Sub-Saharan Africa needs to produce more food, feed, and fiber to support its growing population and intensification of smallholder agriculture is a crucial component of any strategy towards this goal. Sustainable Intensification (SI) acknowledges that enhanced productivity needs to go hand in ha...
Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Coyne, D.L.
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Gockowski, J.
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Hauser, S.
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Huising, J.E.
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Masso, C.
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Nziguheba, Generose
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Schut, Marc
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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[Sustainable intensification and the African smallholder farmer]
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Sustainable intensification and the African smallholder farmer
Plant-parasitic nematode incidence, population densities and associated damage were determined from 153 smallholder banana and plantain gardens in Bas Congo (9 – 646 meters above sea level, m.a.s.l) and South Kivu (1043 – 2005 m.a.s.l), Democratic Republic of Congo, during 2010. Based on the freq...
Kamira, M.
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Hauser, S.
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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Coyne, D.L.
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Talwana, H.
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[Plant parasitic nematodes associated with banana and plantain in eastern and western Democratic Republic of Congo]
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Plant parasitic nematodes associated with banana and plantain in eastern and western Democratic Republic of Congo
Impact of adopting products promoted by the Consortium for Improving Agriculture-based livelihoods in Central Africa (CIALCA) on food and nutrition security was tested. Multistage sampling was used to select 7 project mandate areas, 5 villages/mandate area (stratified into action, satellite and c...
Ekesa, B.
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Lange, M. de
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Macharia, I.
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Garming, H.
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Ouma, Emily A.
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Birachi, Eliud Abucheli
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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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[Impact of interventions by consortium for improving agriculturebased livelihoohds in Central Africa (CIALCA) on food and nutrition security of farmer households]
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Impact of interventions by consortium for improving agriculturebased livelihoohds in Central Africa (CIALCA) on food and nutrition security of farmer households
The study aimed to quantify the relative contributions of soil fertility factors (S), pests and diseases (P) and crop management practices (M) to highland banana (Musa spp. AAA-EA) yields under heterogeneous on-farm conditions. Soil status, nutrient levels, pests, crop management from 150 mats wi...
Alou, I.N.
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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Tenywa, M.M.
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[Biophysical and crop management gradients limiting yields of east African highland banana (Musa spp. AAAEA) within farms in low input cropping systems]
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Biophysical and crop management gradients limiting yields of east African highland banana (Musa spp. AAAEA) within farms in low input cropping systems
Asten, Piet J.A. van
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Gold, C.S.
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Okech, S.H.O.
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Gaidashova, S.V.
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Tushemereirwe, W.K.
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Waele, D. de
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[Soil quality problems in East African banana systems and their relation with other yield loss factors]
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Soil quality problems in East African banana systems and their relation with other yield loss factors
The article examines the effect of membership in farmer groups (MFG) on adoption lag of agricultural technologies and farm performance in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda. We use duration and stochastic production frontier models on farm household data. We find that the longer...
Ainembabazi, John H.
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Ouma, Emily A.
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Blomme, Guy
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Birachi, Eliud Abucheli
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Dontsop Nguezet, Paul M.
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Mignouna, Djana B.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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[Improving the speed of adoption of agricultural technologies and farm performance through farmer groups: evidence from the Great Lakes region of Africa]
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Improving the speed of adoption of agricultural technologies and farm performance through farmer groups: evidence from the Great Lakes region of Africa
In the oldest sections of Burkina Faso's largest irrigation scheme in the Sourou Valley (13° 10′ N, 03° 30′W) rice (Oryza sativa L.) yields dropped from about 5 to 6 t ha−1 in the early 1990s, shortly after establishment of the scheme, to 2 to 4 t ha−1 from 1995 onwards. Farmers blamed this yield...
Asten, Piet J.A. van
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Barro, S.
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Wopereis, M.
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Defoer, T.
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[Using farmer knowledge to combat low productive spots in an irrigated rice scheme in Burkina Faso]
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Using farmer knowledge to combat low productive spots in an irrigated rice scheme in Burkina Faso
This paper reports results from a 6-year long-term fertilizer X banana weevil trial for highland banana in Mbarara, Uganda. The objective of the study was to quantify the effect of mineral fertiliser (100 kg N, 50 kg P, and 100 kg K ha -1 yr-1) on crop and economic performance and weevil pest sta...
Okech, S.H.
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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Gold, C.S.
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Ssali, H.
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[Effects of potassium deficiency, drought, and weevils on banana yield and economic performance in Mbarara, Uganda]
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Effects of potassium deficiency, drought, and weevils on banana yield and economic performance in Mbarara, Uganda
Irrigated rice cropping is practiced to reclaim alkaline-sodic soils in many parts of the world. This practice is in apparent contrast with earlier studies in the Sahel, which suggests that irrigated rice cropping may lead to the formation of alkaline-sodic soils. Soil column experiments were don...
Asten, Piet J.A. van
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Van't Zelfde, J.A.
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Zee, A. van der
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Hammecker, C.
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[The effect of irrigated rice cropping on the alkalinity of alkaline soils in West Africa]
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The effect of irrigated rice cropping on the alkalinity of alkaline soils in West Africa
Although the political context in Uganda exhibits democratic deficit and patronage, research and development actors have given little attention to the possible negative impact these may have on agricultural policymaking and implementation processes. This article examines the influence of power in...
Yami, M.
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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Hauser, M.
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Schut, Marc
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Pali, P.
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[Participation without negotiating: influence of stakeholder power imbalances and engagement models on agricultural policy development in Uganda]
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Participation without negotiating: influence of stakeholder power imbalances and engagement models on agricultural policy development in Uganda