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This paper evaluates the impact of an emergency research for development project implemented in the Democratic Republic of Congo from 2000 to 2009 by a various actors including the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture in response to the outbreak of the Cassava Mosaic Disease that threa...


Rusike, J.Mahungu, N.M.Lukombo, S.S.Kendenga, T.Bidiaka, S.M.Alene, A.Lema, A.Manyong, Victor M.[The impact of the emergency response to the outbreak of the cassava mosaic disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo]The impact of the emergency response to the outbreak of the cassava mosaic disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Cassava is an important food staple in the coastal provinces of east and southern Africa. However, its production is adversely affected by cassava brown streak virus disease (CBSD). CBSD first reported from Amani, Tanzania in 1936, is now considered to be one of the major biotic constraints to ca...


Kanju, E.Mahungu, N.M.Whyte, J.Dixon, A.[Association between zigzag stem habit and resistance/tolerance to cassava brown streak virus disease]Association between zigzag stem habit and resistance/tolerance to cassava brown streak virus disease

Cassava is an important root crop in Malawi. It is the second most important food crop after maize. It is grown throughout the country as a food security crop, sack/cash crop, and as a staple food crop along the Lake Malawi. Is is a staple for over 39 % of the country’s population. Farmers ...


Gondwe, F.M.T.Mahungu, N.M.Hillocks, R.J.Raya, M.D.Moyo, C.C.Soko, M.M.Chipungu, F.P.Benesi, I.R.M.[Economic losses experienced by smallscale farmers in Malawi due to cassava brown streak virus disease]Economic losses experienced by smallscale farmers in Malawi due to cassava brown streak virus disease

A countrywide survey on cassava constraints in D.R. Congo was initiated in 2002 and completed in 2004 with the aim of assessing the health status of cassava in various agro-ecological zones of the 11 provinces of the country. The survey permitted to update the list of diseases and pests that cont...


Tata-Hangy, K.W.Legg, J.P.Hanna, R.Toko, M.Lema, K.M.Dixon, A.Mahungu, N.M.[Incidence and distribution of cassava diseases and pests in the Democratic Republic of Congo]Incidence and distribution of cassava diseases and pests in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Cassava(Manihot esculenta), a root crop originating in Tropical America, has been called Africa’s food insurance but vital as that is, it has the potential to be much more. Already, cassava provides more than half of the dietary calories for over 200 million people in sub-Saharan Africa (about ha...


Dixon, Alfred G.O.Bandyopadhyay, RanajitCoyne, D.L.Ferguson, M.Ferris, R.S.B.Hanna, R.Hughes, J.Ingelbrecht, I.Legg, J.P.Mahungu, N.M.Manyong, Victor M.Mowbray, D.Neuenschwander, P.Whyte, J.Hartmann, P.Ortiz, R.[Cassava: from poor farmers crop to pacesetter of African rural development]Cassava: from poor farmers crop to pacesetter of African rural development

Cassava is an important food crop in the East African coastal lowlands. However, yields are low due to various reasons amongst which are pests and diseases. Cassava brown streak virus disease (CBSD) is one of the major diseases of economic importance in Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and Malawi. Yie...


Kanju, E.E.Masumba, E.A.Masawe, M.Tollano, S.Muli, B.Zacharias, A.Mahungu, N.M.Khizzah, B.Whyte, J.Dixon, A.[Breeding cassava for brown streak resistance: regional cassava variety development strategy based on farmers and consumer preferences]Breeding cassava for brown streak resistance: regional cassava variety development strategy based on farmers and consumer preferences

La mouche blanche (Bemisia tabaci) est le vecteur de la mosaïque et de la striure brune du manioc. Sa population a toujours été faible dans les champs de manioc. En plus, cet insecte trés polyphage, n'avait jamais constitué d'une manière directe, une menace réelle à la culture du manioc en Afriqu...


Bakelana, Z.Legg, J.P.Lema, K.M.Hauser, S.Mahungu, N.M.[Les facteurs determinant labondance du vecteur mouche blanche (Bemisia tabaci, Homoptera : Aleyrodidae) et les types des virus distribues sur le manioc en R.D. Congo]Les facteurs determinant labondance du vecteur mouche blanche (Bemisia tabaci, Homoptera : Aleyrodidae) et les types des virus distribues sur le manioc en R.D. Congo

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