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Njukwe, E.Ekesa, B.Ocimati, W.Blomme, GuyKamira, M.Amah, D.Swennen, R.L.Okafor, C.Ndayisaba, P.C.[Intensification and diversification of banana production systems: key drivers for increased income and food and nutritional security in the Great Lakes region]Intensification and diversification of banana production systems: key drivers for increased income and food and nutritional security in the Great Lakes region

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

Xanthomonas wilt, caused by Xanthomonascampestris pv. musacearum has, since 2001, becomethe most important and widespread disease of Musa inEast and Central Africa. Over the past decade, newresearch findings and especially feedback from smallscalefarmers have helped in fine-tuning Xanthomonaswilt...


Blomme, GuyJacobsen, K.Ocimati, W.Beed, Fen D.Ntamwira, J.Sivirihauma, C.Ssekiwoko, F.Nakato, V.Kubiriba, J.Tripathi, L.Tinzaara, W.Mbolela, F.Lutete, L.Karamura, E.B.[Finetuning banana Xanthomonas wilt control options over the past decade in East and Central Africa]Finetuning banana Xanthomonas wilt control options over the past decade in East and Central Africa

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.Lange, M. deMacharia, I.Garming, H.Ouma, Emily A.Birachi, Eliud AbucheliAsten, Piet J.A. vanVanlauwe, BernardBlomme, Guy[Impact of interventions by consortium for improving agriculturebased livelihoohds in Central Africa (CIALCA) on food and nutrition security of farmer households]Impact of interventions by consortium for improving agriculturebased livelihoohds in Central Africa (CIALCA) on food and nutrition security of farmer households

Banana is an important crop for food and income in Burundi. However, average annual yields are low (5 t/ha) because of low and declining soil fertility, and pest and disease pressure. To help overcome the challenges to banana production in the Great Lakes region of Central Africa, the Consortium ...


Kamira, M.Crichton, R.J.Kanyaruguru, J.P.Asten, Piet J.A. vanBlomme, GuyLorenzen, J.H.Njukwe, E.Bergh, I. van denOuma, Emily A.Muchunguzi, P.[Agronomic evaluation of common and improved dessert banana cultivars at different altitudes across Burundi]Agronomic evaluation of common and improved dessert banana cultivars at different altitudes across Burundi
Vanlauwe, BernardBlomme, GuyAsten, Piet J.A. van[Agro-ecological intensification of farming systetns in the East and Central African highlands]Agro-ecological intensification of farming systetns in the East and Central African highlands

Enset (Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman) is the major starch staple of the Ethiopian Highlands, where its unique attributes enhance the food security of approximately 20 million people and have earned it the title “The Tree Against Hunger”. Yet enset‐based agriculture is virtually unknown outs...


Borrell, J.S.Goodwin, M.Blomme, GuyJacobsen, K.Wendawek, A.M.Gashu, D.Lulekal, E.Asfaw, Z.Demissew, S.[Enset‐based agricultural systems in Ethiopia: A systematic review of production trends, agronomy, processing and the wider food security applications of a neglected banana relative]Enset‐based agricultural systems in Ethiopia: A systematic review of production trends, agronomy, processing and the wider food security applications of a neglected banana relative

Muchunguzi, P.Asten, Piet J.A. vanVanlauwe, BernardBlomme, Guy[Overcoming challenges for crops, people and policies in Central Africa. The story of CIALCA stakeholder engagement.]Overcoming challenges for crops, people and policies in Central Africa. The story of CIALCA stakeholder engagement.

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.Pypers, P.Asten, Piet J.A. vanVanlauwe, BernardRuhigwa, B.Lepoint, P.Blomme, Guy[Effect of banana leaf pruning on legume yield in bananalegume intercropping systems in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo]Effect of banana leaf pruning on legume yield in bananalegume intercropping systems in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

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