Humans have selected crops with high starch productivity, created new cultivars, and developed high yielding and quality cultivations in the history of agriculture. Starch productivity and accumulation features o f ...

High atmospheric ammonia is detrimental to poultry health. Objective of the study was to investigate the potential to reduce ammonia emissions (AE) from broiler litters by managing intensity of red light (RD). Light ...

Knowledge and information flow in developing countries is focused more towards commercial activities than technology related matters. Further, the capacity of all actors in the agriculture sector to comprehend and ...

Rhizosphere is the soil adjacent to plant root system and is a region with intense microbial activity. The role and importance of rhizosphere microorganisms in sustainable crop production have been reviewed by several ...

Zeer pot refrigerator is a passive evaporative cooler used in developing countries to preserve perishables in domestic level. Introducing alternative insulating material by replacing sand will improve the cooling ...

The reproductive performance and heath parameters of dairy herds have a significant effect on the farm economy. Body condition score (BCS) and locomotion score (LMS) have been used as performance indicators to assess ...

Hikkaduwa fringing coral reef and surrounding environment was gazette as a marine national Park on 19th September, 2002 by the Department of Wild Life Conservation due to its high ecological and economical importance. ...

The beetroot is a root vegetable packed with many essential micronutrients. However, the utilization of beetroot for the development of value added products is still to be revealed. Therefore, the aim of this research ...

Cultural services, accounts non-material benefits people obtain from ecosystems, which were largely ignored in literature of ecosystem valuation. The purpose of this study was to assess the significance of cultural ...