https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/2 2026-06-30T07:42:39Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/8516 Between isomorphism and entrepreneurship: the impact of standardisation on product quality, market access and livelihoods in Kenyan banana production Matui, M.S.; Ingenbleek, P.; Linnemann, A.; van Trijp, H.; Abass, A. 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/8201 Varietal characteristics of cassava: farmers' perceptions and preferences in semiarid zone of west Africa Kormawa, P.; Tshiunza, M.; Dixon, A.; Udo, E.; Okoruwa, V. The study examines and models Farmers' perceptions and preferences of cassava· varietal characteristics vis-i-vis the decision ' to adopt cassava cultivars in their fields. The paper is built on the concept of the effect of technology-specific factors on adoption. By way of threshold decision modelling for each of the countries considered, the results reveal different scenario. Based on the varietal characteristics considered, environmental resistance quality (ERQ), high-yielding quality (HYQ), early maturing qualities (EMQ), leaf quality (LQ), inground storability quality (lSQ) and taste quality (TQ) have declining importance in the order of Iisting. As such, environmental resistance quality appears a major varietal characteristic that the farmers perceived and preferred for cultivating any cassava cultivar in the zone. The results, therefore, reinforce the relative importance of varietal characteristics in the choice and preference of cassava cultivars by farmers; it is, therefore, imperative for breeders to develop cultivars that will be acceptable to the farmers considering their level of preference and perceptions. 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/8046 Banana bunchy top virus threat to African bananas Kumar, P.L. The banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) is threatening livelihoods and banana biodiversity in sub-Saharan Africa. Since the first report in the 1960s, the virus has spread to 17 countries, eight of those in the last decade, including a recent spread in Uganda and Tanzania. In the "2022 International Plant Protection Convention Regional Workshop for Africa," organized by the FAO-IPPC, the African Union-Inter-African Phytosanitary Council (AU-IAPSC), the Plant Protection Organization of Kenya (KEPHIS), and FAO, the BBTV emergence in EA, along with other emerging threats in Africa, was discussed to strategies control actions. The event was held in a hybrid format from 6-8 Sep-2022 in Nairobi and was attended by 58 participants from 22 countries. The summary of BBTV status and recommendations for control was made through the presentation. It has led to the FAO allocation of emergency funds for BBTV management in EA through TCP (Technical Action Program) for 2023. 2022-09-07T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/8040 Direct planting versus transplanting of yam leaf-bud cuttings for seed production Aighewi, B.; Maroya, N.; Aihebhoria, D.; Balogun, M.; Mignouna, D.; Asiedu, R. 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z