Banana xanthomonas wilt (BXW) remains a major threat to banana, an important food and income crop for 12 million poor small-holder farmers in Uganda. Although, BXW has been controlled to some extent in parts of South-western Uganda, it is still a big problem in banana growing areas of Central and...
Kubiriba, J.
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Karamura, E.B.
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Jogo, Wellington
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Tushemereirwe, W.K.
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Tinzaara, W.
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[Community mobilization: a key to effective control of banana Xanthomonas wilt]
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Community mobilization: a key to effective control of banana Xanthomonas wilt
Declines in banana (Musa spp.) productivity in western Kenya since 2006 have been exacerbated by Xanthomonas wilt, caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum.This study provided insight of household dynamics influencing efforts to eradicate the disease from Ugunja, Lunjre, Sidindi and Sigome...
Ochola, D.
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Jogo, Wellington
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Odongo, M.
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Tinzaara, W.
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Onyango, M.
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Karamura, E.B.
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[Household dynamics influencing effective eradication of Xanthomonas wilt in smallholder banana systems in Ugunja division-Kenya]
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Household dynamics influencing effective eradication of Xanthomonas wilt in smallholder banana systems in Ugunja division-Kenya
This flyer is a brief of the ‘Scaling out sweetpotato and potato-led interventions to improve nutrition and food security in Tigray and SNNPR’ project, which is being implemented in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ Region (SNNPR) and the Tigray region in the north of Ethiopia. At...
Jogo, Wellington
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Teshome, F.
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[Scaling out sweetpotato and potato-led interventions to improve nutrition and food security in Tigray and SNNPR, Ethiopia]
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Scaling out sweetpotato and potato-led interventions to improve nutrition and food security in Tigray and SNNPR, Ethiopia
Banana is a key crop in the livelihoods of many people in the Great Lakes region of East and Central Africa. For more than a decade now, the crop has been threatened by Banana Xanthomonas Wilt (BXW) which has spread throughout the region but at different rates. The disease attacks all banana cult...
Nkuba, J.
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Tinzaara, W.
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Night, G.
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Niko, N.
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Jogo, Wellington
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Ndyetabula, I.
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Mukandala, L.
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Ndayihazamaso, P.
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Niyongere, C.
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Gaidashova, S.V.
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Rwomushana, I.
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Opio, F.
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Karamura, E.B.
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[Adverse impact of banana Xanthomonas Wilt on farmers’ livelihoods in Eastern and Central Africa]
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Adverse impact of banana Xanthomonas Wilt on farmers’ livelihoods in Eastern and Central Africa
Rietveld, A.M.
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Jogo, Wellington
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Mpiira, S.
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Staver, Charles
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[The effect of banana Xanthomonas wilt on beer-banana value chains in Central Uganda: an exploratory study]
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The effect of banana Xanthomonas wilt on beer-banana value chains in Central Uganda: an exploratory study
Banana Xanthomonas wilt (BXW) is a devastating bacterial disease caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum. The disease was simultaneously reported in Cankuzo and Bubanza provinces, Burundi, in November 2010. However, the extent to which the disease has spread to other banana growing region...
Ndayihanzamaso, P.
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Niko, N.
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Niyongere, C.
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Bizimana, S.
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Nibasumba, A.
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Lepoint, P.
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Tinzaara, W.
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Kaboneka, S.
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Sakayoya, E.
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Jogo, Wellington
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Mugiraneza, T.
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Karamura, E.B.
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[Distribution, incidence and farmers knowledge of banana Xanthomonas wilt in Burundi]
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Distribution, incidence and farmers knowledge of banana Xanthomonas wilt in Burundi
Rietveld, A.M.
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Mpiira, S.
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Jogo, Wellington
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Staver, Charles
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[Opportunities and threats in the beer-banana value chain in Central Uganda]
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Opportunities and threats in the beer-banana value chain in Central Uganda
Negassa, A.
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Shapiro, Barry I.
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Kindu, T.
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Abdena, A.
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Hanson, Jean
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Jogo, Wellington
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Hoekstra, Dirk
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[Value chains, markets and economics: Africa RISING Science, Innovations and Technologies with Scaling Potential from the Ethiopian Highlands]
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Value chains, markets and economics: Africa RISING Science, Innovations and Technologies with Scaling Potential from the Ethiopian Highlands
The purpose of this paper is to examine the structure and content of mental models associated with the decision to engage in biofortified sweetpotato vine multiplication as a business. The study focused on decentralized vine multipliers from Kenya and Ethiopia. These were stratified by orientatio...
Okello, J.J.
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Jogo, Wellington
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Kwikiriza, N.
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Muoki, P.
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[Motivations and cognitive models associated with decentralized seed multiplication: Experiences from biofortified sweetpotato vine multipliers in Kenya and Ethiopia]
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Motivations and cognitive models associated with decentralized seed multiplication: Experiences from biofortified sweetpotato vine multipliers in Kenya and Ethiopia
Mulema, Annet A.
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Jogo, Wellington
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Damtew, Elias
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Mekonnen, Kindu
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Thorne, Peter J.
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[Women farmers’ participation in the agricultural research process: Implications for agricultural sustainability in Ethiopia]
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Women farmers’ participation in the agricultural research process: Implications for agricultural sustainability in Ethiopia