Working Document Series Open Access Status of weeds and weed management practices in finger millet growing areas in eastern Uganda G. Aguttu · J. Bisikwa · D.L. Nabirye · H. Oryem-Origa +1 more Finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) is a staple food crop and income earner in most drought stressed areas in Uganda. Unfortunately, rural communities are increasingly abandoning production of the crop due to complications with weeding … RUF-36243 CC BY 4.0 18 Oct 2016
Working Document Series Open Access Ecological and socio-economic evaluation of dryland agroforestry systems in East Africa A. Egeru · G. Kironchi · M. Nyangito · N.M. Syano +1 more Drylands typically suffer from sustainable land use challenges that have rapidly increased in the recent past. Drylands are face with a number of constraints including, among others, climate variability, natural resources degradation, decl… RUF-36237 2016 CC BY 4.0 18 Oct 2016
Working Document Series Open Access Characterisation and capability classification of soils on a coastal plain sand parent material in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria D.O. Asawalam · B.O. Nuga · V.E. Osodeke Systematic identification and inventory of soil resource, their qualities and proper assessment for sustainable use is a major criterion towards addressing the issue of food security in Nigeria. The objective of this study was to character… RUF-36235 2016 CC BY 4.0 18 Oct 2016
Working Document Series Open Access Evidence on effectiveness of parasitoids as biological control agents in integrated crop pest management programmes in Africa Ronald Kityo · H. Makuma-Massa · P. Nampala Despite advances in science, technology and innovations, the extent and depth of food insecurity in the developing world remains unconscionable. About 800 million people which constitutes one-sixth of the developing world’s population do n… RUF-36232 2016 CC BY 4.0 18 Oct 2016
Working Document Series Open Access Strengthening researcher-extension-farmer participation in soil fertility restoration for sustainable crop production in western Kenya E. Adipala · B. Amar · L. Didier · S.O. Gudu +14 more Food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) results mainly from common and prolonged droughts, fertility depleted soils, poor economies and insignificant researcher-extension-farmer contacts to demonstrate technologies. The soils are predo… RUF-34673 2010 CC BY 4.0 9 Sep 2015