This document presents a strategy to rationalize the conservation of the banana gene pool and promote the safe use and distribution of a wide range of diversity, all the way to farmers fields.
Rosales, F.E.
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Belalcázar Carvajal, S.
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Pocasangre, L.E.
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[Global conservation strategy for Musa (Banana and Plantain): A consultative document prepared in collaboration with partners in the Musa research-and-development community. March 2006.]
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Global conservation strategy for Musa (Banana and Plantain): A consultative document prepared in collaboration with partners in the Musa research-and-development community. March 2006.
The International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain (INIBAP) organized a survey of banana diversity in the Middle East in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). It was the first effort at the international level to systematically explore banana cultivar d...
De Langhe, E.
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International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain
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[Banana diversity in the Middle East (Jordan, Egypt, Oman)]
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Banana diversity in the Middle East (Jordan, Egypt, Oman)
Häkkinen, M.
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De Langhe, E.
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International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain
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[Musa acuminata in Northern Borneo: Preliminary report, November 2001]
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Musa acuminata in Northern Borneo: Preliminary report, November 2001
De Langhe, E.
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Karamura, D.
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Mbwana, A.
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[Tanzania Musa Expedition 2001, July 8th to July 20th 2001]
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Tanzania Musa Expedition 2001, July 8th to July 20th 2001
This paper examines a process - the spontaneous enclosure of the range by livestock owners - which may rise new problems but also permit new approaches to the development of the African livestock industry. Drawing on case material from Sudan and Somalia, the opening section of the paper discusses...
Behnke, R.H.
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[The implications of spontaneous range enclosure for African livestock development policy]
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The implications of spontaneous range enclosure for African livestock development policy
Discusses the considerations relating to economic policy, supporting institutions and marketing and consumer demand. Classifies and discusses market functions and analyses market organization and institutions of marketing. Looks into the purpose of marketing studies. Discusses some lessons from p...
Brokken, R.F.
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Williams, Timothy O.
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[Economic considerations for smallholder cattle milk and meat production and marketing. I. Economic policies, supporting institutions, marketing and demand]
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Economic considerations for smallholder cattle milk and meat production and marketing. I. Economic policies, supporting institutions, marketing and demand
Throughout Africa the importance of land use issues in relation to tsetse control planning has been emphasized consistently in the tsetse literature. Because of inappropriate land use, concerns for the environment in tsetse-freed areas have been expressed frequently. This debate is very relevant ...
Barrett, J.C.
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[Tsetse control, land use and livestock in the development of the Zambezi valley, Zimbabwe: Some policy considerations]
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Tsetse control, land use and livestock in the development of the Zambezi valley, Zimbabwe: Some policy considerations
The livestock subsector (LSS) has always been an important component of the Nigerian economy. Despite the importance of the sector, growth in livestock output has been slow. In the face of constraints posed by disease and ecological problems, government policies have not been totally successful i...
Williams, Timothy O.
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[Livestock development in Nigeria: A survey of the policy issues and options]
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Livestock development in Nigeria: A survey of the policy issues and options
Bosker, Maarten
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Deichmann, Uwe
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Roberts, Mark
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[ Hukou and Highways , The Impact of China’s Spatial Development Policies on Urbanization and Regional Inequality ]