Cowpea is a key cash crop and also a staple food for millions of people in West and Central Africa. Cowpea trade is severely hampered by storage insects especially the cowpea weevil. The Purdue Improved Cowpea Storage (PICS) project was started in Nigeria in 2008 on a pilot basis in the states of...
Abdoulaye, Tahirou
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Ayedun, B.
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Musa, S.A.
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Lowenberg-Deboer, J.
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Baributsa, D.
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Yakubu, S.A.
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Idris, A.A.
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[Adoption of PICS bags in Northern Nigeria: a case study of Jigawa, Kano, and Katsina States]
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Adoption of PICS bags in Northern Nigeria: a case study of Jigawa, Kano, and Katsina States
Abass, A.B.
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Uzaribara, E.
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Assenge, E.S.
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Ndunguru, G.T.
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Mulwa, R.M.
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Apolot, S.
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[Quality assurance for cassava flour processing: a training manual]
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Quality assurance for cassava flour processing: a training manual
Important agronomic characteristics of common root and tuber crop production systems in the tropics are indicated for crops including cassava, yam, sweet potato, and edible aroids. Brief comments are also included on aspects that help correctly interpret the information obtained during the charac...
Se indican las caracteristicas agronomicas de importancia en los sistemas comunes de produccion de cultivos de raices y tuberculos en el tropico, para los cultivos de yuca, name, batata y aroideas comestibles. Se comenta brevemente sobre aspectos que ayudan a interpretar correctamente la informac...
Moreno, R.A.
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[Caracteristicas agronomicas de la produccion de raices y tuberculos: implicaciones para el diagnostico]
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Caracteristicas agronomicas de la produccion de raices y tuberculos: implicaciones para el diagnostico
En este módulo se ilustra la manera en que los tallos de yuca (material de siembra) se almacenan debajo de un árbol desde el momento de su cosecha hasta que llega el momento de su utilización para iniciar un nuevo ciclo de cultivo. Se muestra también los cangres o estacas obtenidos de cada tallo ...
This meeting was funded by ACIAR, and held at the ASEAN Forest Tree Seed Centre (AFTSC) at Saraburi, Thailand; FAO contributed to the printing costs of these proceedings, which contain a Report on the IPGRI/FAO Expert Meeting on Guidelines for the Safe Movement of Eucalyptus Germplasm, and 3 back...
Diekmann, M.
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Ball, J.B.
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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International Plant Genetic Resources Institute
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[Eucalyptus pests and diseases: Report of a meeting, 9-12 October 1995, Bangkok, Thailand]
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Eucalyptus pests and diseases: Report of a meeting, 9-12 October 1995, Bangkok, Thailand
The need to explore various practical and biological aspects of managing an in vitro genebank was identified by the IBPGR Advisory Committee on in vitro storage. In vitro techniques were recognized to hold great promise for the genetic conservation of problem crops that could not be stored as see...
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
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International Plant Genetic Resources Institute
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[Establishment and operation of a pilot in vitro active genebank: Report of a CIAT-IBPGR collaborative project using cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) as a model]
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Establishment and operation of a pilot in vitro active genebank: Report of a CIAT-IBPGR collaborative project using cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) as a model
International Board for Plant Genetic Resources
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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[Plant Genetic Resources Newsletter: No. 52, December 1982]
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Plant Genetic Resources Newsletter: No. 52, December 1982
Maggioni, L.
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Marum, P.
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Sackville Hamilton, N.R.
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Hulden, M.
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Lipman, E.
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European Cooperative Programme for Plant Genetic Resources
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International Plant Genetic Resources Institute
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[Report of a Working Group on Forages: Seventh meeting, 18-20 November 1999, Elvas, Portugal]
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Report of a Working Group on Forages: Seventh meeting, 18-20 November 1999, Elvas, Portugal
Os recursos fitogenéticos são a base da subsistência da humanidade. Suprimem as necessidades básicas e ajudam a resolver problemas como a fome e a pobreza. No entanto, foram-se perdendo, principalmente pelo uso inadequado que deles fazemos, assim como pela destruição dos seus habitates. Dada a su...
Jaramillo, S.
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Baena, M.
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[Manual de apoio à formação e treino em conservação ex situ de recursos fitogenéticos]
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Manual de apoio à formação e treino em conservação ex situ de recursos fitogenéticos
It is 30 years since IPGRI came into being, as the International Board for Plant Genetic Resources, under the protective wing of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. For all that time, regardless of the focus of its work, IPGRI has taken it as axiomatic that agricultural b...