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Tudo o Que Sempre Quis Saber sobre a Batata-doce – Volume 4

Este manual contém “Tudo o que sempre quis saber sobre a batata-doce”. Esperamos que o manual seja útil para os que estão envolvidos na capacitação de extensionistas e pessoal de ONGs a diferentes níveis, e que estes por sua vez irão capacitar produtores duma maneira prática que os ajuda a construir as …

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Tout ce que vous avez toujours voulu savoir à propos de la patate douce – Volume 4

Tout ce que vous avez toujours voulu savoir à propos de la patate douce. Manuel de FDF pour le projet Atteindre les Agents du Changement. Thème 6: Gestion et Production de la Patate Douce. Ce thème, traite de l’importance d’une la planification anticipée pour assurer la disponibilité des boutures en quantité …

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Vyote Unavyopaswa Kujua Kuhusu Viazi Vitamu – Juzuu ya 4

Vyote Unavyopaswa Kujua Kuhusu Viazi Vitamu Kitabu cha mafunzo kwa wakufunzi cha mradi wa kuwafikia wadau wa Mabadiliko. Juzuu ya 4. Mada ya 6: Uzalishaji na uangalizi wa viazi vitamu inahusu umuhimu wa kupangilia mapema kuhakikisha kuwa vipando vya kutosha vinapatikana mwanzoni mwa msimu wa mvua, matayarisho xvii ya shamba, mbinu za upandaji, …

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Challange Theme paper 5: Integrated Crop Management

Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L) (Poir) is grown widely and ranks 5th in over 50 developing countries. In Africa and especialiy Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) its grown by small scale farmers with biotic and abiotic challanges. This paper described each constraints faced by farmers by giving current known information and required future …

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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Sweetpotato TOT Manual – Volume 4

prodproThis manual contains ‘Everything you ever wanted to know about sweetpotato’. We hope that it will be useful for those involved in training extensionists and NGO staff at different levels, and that they in turn will train farmers in practical ways that help them to build their problem solving and …

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CHALLENGE THEME PAPER 5: INTEGRATED CROP MANAGEMENT

Overall Challenge: Yields of sweetpotatoes are low in Africa and improved crop management will be critical to increases in productivity and yet there is virtually a research vacuum on integrated crop management (ICM) and most farmers have few incentives to intensify crop management. So the question is: how can quality …

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CROP PROTECTION PROGRAMME: Promotion of and technical support for methods of controlling whitefly-borne viruses in sweet potato in East Africa

Sweet potato virus disease (SPVD) is the main disease of sweet potato in Africa and is caused by dual infection of sweet potato by the aphid-borne virus Sweet potato feathery mottle virus and the whitefly-borne Sweet potato chlorotic stunt virus. Extensive on-farm and on-station trials have shown that some newly-released …

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Sweetpotato Major Pests, Diseases and Nutritional Disorders

This is a field guide documenting information on common pests, diseases and nutritional disorders of sweetpotato. It is intended primarily as a tool for correct identification of these problems and ailments, as an essential first step in their control. Each principal entry in the guide is accompanied by photograph or …

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CHALLENGE THEME PAPER 5: INTEGRATED CROP MANAGEMENT

Overall Challenge: Yields of sweetpotatoes are low in Africa and improved crop management will be critical to increases in productivity and yet there is virtually a research vacuum on integrated crop management (ICM) and most farmers have few incentives to intensify crop management. So the question is: how can quality …

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