This handbook provides an easy-to-use reference on production of high quality sweetpotato planting material for seed (vines) that will contribute to efficient, profitable and sustainable sweetpotato productivity in Malawi. It is intended for use by extension staff, farmers, seed certification tec...
International Potato Center
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[Sweetpotato handbook for seed multiplication and inspection. Manual]
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Sweetpotato handbook for seed multiplication and inspection. Manual
International Potato Center
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[Triple S technology: Availing clean sweetpotato planting material at the on-set of rains.]
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Triple S technology: Availing clean sweetpotato planting material at the on-set of rains.
To archive a larger impact of seed interventions, we need to understand root, tuber and banana seed systems better. In the context of the intervention “Building an Economically Sustainable, Integrated Seed System for Cassava in Nigeria” (BASICS), there was a need to better understand the seed-sou...
Pircher, T.
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Obisesan, D.
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Nitturkar, H.
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Asumugha, G.N.
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Ewuziem, J.
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Anyaegbunam, H.
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Azaino, E.
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Akinmosin, B.
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Ioryina, A.
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Walsh, S.
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Almekinders, Conny J.M.
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[Characterizing Nigeria’s cassava seed system and the use of planting material in three farming communities]
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Characterizing Nigeria’s cassava seed system and the use of planting material in three farming communities
Sowing density is a major management factor that affects growth and development of grain crops by modifying the canopy light environment and interplant competition for water and nutrients. While the effects of sowing density and plant architecture on static vegetative and reproductive growth trai...
Ricaurte Oyola, José Jaumer
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Clavijo Michelangeli, Jose A.
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Sinclair, Thomas R.
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Rao, Idupulapati M.
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Beebe, Stephen E.
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[Sowing density effect on common bean leaf area development]
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Sowing density effect on common bean leaf area development
The climbing growth habit of white yam (Dioscorea rotundata) coupled with its inability to shade the ground completely at any stage of its growth and development makes it very susceptible to weed interference. The critical period of weed interference in white yam was between the 8th and 16th week...
Akobundu, I.O.
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[Weed interference and control in white yam (Dioscorea rotundata Poir)]
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Weed interference and control in white yam (Dioscorea rotundata Poir)
North Carolina Design I (NCD I) progenies derived from Pool 16 DT, a white, dent, early maturing, drought-tolerant and streak resistant tropical maize (Zea mays L.) population, were evaluated in the 1995/96 and 1997/98 dry seasons, using two sites each season in Côte d'Ivoire. In all sites, the c...
Badu-Apraku, B.
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Fakorede, M.A.B.
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Menkir, A.
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Kamara, A.
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Adam, A.
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[Effects of droughtscreening methodology on genetic variances and covariances in Pool 16 DT maize population]
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Effects of droughtscreening methodology on genetic variances and covariances in Pool 16 DT maize population
This study, designed to investigate trade-offs between forage yields, feed quality and labour use in fitting a newly introduced crop, Lablab purpureus, into an existing farming system, adopted distinct applied and adaptive research approaches. The applied research component compared forage yields...
Agyemang, K.
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Okike, I.
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Makun, H.J.
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Magaji, S.O.
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[Trade-offs between forage yields and feed quality of Lablab purpureus, and milk yields in relation to planting and harvesting schedules]
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Trade-offs between forage yields and feed quality of Lablab purpureus, and milk yields in relation to planting and harvesting schedules
This paper assesses the potential impact of planting of eucalypt trees as a strategy to reduce poverty in a less-favoured area of the highlands of Ethiopia. Results from simulations with a bio-economic model for a less-favoured case study area in the highlands are combined with survey data at com...
Holden, S.
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Benin, S.E.
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Shiferaw, B.
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Pender, J.L.
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[Tree planting for poverty reduction in less-favored areas of the Ethiopian highlands]
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Tree planting for poverty reduction in less-favored areas of the Ethiopian highlands
Although the V. pubescens tree planting technology research is still in its early phase, the species appears to be appropriate to be grown by swidden farmers in West Kalimantan because of its wood and yield qualities. It also appears to be appropriate to be grown on imperata sites because of its ...
Jong, W. de
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Utama, R.
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Rantan, D.
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Budhi, S.
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Kusmina, S.
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Sriwardani, F.
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[Appropriateness of Vitex pubescens production for swidden agriculturists]
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Appropriateness of Vitex pubescens production for swidden agriculturists
Cossalter, C.
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[Enhancing tree planting by smallholders in tropical countries: a role for CIFOR's research in plantation forestry]
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Enhancing tree planting by smallholders in tropical countries: a role for CIFOR's research in plantation forestry