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Ethnobotanical Factors Influencing the Use and Management of Wild Edible Plants in Agricultural Environments in Benin
This study investigates how the socioeconomic status of local people interacts with cultural, botanical, and economic features of wild edible plants to shape the floristic richness and management options of these resources. ...
Towards a rational use of African rice (Oryza glaberrima Steud.) for breeding in SubSaharan Africa
Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) plays an important role in germplasm enhancement for their adaptation to different ecologies of upland, lowland, irrigated, mangrove and deep water. The genebank of AfricaRice contains over ...
Domestic production: a solution to African import dependence
The impressive performance of improved varieties of high-yielding, heat-tolerant wheat developed in Sudan has
convinced Nigerian decision makers that a viable solution to their country’s growing dependence on wheat
imports ...
Report of a training course on experimental data and analysis, Tamale, Ghana, 16‐27 July 2012
Wisconsin International University College was mandated to organise the course through its core biometric staff in the Mathematics Applications Unit of the School of Business. A formal agreement was signed between Wisconsin ...
Improving food security and nutrition in Africa
Few regions present bigger development challenges than the African drylands – home to nearly 300 million people, and the vast majority of Africa’s poor. Food security and rural welfare in these areas are limited by a range ...