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
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
Agricultural technologies have boosted crop yield increases and household incomes, particularly, during the Green Revolution in Asia and some parts of Sub-Sahara Africa. However, adoption of yield enhancing technologies in the vegetable subsector is still low, particularly within smallholder farm...
Ochieng, J.
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Afari-Sefa, Victor
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Lukumay, Philipo J.
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Muthoni, F.
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Dominick, I.
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[Smallholder farmers' adoption of vegetable production technologies in Babati District, Tanzania]
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Smallholder farmers' adoption of vegetable production technologies in Babati District, Tanzania
Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L) is a major staple food in Burundi; thus increasing its production and marketing has the potential for raising incomes of the farming households. In the country, bean outputs have been declining for decades, yet demand for the crop in East Africa has surged consi...
Birachi, Eliud Abucheli
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Ochieng, J.
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Wozemba, D.
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Ruraduma, C.
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Niyuhire, M.C.
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Ochieng, D.
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[Factors influencing smallholder farmers’ bean production and supply to market in Burundi]
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Factors influencing smallholder farmers’ bean production and supply to market in Burundi
In Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), increased crop productivity is fundamental to accelerating economic growth and improving the well-being of rural households, especially women and children, who are normally resource constrained. This article examines the degree to wh...
Ochieng, J.
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Ouma, Emily A.
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Birachi, Eliud Abucheli
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[Gender participation and decision making in crop management in Great Lakes Region of Central Africa]
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Gender participation and decision making in crop management in Great Lakes Region of Central Africa