The request for this training was initiated by L’Institut des Sciences Agronomiques du Burundi(ISABU), who invited IITA to provide tuition and materials for the production and use of semiselectivemedia for banana Xanthomonas wilt (*see box below). ISABU wanted to create the capacity toindependent...
Beed, Fen D.
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Fiaboe, K.K.M.
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Nakato, V.
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Smith, J.
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Boa, E.
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Kumar, L.
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García, L.
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Miller, S.
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[Disease surveillance in Great Lakes Region]
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Disease surveillance in Great Lakes Region
According to the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report, changes in the climate over the last 30 years have already reduced global agricultural production by 1 – 5 % per decade relative to a baseline without climate change. In addition, recent studies indicate that even a 2 degrees increase in global tem...
Dhanush, D
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Bett, Bernard K.
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Boone, Randall B.
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Grace, Delia
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Kinyangi, James
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Lindahl, Johanna F.
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Mohan, CV
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Ramírez Villegas, Julián
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Robinson, Timothy P.
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Rosenstock, Todd S.
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Smith, J.
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Thornton, Philip K.
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[Impact of climate change on African agriculture: focus on pests and diseases]
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Impact of climate change on African agriculture: focus on pests and diseases
There is an ongoing debate on what constitutes sustainable intensification of agriculture (SIA). In this paper, we propose that a paradigm for sustainable intensification can be defined and translated into an operational framework for agricultural development. We argue that this paradigm must now...
Rockström, Johan
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Williams, J.
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Daily, G.
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Noble, A.D.
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Matthews, Nathaniel
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Gordon, L.
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Wetterstrand, H.
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DeClerck, Fabrice A.J.
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Shah, M.
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Steduto, P.
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Fraiture, Charlotte de
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Hatibu, N.
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Unver, O.
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Bird, Jeremy
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Sibanda, Lindiwe Majele
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Smith, J.
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[Sustainable intensification of agriculture for human prosperity and global sustainability]
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Sustainable intensification of agriculture for human prosperity and global sustainability