Coffee is a primary cash crop and banana a primary food crop in the East African highlands region, including Rwanda, Burundi, north-west Tanzania, west and central Kenya and eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. These two crops often occur on the same smallholder farms, either planted on separate...
Jassogne, Laurence T.P.
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Nibasumba, A.
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Wairegi, L.W.I.
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Baret, P.V.
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Deraeck, J.
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Mukasa, D.
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Wanyama, I.
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Bongers, G.
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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[Coffee/Banana intercropping as an opportunity for smallholder coffee farmers in Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi]
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Coffee/Banana intercropping as an opportunity for smallholder coffee farmers in Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi
Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Blomme, Guy
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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[Agro-ecological intensification of farming systetns in the East and Central African highlands]
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Agro-ecological intensification of farming systetns in the East and Central African highlands
Gockowski, J.
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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[Agricultural intensification as a climate change and food security strategy for sub-Saharan Africa]
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Agricultural intensification as a climate change and food security strategy for sub-Saharan Africa
Muchunguzi, P.
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Blomme, Guy
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[Overcoming challenges for crops, people and policies in Central Africa. The story of CIALCA stakeholder engagement.]
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Overcoming challenges for crops, people and policies in Central Africa. The story of CIALCA stakeholder engagement.
Trade-off analysis has become an increasingly important approach for evaluating system level outcomes of agricultural production and for prioritising and targeting management interventions in multi-functional agricultural landscapes. We review the strengths and weakness of different techniques av...
Wijk, Mark T. van
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Klapwijk, C.J.
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Rosenstock, Todd S.
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Giller, Ken E.
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[Methods for environment: productivity trade-off analysis in agricultural systems]
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Methods for environment: productivity trade-off analysis in agricultural systems
Cassava production in Uganda and western Kenya has been hit hard by the cassava mosaic disease (CMD) epidemic. In response, CMD resistant cassava varieties are currently released on a wide scale. The new varieties yield up to 3 times more than the local varieties. These high yield levels will put...
Fermont, A.M.
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Obiero, H.M.
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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Baguma, Yona K.
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Okwuosa, E.
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[Improved cassava varieties increase the risk of soil nutrient mining: an exante analysis for western Kenya and Uganda]
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Improved cassava varieties increase the risk of soil nutrient mining: an exante analysis for western Kenya and Uganda
As a result of declining farm/plot size and increasing food security needs, intercropping is practised by the majority of small-scale farmers in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. A banana-1egume intercropping experiment was conducted at the Mulungu Research Station in South Kivu Province to e...
Ntamwira, J.
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Pypers, P.
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Ruhigwa, B.
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Lepoint, P.
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Blomme, Guy
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[Effect of banana leaf pruning on legume yield in bananalegume intercropping systems in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo]
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Effect of banana leaf pruning on legume yield in bananalegume intercropping systems in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo