Development and dissemination of improved Banana cultivars and management practices in Uganda and Tanzania

Research Report of the International Food Policy Research Institute

Volumn , Issue 155, 2007, Pages 37-48

  Kikulwe, Enoch Mutebi ^a   Nowakunda, Kephas ^b   Byabachwezi, Mgenzi Said Ramadhan ^c   Nkuba, Jackson M ^c   Namaganda, Josephine ^b   Talengera, David ^d   Katungi, Enid ^b   Tushemereirwe, Wilberforce Kateera ^b  

^a National Banana Research Programme of NARO

^b NBRP ^*  (Uganda)

^c Maruku Agricultural Research and Development Institute   (Tanzania)

^d Biotechnology Unit

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CROP IMPROVEMENT; CULTIVAR; SELECTIVE BREEDING; SOIL FERTILITY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE VICTORIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; UGANDA;

EID: 39749192020     PISSN: 08867372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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