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Soybean rust ( Phakopsora pachyrhizi Sydow), a major threat to soybean production, is a new pathogen on the African continent, where it is increasingly threatening soybean production. The fungus is highly variable, and this complicates mos…
Smallholder potato farmers in Uganda face many production and marketing challenges including limited access to markets and low surpluses for sale into the market. This study sought to underscore the factors that influence smallholder farme…
Understanding barriers to market access for smallholder farmers and their marketing ef- ficiency when they participate in agricultural value chains is key to unlocking the market potential and overcoming market failures. This study aimed a…
Purpose – The study aimed at understanding the level of inefficiencies in the potato market chain. Farmers sell potato to traders but continue to complain of limited market access and low profits. The purpose of this paper is to determine …
Purpose: This study elucidates on how faculty supervision support to students during farm placements and other facilitating conditions influence farmer learning in the student-centred university outreach. Methodology/Design/Approach: Cross…
Soil properties contribute to the widely recognised resilience of semiarid areas. However, limited attention has been given in providing a scientific basis of how semiarid soil properties in the various land covers occur and how they influ…
The second Forum for African Women Vice Chancellors (FAWoVC) was held on October 21, 2018 in Nairobi. The preeminent leadership and networking event with a continental reach was founded in 2016 as a way of helping women surmount the prevai…
Information on how abiotic and biotic factors affect species population structures and regeneration are critical for under- standing plant growth in natural habitats. Here, we used the data from three spatially distinct populations of Afze…
Impact of oil and gas activities on quality of soil in Port Harcourt and its environments was assessed. The study evaluates levels of physicochemical parameters associated with oil and gas industry in soils of 9 locations in Port Harcourt …
Summary report of the Sixth African Higher Education Week and RUFORUM Biennial Conference organized from 22-26 October 2018 at the Kenyatta International Convention Center in Nairobi, Kenya. The overall objective of the Conference was to p…
This study aimed at assessing the impact of desertification on the environmental situation in west Omdurman area. The study used GIS techniques to analyze the digital data obtained from satellite image to monitor desertification and thickn…
Climate change is one of the major challenges facing small-scale farmers in East Africa. A study was conducted in Central and Eastern Uganda representing the humid and subhumid regions in East Africa respectively with the objective of iden…
Effects of climate change, drudgery of farming operations and reducing soil fertility over time have exacerbated food insecurity at the smallholder farm level in Malawi. The Government of Malawi has put in place mechanisms to reverse this …
This paper reports on an evaluation of a project titled Food Diversification Support Project (FoDiS) under the Ministry of Agriculture whose objective was to improve food security of farming communities in drought prone areas of Zambia thr…
Sweetpotato is an important food security crop for millions of households in sub- Saharan Africa. However, its production is constrained by a number of biotic, abiotic and socioeconomic factors. The objective of this study was to assess an…
In sub Saharan Africa (SSA), informal markets provide affordable animal-source foods to large populations. However such foods carry hazards. The Safe Food, Fair Food Project was implemented between 2008 and 2011 to develop capacity in part…
The general objective of this study was to improve the livelihoods of cavy farmers in the Western highlands of Cameroun by describing their socio-economic characteristics, identifying cavy market chains, estimating the contribution of cavy…
This paper explores how agricultural development is closely interconnected to economic development and industrialization, and how Africa could embrace this reality and develop agriculture, its economy, and industrialize. Africa boasts land…
A study on the effect of formulated and supplementary feeds on water quality parameters of fresh water fish (Oreochromis shiranus) culture was conducted at Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources Fish Farm for three months…
Dairy has gained prominence among pastoralists and agro-pastoralists in the Kenyan rangelands albeit with many challenges. A study was conducted to characterize smallholder cattle dairy in semi-arid Mbeere District, Eastern Kenya. Farmer p…
Papaya mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus is a polyphagous pest that can damage several genera of host plants. Since its first detection in Pemba (northern of Mozambique) in 2013, there has been no information on its current geographical dist…
Phoenix dactylifera est l’élément essentiel dans les systèmes de production oasiens. Au Mali les principales zones de production sont les régions de Kidal et de Gao. La quasitotalité de ces palmeraies sont infestées par Parlatoria blanchar…
A total of 66 half diallel hybrids from 12 lines of maize and 16 top cross hybrids from four IRAD lines and four composites were evaluated on acid soils in Cameroon at Nkoemvone in 2004. The 12 lines consisted of five from IRAD, one from I…
Urban Agriculture has served as a vital input in the livelihood strategies of urban households in Mombasa, Kenya. Urban dwellers rely on the market for food but with the tremendous surge in food prices beyond the reach of the majority of t…
