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.
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Burkart, Stefan
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Abele, S.
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Kahangi, E.
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Dubois, T.
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Coyne, D.L.
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Hoffmann, V.
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[Financing, handling, hardening and marketing of tissue culturederived planting material through nurseries: the case of banana and plantain in Kenya, Uganda and Burundi]
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Financing, handling, hardening and marketing of tissue culturederived planting material through nurseries: the case of banana and plantain in Kenya, Uganda and Burundi
Improved germplasm from the cassava-breeding program has generated new varieties that are increasingly being grown by farmers in Uganda.In this study, the socio-economic and demographic characteristics of cassava farmers in different regions of Uganda, adopted c...
Abele, S.
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Twine, Edgar E.
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Ntawuruhunga, Pheneas
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Baguma, Yona K.
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Kanobe, C.
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Bua, A.
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[Adoption of improved cassava varieties in Uganda: implications for agricultural research and technology dissemination]
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Adoption of improved cassava varieties in Uganda: implications for agricultural research and technology dissemination
In 1996, Cassava Mosaic Disease in Western Kenya depressed productivity and de-stabilized markets. The study assesses the effectiveness of breeding and disseminating CMD-resistant varieties in western Kenya by determining the extent of adoption and impact on farmers' income of the new varieties v...
Abele, S.
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Twine, Edgar E.
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Ntawuruhunga, Pheneas
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Tenywa, J.S.
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Nampala, P.
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Okori, P.
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Kyamuhangire, W.
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Adipala, E.
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Tusiome, G.
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Odendo, M.
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Obiero, H.
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Odenya, J.
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[Effectiveness of breeding and disseminating CMDresistant cassava varieties in western Kenya]
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Effectiveness of breeding and disseminating CMDresistant cassava varieties in western Kenya
The paper deals with the problem of economically sustainable technological innovation for agriculture in the risky environment of Niger’s Sahelian zone smallholders. For these farmers, low-input mineral fertiliser technologies have been developed in the nineties in order to increase the productiv...
Abele, S.
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[Innovations for plant production in the risky environment of semiarid Niger: a multilevel modeling assessment]
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Innovations for plant production in the risky environment of semiarid Niger: a multilevel modeling assessment