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Coffee production in Brazil is consolidated through changes in production management in response to the demand for quality and sustainable products. Good agricultural practices permeate all stages of production, and the various certifications, in the search for competitiveness. The financial reward and gain in competitiveness in the activity have been more perceived by the cooperative producers. The Cooperative actsis a channel of information flow on management and quality for the producer.

Soybean [Glycine max (L) Merril] is among the most important legume crops produced in western Ethiopia. However, declining soil fertility as well as poor soil fertility management practices has limited its yields. A field experiment was conducted in Yayo District on a farmer’s training centre to investigate the effect of phosphorus on yield and yield components of soybean varieties. The treatments included factorial combinations of six phosphorus rates (0, 11.5, 23, 34.5, 46 and 57.5 kg P2O5 ha-1) and three soybean varieties [Clark-63k, Ethio-Yugoslavia and Jalale (AGS-217)].

A study on entrepreneurial behaviour of seed production farmers in Raichur district of Karnataka was carried out during 2015-16. By following appropriate purposive sampling procedure 120 farmers were selected and the data was collected by personal interview method. Ex- post facto research design was followed for carrying out the study.

This study aimed to evaluate the antioxidant activity of the acetal and hexane extracts of Entada mannii (Fabaceae) after conducting the polyphenolics assay. E. mannii is a plant used in the traditional treatment of diabetes in the south-east of Coast Ivory. The quantitative estimate of the polyphenol content of the acetal extract gave the following results: Total Phenolic Content (19.74 ± 2), total flavonoids (0.69 ± 0.03) and total flavanols (0.33 ± 0.02). As for the hexane extract, the respective contents obtained for these same compounds are: 9, 641 ± 1 ;0.39 ± 0.01 and0.3 ± 0.01.

Systemic arterial hypertension with a significant incidence in the elderly population, associated with functional disability and other comorbidities, is a public health problem. This study aimed to verify the functional capacity and comorbidities of elderly patients with systemic arterial hypertension. It is a cross-sectional, population-based study using questionnaires on sociodemographic, behavioral and anthropometric data, as well as on morbidity, use of medicines and functional capacity assessment. We interviewed 286 elderly individuals who self-reported arterial hypertension.

Bangladesh has recently (2018) fulfilled the conditions for becoming a developing country from the least developed country which will be further reviewed by the United Nations Committee for Development Policy (UNCPD). If the progress become satisfactory, ECOSOC (Economic and Social Council) of UN will confirm graduation of Bangladesh as a developing country by 2024. Therefore, this study evaluates the development transition including current progresses and challenges ahead of Bangladesh for its smooth graduation by using World Bank and UN data.

India is a democratic country. People are the masters; therefore masters have a right to know how the government meant to serve them are functioning. Thus, freedom of information is directly related to this connotation of democracy. RTI is an institutional reality of freedom of information which has been taken by the Indian Parliament. RTI ACT 2005 is a significant landmark that gives Indians access to government records. This legislation is a radical improvement on the relatively weak and ineffective statute which seeks to replace the Freedom of Information Act, 2002.

Participation in differ rent sports activities plays a significant role in the enrichment of a student’s social life and the development of social interaction skills. This study aimed to evaluate the Jose Rizal Memorial State University-Katipunan Campus students’ involvement in sports activities. It utilized the descriptive method that used 318 students participating sports activities.

For a long time, intimate partner violence was considered strictly of private nature, belonging to a household environment. However, this theme is gradually gaining notoriety in society and becoming more and more a matter of public and current importance. Marital violence translates the violence strictly based on the gender perspective, supported by the patriarchal and dichotomous differences that exists between men and women.

Since Donald Trump announced his candidacy for president in 2015, Americans knew that he would be a different kind of president. Most individuals would agree that, on the surface, President Trump’s leadership style is unorthodox and unfamiliar to the political norms. However, as a leader of a major nation, his leadership style is easily critiqued and under constant scrutiny. Essential to campus leadership is the establishment and development of a strong culture.