Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is the second most important food crop after rice, the staple in Sierra Leone; it is also the most important root and tuber crop. It is followed by sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.), yam (Dioscorea spp.), which forms
part of the traditional farming system and ha...
Fomba, S.N.
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Massaquoi, F.B.
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Norman, P.E.
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Samura, A.E.
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Mansaray, A.
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Jalloh, A.
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Dixon, Alfred G.O.
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Anthony, N.A.
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Benya, M.T.
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Fornah, D.S.
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Sawi, M.K.
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Sartie, A.M.
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Onadipe, O.
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Sanni, L.O.
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[Current status of root and tuber crops improvement, production and utilization in Sierra Leone]
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Current status of root and tuber crops improvement, production and utilization in Sierra Leone
Four attributes of stem quality: number of nodes1, diameter2, and stem weight3 per 25-cm plantable stake (PS), and the stake position4 were investigated in field trials at Blocks 4, 18 and 24 of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Onne, Ajibode, Ibadan, Federal College of A...
The initiative of cassava value chain in West Africa has provided sustainable opportunity for transferring best bet agronomic, processing and marketing practices to less privileged small holder enterprises in Nigeria, Benin and Sierra Leone. This project which started 2008, sponsored by Common Fu...
Sanni, L.O.
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Onadipe, O.O.
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Alenkhe, E.B.
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Ilona, P.
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Davis-Mussagy, M.
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Dixon, Alfred G.O.
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[Cassava value chain development in West Africa: success stories]
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Cassava value chain development in West Africa: success stories