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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"oxen"”.
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Olly Olly Oxen Free
… collects two novellas, <em>Olly Olly Oxen Free</em> and <em>Attributions</em>, both experiments in what the accompanying critical apparatus terms “fiction of worlds within worlds.”</p> <p>An exploration of the experience of grief, <em>Olly Olly Oxen Free</em> moves between a reality in …
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Maasai oxen, agriculture and land use change in Monduli District, Tanzania
… examines the sustainability of the use of oxen by the Maasai and Arusha (WaArusha) people, in Monduli District, Tanzania. Traditionally pastoralists, the Maasai are undergoing a social and agricultural transformation process of sedentarization in this region. The villages included in the …
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An investigation into the services offered by extension workers and the factors which constrain farmers from adopting recommended farming practices: A case study of selected farmer groups in Choma District
… drought resistant crops and replacing the oxen with donkeys. This compromised with their tradition where they used traditional seeds and keeping of oxen for their farm use. With the liberalization of the economy, the government should probably privatize the agriculture sector to cater for …
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Disentangling morphosyntax from morphophonology: a re-evaluation of morphological priming
… (e.g., /-z/ in regular plurals, /-ən/ as in oxen, /-ə/ as in bacteria or ∅ in fish). However, theories of morphological processing in comprehension and production still widely adopt the notion of morpheme. In this dissertation, I build on the received wisdom in current morphological …
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Adoption of animal traction technology and its impact on farmers in the northern province of Sierra Leone
… on program farmers of the Sierra Leone Work Oxen Project. The study also explored the factors that hinder the expanded adoption of animal traction among program farmers and identified reasons for non-adoption of the technology by the non-program farmers. The specific objectives were: (1) to …
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Productivity analysis of private and socialized agriculture in Ethiopia
… several input factors, including labor, land, oxen, traditional farm implements, tractors, machinery services, modern yield·increasing inputs, livestock, education and rainfall over 77 awrajjas for the 1980-1986 production period. A covariance regression model was applied with these data to …
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Root Rot Pathogens of Wheat in South Dakota and Their Affect on Seed Germination and Seedling Blight in Spring Wheat Cultivars
… cultivars, Advance, Brick, Briggs, Forefront, Oxen, Prevail, Russ, Select, SD4189, SD4215, and Traverse were infested individually with <em>B. sorokiniana</em> and <em>F. graminearum</em> by spraying with their respected spore suspension. Infested seed from all 11 cultivars were planted in …
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The impact of agriculture finance on small and medium agribusiness in Zambia: the case of Zambia National Farmers' Union - Lima Credit Scheme
… the LCS beneficiaries, more households procuring oxen drawn agricultural implements, higher production levels of maize and soy-bean, greater participation in the market by SSFs, increased income, among others. In addition to the descriptive analysis, the factor analysis too showed that the first …
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Rural Credit Markets in Ethiopia: Coexistence, Persistence, and Demand
… membership in mutual help association, total oxen owned, storing crop, off-farm activities, and fertilizer use are an important determinant of the probability of being a borrower. Chapter three examines the determinants of demand for credit in rural Ethiopia. Bias due to data truncation, …
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The human horse: equine husbandry, anthropomorphic hierarchies, and daily life in Lower Saxony, 1550-1735
… common, widespread, and traditional usage of oxen in agriculture. This newly developing male trade identity did not recognize a corresponding female trade identity beyond her non-trade specific social rank as wife and general help-mate. While medieval agrarian ideals celebrated German peasant …
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Farm-level and socio-economic impacts of a genetically modified subsistence crop : the case of smallholder farmers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
… farmers doing land preparation with tractors or oxen and only then planting. HT maize rendered the highest net farm income in three of the four latter study seasons and HT maize planting farmers were more efficient than both conventional maize planting farmers and Bt farmers. Farmers seem to be …
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Cornelius P. Lott and his Contribution to the Temporal Salvation of the Latter-day Saint Pioneers Through the Care of Livestock
This thesis combines two studies: the role of livestock in the temporal salvation of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Mormon exodus of 1846 and Cornelius P. Lott's contribution in the care of cattle and sheep during that time period. At Winter Quarters, the Church and its …