Multi-stakeholder platforms (MSPs) have been playing an increasing role in interventions aiming to generate and scale innovations in agricultural systems. However, the contribution of MSPs in achieving innovations and scaling has been varied, and many factors have been reported to be important fo...
Sartas, M.
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Schut, Marc
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Hermans, F.
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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Leeuwis, C.
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[Effects of multi-stakeholder platforms on multi-stakeholder innovation networks: implications for research for development interventions targeting innovations at scale]
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Effects of multi-stakeholder platforms on multi-stakeholder innovation networks: implications for research for development interventions targeting innovations at scale
Agricultural policies in sub-Saharan Africa have paid insufficient attention to sustainable intensification. In Uganda, agricultural productivity has stagnated with aggregate increases in crop production being attributed to expansion of cultivated land area. To enhance sustainable crop intensific...
Pali, Pamela N.
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Schut, Marc
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Kibwika, P.
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Wairegi, L.W.I.
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Yami, M.
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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Manyong, Victor M.
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[Opportunities and pitfalls for researchers to contribute to the design of evidence-based agricultural policies: lessons from Uganda]
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Opportunities and pitfalls for researchers to contribute to the design of evidence-based agricultural policies: lessons from Uganda
This study aims to explain effects of soil textural class, topography, land use, and land use history on soil greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes in the Lake Victoria region. We measured GHG fluxes from intact soil cores collected in Rakai, Uganda, an area characterized by low‐input smallholder (<2 ha) f...
Wanyama, Ibrahim
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Rufino, Mariana C.
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Pelster, David E.
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Wanyama, George N.
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Atzberger, Clement
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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Verchot, Louis V.
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Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus
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[Land Use, Land Use History, and Soil Type Affect Soil Greenhouse Gas Fluxes From Agricultural Landscapes of the East African Highlands]
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Land Use, Land Use History, and Soil Type Affect Soil Greenhouse Gas Fluxes From Agricultural Landscapes of the East African Highlands
Banana is an increasingly demanded food and cash crop in sub-Saharan Africa. Reported yields in smallholder farms vary substantially. The importance and spread of yield constraints have not been properly quantified. A study was carried out in Central Kenya to (i) quantify the yield levels, the pr...
Okumu, MO
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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Kahangi, EM
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Okech, SH
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Jefwa, J.M.
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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[Production gradients in smallholder banana (cv. Giant Cavendish) farms in Central Kenya]
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Production gradients in smallholder banana (cv. Giant Cavendish) farms in Central Kenya
The effect of exogenous applications of potassium (K), calcium (Ca), and nitrogen (N) on the susceptibility of four banana cultivars to Banana Xanthomonas wilt (BXW) was studied. Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium with normal concentrations of K at 783 mg/liter, Ca at 121 mg/liter, and N at 841 mg/l...
Atim, M.
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Beed, Fen D.
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Tusiime, Geoffrey
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Tripathi, L.
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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[High potassium, calcium and nitrogen application reduce susceptibility to banana Xanthomonas wilt caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum]
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High potassium, calcium and nitrogen application reduce susceptibility to banana Xanthomonas wilt caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum
Although coffee is a promising cash crop, smallholder farmers that grow coffee are still vulnerable. Soil fertility is declining, pest and disease pressure is increasing, populations are rising, and land is continuously fragmented. Above all, climate change is starting to take its toll and puts f...
Jassogne, Laurence T.P.
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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Läderach, Peter
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Craparo, S.
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Wanyama, I.
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Nibasumba A
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Bielders, Charles L.
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[Climate-smart perennial systems]
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Climate-smart perennial systems
tBanana-bean intercropping systems are common in the bimodal rainfall areas of the East African High-lands and are characterized by low banana productivity. In these systems, the soil is tilled manually twicea year before bean planting with potentially damaging effects to the shallow banana root ...
Muliele, M.T.
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Bielders, Charles L.
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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[Short- and medium-term impact of manual tillage and no-tillage withmulching on banana roots and yields in banana-bean intercroppingsystems in the East African Highlands]
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Short- and medium-term impact of manual tillage and no-tillage withmulching on banana roots and yields in banana-bean intercroppingsystems in the East African Highlands
Multi-stakeholder platforms (MSPs) are seen as a promising vehicle to achieve agricultural development impacts. By increasing collaboration, exchange of knowledge and influence mediation among farmers, researchers and other stakeholders, MSPs supposedly enhance their ‘capacity to innovate’ and co...
Hermans, Frans
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Sartas, Murat
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Schagen, B. van
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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Schut, Marc
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[Social network analysis of multi-stakeholder platforms in agricultural research for development: opportunities and constraints for innovation and scaling]
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Social network analysis of multi-stakeholder platforms in agricultural research for development: opportunities and constraints for innovation and scaling
Coffee and banana are important cash and food crops in Uganda and the surrounding East African highland region. Production is dominated by smallholders that have limited arable land and often coffee and banana are intercropped. No significant research and development efforts have been undertaken ...
Jassogne, Laurence T.P.
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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Wanyama, I.
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Baret, P.
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[Perceptions and outlook on intercropping coffee with banana as an opportunity for smallholder coffee farmers in Uganda]
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Perceptions and outlook on intercropping coffee with banana as an opportunity for smallholder coffee farmers in Uganda
The phenology of East African highland banana (Musa acuminata AAA-EA, hereafter referred to as ‘high-land banana’) is poorly understood. We tested three hypotheses: (1) the physiological age at floweringis independent of site effects, (2) there is no difference in threshold size at flowering betw...
Taulya, G.
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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Leffelaar, P.A.
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Giller, Ken E.
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[Phenological development of East African highland banana involves tradeoffs between physiological age and chronological age]
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Phenological development of East African highland banana involves tradeoffs between physiological age and chronological age