Vitamin A deficiency has been one of the major nutritional problems for many countries where cassava is eaten as a major source of energy. In an attempt to help reduce the incidence of vitamin A deficiency, bio-fortified cassava which contains more pro-vitamin A carotenoids than the white cassava...
Duah, E.A.
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Parkes, E.
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Baah, R.O.
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Acquatey-Mensah, A.
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Danquah, A.O.
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Kirscht, P.
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Kulakow, P.A.
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Steiner-Asiedu, M.
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[Consumption trends of white cassava and consumer perceptions of yellow cassava in Ghana]
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Consumption trends of white cassava and consumer perceptions of yellow cassava in Ghana
Researchers now use information & communications technology (ICT) to gather information more effectively from the field. Sander Muilerman, Juanita Schläpfer and Eugenio Tisselli discuss how ICTs can also give them the possibility to help share knowledge in local communities.
The production of maize is constrained by parasitic weeds, particularly Striga. A study was carried out to document farmers’ knowledge, attitude and practices on Striga control among smallholder farmers across three districts: Kisumu West, Busia and Teso South of Western Kenya. A multistage sampl...
Nambafu, G.N.
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Onwonga, R.N.
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Karuku, G.N.
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Ariga, E.S.
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Roing de Nowina, K.
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[Knowledge, attitude and practices used in the control of Striga in maize by smallholder farmers of western Kenya]
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Knowledge, attitude and practices used in the control of Striga in maize by smallholder farmers of western Kenya
The use of synthetic pesticides among vegetable producers in urban and peri-urban Cotonou, Benin, has been increasing to the extent that certain insect pests have developed resistance to the pesticides. This paper assesses the impact of the farmer field school approach in an integrated pest manag...
Lund, T.
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Sæthre, M.G.
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Nyborg, I.
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Coulibaly, O.
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Rahman, M.H.
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[Farmer field school-IPM impacts on urban and peri-urban vegetable producers in Cotonou, Benin]
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Farmer field school-IPM impacts on urban and peri-urban vegetable producers in Cotonou, Benin
Researchers now use ICTs to gather information more effectively from the field. ICTs also give them the possibility to help share knowledge in local communities.
Yuliani, L.
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Adnan, H.
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Achdiawan, R.
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Bakara, D.
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Heri, V.
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Sammy, J.
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Salim, M.A.
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Sunderland, T.C.H.
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[The roles of traditional knowledge systems in orang-utan Pongo spp. and forest conservation: a case study of Danau Sentarum, West Kalimantan, Indonesia]
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The roles of traditional knowledge systems in orang-utan Pongo spp. and forest conservation: a case study of Danau Sentarum, West Kalimantan, Indonesia
The first public product of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is its Conceptual Framework. This conceptual and analytical tool, presented here in detail, will underpin all IPBES functions and provide structure and comparability to the syntheses that IPB...
Díaz, S.
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Demissew, S.
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Carabias, J.
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Eyzaguirre, Pablo B.
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[The IPBES Conceptual Framework — connecting nature and people]
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The IPBES Conceptual Framework — connecting nature and people
Holt, T. van
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Bernard, H.R.
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Weller, S.
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Townsend, W.
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Cronkleton, P.
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[Influence of the Expert Effect on Cultural Models]
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Influence of the Expert Effect on Cultural Models