CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION A. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The Banana is a kind of herb that is usually consumed as either food or flavouring. Its peel is often deemed as useless or without any use that it is just thrown away. But are banana peels as useless as people think? Banana Peels have Potassium (K) that commonly helps clean your body and is used to manufacture soap. Today‚ many fishes have been dying due to polluted waters and careless oil spills. Fishes are a food source
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BIO ETHANOL FUEL OUT OF FERMENTED BANANA (Musa balbasiana) PEELINGS Authors/ Researchers: Asprec‚ ‚ Centeno‚ Cruz‚ Jumadiao‚ Sanchez‚ Silaya‚ The Problem and Its Background Background of the study Bio-ethanol fuel has been used through these times and produced in many places specifically in Brazil and United States which contributes to the 87.1% bio-ethanol production in the world. Besides from being eco-friendly‚ inexpensive and less toxic‚ it is more preferred as a fuel for the materials
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Synthesis of Isopentyl Acetate (Banana Oil) Using a Fischer Esterification Reaction Zhenshu Wang (Stan) TA: Aaron League September 23‚ 2012 Purpose: The purpose of the experiment was to perform the acid-catalyzed Fischer Esterification of acetic acid and isopentyl alcohol to form isopentyl acetate‚ or banana oil‚ which is used in flavor industries. The equilibrium of the reaction was changed by adding an excess amount of acetic acid. The reaction was refluxed and product was purified by extraction
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Schubert: Serenade lyrics He who believeth in Ja shall not be condemned But he that believeth not is condemned already Only because he has not believed In the name of the only begotten son‚ my Lord For he so feared the world he left his only begotten son To shed his blood show that pain is love But I wont cry ’cause I live to die Wit my mind on my money and my guns to the sky For he so feared the world he left his only begotten son To shed his blood‚ show that pain is love But I wont
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Nat Turner was a highly intelligent African American. Even as a young boy his family‚ masters‚ and others noticed his talents. Turner believed he was unfit to be a slave and that he was a profit due to the fact that he taught himself how to read‚ the mark on his head and chest and finally the revelation instructing him to seek the kingdom of Heaven. He took these as signs to become a leader and end slavery in Virginia. Nat Turner’s rebellion was believed to be one of the largest slave rebellions
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Case Study 5: Chiquita Sticks Its Bananas Out 1. ON ETHICS: Why has Chiquita chosen to be proactive along a number of CSR dimensions? Chiquita was proactive to a number of CSR dimensions in order to build strong relationships with local farmers‚ environmental organizations and communities. The history of Chiquita has involved several negative issues of the company implementing improper behavior toward employees and the farming community. In hopes to correct this bad reputation‚ Chiquita conducted
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Length Research Article INVESTIGATING THE DETERMINANTS OF GHANA’S AGRICULTURAL EXPORTSPERFORMANCE: FOCUS ON BANANA‚ COFFEE ANDRUBBER *Boansi David Department of Economic and Technological Change‚ Center for Development Research (ZEF)‚ Bonn‚ Germany ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Article History: Following recent decline for performance of Ghana in rubber exports‚ failure of the banana subsector to achieve competitiveness in exports in spite of the prospects reflected so far‚ and a generally
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This watershed is now being threatened by expanding vegetable farms‚ creeping banana and pineapple plantations‚ illegal logging and other deleterious undertakings. A portion of the Mt. Talomo-Lipadas watershed‚ some 530 hectares inside the Mt. Apo Natural Park‚ has already been denuded (DCWD). Mt. Talomo-Lipadas watershed‚ the primary source of water in Davao City‚ is now in danger of expansion and encroachment of banana plantations in its protected area‚ especially at the foot slopes of Mt. Apo and
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Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Wine is an alcoholic beverage produced through the partial or total fermentation of grapes‚ other fruits and plants such as berries‚ apples‚ cherries‚ dandelions elder berries ‚ palm and rice can also be fermented. Grapes belong to the botanical family vitaceae of which there are many species. The species that are most widely used in wine production are Vitislabrusca and specially Vitisvinefara‚ which has long been the most widely used wine grape throughout the world
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KENYATTA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PURE AND APPLIED SCIENCES DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY STUDY ON INFILTRATION AND SOIL TEXTURE UNDER BANANA AND MAIZE LAND USE SYSTEMS IN GATUNDU CATCHMENT‚ KIAMBU COUNTY‚KENYA KAKAIRE JOEL I56EA/20023/2012 ICEDUNA MARION I56EA/20021/2012 MWM714: FIELD MAPPING AND LABORATORY TECHQNIUES FIELD REPORT COURSE INSTRUCTOR: DR. MAKOKHA GEORGE TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTENTS PAGES 1.0 Introduction ...............................................................
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