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Nomination of Cassava Variety, Poundable (TMEB693), for Registration and Release for Fresh Roots Markets in Nigeria
The variety presented here for registration and release would serve as a replacement for older poundable or ‘boil and eat’ varieties, now out of cultivation, but persistently requested for by consumers and growers. We ...
Combating viral mosaic disease of cassava in the Lake Zone of Tanzania by intercropping with legumes
Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) production is constrained by many factors, including the viral cassava mosaic disease (CMD). This study was conducted to explore the potential of intercropping cassava with legumes to ...
More fruit for food security: developing climate-smart bananas for the African Great Lakes region
To support this research, we rely on Bioversity International’s Musa Germplasm Transit Centre (ITC), hosted at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven) in Leuven that houses germplasm samples representing more than ...
Nomination for Registration and Release of Four Multipurpose Cassava Varieties for Food Security (HOPE and BABA-70) and Industry (GAME CHANGER and OBASANJO-2) product profiles in Nigeria
NextGen Cassava project at NRCRI and IITA was the development of product profiles for cassava varieties and this includes varieties that address gari and fufu markets, boiled/poundable cassava, biofortified cassava and ...
Factors influencing farmers’ dis-adoption and retention decisions for biofortified crops: the case of orange-fleshed sweetpotato in Mozambique
Despite their proven effectiveness in addressing micronutrient deficiencies, adoption of biofortified crops among smallholder farmers remains low. Using a cross-sectional survey dataset of 1538 households randomly selected ...