Current Research Progress in Agricultural Sciences Vol. 2

This book covers key areas of agricultural sciences. The contributions by the authors include pearl millet, disease resistance, open pollinated variety, cross hybrids, socioeconomic factors, poverty alleviation, small-scale farming, sustainability, income distribution, price elasticity, nutritional health, animal protein consumption, labour costs, mixed cropping systems, maize-cowpea, Nigeria’s economic development, oilseed crop, canola genotypes, fertility level, micro-nutrient application, biochar, carbon sequestration, deterioration of soil health, pyrolysis, farm gate milk price, information communication technology, price heterogeneity, Mill’s ratio, physicochemical analysis, hazelnut, physical properties, discriminant function analysis, NPK composition, soybean yields, rainfall distribution, agricultural production, pest succession, pest management strategy, bud borer damage intensity, yield loss, Intercropping farming, conventional crop monocultures, row proportions of turmeric-Pigeon pea, benefit-cost ratio. This book contains various materials suitable for students, researchers, and academicians in the fields of agricultural sciences.