Banana (Musa spp.) production characteristics and performance in Uganda

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 879, Issue , 2010, Pages 187-198

  Bagamba, F ^a,c   Burger, K ^b   Tushemereirwe, W K ^a  

^a National Agricultural Research Organization NARO   (Uganda)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Cooking banana; Farm gate price; Food price; Food security

Indexed keywords

ELEUSINE CORACANA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; MUSA;

EID: 80053163247     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2010.879.17     Document Type: Conference Paper

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