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Declining agricultural research budgets coupled with worsening poverty have increasingly required formal priority setting of public agricultural research in developing countries to ensure that scarce research resources are allocated in ways that will have the greatest impact on the poor. This pap...


Alene, Arega D.Manyong, Victor M.Tollens, E.F.Abele, S.[Setting strategic agricultural research priorities based on potential impacts on poverty reduction: the case of Nigeria]Setting strategic agricultural research priorities based on potential impacts on poverty reduction: the case of Nigeria

An assessment of four pilot processing centers in Tanzania, established for processing cassava to high quality cassava flour, chips and starch based on IITA technologies was carried out from 2003 to 2005. We followed the value chain analysis approach, looking in detail at processing efficiency an...


Abass, A.Abele, S.Mlingi, N.Rweyendela, V.Ndunguru, G.[An assessment of the potential efficiency and profitability of valueaddition and marketing innovations involving smallholder farmers under a pilot system in Tanzania]An assessment of the potential efficiency and profitability of valueaddition and marketing innovations involving smallholder farmers under a pilot system in Tanzania
Jagwe, J.Ouma, Emily A.Asten, Piet J.A. vanAbele, S.[Banana marketing in Rwanda, Burundi and South Kivu: CIALCA project survey report]Banana marketing in Rwanda, Burundi and South Kivu: CIALCA project survey report

Abele, S.Koper, E.International Institute of Tropical AgricultureAsiedu, RobertBramel-Cox, P.J.Chikoye, D.López, K.[R4D Review 2]R4D Review 2

The distribution of contaminated planting material (suckers) remains a major cause of spread of pests and diseases in banana. A traditional subsistence staple in East Africa, banana is becoming increasingly a commercialized commodity in the region. Essential for effective commercialization of thi...


Bauer, V.Burkart, StefanAbele, S.Kahangi, E.Dubois, T.Coyne, D.L.Hoffmann, V.[Financing, handling, hardening and marketing of tissue culturederived planting material through nurseries: the case of banana and plantain in Kenya, Uganda and Burundi]Financing, handling, hardening and marketing of tissue culturederived planting material through nurseries: the case of banana and plantain in Kenya, Uganda and Burundi

Banana production in Eastern Africa is threatened by the presence of a new devastating bacterial disease caused by Xanthomonas vasicola pv. musacearum (formerly Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum). The disease has been identified in Uganda, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Tanz...


Biruma, M.Pillay, M.Tripathi, L.Blomme, GuyAbele, S.Mwangi, M.Bandyopadhyay, RanajitMuchunguzi, P.Kassim, S.Nyine, M.Turyagyenda, L.F.Eden-Green, S.[Banana Xanthomonas wilt: a review of the disease, management strategies and future research directions]Banana Xanthomonas wilt: a review of the disease, management strategies and future research directions

Organic agriculture seems to be a profitable enterprise for small scale farmers in developing countries, also in Africa, to enter high value markets in the Northern hemisphere and overcome the crises of declining terms of trade on global agricultural produce markets. It is also seen as a way to o...


Abele, S.Dubois, T.Twine, Edgar E.Sonder, K.Coulibaly, O.[Organic agriculture in Africa: a critical review from a multidisciplinary perspective]Organic agriculture in Africa: a critical review from a multidisciplinary perspective

On the basis of projected economic and poverty impacts of alternative commodity research programs, this article assessed efficiency and equitytradeoffs and the scope for research resource reallocation in Nigeria. Given the importance of major food staples to both poor and non...


Alene, Arega D.Manyong, Victor M.Tollens, E.F.Abele, S.[Efficiencyequity tradeoffs and the scope for resource reallocation in agricultural research: evidence from Nigeria]Efficiencyequity tradeoffs and the scope for resource reallocation in agricultural research: evidence from Nigeria

Growing concern for poverty in the face of declining agricultural research budgets has increasingly required formal priority setting of public agricultural research in developing countries to ensure that scarce research resources are allocated in ways that will have the greatest impact on the poo...


Alene, A.Manyong, Victor M.Tollens, E.F.Abele, S.[Targeting agricultural research based on potential impacts on poverty reduction: strategic program priorities by agroecological zone in Nigeria]Targeting agricultural research based on potential impacts on poverty reduction: strategic program priorities by agroecological zone in Nigeria

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