest to grow the peanut industry in...

Oilseed crops contribute 13 % of the country's gross cropped area and 10 per cent of the value of all agricultural produce. Groundnut is the major oilseed crop accounting about 30 per cent of the total oilseeds cropped area in the country with a production share of near about 36 per cent. Prices...

Groundnuts are the most common cash crop and the main source of income for farmers in Senegal. Previously marginal, groundnut exports surged between 2011 and 2013. This new dynamic motivated the Government of Senegal to introduce a tax on groundnut exports in 2017. Senegal is a price-taker in...

In 2009, salmonellosis was found in peanut processed by the Peanut Corporation of America, resulting in 714 cases of severe food poisoning from ingesting contaminated peanut butter. In 2010, over 1900 people were hospitalized due to salmonella outbreak from eggs produced in two Iowa farms. Using...

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...

Peanut farmers' acreage allocation and equipment management decisions remain heavily dependent upon weather uncertainty. The number of days suitable for fieldwork (DSFW) were evaluated during key production times for 11 peanut-producing states. The objectives of this analysis were to define most...

"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...

In Andhra Pradesh, cotton and groundnut are the major cash crops. There are significant changes in the competitiveness of these two crops due to technological and policy environment. This paper examines the trends in area, production, and yield and competitiveness of these two crops in pre- and...

The Joint Research Centre (JRC), a Directorate-General of the European Commission, operates the European Union Reference Laboratory (EURL) for Mycotoxins. One of its core tasks is to organise proficiency tests (PTs) among appointed National Reference Laboratories (NRLs). This report presents the...

This study has evaluated the impact of adoption of improved groundnut seed on the well-being of the farmers of Eastern Ethiopia using a cross-sectional data collected from 301 sample households. To address this objective, both descriptive and econometric analysis methods were employed. In the...

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,...

This Article argues that allowing increased on-premise alcohol licenses will provide increased economic development through competition, without sacrificing public safety. Opponents of dismantling the on-premise quota system have consistently argued that a closed system is necessary, and may...

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...

In Andhra Pradesh, rice, maize, cotton and groundnut are the major crops. There are significant changes in the competitiveness and policy environment and its implications for crop competitiveness in post-WTO regime. This paper examines the trends in area, production and yield and competitiveness...

Groundnuts, which are widely consumed in West Africa, are prone to contamination by aflatoxin during production and storage. Although aflatoxin plays a role in many of the important health risks in developing countries, individuals and governments ignore the risks because their health effects...

Peanut oil, with the Inci name Arachis hypogaea oil, and its derivatives have a widespread use in cosmetic products. The use of peanut oil in cosmetic products is not currently regulated in the Cosmetics Directive. Several Member States have recently indicated safety problems in relation to the...

The rate of patenting in the U.S. has exploded in the last half of the 1990s. It is widely believed that the increase in patent grants is at least partly a result of the apparent decline in examination standards. There has been little exploration, however, of the theoretical prediction that a...