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Eastern Africa Root Crops Research Network (EARRNET) legacy; performance report: 20042007
(International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, 2010)During the two 5-year consecutives phases ( 1994–1998 and 1999–2003) EARRNET operated considerably among the national cassava research programs of Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Madagascar, Rwanda, and Uganda. After 2000, the network expanded significantly with activities in Southern Sudan and Ethiopia with a mission to transform cassava into a broad-based commercial commodity for sustained food security, poverty alleviation, and income generation through integrated regional production, ... -
Improved grain legumes for smallholder maize-based systems in Western Kenya
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Approaches to operationalizing integrated systems research
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Program overview on Virology and Molecular Diagnostics unit at IITA
(International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, 2009) -
Improving cultivation practices for soya beans in sub-Saharan Africa
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L'innovation dans le secteur agricole reduit la pression sur les forets
(Center for Tropical Research/University of California, Los Angeles, 2017)La croissance de la population et l'expansion des petites exploitations agricoles, ainsi que des exploitations industrielles et a grande echelle, sont considerees comme des facteurs majeurs de la deforestation et de la degradation des forets dans le bassin du Congo. Differentes innovations en matiere de pratiques agricoles son necessaires pour accroitre la productivite, ameliorer les moyens de subsistance des producteurs et reduire la conversion des forets en champs pour l'agriculture. Ces innovation ... -
Integrated Pest Management and Crop Health — bringing together sustainable agroecosystems and people’s health
(International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, 2010) -
Innovation in agriculture reduces pressure on forests
(Center for Tropical Research/University of California, Los Angeles, 2017)Population growth and the expansion of small holders and industrial and large scale agriculture are considered to be major drivers of deforestation and forest degradation in the Congo Basin. Various innovations in agricultural practices are necessary to improve productivity, enhance producer livelihoods and reduce conversion of forests into fields for agriculture. These innovations can include improved crop varieties and crop production and protection practices, as well as post-harvest handling ... -
Prioritizing research efforts to increase onfarm income generation: the case of cassavabased farmers in periurban Southern Cameroon
(Springer, 2011)The extent to which agricultural technologies have had an impact in the humid forest zone remains questionable as adoption levels have been low. The technologies developed emphasized on maintaining soil fertility and crop yields in short fallow systems. This chapter defines the problems and opportunities of commercialization of cassava (Manihot esculenta) production in the forest margins of peri-urban Cameroon. Cassava is the chief subsistence staple and mainly produced extensively in traditional ... -
Guia do camponês: pragas & doenças da banana
(International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, 2010)Este livrete fala sobre todas pragas e doenças da banana. Ele te narra como elas se presentam, se propagem e como controlá-las. Estamos le dando este livrete como um agradecimento de ter participado no leventamento feito por um de nós. Esperamos que isso vai ajudar você a lembrar do que você estudou durante o levantamento e descobrir mais sobre outras doenças. -
Planting, replanting and tree diversification in cocoa systems - learning about sustainable cocoa production: a guide for participatory farmer training
(Forest and Landscape Denmark, 2010)Cocoa production in West and Central Africa is low (200-700 kg/ha), as a result most cocoa farmers are not getting the full benefits from growing the crop. Studies conducted by the Sustainable Tree Crops Program (STCP) indicate that at present, a large number of farmers make a loss from growing cocoa. To turn this situation around, farmers need to intensify their cocoa cultivation. To help farmers intensify cocoa farms through best agronomic practices, the STCP in consultation with the Cocoa ... -
Adoption and impact of improved technologies in developing countries: the case of Imazapyrresistant maize in Western Kenya
(Lap Lambert Academic Publishing, 2012-05)Declining productivity of food crops in developing countries is associated with several factors including poor adoption of improved technologies against pests and parasites destroying crops with developmental implications on food insecurity and poverty. This study has been undertaken to contribute to the understanding of farm-level adoption dynamics and economic impacts of agricultural technologies. This study was done using a case of imazapyr-resistant maize technology for combating noxious Striga ... -
Mentor on a mission why cassava and capacity building are closely coupled
(Generation Challenge Program, 2014-03) -
Enhanced utilization of biotechnology research and development innovations in Eastern and Central Africa for agroecological intensification
(Springer, 2014)The Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) through its Agrobiodiversity and Biotechnology Programme is enhancing the utilization of biotechnology research and development innovations in Eastern and Central Africa (ECA). We present successes in the application of biotechnology to enhance the productivity of cassava, sweet potato, banana, maize and sorghum in ECA. These products—drought tolerant maize, sorghum resistant to striga, as well as the ... -
Morphological variation and reproductive incompatibility of three coconutmiteassociated populations of predatory mites identified as Neoseiulus paspalivorus ( Acari: Phytoseiidae)
(Springer, 2011-04)Predatory mites identified as Neoseiulus paspalivorus DeLeon (Phytoseiidae) have been considered as agents for classical biological control of the coconut mite, Aceria guerreronis Keifer (Eriophyidae), in Africa and elsewhere. Preliminary identification of geographically distinct populations as belonging to the same species (N. paspalivorus) was based on their morphological similarity. However, laboratory studies recently conducted have shown large differences in feeding behaviors and biological ... -
A strategy for banana research and development in Africa: a synthesis of results from the conference banana2008
(International Society for Horticultural Science, 2012) -
Endophytes: novel weapons in the IPM arsenal. CGIAR SPIPM Technical Innovation Brief
(CGIAR Systemwide Program on Integrated Pest Management, 2011-01)
