The project aim was to promote integrated crop management technologies to improve plantain productivity of smallholder farmers in West and Central Africa. The experiments were...

The project aim was to promote integrated crop management technologies to improve plantain productivity of smallholder farmers in West and Central Africa. The experiments were...

The project aim was to promote integrated crop management technologies to improve plantain productivity of smallholder farmers in West and Central Africa. The experiments were...

Fopius arisanus (Sonan), a koinobiont solitary egg-pupal endoparasitoid of numerous tephritid fruit fly specie, was recently introduced into Africa for the control of the...

Sustainable Enset farming systems for food security and livelihood improvement in Gamo highlands

Banana and plantain (Musa spp) represent an important food and cash crop worldwide. Their cultivation faces many pest and disease constraints amongst which banana bunchy top...

The banana aphid Pentalonia nigronervosa Coquerel (Hemiptera: Aphidae) is the vector of Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV, genus Babuvirus), causal agent of banana bunchy top...

Anoplolepis tenella is an afrotropical ground-dwelling ant species with widespread distribution in the forest zones of Central Africa, where it is largely found in association...

IITA is implementing a baseline survey of Humid Tropic program in Rwanda, Congo and Burundi. The survey will serve not only as the baseline against which the HumidTropic program...

"IITA is implementing a baseline survey of Humid Tropic program in Rwanda, Congo and Burundi. The survey will serve not only as the baseline against which the HumidTropic...

"IITA is implementing a baseline survey of Humid Tropic program in Rwanda, Congo and Burundi. The survey will serve not only as the baseline against which the HumidTropic...

The overall objective of this action is to sustainably enhance the adoption, productivity and utilization of endophyte primed high pro-vitamin A plantain and derived food...

Banana bunchy top disease (BBTD) is a serious threat to banana and plantain (Musa spp.) production. BBTD is caused by the Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV, genus Babuvirus) which...

Scarcity of planting materials, pest and diseases are major constraints to yam production. The tissue culture techniques, meristem culture combined with heat therapy has been...

Propagation of clean seed yam in high ratio propagation techniques(aeroponics).

Yam Improvement for Income and Food Security in West Africa

The Congo Basin Institute is a center of higher learning and scientific excellence in Central Africa. The Congo Basin Institute and the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife...

An experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of using whole tubers versus minisetts to produce seed yams. Six treatments were combinations of whole tubers and...

The data is from an investigation of the influence of planting different minisett sizes at different periods on yield. The trial was carried out on the experimental field at...

The average yam yields of local varieties is less than 25% of the yield of improved released varieties, which range from 30 to 40 tons/ha. Absence of a formal seed system has...