Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics (JARTS)

formerly:
Der Tropenlandwirt. Beiträge zur tropischen Landwirtschaft und Veterinärmedizin,
Journal of Agriculture in the Tropics and Subtropics

The Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics is a peer reviewed journal that publishes papers and short communications dealing with research in the Tropics and Subtropics in the fields of plant production, animal nutrition and animal husbandry, soil science, agricultural economy and farm management, forestry and forest economy, veterinary hygiene and protection against epidemics.

Publishing House:
kassel university press GmbH

Publisher:
German Institute for Agriculture in the Tropics and Subtropics (DITSL GmbH) — University of Kassel, Faculty of Organic Agricultural Sciences — Association for Sustainable Development (GNE mbH) — Association ‘Hochschulverband Witzenhausen’ e.V. (HVW) — Institute for tropical Agriculture e.V., Leipzig


Vol 121, No 2 (2020)

Table of Contents

Articles

Morphology, biochemistry, and management of Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia L.) accessions in Gilgit-Baltistan, northern Pakistan
Muhammad Abubakkar Azmat, Asif Ali Khan, Iqrar Ahmad Khan, Andreas Buerkert, Martin Wiehle
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151-160
Variation in baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) root tuber development and leaf number among different growth conditions for five provenances in Malawi
Lennart Jansen, Dietrich Darr, Nele Hansohm, Jens Gebauer, Kathrin Meinhold, Chimuleke R.Y. Munthali, Florian Wichern
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161-172
Factors driving adoption and constraining the non-adoption of biofortified orange fleshed sweet potatoes (OFSP) among farmers in Abia State, Nigeria
Jane M. Chah, Ifeoma Q. Anugwa, Ifeanyi M. Nwafor
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173-183
Forage biomass availability, species diversity and seasonal variation in grazing behaviour of cattle in the outskirts of Ouagadougou
Cécile Sarambé, Marie-Louise Kaboré, Nouhoun Zampaligré, Regina Roessler, Mamadou Sangaré
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185-194
Optimising beekeeping development programs for improved productivity, income and welfare: a case study of Papua New Guinea
Cooper Nat Schouten, David Lloyd, Reuben W. Sengere, Jonah Aranka
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195-206
Drivers of farmers market participation in southeast Nigeria
Patience Ifeyinwa Opata, Adaku Bridget Ezeibe, Rosemary Nnedinso Arua
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207-217
Are there gender differences in access to and demand for East Coast fever vaccine? Empirical evidence from rural smallholder dairy farmers in Kenya
Humphrey Jumba, Henry Kiara, George Owuor, Nils Teufel
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219-231
How do management practices and farm structure impact productive performances of dairy cattle in the province of Pichincha, Ecuador
Eloy Castro Muñoz, Andriamasinoro L. Andriamandroso, Yannick Blaise, Lenin Ron, Carlos Montufar, Patrick Mafwila Kinkela, Frédéric Lebeau, Jérôme Bindelle
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233-241
Characterisation of productivity and diseases affecting dairy goats in smallholder systems of Greater Thika Region, Kenya
Antony Wainaina Kagucia, John Kagira, Naomi Maina, Simon Muturi Karanja, Francis Kimani Njonge
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243-249
Economic and financial returns of livestock agribusiness in high mountains of Nepal
Manbar S. Khadka, Ganesh Thapa
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251-263
Seasonal variation in mycoflora associated with asymptomatic maize grain from small-holder farms in two provinces of South Africa
Theresa A.S. Aveling, Katrien de Ridder, Nicholas A Olivier, Dave K Berger
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265-275
Are farmer perceptions among significant determinants of adoption of agricultural diversity in Malawi? A case of Lilongwe district
Paul Falakeza Fatch, Charles Masangano, Judith Kamoto, Irmgard Jordan, Thomas Hilger, Isaac Mambo, Alexander Kalimbira, Ernst-August Nuppenau
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277-288
Does the non-farm sector affect production efficiency of the Vietnamese agricultural sector? A stochastic frontier production approach
Hang Thi Thuy Nguyen, Takumi Kondo
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289-301