Essays about: "sorghum"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 essays containing the word sorghum.

  1. 1. Global and Ethiopian Cereal Prices: Does the Law of One Price hold in the long run?

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Heba Abbas; Borgström Annina; [2024-02-12]
    Keywords : Ethiopia; cereal; food prices LOP;

    Abstract : Like many other countries in the world, Ethiopia is currently facing significant challenges with high food prices. The high food prices affect cereals such as teff, sorghum, and maize which are staple foods in the Ethiopian diet. This study investigates the relationship between cereal prices in Ethiopia and the world market price of cereals. READ MORE

  3. 2. Vendor rating strategies to mitigate the effects of cereal supply variations : A case study at a manufacturing company in the food industry

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik, konst och samhälle

    Author : Johanna Marby; [2021]
    Keywords : Cereals; purchasing process; vendor rating;

    Abstract : Raw material of high quality and in sufficient quantities is of great importance to manufacturing companies. However, the availability of such raw material is often uncertain. One such important raw material is cereals because the consumption of food products containing cereals is very common. READ MORE

  4. 3. The role of pectin medifications during host invasion and infection by the parasitic plant Phtheirospermum japonicum

    University essay from SLU/Dept. Of Plant Biology

    Author : Martina Leso; [2020]
    Keywords : Hausrorium; Phtheirospermum japonicum; Pectin modification; PME; PMEI; EMS-screen;

    Abstract : Parasitic plants are organisms that feed on other plants, often distantly related to them evolutionarily. This feeding strategy causes them to be a major threat to agriculture, negatively affecting the yields of many staple crops like sorghum and rice. READ MORE

  5. 4. Increasing crop yields under climate change scenarios in Nigeria

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Imogen O'Keefe; [2020]
    Keywords : Physical Geography; Agriculture; Climate Change; Crop Yields and Management Strategies; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Climate change is projected to cause unprecedented levels of global change and it will alter the ways in which humans currently rely on getting essential resources such as food. Africa is considered to be the most vulnerable continent to this change, with many countries that have low economic stability and insecure food sources a change to the way resources can be accessed could be detrimental to the population. READ MORE

  6. 5. Summer cover crops after harvest of early potatoes control seed weeds

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Plant Breeding (from 130101)

    Author : Amanda Ahlqvist; [2019]
    Keywords : cover crops; buckwheat; Fagopyrum esculentum; sudangrass; Westerwoldisch ryegrass; crimson clover; Persian clover; seed weeds; weed management; marigold; tagetes; early potatoes; potatoes;

    Abstract : To reduce pesticides and find greener alternatives for weed management in crop production has been a big issue worldwide. In Sweden, the Board of Agriculture has developed grants for farmers who use e.g. cover crops and new and greener strategies (e. READ MORE