Characteristics of banana-growing households and banana cultivars in Uganda and Tanzania

Research Report of the International Food Policy Research Institute

Volumn , Issue 155, 2007, Pages 49-71

  Edmeades, Svetlana ^a   Smale, Melinda ^b   Kikulwe, Enoch Mutebi ^c   Nkuba, Jackson M ^d   Byabachwezi, Mgenzi Said Ramadhan ^d  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b IPGRI ^*

^c National Banana Research Programme of NARO

^d Maruku Agricultural Research and Development Institute   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CULTIVAR; FARMERS ATTITUDE; HYBRIDIZATION; PERCEPTION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KAGERA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; UGANDA;

EID: 39749089989     PISSN: 08867372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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