Yield response and economic performance of farmer selected and preferred elite tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum 'Tengeru 2010'); African eggplant (Solanum aethiopicum 'Tengeru white') and amaranth (Amaranthus cruentus 'Madiira I') cultivars were undertaken in four communities located in Babati dis...
Lukumay, Philipo J.
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Afari-Sefa, Victor
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Ochieng, J.
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Dominick, I.
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Coyne, D.L.
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Chagomoka, Takemore
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[Yield response and economic performance of participatory evaluated elite vegetable cultivars in intensive farming systems in Tanzania]
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Yield response and economic performance of participatory evaluated elite vegetable cultivars in intensive farming systems in Tanzania
This paper evaluates production and commercialization constraints that prevent smallholder farmers from effectively utilizing beans with regard to household food and income security. The study was conducted in six provinces of Burundi in 2010 using a multi-stage stratified sampling procedure to s...
Ochieng, J.
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Ruraduma, C.
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Birachi, Eliud Abucheli
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Wozemba, D.
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Ruraduma, C.
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Niyuhire, M.C.
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Ouma, Emily A.
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[Bean utilization and commercialization in great lakes region of Central Africa: the case of smallholder farmers in Burundi]
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Bean utilization and commercialization in great lakes region of Central Africa: the case of smallholder farmers in Burundi
Measures to alleviate poverty among smallholder farmers in Africa have focused on individual farmers all through the 21st century. However, these have not yielded much success, forcing research and development organizations to focus their efforts on technological innovations and other interventio...
Birachi, Eliud Abucheli
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Ochieng, D.
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Owuor, G.
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Buruchara, Robin A.
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Ochieng, J.
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Mapatano, S.
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[Determinants of Economic Gains from Crop Production in Africa: The Case of Smallholder Group Farmers in the Democratic Republic of Congo]
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Determinants of Economic Gains from Crop Production in Africa: The Case of Smallholder Group Farmers in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Migration and remittances has potential to improve development in rural areas but in Rwanda and Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo empirical work is still limited. We used New Economics of Labour Migration as analytical framework to explain the role of migration and remittances on crop intensif...
Ochieng, J.
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Knerr, Beatrice
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Owuor, G.
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Ouma, Emily A.
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[Migration and agricultural intensification at origin: Evidence from farm households in Central Africa]
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Migration and agricultural intensification at origin: Evidence from farm households in Central Africa
This paper analyses governance structures in Uganda’s smallholder pig value chains by applying the New Institutional Economics framework. It utilises cross sectional and qualitative survey data from randomly selected pig value chain actors in 4 districts. A multinomial logit model is applied to a...
Ouma, Emily A.
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Ochieng, J.
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Dione, Michel M.
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Pezo, Danilo A.
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[Governance structures in smallholder pig value chains in Uganda: constraints and opportunities for upgrading]
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Governance structures in smallholder pig value chains in Uganda: constraints and opportunities for upgrading
We report for the first time, and for the whole of sub-Saharan Africa, the geographical distribution and the frequency of an indicine and a taurine Y specific allele amongst African cattle breeds. A total of 984 males from 69 indigenous African populations from 22 countries were analysed at the m...
Hanotte, Olivier H.
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Tawah, C.L.
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Bradley, D.G.
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Okomo, M.
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Verjee, Y.
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Ochieng, J.
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Rege, J.E.O.
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[Geographic distribution and frequency of a taurine B. Taurus and an indicine Bos indicus Y specific allele amongst sub-Saharan African cattle breeds]
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Geographic distribution and frequency of a taurine B. Taurus and an indicine Bos indicus Y specific allele amongst sub-Saharan African cattle breeds
Twenty new world camelidae primer pairs were selected for cross-species amplification of loci in the old world camelids, the dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) and the bacterian (camelus bactrianus). A panel of DNA samples from 34 unrelated dromedaries (Kenya) and from 34 unrelated bactrians (32 dom...
Han Jianlin
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Mburu, D.
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Ochieng, J.
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Kaufmann, J.B.
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Rege, O.
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Hanotte, Olivier H.
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[Application of new world camelidae microsatellite primers for amplification of polymorphic loci in old world camelids]
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Application of new world camelidae microsatellite primers for amplification of polymorphic loci in old world camelids
Lukumay, Philipo J.
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Afari-Sefa, Victor
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Ochieng, J.
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Dominick, I.
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Coyne, D.L.
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[Reducing yield gap in vegetables in Tanzania]
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Reducing yield gap in vegetables in Tanzania
Muthoni, F.
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Odongo, V.
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Ochieng, J.
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Hoeschle-Zeledon, Irmgard
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[Long-term trends of rainfall identify priority zones for targeting climate smart agricultural technologies in East and South Africa]
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Long-term trends of rainfall identify priority zones for targeting climate smart agricultural technologies in East and South Africa
Microsatellite loci are the markers of choice in pedigree analysis and population genetics studies. In closely related species, cross-species amplification of loci may be used instead of the cloning of loci. Previously, successful cross-species amplification of a set of cattle (Bos taurus) micros...
Hanotte, Olivier H.
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Verjee, Y.
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Ochieng, J.
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Rege, J.E.O.
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[Cattle microsatellite markers for amplification of polymorphic loci in Asian bovidae]
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Cattle microsatellite markers for amplification of polymorphic loci in Asian bovidae