Supplying Improved Seed to Farmers in Rural Kenya: The Case of Freshco Kenya Ltd. [PDF]
Freshco, a small producer and distributor of hybrid maize seed and macadamia seedlings, was one of the first private companies to enter the Kenya seed market after its liberalization.
Cramer, Laura K. +5 more
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Mid-term and cost-benefit study of smallholder farmers in Striga-Infested maize and cowpea growing areas of Northern Nigeria [PDF]
, 2017 The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) provided a 4-year financial support to the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and other partners in 2011 to adapt and intensively promote proven integrated Striga management strategies ...
Abdoulaye, Tahirou +4 more
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Enhancing Drought Tolerance and Striga hermonthica Resistance in Maize Using Newly Derived Inbred Lines from the Wild Maize Relative, Zea diploperennis [PDF]
, 2021 Abdulwahab S. Shaibu +2 more
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How does Striga hermonthica Bewitch its hosts? [PDF]
, 2019 Hijiri Fujioka +4 more
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A Limited Dependent Variable Analysis of Integrated Pest Management Adoption in Uganda [PDF]
In Uganda overall crop loss due to pests exceeds that caused by drought, soil infertility, or poor planting material. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) technologies can reduce pest damage to crops by emphasizing non-chemical control methods thereby ...
Bonabana-Wabbi, Jackline +2 more
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Tests d'utilisation d'herbicides pour la lutte contre Striga hermonthica [PDF]
, 1997 La lutte contre le #Striga# explore trois voies complémentaires : la sélection de variétés tolérantes, les méthodes agronomiques de gestion de la culture, et enfin la destruction des parties aériennes du parasite, par sarclage/arrachage ou à l'aide d ...
Dembélé, Daouda +3 more
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CABI Agriculture and BioscienceBackground Using a desirable tester is considered one method used to maximise genetic differences among test crosses derived from new inbred lines and improves the overall performance of maize. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the potency of the tester
Degife Zebire +5 more
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Livelihood Strategies of Resource-Poor Farmers in Striga-Infested Areas of Western Kenya. [PDF]
Striga hermonthica (del) Benth is threatening rural livelihoods in western Kenya where maize is the major food and cash crop. Vulnerability analysis was conducted on a sample of 802 households in eight districts of Nyanza and Western provinces.
Alene, Arega D. +6 more
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Agricultural intensification in West Africa: insights from Sasakawa Global 2000's experience [PDF]
, 1999 High population growth rates and increasing urbanization present a challenge to policy makers in West Africa to motivate and assist farmers in using new technologies to improve productivity and increase agricultural production needed to address ...
Galiba, Marcel, Nubukpo, Kako Kossivi
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