Geographic shifts in highland banana production in Uganda

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 540, Issue , 2000, Pages 55-62

  Gold, C S ^a   Kiggundu, A ^a   Abera, A M K ^a   Ssendege, R ^a   Karamura, E B ^b   Bagamba, F ^b   Wejuli, M ^b   Karamura, D ^b   Kalyebara, R ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Uganda)

^b NARO   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Banana marketing; Banana nematodes; Banana weevil; Banana yield decline; Highland banana; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548018837     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2000.540.6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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