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Genetic improvement and related activities. Regional activities. Africa. Great Lakes region por International Center for Tropical Agriculture

“…The genotypes which gained most from being planted in mixtures were BAT 1297 and PVMX 1531. …”
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MGIS: managing banana (Musa spp.) genetic resources information and high-throughput genotyping data por Ruas, M., Guignon, Valentin, Sempéré, G., Sardos, J., Chase, R., Hueber, Y., Duvergey, H., Andrieu, A., Hazekamp, T., Daniells, J., Gueco, L., Ibobondji, Lucien, Irish, Brian M., Jenny, C., Muhangi, S., Paofa, J., Thiemele, D., Tumuhimbise, Robooni, Sandoval, J., Sutanto, A., Vangu Paka, G., Yi, G., Kempenaers, Els, Houwe, Ines van den, Roux, N., Rouard, M.

“…To facilitate this, a new generation of information systems is being designed to efficiently handle data and link it with other external resources such as genome or breeding databases. …”
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Pulse consumption and demand by different population subgroups in Uganda and Tanzania por Larochelle, Catherine, Katungi, Enid M., Cheng, Zhen

“…Results indicate that consumption of pulses tend to increase with wealth and during harvesting periods as well as being higher in locations where production is also high. …”
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Comparative study on the performance of dairy cooperative input and output marketing in Astbie Womerta, Alamata and Enderta woreda in Tigray region, Ethiopia por Mesfin, A.

“…The large majority of the respondents were married female farmers in the productive age group of 15-35 years with the maximum education attended being primary school. The impact of independent variables on the satisfaction of members, the main indicator of performance shows that cooperative age; members’ training; availability of credit; members’ participation and gender had positive impact on the performance of cooperatives and lack of roads had negative influence. …”
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Complementary feeding practices of children aged 6-23 months in rural area, Southern-Benin: challenges and opportunities por Mitchodigni, I.M., Hounkpatin, Waliou Amoussa, Ntandou-Bouzitou, Gervais D., Termote, Céline, Kennedy, G., Hounhouigan, Djidjoho J.

“…Reinforcing the capacity building of stakeholders focused on child feeding may be a crucial step for child well-being.…”
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Access to and use of video-mediated agricultural information: lessons from the case of Sasakawa global 2000 rice videos in Uganda por Karubanga, G., Kibwika, P., Sseguya, H., Okry, F.

“…Also, if the issue of technical language is not addressed, use of the learnt knowledge is likely to continue being problematic. Thus, the modalities suggested by the farmers with particular efforts on documenting local farmers in their local languages, intensifying awareness creation through local channels, adjusting the timing of video shows and operating them on a rotational basis are vital if video is to enhance access and use of information by farmers.…”
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Assessment of welfare status and income inequalities among cocoa farming households in Ondo State, Nigeria por Oguntade, A.E., Adewumi, K.J., Okafor, C., Fatunmbi, T.E.

“…With regards to indicators of well-being, the number of rooms occupied by the respondents varied between two and sixteen with a mean of 5 rooms. …”
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Quality characteristics and acceptability of low cost weaning blends by Zambian mothers por Hayes, RE, Zulu, Rodah M., Mulenga, DK, Kaputo, MT

“…The age interval beginning at about six months is an especially vulnerable time for children, when they are being weaned from breast milk to conventionally used cultural foods. …”
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Using a linear discriminant analysis approach of baseline conditions to develop household categories in the Sudan Savanna ( KKM PLS SSA CP ), Nigeria por Olarinde, L.O., Abdoulaye, Tahirou, Kamara, A., Binam, J., Adekunle, A.

“…The IAR4D is a multistakeholder agricultural research approach which is currently being implemented at Pilot Learning Sites (PLSs) in three regions of Africa: (I) the Kano-Katsina-Maradi (KKM) PLS in West Africa, (2) the Lake Kivu (LK) PLS in East and Central Africa and (3) the Zimbabwe-Malawi-Mozambique (ZMM) PLS in Southern Africa. …”
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Regulatory considerations surrounding the deployment of Btexpressing cowpea in Africa: report of the deliberations of an expert panel por Huesing, J.E., Romeis, J., Ellstrand, N.C., Raybould, A., Hellmich, R.L., Wolt, J.D., Ehlers, J.D., Dabiré-Binso, L.C., Fatokun, C.A., Hokanson, K.E., Ishiyaku, M.F., Margam, V.M., Obokoh, N., Mignouna, J.D., Nang’ayo, F., Ouédraogo, J.T., Pasquet, R.S., Pittendrigh, Barry Robert, Schall, B.A., Stein, J., Tamo, Manuele, Murdock, L.L.

“…Cowpea expressing the lepidopteran-active Cry1Ab protein from Bacillus thuringiensis is being developed as a first generation Bt-cowpea crop for West Africa. …”
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Effects of volatiles from Maruca vitrata larvae and caterpillar infested flowers of their host plant Vigna unguiculata on the foraging behavior of the parasitoid Apanteles taragama... por Dannou, E.A., Tamò, Manuele, Huis, A. van, Dicke, M.

“…Our data show that, similarly to what has been extensively been reported for foliar volatiles, flowers of plants also emit parasitoid-attracting volatiles in response to being infested with an herbivore…”
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Insect antagonistic bio-inoculants for natural control of leaf-mining insect pests of French beans por Akello, J., Chabi-Olaye, A., Sikora, R.A.

“…All tested isolates exhibited protease (Index=1.22), lipase (Index=1.32) and cellulase (Index=1.06) activities; with M. anisopliae being the best enzyme secretor when cultured under dark conditions on enzyme-specific substrate for 7-14 days. …”
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Transcriptome analysis of filling stage seeds among three buckwheat species with emphasis on rutin accumulation por Gao, J., Wang, T., Liu, M., Liu, J., Zhang, Z.

“…Further, we explored transcription factors by iTAK, and multiple gene families were identified as being involved in the coordinate regulation of metabolism and development. …”
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Closing the Gap between Climate Information Producers and Users: Assessment of Needs and Uptake in Senegal por Ouédraogo, Issa, Diouf, Ndeye Seynabou, Ouédraogo, Mathieu, Ndiaye, Ousmane, Zougmoré, Robert B.

“…However, the scientific documentation of the engagement approaches, the uptake of the CIS and the ways the delivered information is being used, as well as feedback from the users, is lacking. …”
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From Market Demand to Breeding Decisions: A Framework por Ragot, Michel, Bonierbale, Merideth W., Weltzien, Eva

“…For breeding programs to contribute towards improved livelihoods and well-being for both men and women, they must deliver new breeds or varieties that are significantly improved for important gender-specific attributes.…”
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Introduction and evaluation of improved varieties of Dioscorea rotundata, and D. cayenensis with high micronutrient content in Cameroon por Njukwe, E., Amah, D., Ndango, R., Tenkouano, A., Asiedu, Robert

“…With the development of new genotypes of yams through seed hybridization by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), new materials are being made available both in seed and tissue culture form for evaluation. …”
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Farmers perceptions of practices and constraints in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) chips production in rural Cameroon por Essono , G.G., Ayodele, M., Foko, J., Akoa, A., Gockowski, J., Ambang, Z., Bell, J.M., Bekolo, N.

“…Three distinct forms of chips such as broken pulp (62%), balls (25%), and pellets (13%) were cited as being locally produced by farmers. These were obtained either through air fermentation (cassava pellets), or submerged fermentation (broken pulps and balls), using starters or fermenting agents (31% of responses) or without using them (69%). …”
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Poultry breeding center combines science and art por Clements, M.

“…This additional dimension is being fulfilled through working with Belgian artist Koen Vanmechelen who, throughout the past two decades, has created 20 generations of chickens that combine traits from breeds from around the world. …”
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Enhanced surveillance for Rift Valley fever in livestock during El Niño rains and threat of RVF outbreak, Kenya, 2015-2016 por Oyas, H., Holmstrom, L., Kemunto, N.P., Muturi, M., Mwatondo, A., Osoro, E.M., Bitek, A., Bett, Bernard K., Githinji, J.W.K., Thumbi, Samuel M., Widdowson, M.A., Munyua, P.M., Njenga, M.K.

“…It was also an excellent pilot for designing and implementing syndromic surveillance in animals in the country, which is now being rolled out using a mobile phone-based data reporting technology as part of the global health security system.…”
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Development of multiple disease resistant breeding parents through gene pyramiding with the aid of molecular markers por Mukankusi, Clare Mugisha, Male, A., Musoke, S., Buruchara, Robin Arani, Abang, Mathew M.

“…Over 3000 plants of the F2 progeny of the double cross are being screened to select at least 500 and maximum of 800 progeny of the root genotype with a seven gene combination of I, bc‐3, Co‐4, Co‐5, Co‐7, Prr, phg. …”
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