This study aimed to increase farmers’ access to certified bean seed in marginal/drought prone areas of Kenya. Beans are important food crop in Kenya and grown mainly by small scale farmers in drought prone areas. Access to certified seed of improved bean varieties is mainly through relief. Despit...
Karanja, David
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Rubyogo, Jean-Claude
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Kimotho, Ngila
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Wozemba, D.
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[Small seed packs, efficient approach to reach hard to reach in drought prone areas: experiences from Kenya]
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Small seed packs, efficient approach to reach hard to reach in drought prone areas: experiences from Kenya
Common bean is the most widely grown and consumed grain legume in Kenya. However, its contribution to nutrition and income has not been fully felt by smallholder farmers in western Kenya due to low yields. Good quality seed, if used with complementary practices can increase bean productivity. Thi...
Odhiambo, Wilfred
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Ngigi, Margaret
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Lagat, Job
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Binswanger, Hans P.
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Rubyogo, Jean-Claude
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[Analysis of quality control in the informal seed sector: case of smallholder bean farmers in Bondo Sub-County, Kenya]
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Analysis of quality control in the informal seed sector: case of smallholder bean farmers in Bondo Sub-County, Kenya
Rubyogo, Jean-Claude
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Sperling, L.
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Muthoni, Rachel
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Buruchara, Robin A.
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[The power of partnerships: accelerating bean seed production and delivery with and among African farmers]
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The power of partnerships: accelerating bean seed production and delivery with and among African farmers
This initiative was aimed at demonstrating that the public‐private partnerships in the bean seed value chain can make a difference to avail bean seed of improved varieties to farmers. The common beans is an import food crop covering an estimated area of 260,000 ha in Malawi in 2010. However the r...
Rubyogo, Jean-Claude
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Sperling, L.
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Karanja, D.R.
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Seward, PD
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Leakey, L
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[Public-private sector partnerships : The power of small seed packs for reaching 100,000s of kenyan bean farmers]
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Public-private sector partnerships : The power of small seed packs for reaching 100,000s of kenyan bean farmers
Rubyogo, Jean-Claude
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[Bean seed delivery for smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa]
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Bean seed delivery for smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa
Rubyogo, Jean-Claude
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[Distribution des semences de haricot aux petits exploitants agricoles d Afrique subsaharienne]
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Distribution des semences de haricot aux petits exploitants agricoles d Afrique subsaharienne
Rubyogo, Jean-Claude
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[Distribuição da semente de feijão pelos pequenos agricultores da África Subsariana [en línea]]
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Distribuição da semente de feijão pelos pequenos agricultores da África Subsariana [en línea]
A survey was conducted to assess common bean production constraints especially pests &diseases in three villages during March, 2013. Other areas assessed include gender profiles, land allocation issues, cropping patterns, abiotic stress levels and perception towards integrated pest and disease ma...
Abang, Mathew M.
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Arinaitwe, Warren
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Rubyogo, Jean-Claude
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Binagwa, Papias
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Kadege, Edith
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[Baseline survey of common bean production constraints in selected villages of Babati district, Tanzania]
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Baseline survey of common bean production constraints in selected villages of Babati district, Tanzania
Rubyogo, Jean-Claude
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Sperling, L.
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Nasirumbi, L
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Kasambala, SP
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[Developing seed systems with and for the marginalized: case of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in East, Central and Southern Africa]
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Developing seed systems with and for the marginalized: case of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in East, Central and Southern Africa