Postharvest loss reduction throughout commodity value chains is an important pathway to food and nutrition security in sub-Saharan Africa. However, lack of understanding of the location and share of the losses and associated factors along the postharvest value chains remains a major challenge to ...
Shee, Apurba
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Mayanja, S.
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Simba, E.
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Stathers, T.
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Bechoff, Aurélie
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Bennett, B.
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[Determinants of postharvest losses along smallholder producers maize and sweetpotato value chains: an ordered probit analysis]
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Determinants of postharvest losses along smallholder producers maize and sweetpotato value chains: an ordered probit analysis
Dizyee, Kanar
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Baker, Derek
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Omore, Amos O.
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[Upgrading the smallholder dairy value chain: A system dynamics ex-ante impact assessment in Tanzania's Kilosa district]
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Upgrading the smallholder dairy value chain: A system dynamics ex-ante impact assessment in Tanzania's Kilosa district
Bioversity International is a global research-for-development organization. We have a vision – that agricultural biodiversity nourishes people and sustains the planet. We deliver scientific evidence, management practices and policy options to use and safeguard agricultural biodiversity to attain ...
List of Briefs: 19. Assessing the Impact of Crop Genetic Improvement in Sub-Saharan Africa: Research Context and Highlights; 20. Crucial Determinants of Adoption: Planting Material Systems for Banana and Maize; 21. Gauging Potential Based on Current Adoption of Banana Hybrids in Tanzania; 22. Pre...
Smale, M.
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Edmeades, S.
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De Groote, H.
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[Promising crop biotechnologies for smallholder farmers in East Africa: bananas and maize: June 2006, briefs 19-26]
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Promising crop biotechnologies for smallholder farmers in East Africa: bananas and maize: June 2006, briefs 19-26
Maass, Brigitte L.
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Kabirizi, Jolly M.
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Pezo, Danilo A.
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Carter, Natalie
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Ouma, Emily A.
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Zziwa, Emmanuel
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Chiuri, Wanjiku L.
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[Opportunities for feeding forages to pigs in Uganda]
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Opportunities for feeding forages to pigs in Uganda
The Ethiopian plateau hosts thousands of durum wheat (Triticum turgidum subsp. durum) farmer varieties (FV) with high adaptability and breeding potential. To harness their unique allelic diversity, we produced a large nested association mapping (NAM) population intercrossing fifty Ethiopian FVs w...
Kidane, Y.G.
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Gesesse, C.A.
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Hailemariam, B.N.
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Desta, E.A.
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Mengistu, D.K.
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Fadda, Carlo
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Pe, M.E.
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Dell'Acqua, M.
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[A large nested association mapping population for breeding and quantitative trait locus mapping in Ethiopian durum wheat]
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A large nested association mapping population for breeding and quantitative trait locus mapping in Ethiopian durum wheat
In this paper, we examine the diversity of risks that affect farming in the Northern Guinea Savanna of Nigeria. We also investigate the perspectives of these risks in relation to their economic implications on the farming enterprises. We also show that through reorganization of these risks, some ...
Olarinde, L.O.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Akintola, J.O.
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[Economic perspectives of the diversity of risks among crop farmers in the Northern Guninea Savanna of Nigeria]
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Economic perspectives of the diversity of risks among crop farmers in the Northern Guninea Savanna of Nigeria
Ordinola, M.
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[Innovaciones y desarrollo: El caso de la cadena de la papa en el Peru.]
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Innovaciones y desarrollo: El caso de la cadena de la papa en el Peru.
Mathias, F.
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[A longitudinal study if incidence and prevalence of bovine mastitis in large-scale and smallholder production systems in urban and peri-urban regions of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia]
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A longitudinal study if incidence and prevalence of bovine mastitis in large-scale and smallholder production systems in urban and peri-urban regions of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
This case study from Bu´zi district, Mozambique investigated whether gender equality, in terms
of male and female participation in groups, leads to gender equity in sharing of benefits from
the social capital created through the group. Exploring the complex connection between
gender, groups, and ...
Gotschi, Elisabeth
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Njuki, Jemimah
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Delve, Robert J.
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[Gender equity and social capital in smallholder farmer groups in central Mozambique]
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Gender equity and social capital in smallholder farmer groups in central Mozambique