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Volume 7, Issue 1, March 2019

  • Cost Effectiveness of Sweet Potato Production Using Farmyard Manure and Inorganic Phosphorus Fertilizer at Assosa Western Ethiopia

    Merga Boru

    Issue: Volume 7, Issue 1, March 2019
    Pages: 1-4
    Received: 22 May 2019
    Accepted: 3 July 2019
    Published: 13 July 2019
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    Abstract: Sweet potato is one of the food security crop which has been cultivated in the South west, eastern and southern parts of Ethiopia over centuries. Despite that, the yield is below its genetic potential. This is due to less attention given to the crop in the region assuming that there is no response of the crop to fertilizers. A study was conducted t... Show More
  • Value Addition to Watermelon Rind Through Jam Preparation

    Mohaiminul Islam, Md. Rasal-Monir, Md. Belal Hossain, Md. Kowser Hossain, Samar Biswas, Md. Nazrul Islam

    Issue: Volume 7, Issue 1, March 2019
    Pages: 5-12
    Received: 14 July 2019
    Accepted: 5 August 2019
    Published: 16 August 2019
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    Abstract: An experiment was conducted at Postharvest Laboratory, Department of Horticulture, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka during February 2018 to December 2018 to add value to Watermelon rind and to study quality of watermelon rind jam as influenced by different concentration of rinds and sugar with flavors. This single factors experiment was... Show More