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(1)
Changing Climates: Effects on Growing Conditions for Banana and Plantain (Musa spp.) and Possible Responses
  • Ramirez, J.; Jarvis, A.; Van den Bergh, I.; Staver, C.; Turner, D.
  • 2011
    • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford (GBR),
    Abstract: Banana and plantain (Musa spp.) are among the world's major food crops, and provide a staple food for millions of people in the developing world. By the 2020s, climate is expected to become less suitable for banana production in many tropical lowland areas and more suitable in many sub-tropical and highland zones. Changes in climate will influence ...see more
    Keywords: CLIMATIC CHANGE; BREEDING; ADAPTATION; DISEASE RESISTANCE
     (IN110372)
    (2)
    Farmers' community enterprise for marketing organic bananas from Alto Beni, Bolivia: Impacts and threats
  • Garming, H.; Guardia, S.; Pocasangre, L.; Staver, C.
  • 2011
    • Enterprise Development and Microfinance, 22, (3), p. 210-224(15)
    Abstract: This study presents the case of establishing a farmers' community enterprise in Alto Beni, Bolivia, and evaluates the success of the project in improving and securing farmers' livelihoods. Alto Beni, Bolivia, is a zone where the spread of coca production was considered a threat to the legitimate economy, and banana production and sales a means to r...see more
    Keywords: MARKETING; ORGANIC AGRICULTURE; HUMAN FEEDING; INCOME; QUALITY CONTROLS; MARKETS
    Country : BOLIVIA
     (IN120077)
    (3)
    Musa processing businesses - Their contribution to rural development
  • Staver, C.; Junkin, R.; Flores, W.; Gonzales, I.; Akinyemi, S.O.S.; Ngoh, G.; Banda, D.; Byabachwezi, M.; Narayana, C.K.; Masdek, N.; Arganosa, A.
  • 2010
    • Acta Horticulturae (BEL), (879)
    Abstract: See also on the Publisher's website: http://www.actahort.org/books/879/879_21.htm
    Keywords: MUSA PROCESSING BUSINESSES; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; PROCESSED PRODUCTS; AGROINDUSTRIAL SECTOR; NONFARM INCOME; PEER-REVIEWED LITERATURE
     (IN110039)
    (4)
    Banana (Musa spp.) processing businesses: support environment and role in poverty reduction in rural Tanzania
  • Mgenzi, S.R.B.; Mshaghuley, I.M.; Staver, C.; Nkuba, J.M.
  • 2010
    • Acta Horticulturae (BEL), (879), p. 249-255
    Abstract: See also on the Publisher's website: http://www.actahort.org/books/879/879_24.htm
    Keywords: MUSA PROCESSING BUSINESSES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PROCESSED PRODUCTS; AGROINDUSTRIAL SECTOR; POVERTY; INCOME; MARKETING; POLICIES; PEER-REVIEWED LITERATURE
    Country : TANZANIA
     (IN110042)
    (5)
    Perspectives of small-scale Musa processing firms in Nigeria
  • Akinyemi, S.O.S.; Staver, C.; Aiyelaagbe, I.O.O.; Kintomo, A.A.; Babalola, S.O.
  • 2010
    • Acta Horticulturae (BEL), (879), p. 257-263
    Abstract: Scientists have produced many banana and plantain cultivars that are high yielding and resistant to various pests and diseases. This is likely to continue for many more decades. While looking forward to this, there is a need to know the impact of past efforts on the livelihoods of end users. To this end, a study was designed to analyze the challeng...see more
    Keywords: MUSA PROCESSING BUSINESSES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PROCESSED PRODUCTS; AGROINDUSTRIAL SECTOR; CHIPS; MARKETS; MARKETING; VALUE ADDED; PRODUCER COOPERATIVES; SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; PEER-REVIEWED LITERATURE
    Country : NIGERIA
     (IN110043)
    (6)
    Agro-ecological intensification in banana and plantain (Musa spp.): an approach to develop more sustainable cropping systems for both smallholder farmers and large-scale commercial producers
  • Côte, F.; Tomekpe, K.; Staver, C.; Depigny, S.; Lescot, T.; Markham, R.
  • 2010
    • Acta Horticulturae (BEL), (879), p. 457-463
    Abstract: Urban centers in sub-Saharan Africa are generating a growing demand for plantain (Musa spp.). Farmers have not responded by increasing supply and this crop has gone from being a staple food to a food for special occasions. Smallholder farmers face numerous difficulties in improving production and productivity of plantain. Diseases, such as black le...see more
    Keywords: CROPPING SYSTEMS; INTENSIFICATION; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; PEER-REVIEWED LITERATURE
     (IN110068)
    (7)
    Macropropagation as an innovative technology: lessons and observations from projects in Cameroon
  • Lefranc, L.M.; Lescot, T.; Staver, C.; Kwa, M.; Michel, I.; Nkapnang, I.; Temple, L.
  • 2010
    • Acta Horticulturae (BEL), (879), p. 727-733
    Abstract: The availability and quality of plantain (Musa spp.) planting material is one of the main constraints for the intensification of this crop. Farmers often use suckers infested with pest and diseases as their only source of planting material. In three provinces of Cameroon, three projects promoted diverse new technologies, including the 'plantlet fro...see more
    Keywords: VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION; TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; STEMS; PLANTING STOCK; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; PEER-REVIEWED LITERATURE
    Country : CAMEROON
     (IN110096)
    (8)
    Evaluation of the dissemination of new banana (Musa spp.) technologies in central Ghana - the role of technology characteristics
  • Dzomeku, B.M.; Staver, C.; Aflakpui, G.K.S.; Sanogo, D.; Garming, H.; Ankomah, A.A.; Darkey, S.K.
  • 2010
    • Acta Horticulturae (BEL), (879), p. 735-740
    Abstract: This study was conducted in the two Assin districts of the Central region of Ghana to examine factors that influence the adoption of new banana (Musa spp.) hybrids and other production technologies and to assess the impact of these technologies on smallholder farmers' livelihoods. One hundred thirty households, comprising of 100 farmers from five c...see more
    Keywords: INNOVATION ADOPTION; TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; HYBRIDS; TRAINING; FARMERS ASSOCIATIONS; PEER-REVIEWED LITERATURE
    Country : GHANA
     (IN110097)
    (9)
    An innovation capacity analysis to identify strategies for improving plantain and banana (Musa spp.) productivity and value addition in the Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Mobambo, P.; Staver, C.; Hauser, S.; Dheda, B.; Vangu, G.
  • 2010
    • Acta Horticulturae (BEL), (879), p. 821-827
    Abstract: The agricultural sector of the Democratic Republic of Congo continues to suffer from declining productivity after a decade of civil unrest and underinvestment. Plantain and banana (Musa spp.) are considered the second most important staple crop after cassava (Manihot esculenta). The Congo basin is a secondary centre of plantain diversity in the wor...see more
    Keywords: PRODUCTIVITY; INNOVATION ADOPTION; CARTOGRAPHY; PRODUCTION; DISEASE RESISTANCE; MARKETS; PEER-REVIEWED LITERATURE
    Country : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
     (IN110108)
    (10)
    Meeting the challenge of the plantain (Musa spp.) subsector economic restructuring in Cameroon
  • Tetang, J.T.; Kwa, M.; Temple, L.; Bikoï, A.; Njukwe, E.; Staver, C.; Ottou, J.F.
  • 2010
    • Acta Horticulturae (BEL), (879), p. 829-835
    Abstract: Plantain (Musa spp.) is among the most preferred foods in Cameroon, especially in towns and the forest zones. Almost 40 percentage of production is for home consumption. Plantain production is an income generating activity for poor farmers, thus constituting an important component of food security in the country. However, its availability has becom...see more
    Keywords: PLANTAINS; FOOD SECURITY; INNOVATION; PRODUCTION; SUSTAINABILITY; AGROINDUSTRIAL SECTOR; PEER-REVIEWED LITERATURE
    Country : CAMEROON
     (IN110109)
    (11)
    Targeting actions to improve the quality of farmer planting material in bananas and plantains - building a national priority-setting framework
  • Staver, C.; van den Bergh, I.; Karamura, E.; Blomme, G.; Lescot, T.
  • 2010
    • Tree and Forestry Science and Biotechnology: Bananas, plantains and enset I, 4, (1)
    Publisher: Global Science Books, London (GBR),
    Abstract: In recent decades the productivity of banana and plantain, traditionally important small farmer crops, has come under increasing threat from the spread of viruses and other phytosanitary problems transmitted in vegetative planting material. In addition, while for many other crops small farmers have improved access to new cultivars with increased yi...see more
    Keywords: PLANTING; SEED; DISEASE RESISTANCE; PLANT PROPAGATION
     (IN110114)
    (12)
    Factors influencing the development of Black Streak Disease and the resulting yield loss in Plantain in the Humid Forests of West and Central Africa
  • Mobambo, P.K.; Gauhl, F.; Pasberg-Gauhl, C.; Swennen, R.; Staver, C.
  • 2010
    • Tree and Forestry Science and Biotechnology: Bananas, plantains and enset I, 4, (1)
    Publisher: Global Science Books, London (GBR),
    Abstract: Plantain, an important staple food crop in the humid tropics, is threatened by black leaf streak (Mycosphaerella fijiensis Morelet), an airborne fungal leaf spot disease. Due to limitations associated with the use of chemicals in Africa, cultural practices are used to minimize the disease effect on crop yields. Research on breeding for resistance h...see more
    Keywords: MYCOSPHAERELLA FIJIENSIS; TROPICAL ZONES; HYBRIDS; TETRAPLOIDY; YIELDS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER
     (IN110118)
    (13)
    Bananas, plantains and other species of Musaceae
  • Lescot, T.; Staver, C.
  • 2010
    • FAO plant production and protection paper, (195)
    Publisher: FAO, Rome (ITA),
    Abstract: See also on the Publisher's website: http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/i1195e/i1195e00.pdf
    Keywords: PLANT PROPAGATION; PLANT DISEASES; TISSUE CULTURE; QUALITY
     (IN120056)
    (14)
    Increasing the pro-poor impact of banana crop protection strategies: knowing our clients, involving new players and linking more effectively
  • Staver, C.
  • 2009
    • Meeting: International Symposium on Recent Advances in Banana Crop Protection for Sustainable Production and Improved Livelihoods, White River (ZAF), 2007/09/10-14
    Acta Horticulturae (BEL), 828
    Publisher: ISHS, Leuven (BEL),
    Abstract: See also on the Publisher's website: http://www.actahort.org/books/828/828_37.htm
    Keywords: MUSA; BANANAS; DISEASE CONTROL; PEST CONTROL; INTEGRATED CONTROL; INNOVATION ADOPTION; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; EXTENSION ACTIVITIES; AGROINDUSTRIAL SECTOR; TRADITIONAL TECHNOLOGY; BXW; PEER-REVIEWED LITERATURE
     (IN090610)
    (15)
    Preliminary evaluation of improved banana varieties in Mozambique
  • Uazire, A.T.; Ribeiro, C.M.; Bila Mussane, C.R.; Pillay, M.; Blomme, G.; Fraser, C.; Staver, C.; Karamura, E.B.
  • 2008
    • African Crop Science Journal (UGA), 16, (1), p. 17-25
    Abstract:
    Keywords: MUSA; FHIA; INTRODUCED VARIETIES; PERFORMANCE TESTING; YIELDS
    Country : MOZAMBIQUE
     (IN090260)
    (16)
    Musa processing businesses: their contribution to rural development
  • Staver, C.; Junkin, R.; Flores, W.; Gonzales, I.; Akinyemi, S.O.S.; Ngoh Newilah, G.; Banda, D.; Byabachwezi, M.; Narayana, C.K.; Masdek, N.; Arganosa, A.
  • 2008
    •  [Full Text]
    Meeting: Banana and Plantain in Africa: Harnessing International Partnerships to Increase Research Impact, Mombasa (KEN), 2008/10/05-09
    Publisher: IITA, Nairobi (KEN),
    Abstract:
    Keywords: BANANAS; AGROINDUSTRIAL SECTOR; NONFARM INCOME; RURAL DEVELOPMENT
    Country : PHILIPPINES
     (IN090358)
    (17)
    Musa processing businesses and their support environment in Tanzania: their role in poverty alleviation to rural communities
  • Mgenzi, S.R.B.; Mshaghuley, I.M.; Staver, C.; Nkuba, J.M.
  • 2008
    •  [Full Text]
    Meeting: Banana and Plantain in Africa: Harnessing International Partnerships to Increase Research Impact, Mombasa (KEN), 2008/10/05-09
    Publisher: IITA, Nairobi (KEN),
    Abstract:
    Keywords: BANANAS; AGROINDUSTRIAL SECTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NONFARM INCOME; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; POVERTY
    Country : TANZANIA
     (IN090341)
    (18)
    Small-scale Musa processors in Nigeria: their potentials, prospects and challenges
  • Akinyemi, S.O.S.; Staver, C.; Aiyelaagbe, I.O.O.; Kintomo, A.A.; Babalola, S.O.
  • 2008
    •  [Full Text]
    Meeting: Banana and Plantain in Africa: Harnessing International Partnerships to Increase Research Impact, Mombasa (KEN), 2008/10/05-09
    Publisher: IITA, Nairobi (KEN),
    Abstract:
    Keywords: BANANAS; AGROINDUSTRIAL SECTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NONFARM INCOME; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; POVERTY
    Country : NIGERIA
     (IN090342)
    (19)
    Agro-ecological intensification in banana and plantain: an approach to developing more sustainable cropping systems for both smallholder farmers and large-scale commercial producers
  • Côte, F.; Tomekpe, K.; Staver, C.; Depigny, S.; Lescot, T.; Markham, R.
  • 2008
    •  [Full Text]
    Meeting: Banana and Plantain in Africa: Harnessing International Partnerships to Increase Research Impact, Mombasa (KEN), 2008/10/05-09
    Publisher: IITA, Nairobi (KEN),
    Abstract:
    Keywords: MUSA; CROPPING SYSTEMS; INTENSIFICATION; SOIL FERTILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
    Country : AFRICA SOUTH OF SAHARA
     (IN090343)
    (20)
    Conditions of adoption of new technique of vegetative multiplication (PIF) in Cameroon: impact on the diffusion of new banana and plantain cultivars
  • Lefranc, L.M.; Temple, L.; Staver, C.; Kwa, M.; Lescot, T.; Michel, I.; Nkapnang, I.
  • 2008
    •  [Full Text]
    Meeting: Banana and Plantain in Africa: Harnessing International Partnerships to Increase Research Impact, Mombasa (KEN), 2008/10/05-09
    Publisher: IITA, Nairobi (KEN),
    Abstract:
    Keywords: MUSA; VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION ADOPTION; SMALL FARMS; TRAINING
    Country : CAMEROON
     (IN090361)
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