Essays about: "cassava foliage"

Found 4 essays containing the words cassava foliage.

  1. 1. Finding ways to develop a sustainable bioeconomy: The case of industrial cassava in Colombia : Environmental impact and food security insights from a combined life cycle assessment and interview study

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Isabel Nilsson Alarcón; [2023]
    Keywords : industrial cassava; food security; land use; climate change; biodiversity loss; sustainable bioeconomy; Life Cycle Assessment LCA ; Colombia; industriell kassava; tryggad livsmedelsförsörjning; markanvändning; klimatförändring; minskad biodiversitet; hållbar bioekonomi; livscykelanalys LCA ; Colombia;

    Abstract : Cassava has been identified as a potential key crop for a sustainable bioeconomy in Colombia.However, the bioeconomy is not inherently sustainable, and neither is producing cassava,which makes research on it crucial. Increasing biomass circularity could be key for increasingthe cassava industry’s sustainability performance. READ MORE

  3. 2. Methane emission from nitrate-treated tannin rich feed for cattle in Vietnam

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management

    Author : Sofie Winding; [2014]
    Keywords : tropical; legume; feed; supplement; ruminants; tannins; nitrate;

    Abstract : In developing countries such as Vietnam the population consumes more animal products for example milk and meat than before which requires greater livestock production. Ruminants contributes to more methane emission which creates a dilemma between food production and its environmental impact. READ MORE

  4. 3. Effects of fresh or sun-dried cassava foliage on the growth performance of goats fed basal diets of gamba grass or sugar cane stalk

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management

    Author : Bounthavone Kounnavongsa; [2010]
    Keywords : cassava foliage; gamba grass; goats; growth; sugar cane;

    Abstract : The overall aims of this thesis were to study existing goat production systems in lowland Laos, to investigate the potential to intensify goat production by using locally available feed resources, such as sugar cane, as the basal diet, and supplementing with fresh and sun-dried cassava foliage as the major protein source in view of the lack of information concerning the risk of toxicity from feeding the fresh cassava foliage. Sixty goat farmers in four villages of Nongbok and Xe bangfai Districts in Khammuane Province were selected, and formal and informal interviews were used to get information about goat production systems. READ MORE

  5. 4. Bekämpning av vita flygare (Aleurotrachelus socialis) i kassava (Manihot esculenta) : fysikaliskt verkande insektsmedel : mortalitet och appliceringsteknik

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Miriam Frida Karlsson; [2006]
    Keywords : Aleurotrachelus socialis; Manihot esculenta; kontaktverkande insekticider; appliceringsteknik; munstycken;

    Abstract : The study was performed in southwest of Colombia in close collaboration with the interna-tional centre of tropical agriculture, CIAT and supervised from the university of Valle, Uni-valle, Cali, Colombia and from the Department of Landscape Management and Horticultural Technology, SLU, Alnarp, Sweden. The main purpose of this thesis was to evaluate six different non-conventional insecticides and their ability to control whitefly Aleurotrachelus socialis in cassava Manihot esculenta. READ MORE