Results of a study on bean cultivation in El Salvador are given. Aspects analyzed were as follows: consumption structure (apparent, per capita, and rural-urban; preferences, consumption and cooking ways, and nutritive value); area, production, and yields (at national and regional levels, by cropp...
Portillo de Villegas, ME
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Gaona R, J
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[El frijol en El Salvador: implicaciones para la investigacion agricola]
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El frijol en El Salvador: implicaciones para la investigacion agricola
Bode, P.
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[La organizacion campesina para el secado de yuca: analisis de tres asociaciones de campesinos que producen yuca seca en la Costa Atlantica de Colombia]
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La organizacion campesina para el secado de yuca: analisis de tres asociaciones de campesinos que producen yuca seca en la Costa Atlantica de Colombia
The call for a bean transformative agenda is led by the Pan-African Bean Alliance (PABRA). It aims to position common bean as a commercial crop, though it is still grown for home consumption. They have designed and put in place gender sensitive interventions aimed at increasing women and youths a...
Nchanji, Eileen Bogweh
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[The future of women and youths in the bean transformation agenda in Sub-Saharan Africa]
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The future of women and youths in the bean transformation agenda in Sub-Saharan Africa
Cassava pulp dewatering by applying pressure on the grated pulp was carried out. Pulp particles were constrained while the liquid was free. The cassava pulp cake was compressed. Experimental equipment was designed to obtain the applied pressure from various devices and the final moisture content ...
Kolawole, P.
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Agbetoye, L.A.S.
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Ogunlowo, A.S.
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[Effect of filtrating medium resistance on cassava pulp dewatering]
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Effect of filtrating medium resistance on cassava pulp dewatering
An effort by Bioversity and several partners in Kenya increased production, consumption and marketing of a wide range of African leafy vegetables (ALVs) and improved household welfare.
Between 1996 and 2004, Bioversity International worked with partners in Kenya to revive the interest of research...
Gotor, E.
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Irungu, C.
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[The impact of Bioversity International’s African leafy vegetables programme in Kenya]
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The impact of Bioversity International’s African leafy vegetables programme in Kenya
Significant cocoa production in the municipality of Waslala, Nicaragua, began in 1961. Since the 1980s, its economic importance to rural smallholders increased, and the region now contributes more than 50% of national cocoa bean production. This research aimed to assist local farmers to develop p...
Trognitz, B.
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Scheldeman, Xavier
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Hansel-Hohl, K.
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Kuant, A.
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Grebe, H.
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Hermann, M.
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[Genetic population structure of cacao plantings within a young production area in Nicaragua]
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Genetic population structure of cacao plantings within a young production area in Nicaragua
Sweetpotatoes, particularly the orange-fleshed varieties, have unexploited potential to contribute to nutritional and economic wellbeing in sub-Saharan Africa. This project will increase sweetpotato productivity and incomes on a large scale, benefiting farmers, processors and consumers, while als...
International Potato Center
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[Orange-fleshed sweetpotato for nutrition and income-sub-Saharan Africa. Project profile.]
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Orange-fleshed sweetpotato for nutrition and income-sub-Saharan Africa. Project profile.
This report compiles people and institutions involved in cassava production and processing in Brazil and lists bibliographical references of literature found in some libraries and documentation centers, Statistical data obtained from these publications are given on production costs, area planted,...
A collaborative project of the Colombian Integrated Rural Development Program (DRI) and CIAT, aimed at establishing small agroindustrial firms to produce dry cassava on the Atlantic Coast of Colombia, is described. It began with the installation of a pilot plant for natural drying of cassava, wit...
Ospina, B.
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Gómez G., Guillermo G.
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Best, R.
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[Secado natural de yuca para la alimentacion animal: Una nueva agroindustria en Colombia]
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Secado natural de yuca para la alimentacion animal: Una nueva agroindustria en Colombia
The trends and yield constraints in production systems of beans and cassava are analyzed; examples are given of the role of 3 types of information (macro stage, micro stage, and critical inference stage) in the design of research for beans and cassava at the Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tr...
Sanders, J.H.
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Lynam, John K.
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[Trends and yield constraints in the production systems of beans and cassava in Latin America with emphasis on research design implications]
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Trends and yield constraints in the production systems of beans and cassava in Latin America with emphasis on research design implications