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Understanding the resilience of local seed systems: a case study of Uzumba-Maramba Pfungwe and Chimanimani Districts, Zimbabwe
Globally, industrial crop production practices are of significant environmental concern, with some studies suggesting that smallholder farming systems could provide a more sustainable alternative. Local seed systems are at the core of smallholder agriculture and, although typically characterised as …
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Design and synthesis of plant oil-based UV-curable acrylates for sustainable coating applications
A demand in sustainable polymers has been increased because of the environment concerns and saving finite petroleum resources. Plant oils are promising renewable resources to produce environmentally friendly polymer applications. Soybean oil-based resins such as epoxidized soybean oil (ESO) and …
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A development of natural rubber extraction from Ericameria Nauseosa (rabbitbrush)
… are helpful to develop rabbitbrush as a potentialindustrial crop, some questions were identified for further research:(1) Rabbitbrush is widely distributed in North America and could survive inmany environments including the relatively harsh conditions encountered in semiaridregions. However, the …