Resultados de búsqueda - "Uganda"
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Adopting and practising ICT-led agriculture by young farmers: A success story in Luwero District, Uganda
Publicado 2015Enlace del recurso
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The Mobile Phone: A Solution to rural agricultural communication - a case study of Rakai district, Uganda
Publicado 2016Enlace del recurso
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Improved cassava varieties increase the risk of soil nutrient mining: an exante analysis for western Kenya and Uganda
Publicado 2007“…Cassava production in Uganda and western Kenya has been hit hard by the cassava mosaic disease (CMD) epidemic. …”
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Expanding guinea yam (Dioscorea spp.) production in Uganda: results of a short survey in Luweero district
Publicado 2005“…Over recent years, pest and disease epidemics have affected the reliability of the main food crops in Uganda. Attempts to improve crop diversity therefore, and reduce reliance on the key staple crops, have included the promotion of yam (Dioscorea spp.) through the introduction of improved cultivars (cvs), breeder's lines and seed populations of Dioscorea rotundata by the lnternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture (llTA) in coordination with the National Agricultural Research Organisation of Uganda. …”
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Evaluation of East African highland banana land races and hybrids for resistance to banana nematodes in semiarid Uganda
Publicado 2008“…Peeled and hot water treated suckers of 51 banana genotypes were planted out into the field in Eastern Uganda, (semi-arid ecosystem) where the natural nematode field populations represented the inoculum. …”
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Influence of shaded systems on Xylosandrus compactus infestation in Robusta coffee along a rainfall gradient in Uganda
Publicado 2018“…The present study considered three rainfall zones in Central Uganda and 50 coffee plots that were randomly selected from each rainfall zone. …”
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Identification of common bean genotypes with dual leaf and pod resistance to common bacterial blight disease in Uganda
Publicado 2018“…Common Bacterial Blight (CBB), caused by Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. phaseoli (Xap) and Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. phaseoli var. fuscans (Xapf), is a serious disease that affects common bean production worldwide. In Uganda, it is the most severe and widely occurring bacterial disease, causing significant yield losses in common bean. …”
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Briquettes from agro-waste and municipal solid waste (Eco-Fuel Africa, Uganda) - Case Study
Publicado 2018Enlace del recurso
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Postharvest losses and their determinants: A challenge to creating a sustainable cooking banana value chain in Uganda
Publicado 2018“…This paper utilizes cross-sectional data to determine the extent and factors that are influencing postharvest losses in the cooking-banana value chain in Uganda. We find that 14.9% of all the cooking bananas that are produced in Uganda suffer postharvest deterioration along the value chain (7.2% of the bananas deteriorate completely and have no residual value, while 7.7% deteriorate partially and are sold at discounted prices), mostly affecting retailers. …”
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Consumer demand heterogeneity and valuation of value-added pulse products: a case of precooked beans in Uganda
Publicado 2018“…Common bean is the most important source of protein for low- and middle-income households in Uganda. Its consumption is, however, constrained by long cooking time, high cooking energy and water requirements. …”
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Preliminary results of screening IITA improved germplasm for resistance to Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD) in Uganda
Publicado 2012“…For quite some time, cassava breeding activities of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Uganda were mainly focused on developing genotypes resistant to cassava mosaic disease (CMD), which was the major biotic production constraint since the early 1990s. …”
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