Improved cassava varieties increase the risk of soil nutrient mining: an exante analysis for western Kenya and Uganda
Cassava production in Uganda and western Kenya has been hit hard by the cassava mosaic disease (CMD) epidemic. In response, CMD resistant cassava varieties are currently released on a wide scale. The new varieties yield up to 3 times more than the local varieties. These high yield levels will put ma...
| Autores principales: | , , , , |
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| Formato: | Capítulo de libro |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Springer
2007
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| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/91421 |
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