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Eleven improved varieties project were multiplied in 2009 by primary producers associated with the USAID/ IITA project Unleashing the Power of Cassava in Africa in response to the Food Price Crisis (UPoCA) in seven States of Nigeria. In 2010, stems from these multiplication farms were distributed...


Okechukwu, R.U.Kehinde, I.A.Afolabi, C.James, B.Egesi, Chiedozie N.[Distribution of improved varieties of cassava and potential impact on root yield and disease reduction in Nigeria]Distribution of improved varieties of cassava and potential impact on root yield and disease reduction in Nigeria

Integrating the management of cassava pests into a strategy which meets the needs of individual farmers requires a conceptual framework for development and implementation. The Ecologically Sustainable Cassava Plant Protection (ESCaPP) project which began in 1993 in West Africa provides such a wor...


Yaninek, John S.James, B.Bieler, P.[Ecologically sustainable cassava plant protection (ESCaPP): a model for environmentally sound pest management in Africa]Ecologically sustainable cassava plant protection (ESCaPP): a model for environmentally sound pest management in Africa

Root rot pathogens were found through diagnostic surveys in all departments (regions) of Bénin, West Africa, to affect 86 to 100% and 96 to 100% of cassava fields during the dry and rainy seasons, respectively. Disease incidence in individual fields ranged between 0 and 53%, and averaged 16 to 27...


Msikita, W.Bissang, B.James, B.Baimey, H.Wilkinson, H.Ahounou, M.Fagbemissi, R.[Prevalence and severity of Nattrassia mangiferae root and stem pathogen of cassava in Benin]Prevalence and severity of Nattrassia mangiferae root and stem pathogen of cassava in Benin

Cassava has long been expected to play a key role in rural economic growth in Africa, but are we there yet? Although research partnerships have produced elite cassava varieties with 50% more yielding potential and demonstrated technologies to boost processing and marketing of cassava, the sub-sec...


James, B.Bramel-Cox, P.J.Witte, E.R.Asiedu, RobertWatson, D.Okechukwu, R.U.[Expanding the application of cassava value chain technologies through UPoCA project]Expanding the application of cassava value chain technologies through UPoCA project

Root-knot nematode (RKN), Meloidogyne spp. is an economically important pest of the traditional leafy vegetable, Solanum macrocarpon L., in Benin. In the search for IPM options, the effect of 5, 20, 35 and 50 g of dried skin peels of cassava storage roots (CP) and orange fruits (OP) each on incid...


Loumedjinon, S.Godonou, I.Atcha-Ahowé, C.James, B.Baimey, H.Coyne, D.L.Ahanchédé, A.[Management of rootknot nematodes on Solanum macrocarpon using botanicals in Benin]Management of rootknot nematodes on Solanum macrocarpon using botanicals in Benin

Cassava has long been expected to play a key role in rural economic growth in Africa, but are we there yet? Although research partnerships have produced elite cassava varieties with 50% more yielding potential and demonstrated technologies to boost processing and marketing of cassava, the sub-sec...


James, B.Bramel-Cox, P.J.Witte, E.R.Asiedu, RobertWatson, D.Okechukwu, R.U.[Expanding the application of cassava value chain technologies through UPoCA project]Expanding the application of cassava value chain technologies through UPoCA project

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