KAT X56 varieties had the highest moisture content retention but the KKZ variety the lowest. This explained why KKZ is favoured more by famers in arid areas with less rain during fruit maturation. Managing grain moisture ...

The African ebony (Dalbergia melanoxylon) is a tree that is crucial in making of high value wooden traditional artifacts, however its slow growth in the arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs), poor germination and low seedling ...

Cereals are important crops grown and consumed globally, regionally and locally. However, world cereal yields and agriculture production have declined due t o frequent droughts, erratic and unreliable rainfall especially ...

In Africa, cultivation and consumption of cereal crops is widespread. Erratic, unreliable rainfall and frequent droughts have resulted in drastic decline of world cereal yields and agricultural production. Pearl millet [ ...