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Cassava leaves are increasingly becoming an important source of nutrition for both human beings and livestock. A study was conducted at Chitedze Research Station, Malawi, to determine the effects of leaf harvesting on root yield and quality from 2003/04 to 2005/06 season. Two cassava varieties we...


Sandifolo, V.S.Mahungu, N.M.Mkumbira, J.Moyo, C.C.Mhone, A.Benesi, I.R.[Effect of cassava leaf harvesting on root yield and quality]Effect of cassava leaf harvesting on root yield and quality

Cassava is an important food crop in the East African coastal lowlands. However, yields are low due to various reasons amongst which are pests and diseases. Cassava brown streak virus disease (CBSD) is one of the major diseases of economic importance in Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and Malawi. Yie...


Kanju, E.E.Masumba, E.A.Masawe, M.Tollano, S.Muli, B.Zacharias, A.Mahungu, N.M.Khizzah, B.Whyte, J.Dixon, A.[Breeding cassava for brown streak resistance: regional cassava variety development strategy based on farmers and consumer preferences]Breeding cassava for brown streak resistance: regional cassava variety development strategy based on farmers and consumer preferences

La mouche blanche (Bemisia tabaci) est le vecteur de la mosaïque et de la striure brune du manioc. Sa population a toujours été faible dans les champs de manioc. En plus, cet insecte trés polyphage, n'avait jamais constitué d'une manière directe, une menace réelle à la culture du manioc en Afriqu...


Bakelana, Z.Legg, J.P.Lema, K.M.Hauser, S.Mahungu, N.M.[Les facteurs determinant labondance du vecteur mouche blanche (Bemisia tabaci, Homoptera : Aleyrodidae) et les types des virus distribues sur le manioc en R.D. Congo]Les facteurs determinant labondance du vecteur mouche blanche (Bemisia tabaci, Homoptera : Aleyrodidae) et les types des virus distribues sur le manioc en R.D. Congo
Kambewa, E.Mahungu, N.M.[Cassava production and marketing in the Chinyanja triangle (Malawi, Mozambique & Zambia), Angola and South Africa]Cassava production and marketing in the Chinyanja triangle (Malawi, Mozambique & Zambia), Angola and South Africa

This paper measures the economic impacts of IITA/SARRNET led cassava improvement research in Malawi and Zambia over the period 1990-2008. The data come from sample household surveys, expert opinion surveys, and a series of cassava improvement experiments conducted in the two countries. Past inves...


Alene, Arega D.Khataza, R.Ntawuruhunga, PheneasMahungu, N.M.Jumbo, S.[Economic impacts of cassava improvement in Malawi and Zambia]Economic impacts of cassava improvement in Malawi and Zambia

Over the past decades, some extensive research and investments have taken place across Africa by a range of stakeholders to explore and capitalize on the potential of cassava in terms of both a basic food product and a strategic commodity to be processed and refined for trade on the regional, con...


Wambo, A.Mahungu, N.M.Kendenga, T.O'Brien, E.[Cassava investment in Africa: taking inventory of initiatives in Africa in view of positioning cassava as a strategic commodity]Cassava investment in Africa: taking inventory of initiatives in Africa in view of positioning cassava as a strategic commodity

Mahungu, N.M.Tata-Hangy, K.W.Bidiaka, S.M.Frangoie, A.[Multiplication de materiel de plantation de manioc et gestion des maladies et ravageurs]Multiplication de materiel de plantation de manioc et gestion des maladies et ravageurs

In April 2008 in the northern Provinces of Angola, banana (AAA genome)and plantain (AAB genome) plants (Musa spp.) with severe stunting andmoderate to severe leaf symptoms typical of banana bunchy top diseasewere observed to be widespread in farmers’ fields in Kirimadhola villagein the Ndalatando...


Kumar, P.L.Ayodele, M.Oben, T.T.Mahungu, N.M.Beed, Fen D.Coyne, D.L.Londa, L.Mutunda, M.P.Kiala, D.Maruthi, M.N.[First report of banana bunchy top virus in banana and plantain (Musa spp.) in Angola]First report of banana bunchy top virus in banana and plantain (Musa spp.) in Angola

A trial was conducted in 2008/09 at Chitedze (31o 59' S; 33o 38' E) and Chitala (13o 40' S; 34o 15' E) Research stations in Malawi to evaluate commercially available pre-emergent herbicides for weed control in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz). Four herbicides, Bullet (chloroacetanilide, dimetha...


Moyo, C.C.Jumbo, S.Mahungu, N.M.Benesi, I.R.M.Ntawuruhunga, PheneasSandifolo, V.S.[Evaluation of commercially available herbicides for weed control in cassava]Evaluation of commercially available herbicides for weed control in cassava
Dixon, A.Okechukwu, R.U.Akoroda, M.O.Ilona, P.Ogbe, F.Egesi, Chiedozie N.Kulakow, P.A.Ssemakula, G.N.Maziya-Dixon, B.B.Iluebbey, P.Yomeni, M.O.Geteloma, C.James, B.Eke-Okoro, O.N.Sanni, L.O.Ntawuruhunga, PheneasTarawali, G.Mahungu, N.M.Lemchi, J.Ezedinma, C.Okoro, E.Kanju, E.Adeniji, A.A.Nwosu, K.I.[Improved cassava variety handbook]Improved cassava variety handbook

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