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Testing alternative methods of varietal identification using DNA fingerprinting: results of pilot studies in Ghana and Zambia
(Michigan State University, 2016-10)Varietal adoption based on household surveys has mostly relied on farmers’ response to varietal identification. This method can give biased estimates if farmers are unable to identify improved varieties as a group or by name, or give names that do not match with the released variety list. To tackle these potential problems other innovative methods have been suggested that require time and resource intensive data collection such as including follow-up questions in the survey instrument to gather ... -
N2Africa Final Report of the First Phase: 2009-2013
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Evidence-based opportunities for out-scaling climate-smart agriculture in East Africa
(2016-10-03)Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is being widely promoted as a solution for food insecurity and climate change adaptation in food systems of sub-Saharan Africa, while simultaneously reducing the rate of greenhouse gas emissions. Governments throughout Africa are writing policies and programs to promote CSA practices despite uncertainty about the ability for practices to meet the triple CSA objectives of CSA. We conducted a systematic review of 175 peer-reviewed and grey literature studies, to ... -
Bananas: an untapped treasure
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Cassava Monitoring Survey: Nigerian farmers’ preferences for varieties by gender and region, with reference to seed dissemination.
(International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), 2016-06-23)