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Agricultural biodiversity plays a central role in household food security and income generation, and thus in achieving Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 1 of halving the proportion of hungry and extremely poor people by 2015. However, its wider use to address nutritional deficiencies and other as...


Bala Ravi, S.Hoeschle-Zeledon, I.Swaminathan, M.S.Frison, Emile A.[Hunger and poverty: the role of biodiversity: Report of an International Consultation on the Role of Biodiversity in Achieving the UN Millennium Development Goal of Freedom from Hunger and Poverty, Chennai, India, April 18-19, 2005]Hunger and poverty: the role of biodiversity: Report of an International Consultation on the Role of Biodiversity in Achieving the UN Millennium Development Goal of Freedom from Hunger and Poverty, Chennai, India, April 18-19, 2005

African Leafy Vegetables (ALVs) are important sources of essential macro and micro-nutrients. In addition they offer a source of livelihood when marketed, and also contribute to crop biodiversity. Despite these positive aspects, only a few ALVs are grown, marketed and consumed in Kenya. This stud...


Irungu, C.Mburu, J.Maundu, P.Grum, M.Hoeschle-Zeledon, I.[Analysis of markets for African leafy vegetables within Nairobi ant its environs and implications for on-farm conservation of biodiversity]Analysis of markets for African leafy vegetables within Nairobi ant its environs and implications for on-farm conservation of biodiversity

Across sub-Saharan Africa, chili peppers are fundamental ingredients of many traditional dishes. However, chili peppers may contain unsafe aflatoxin concentrations produced by Aspergillus section Flavi fungi. Aflatoxin levels were determined in chili peppers from three states in Nigeria. A total ...


Ezekiel, C.N.Ortega-Beltran, A.Oyedeji, E.O.Atehnkeng, J.Kössler, P.Tairu, F.Hoeschle-Zeledon, I.Karlovsky, P.Cotty, P.J.Bandyopadhyay, R.[Aflatoxin in chili peppers in Nigeria: extent of contamination and control using atoxigenic aspergillus flavus genotypes as biocontrol agents]Aflatoxin in chili peppers in Nigeria: extent of contamination and control using atoxigenic aspergillus flavus genotypes as biocontrol agents

Tetteh, F.Larbi, AsamoahNketia, K.A.Senayah, J.K.Hoeschle-Zeledon, I.Abdulrahman, N.[Suitability of soils for cereal cropping in northern Ghana]Suitability of soils for cereal cropping in northern Ghana

The hypothesis that application of starter nitrogen (N) fertilizer to cowpea may increase grain and fodder yields and profitability was tested in the Guinea and Sudan savanna zones of northern Ghana. Two cowpea varieties (Apagbaala: grain-type and Padi-Tuya: dual purpose) and three N fertilizer r...


Nurudeen, A.R.Larbi, AsamoahKotu, B.Tetteh, F.M.Hoeschle-Zeledon, I.[Does nitrogen matter for legumes? Starter nitrogen effects on biological and economic benefits of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) in Guinea and Sudan Savanna of west Africa]Does nitrogen matter for legumes? Starter nitrogen effects on biological and economic benefits of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) in Guinea and Sudan Savanna of west Africa

The interaction effect of stocking density of sheep and goat corralling (SDSG), maize planting density (MPD), and N fertilizer rate (NFR) on soil properties, weed diversity, and maize yield were evaluated on-farm in a smallholder maize-livestock farming system of Northern Ghana during the 2014 an...


Abdul Rahman, N.Larbi, AsamoahOpoku, A.Tetteh, F.M.Hoeschle-Zeledon, I.[Corralling, planting density, and N fertilizer rate effect on soil properties, weed diversity, and maize yield]Corralling, planting density, and N fertilizer rate effect on soil properties, weed diversity, and maize yield

Kotu, Bekele HundieFischer, G.Muthoni, F.Abass, A.Hoeschle-Zeledon, I.Bekunda, Mateete A.[Exploring farmers’ willingness to pay for small scale maize shelling machines in Tanzania]Exploring farmers’ willingness to pay for small scale maize shelling machines in Tanzania

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