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Gender-based constraints affecting biofortified cassava production, processing and marketing among men and women adopters in Oyo and Benue States, Nigeria
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
Abstract
This study identified gender-based constraints affecting the production, processing and marketing of biofortified cassava in two states in Nigeria, using a mixed methods approach. The study identified major differences between the two study sites (Benue and Oyo). The scale of production of biofortified cassava is…
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El mejoramiento del arroz
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82500
Abstract
Rice improvement The main advantages and disadvantages of the methods most used by plant breeders in their attempt to develop varieties that respond to the needs of rice farmers, millers, consumers, and seed producers of the regional and global rice sector are described and illustrated with examples. Modern rice varieties have been developed using methods of phenotypical selection that little…
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Assessing feeds and feed availability for dairy cattle on Pemba Island of Zanzibar, Tanzania
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/35069
Publication year
2013
Authors
Maass, Brigitte L.
Lukuyu, Ben A.
Fakih, A.O.
Suleiman, H.
Khatib, S.
Wassena, Fred J.
Bacigale, Samy B.
Full…
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Participatory monitoring and evaluation for stakeholder engagement, assessment of project impacts, and for institutional and community learning and change
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/56138
Publication year
2006
Authors
Njuki, Jemimah
Kaaria, Susan K.
Chitsike, C.
Sanginga, Pascal C.
Full Citation…
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White mold
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/81822
Abstract
White mold, caused by the fungus Sclerotinia (Whetzelinia) sclerotiorum, is distributed worldwide and has more than 300 hosts. It infects flowers, cotyledons, seeds, leaves, or injured plant tissue. The disease can be controlled by crop rotation, flooding, reduced seeding rates, fewer irrigations, and destruction of bean- cull screenings containing sclerotia. Other control measures include chemical products…
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Targeting, out-scaling and prioritising climate-smart interventions in agricultural systems: Lessons from applying a generic framework to the livestock sector in sub-Saharan Africa
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/75728
Abstract
As a result of population growth, urbanization and climate change, agricultural systems around the world face enormous pressure on the use of resources. There is a pressing need for wide-scale innovation leading to development that improves…
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Nutritional requirements of Brachiaria and adaptation to acid soils
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/54881
Publication year
1996
Authors
Rao, Idupulapati M.
Kerridge, Peter C.
Macedo, Manuel Cláudio Motta
Full Citation
Rao, Idupulapati Madhusudana; Kerridge, Peter C.; Macedo, Manuel Cláudio Motta. 1996. Nutritional requirements of Brachiaria…
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Mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana)
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/104621
Publication year
2006
Authors
Bin Osman, M.
Milan, A.R.
Full Citation
bin Osman, M.; Milan, A.R. (2006) Mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana). 170 p. ISBN: 978-0-85432-817-8, ISBN: 0-85432-817-3
Publication Type
Book
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Nutritional quality and animal production of Brachiaria pastures
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82028
Abstract
Brachiaria grasses, especially R decumbens cv. Basilisk (signalgrass), are the most widely grown pastures in subhumid and humid tropics. When fertilized with nitrogen and well managed, these pastures have high forage quality (measured as digestibility). Animal production is therefore high and relatively stable over time. Sometimes, however, animals fed on…
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Manejo de plagas en yuca
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/81715
Abstract
Aspects related to pest management in cassava are discussed: (1) favorable factors involved insect/plant/environment interactions; (2) characteristics of insect survival; (3) integrated, biological control and pest management. On the basis of research conducted by CIAT on Erinnyis ello, a management program is proposed which incorporates different techniques such as biological control [natural…
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Control cultural de las malezas en yuca
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/55210
Publication year
1983
Authors
Leihner, D.E.
Doll, Jerry D.
Full Citation
Leihner, Dietrich E.; Doll, Jerry D. 1983. Control cultural de las malezas en yuca. In: Domínguez M., Carlos E. (comp.). Yuca: Investigación, producción y utilización. Centro Internacional de Agricultura…
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Strengthening national capacities to implement the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: Project highlights
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/106023
Abstract
This brief presents highlights of the project "Strengthening national capacities to implement the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture", which was coordinated by Bioversity International, under the framework of the Food and…
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Evaluación económica de la avena forrajera Altoandina para sistemas lecheros del trópico alto de Colombia
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/111083
Abstract
Esta publicación es resultado de los proyectos Evaluación y selección de nuevas especies forrajeras para mejorar la eficiencia de los sistemas ganaderos de leche del trópico alto colombiano y Estrategias para mejorar la competitividad y la sostenibilidad de los sistemas de producción de leche o carne en la región…
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Arachis pintoi: Potential for risk reduction/productivity increase in livestock systems of the Colombian Orinoquía region
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/111080
Abstract
In parts of the foothills of the Colombian Orinoquía region, bovine livestock production takes place on poorly drained soils. The region is dominated by extensive grazing systems with Brachiaira humidicola cv. Humidicola. This grass has shown high adaptation potential under temporal waterlogging…
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High-Andean oat (Altoandina) as alternative for Colombia’s high-altitude dairy systems: an economic analysis
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/111084
Abstract
In the Colombian high-altitude tropics (2200-3000 m.a.s.l.), Kikuyu grass (Cenchrus clandestinus) is the main feed source for the dairy system. This grass species has good characteristics regarding adaptability and productivity, but is affected by frost, grass bugs (Collaria sp.) and precipitation-related…
