Nine yellow root and one white root cassava genotypes were evaluated in ten environments in Ghana for the variability of their beta carotene content in root. The aim was to identify cassava genotypes that have high beta carotene content in storage root to combat the widespread vitamin A deficienc...
Maroya, N.G.
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Asante, I.K.
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Dixon, A.
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[Genotype by environment interaction effect on beta-carotene of yellow root cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) genotypes in Ghana]
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Genotype by environment interaction effect on beta-carotene of yellow root cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) genotypes in Ghana
Presents papers dealing with the use of crop residues as livestock feed in smallholder crop/livestock farming systems, and the role of plant breeding in maintaining or improving their nutritive value. Discusses factors limiting the nutritive value of crop residues, and the effect of genotype and...
Reed, Jess D.
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Capper, Brian S.
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Neate, Paul J.H.
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[Plant breeding and the nutritive value of crop residues. Proceedings of a workshop]
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Plant breeding and the nutritive value of crop residues. Proceedings of a workshop
This workshop is designed for national PGR programme policy makers, planners and leaders, gene bank managers and other key stakeholders. It will raise awareness of issues that are vital components of the complex environment within which national PGR programmes must operate, and will explore optio...
Engels, J.M.M.
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Vodouhe, R.
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Thompson, J.
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Zannou, A.
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Hehne, E.
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Grum, M.
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[Towards sustainable national plant genetic resources programmes policy, planning and coordination issues: Proceedings of an international workshop, 10-18 May 2002, Zschortau, Germany]
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Towards sustainable national plant genetic resources programmes policy, planning and coordination issues: Proceedings of an international workshop, 10-18 May 2002, Zschortau, Germany
This workshop was convened to help ILCA develop priorities and plan for research over the five year period, 1994-1998. The purpose of the workshop was to identify issues and priorities for research and training in the general areas of livestock and resource management policy, appropriate methodol...
Ehui, Simeon K.
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Lipner, M.E.
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[Livestock and resource management policy: Issues and priorities for research. Proceedings of the research planning workshop]
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Livestock and resource management policy: Issues and priorities for research. Proceedings of the research planning workshop
The papers in this proceedings provide a cross section of science research in international agricultural research centres (IARCs), where the objectives and research foci within the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) have changed substantially in the 1990s. The book ...
The overall objective of the conference was to provide an opportunity for African scientists and the broader stakeholder groups of the livestock sector to discuss the potential role of biotechnology in animal agriculture to improve the livelihoods of African people. The conference aimed to attemp...
Tanzania Society for Animal Production
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[The role of biotechnology in animal agriculture to address poverty in Africa: Opportunities and challenges. Proceedings of the 4th all Africa conference on animal agriculture and the 31st annual meeting of the Tanzania Society for Animal Production]
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The role of biotechnology in animal agriculture to address poverty in Africa: Opportunities and challenges. Proceedings of the 4th all Africa conference on animal agriculture and the 31st annual meeting of the Tanzania Society for Animal Production
Lascano, Carlos E.
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Spain, James M.
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[Reunión del Comité Asesor Red Internacional de Evaluación de Pastos Tropicales (6, 1988, Veracruz, México). Establecimiento y renovación de pasturas : Conceptos, experiencias y enfoque de la investigación]
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Reunión del Comité Asesor Red Internacional de Evaluación de Pastos Tropicales (6, 1988, Veracruz, México). Establecimiento y renovación de pasturas : Conceptos, experiencias y enfoque de la investigación
Gridley, Howard E.
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[Working Group Meeting of Bean Breeders in the Eastern African Region (1994, Kampala, Uganda). Proceedings]
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Working Group Meeting of Bean Breeders in the Eastern African Region (1994, Kampala, Uganda). Proceedings