In an effort to improve rural farmer’s livelihood, many initiatives have been initiated in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to link cassava farmers to markets. Several models have been used including use of leading entrepreneurs, targeting farmers’ associations/groups, conducting industrial tests to sens...
Mahungu, N.M.
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Jumbo, S.
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Sandifolo, V.
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Howard, D.
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Mhone, A.
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Nthonyiwa, A.
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Rusike, J.
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[Linking farmers to markets: opportunities and challenges for cassava farmers in Malawi]
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Linking farmers to markets: opportunities and challenges for cassava farmers in Malawi
Andre, E.
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Smets, F.
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Michiels, E.
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Panis, B.
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[Cryopreserving cassava meristems by droplet vitrification; trying to solve the regeneration problem.]
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Cryopreserving cassava meristems by droplet vitrification; trying to solve the regeneration problem.
Cassava is an important food staple in the coastal provinces of east and southern Africa. However, its production is adversely affected by cassava brown streak virus disease (CBSD). CBSD first reported from Amani, Tanzania in 1936, is now considered to be one of the major biotic constraints to ca...
Kanju, E.
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Mahungu, N.M.
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Whyte, J.
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Dixon, A.
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[Association between zigzag stem habit and resistance/tolerance to cassava brown streak virus disease]
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Association between zigzag stem habit and resistance/tolerance to cassava brown streak virus disease
Cassava is an important root crop in Malawi. It is the second most important food crop after maize. It is grown throughout the country as a food security crop, sack/cash crop, and as a staple food crop along the Lake Malawi. Is is a staple for over 39 % of the country’s population. Farmers ...
Gondwe, F.M.T.
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Mahungu, N.M.
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Hillocks, R.J.
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Raya, M.D.
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Moyo, C.C.
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Soko, M.M.
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Chipungu, F.P.
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Benesi, I.R.M.
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[Economic losses experienced by smallscale farmers in Malawi due to cassava brown streak virus disease]
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Economic losses experienced by smallscale farmers in Malawi due to cassava brown streak virus disease
Cassava plays a key role in the food security of sub-Saharan Africa, but as a vegetatively propagated crop, it is particularly vulnerable to the effects of virus diseases and these therefore represent a major threat to the livelihoods of millions of Africans. Nine viruses have been isolated from ...
Highlights are presented on the status of knowledge about cassava mosaic disease (CMD) and its causal agents in Nigeria. The disease occurs in all the agroecologies where cassava is grown, from the humid forest in the south to the semiarid and arid agroecologies in the north. The severity is gene...
Ogbe, F.
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Atiri, G.
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Thottappilly, G.
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Dixon, A.
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[Cassava mosaic disease and its causal agents: the Nigeria situation]
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Cassava mosaic disease and its causal agents: the Nigeria situation
Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD) is a very serious disease in many cassava growing areas of the Eastern zone of Tanzania. It is mainly confined to the lower elevations, mainly along the coast yield losses of up to 74% occur as a result of CBSD infection in some part of the Eastern zone. In the...
Muhanna, M.
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Raya, M.
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Hillrocks, R.J.
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Kanju, E.
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Kiozya, H.
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[On farm performance and farmers evaluation of cassava brown streak tolerant variety Kiroba in the Eastern zone of Tanzania]
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On farm performance and farmers evaluation of cassava brown streak tolerant variety Kiroba in the Eastern zone of Tanzania
Kanno, H.
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Dixon, A.
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Asiedu, Robert
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Hahn, S.K.
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[Breeding for host plant resistance of cassava green spider mite (CGM) (Mononychellus tanajoa, Bondar) at IITA]
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Breeding for host plant resistance of cassava green spider mite (CGM) (Mononychellus tanajoa, Bondar) at IITA