Testing of foods made from yam to access the quality.
YIIFSWA-II showcases High Ratio Propagation Technologies and demonstrates large scale production of early generation seed yam at the project's open day in 2018.
Smallholder irrigation expansion would signi cantly increase agricultural production, and reduce food insecurity and poverty levels in East Africa. This paper reviews literature on trends, constraints and opportunities of smallholder irrigation in four East African countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Tan...
Nakawuka, Prossie
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Langan, S.
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Schmitter, Petra
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Barron, Jennie
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[A review of trends, constraints and opportunities of smallholder irrigation in East Africa]
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A review of trends, constraints and opportunities of smallholder irrigation in East Africa
To raise awareness about the status of maize lethal necrosis (MLN) spread and progress towards MLN control in MLNA-affected regions in East Africa.
To discuss and prioritize action plans for preventive control of MLN
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
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[Strategic planning to prevent spread of maize lethal necrosis - why is FAW so menacing?]
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Strategic planning to prevent spread of maize lethal necrosis - why is FAW so menacing?
IITA Rwanda in partnership with the Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resource Development Board (RAB) and Rwanda Standard Board (RSB) launched the Cassava Seeds Standards under an IITA project; Cassava Brown Streak Disease Control Project. The standards will help control and deliver quality seeds to...
Experiences with a participatory seed improvement initiative as a strategy for combating food deficits in a remote community in eastern Nepal are outlined. On the basis of participatory methods of problem assessment, food deficits were attributed to several factors, such as limited arable land, p...
Gurung, Barun
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Gurung, Pabitra
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[Addressing food scarcity in marginalized mountain environments: A participatory seed management initiative with women and men in Eastern Nepal]
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Addressing food scarcity in marginalized mountain environments: A participatory seed management initiative with women and men in Eastern Nepal
Sweetpotato is an important food security crop in Rwanda grown mainly by women for household consumption and as a source of family income Sweetpotato production is faced with several constraints, among them the availability of clean planting of most varieties but more so of the new Vitamin A rich...
Ndirigwe, J.
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Sindi, K.
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Kankundiye, L.
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Shumbusha, D.
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Nshimiye, J.C.
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Hakizimana, S.
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Low, J.W.
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[Improving farmers' access to clean planting material through partnership in the value chain.]
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Improving farmers' access to clean planting material through partnership in the value chain.
This protocol attempts to provide a detailed description of the procedures to produce tuber families in order to orient and facilitate potato research toward more efficient breeding product achievements.
Mihovilovich, E.
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Amoros, W.
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Bonierbale, Merideth W.
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[Procedures for the generation of potato tuber families from true seed]
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Procedures for the generation of potato tuber families from true seed
Results from a survey on snap bean production, marketing, and consumption, carried out among the participants to the workshop on Snap Bean Improvement, held at CIAT (Colombia), coming from Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia, are presented. Although the area planted to snap beans in th...
Se presentan los resultados de una encuesta sobre produccion, mercadeo y consumo de habichuela realizada entre los participantes en el Taller de Mejoramiento de Habichuela realizado en CIAT (Colombia), provenientes de Argentina, Brasil, Peru, Ecuador, y Colombia. Aunque las areas sembradas de hab...