The purpose of this document is to describe the SOPs for banana breeding activities and data management. These activities include crossing, evaluation trial establishment,...

Banana, and especially the cooking type known as East Africa highland banana, is a vital staple food and income crop for over 80 million people in East Africa. However,...

Banana is greatly affected by a bacterial pathogen Xanthomonas vasicola pv. musacearum (Xvm), that causes banana bacterial wilt.1 It is reported to be the most devastating...

Banana (Musa spp.) is an important staple and source of income for many people in developing countries. Fusarium wilt, caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc) race 1,...

Plant-parasitic nematodes (PPNs) such as Pratylenchus spp., Helicotylenchus spp., and Radopholus spp. amongst others are a major constraint to sustainable bananas (Musa spp.)...

Banana weevils are a very important pest that contributes to the decline in production and disappearance of bananas in some regions of Uganda (Gold et al., 1993). This pest can...

In southern Africa, conservation agriculture (CA) has been promoted to address low agricultural productivity, food insecurity, and land degradation. However, despite significant...

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...

Characterising soils of the maize belt in Nigeria to deteminie limiting nutrients based on which new fertilzer formulations are developed that are tested on farmer's fields in...

Characterising soils of the maize belt in Nigeria to deteminie limiting nutrients based on which new fertilzer formulations are developed that are tested on farmer's fields in...

Characterising soils of the maize belt in Nigeria to deteminie limiting nutrients based on which new fertilzer formulations are developed that are tested on farmer's fields in...

Developing efficient and affordable fertilizer products for increased and sustained yields in the maize belt of Nigeria. Maize belt of Nigeria that covers 8 states: Bauchi,...

Land degradation, and particularly soil fertility decline, poses a serious threat to crop production in Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) because of an increasing pressure on land to...

The study was implemented during the month of October 2020 by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) working with the Cellule d'Analyses des Indicateurs du...

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...

The project, climate-smart agricultural technologies (CSAT) for improved livelihoods and food security in Niger is financed by the Royal Norwegian Embassy, Bamako,Mali. The...