Yields of the major staple crops (maize, sorghum, millet, cassava, cowpea and bananas/plantains)
of smallholder farmers in Africa have remained stagnant or even declined in the past 40 years.
Numerous biotic and abiotic stresses facing these crops in Africa have contributed to this scenario.
Loca...
Boadi, R.Y.
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Bokanga, M.
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[Bringing technological innovations to African smallholder farmers through intellectual property and technology transfer management: The AATF approach]
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Bringing technological innovations to African smallholder farmers through intellectual property and technology transfer management: The AATF approach
Striga hermonthica (del) Benth is threatening rural livelihoods in western Kenya where maize is the major food and cash crop. Vulnerability analysis was conducted on a sample of 802 households in eight districts of Nyanza and Western provinces. Farmers perceived Striga as the major cause of pover...
Manyong, Victor M.
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Alene, A.
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Odhiambo, G.D.
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Mignouna, H.D.
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Bokanga, M.
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Omanya, G.
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Nindi, S.J.
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[Livelihood strategies of resource poor farmers in strigainfested areas of western Kenya]
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Livelihood strategies of resource poor farmers in strigainfested areas of western Kenya
A significant proportion of wheat flour can be replaced by cassava flour in the making of bread with little changes in the quality of bread. This paper shows that it is possible to make bread without using wheat flour. Soybean flour can also be mixed with cassava flour to increase the protein con...
Cassava production in Africa has increased by 12.5% between 1988 and 1990 with Nigeria becoming the largest cassava producer in the world. Almost all of the African cassava production is destined for human consumption. The consumption of cassava is sometimes associated with toxicity due to its cy...
Manihot esculenta Cyanogenesis, the ability to produce hydrogen cyanide (HCN), is common to over 2000 plant species. In cassava, two cyanogenic glucosides, linamarin and lotaustralin, are produced in the leaves and stored inside vacuoles. Linamarase, an enzyme capable of hydrolyzing the glucoside...
In almost all countries of the cassava belt in Africa, from Senegal to Mozambique, cassava leaves are consumed. In much of East Africa, all of Central Africa and parts of West Africa (e.g. Sierra Leone, Liberia), cassava leaves are a major component of the diet and constitute a very significant s...
This paper is based on information collected from about 600 villages in the ten largest cassava-producing countries within the framework of the Collaborative Study of Cassava in Africa (COSCA). The objective of the paper is to show that growth in cassava production in the region will depend more ...
Nweke, F.I.
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Bokanga, M.
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[Importance of cassava processing for production in subSaharan Africa]
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Importance of cassava processing for production in subSaharan Africa
Eggleston, G.
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Bokanga, M.
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Jeon, Y.W.
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[Traditional African methods for cassava processing and utilization and research needs]
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Traditional African methods for cassava processing and utilization and research needs
Bokanga, M.
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[Mechanisms of the elimination of cyanogens from cassava during traditional processing]
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Mechanisms of the elimination of cyanogens from cassava during traditional processing
Bokanga, M.
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[Cassava fermentation and the industrialization of cassava food production]
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Cassava fermentation and the industrialization of cassava food production