The Southern African Development Community (SADC)/International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics Sorghum and Millet Improvement Program (SMIP) was started in 1983 as a regional initiative of the SADC in collaboration with one of the International Agricultural Research Centres. T...
Anandajayasekeram, P.
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Martella, D.R.
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Sanders, J.
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Kupfuma, B.
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[Ex-ante analysis of the Sorghum and millet improvement program]
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Ex-ante analysis of the Sorghum and millet improvement program
Sorghum and millet are important for human consumption in marginal rainfall regions, for low income consumers in other regions and for beer production in Zimbabwe. After independence the research and policy emphasis on sorghum shifted towards communal farmers, from red-seeded to the white-seeded ...
Anandajayasekeram, P.
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Martella, D.R.
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Sanders, J.
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Kupfuma, B.
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[Impact of sorghum research and Development in Zimbabwe: The case of SV 2]
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Impact of sorghum research and Development in Zimbabwe: The case of SV 2
This study analyses the impact of cotton research and Development in Zimbabwe from 1970 to 1995. A benefit-cost analysis calculated a 47% rate of return to cotton R&D investments and showed that the investments in past cotton R&D were profitable. The assessment of the institutional impact showed ...
Mudhara, M.
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Anandajayasekeram, P.
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Kupfuma, B.
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Mazhangara, E.P.
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[Impact assessment of cotton research in Zimbabwe: 1970-1995]
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Impact assessment of cotton research in Zimbabwe: 1970-1995
Pearl millet is the most widely grown and utilized cereal in northern Namibia especially in Ovambo and Kavango regions. A millet variety was identified in the late 1980s from the Sorghum and Millet Improvement Program nursery in 1986 and officially released in 1990, under the name Okashana 1. Thi...
Anandajayasekeram, P.
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Martella, D.R.
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Sanders, J.
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Kupfuma, B.
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[Impact of pearl millet research and Development in Namibia: The case of Okashana 1]
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Impact of pearl millet research and Development in Namibia: The case of Okashana 1