Biofortification of staple crops to combat micronutrient deficiencies is gaining global recognition. Projects promoting biofortified food crops use intensive agriculture-nutrition education and extension activities to increase adoption of such crops. This study examines the effect of such program...
Okello, J.J.
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Kwikiriza, N.
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Muoki, P.
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Wambaya, J.
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Heck, S.
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[Effect of intensive agriculture-nutrition education and extension program adoption and diffusion of biofortified crops.]
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Effect of intensive agriculture-nutrition education and extension program adoption and diffusion of biofortified crops.
Malnutrition, particularly vitamin A deficiency, is a major public health problem in many developing countries. This study investigated whether priming or self-generation of goals, or whether attention to instrumental or experiential goals together with use of a reminder condition or not, promote...
Lagerkvist, C.J.
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Okello, J.J.
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Adekambi, S.
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Kwikiriza, N.
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Abidin, P.E.
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Carey, E.E.
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[Goal-setting and volitional behavioural change: Results from a school meals intervention with vitamin-A biofortified sweetpotato in Nigeria]
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Goal-setting and volitional behavioural change: Results from a school meals intervention with vitamin-A biofortified sweetpotato in Nigeria
Potato yields in sub-Saharan Africa remain very low compared with those of developed countries. Yet potato is major food staple and source of income to the predominantly smallholder growing households in the tropical highlands of this region. A major cause of the low potato yields is the use of p...
Okello, J.J.
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Zhou, Y.
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Kwikiriza, N.
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Ogutu, S.O.
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Barker, I.
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Schulte-Geldermann, Elmar
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Atieno, E.
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Ahmed, J.T.
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[Determinants of the use of certified seed potato among smallholder farmers: the case of potato growers in central and eastern Kenya.]
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Determinants of the use of certified seed potato among smallholder farmers: the case of potato growers in central and eastern Kenya.
Background: Potato is a major food crop in the tropical regions of Africa. However, potato yields continue to remain very low in these regions mainly due to use of poor quality seed. The recent development of rapid seed multiplication technique has helped to shorten the duration of certified seed...
Okello, J.J.
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Zhou, Y.
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Kwikiriza, N.
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Ogutu, S.
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Barker, I.
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Atieno, E.
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Ahmed, J.T.
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Schulte-Geldermann, Elmar
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[Productivity and food security effects of using of certified seed potato: The case of Kenya's potato farmers]
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Productivity and food security effects of using of certified seed potato: The case of Kenya's potato farmers
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