In Lake Zone, Tanzania, farmers were trained to multiply and distribute quality sweetpotato planting material. The objectives of this study were to assess changes in skills and practices among the trained farmers as vine multiplication became a specialized task. Nine months after the project ende...
McEwan, M.
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Lusheshanija, D.
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Shikuku, K.M.
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Sindi, K.
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[Specialised sweetpotato vine multiplication in Lake Zone, Tanzania: What “sticks” and what changes?.]
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Specialised sweetpotato vine multiplication in Lake Zone, Tanzania: What “sticks” and what changes?.
Twenty-six participants (nine women), members of the RTB cross-cutting cluster 2.1. on “Quality Seeds and Access to Improved Varieties” met between 8-13th May 2017, in Lunteren and Wageningen, the Netherlands. The workshop participants were from: Bioversity, CIAT, CIP, IITA, UF, and WUR. The part...
In Sub-Saharan Africa, sweetpotato pre-basic seed is multiplied in screenhouses using a sterilized soil substrate. This is expensive and unsustainable. The use of sand substrate with a fertigation system (“sandponics”), is an alternative. The study compared the cost-effectiveness for pre-basic se...
Vegetatively propagated crop (VPC) seed tends to remain true to varietal type but is bulky, often carries disease, and is slow to produce. So VPC seed needs to be handled differently than that of other crops, e.g., it tends to be sourced locally, often must be fresh, and it is less often sold on ...
Bentley, J.W.
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Andrade-Piedra, J.L.
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Demo, P.
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Dzomeku, B.M.
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Jacobsen, K.
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Kikulwe, E.
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Kromann, P.
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Kumar, L.
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McEwan, M.
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Mudege, Netsayi N.
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Ogero, K.
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Okechugwu, R.
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Orrego, R.
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Ospina, B.
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Sperling, L.
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Walsh, S.
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Thiele, Graham
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[Understanding root, tuber, and banana seed systems and coordination breakdown: A multi-stakeholder framework.]
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Understanding root, tuber, and banana seed systems and coordination breakdown: A multi-stakeholder framework.
Stathers, T.
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McEwan, M.
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Gibson, R.
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Mwanga, R.O.M.
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Carey, E.
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Namanda, S.
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Abidin, E.
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Low, J.W.
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Malinga, J.
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Agili, S.
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Andrade, M.I.
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Mkumbira, J.
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[Everything you ever wanted to know about sweetpotato: Reaching agents of change ToT manual. 3: Sweetpotato seed systems.]
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Everything you ever wanted to know about sweetpotato: Reaching agents of change ToT manual. 3: Sweetpotato seed systems.
Mayanja, S.
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Barone, S.
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McEwan, M.
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Thomas, B.
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Amaya, N.
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Terrillon, J.
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Velasco, C.
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Babini, C.
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Thiele, Graham
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Prain, G.
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Devaux, A.
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[Prototype guide for integrating gender into participatory market chain approach.]
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Prototype guide for integrating gender into participatory market chain approach.
Salasya, B.
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Ambitsi, N.
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Ndolo, P.
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McEwan, M.
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Oucho, P.
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Njarro, I.
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[A Baseline survey of Orange-fleshed sweetpotato in Western Kenya.]
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A Baseline survey of Orange-fleshed sweetpotato in Western Kenya.
Twenty-eight members (11 women, 17 men) of the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) crosscutting cluster (CC) 2.1 Quality seeds and access to improved varieties, attended the workshop “Moving from Tools to Deliverables and Outcomes” on 27–30 March 2018, in Nairobi, Kenya. Par...
Kilwinger, F.
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Pircher, T.
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Almekinders, Conny J.M.
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Andrade-Piedra, J.L.
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McEwan, M.
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[Moving from tools to deliverables and outcomes. Proceedings of the annual meeting of cluster CC2.1 (Improving RTB planting material and access to new varieties)]
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Moving from tools to deliverables and outcomes. Proceedings of the annual meeting of cluster CC2.1 (Improving RTB planting material and access to new varieties)
The CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Banana (RTB) CC2.1 community gathered at the campus of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)–Ibadan for their yearly meeting. The meeting was used to update each other on the progress on the various tool‐development activities a...
This study examined the nutrition and food security impacts of a project that was designed to improve availability of disease-free planting materials of biofortified orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) in rural Tanzania. Difference-in-difference and matching techniques were employed to estimate cau...
Mashisia, K.
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Okello, J.J.
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Wambugu, S.
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Sindi, K.
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Low, J.W.
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McEwan, M.
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[Nutrition and food security impacts of quality seeds of biofortified orange-fleshed sweetpotato: Quasi-experimental evidence from Tanzania]
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Nutrition and food security impacts of quality seeds of biofortified orange-fleshed sweetpotato: Quasi-experimental evidence from Tanzania