Cassava is an important root crop in Malawi. It is the second most important food crop after maize. It is grown throughout the country as a food security crop, sack/cash crop, and as a staple food crop along the Lake Malawi. Is is a staple for over 39 % of the country’s population. Farmers ...
Gondwe, F.M.T.
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Mahungu, N.M.
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Hillocks, R.J.
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Raya, M.D.
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Moyo, C.C.
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Soko, M.M.
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Chipungu, F.P.
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Benesi, I.R.M.
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[Economic losses experienced by smallscale farmers in Malawi due to cassava brown streak virus disease]
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Economic losses experienced by smallscale farmers in Malawi due to cassava brown streak virus disease
Cassava clones CH92/082, TME 6 and BA95/070 were evaluated against Mbundumali, Phoso, Mulola and Sauti as checks. These clones were evaluated at Makoka, Mkondezi, Baka and Kasinthula Research Stations that represented different agro ecologies and in Mzuzu ADD under farmers' conditions. The object...
Benesi, I.R.M.
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Mkandawire, T.
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Chipungu, F.P.
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Pamkomera, P.
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Mkumbira, J.
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Mahungu, N.M.
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Moyo, C.C.
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Ntonga, A.P.
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Chilungo, S.
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[CH92/082 and TME 6 cassava clones officially released for farmer growing in Malawi]
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CH92/082 and TME 6 cassava clones officially released for farmer growing in Malawi
In order to better understand farmers’ sweetpotato varieties grown in Malawi for subsequent improvement and effective contribution of agricultural research to livelihood, a study which involved germplasm collection and indigenous knowledge documentation survey in 2003 in Chikwawa and Nsanje Distr...
Chipungu, F.P.
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Saka, J.D.K.
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Ambali, A.J.D.
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Mahungu, N.M.
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Mkumbira, J.
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[Importance of orange-fleshed sweetpotato cultivars in Malawi: a consolidation of morphological, organoleptic and beta-carotene analysis]
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Importance of orange-fleshed sweetpotato cultivars in Malawi: a consolidation of morphological, organoleptic and beta-carotene analysis