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A gendered assessment of crop traits to improve breeding product design and uptake: the case of potato in Kenya by Mwende Mutiso, Janet, Mayanja, Sarah, Nyaga, John, Sinelle, Sophie, Renou, Camille, Onyango, Charles, Hareau, Guy, Polar, Vivian, Ashby, Jacqueline, Okello, Julius Juma

“…The study assesses the gender implications of a target product profile for table potato in Kenya. Breeding programs mostly emphasize farmers’ trait…”
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Determinants of Women's Decision-Making Power in Pest and Disease Management: Evidence From Uganda by Okonya, Joshua S., Mudege, Netsayi N., Nyaga, John N., Jogo, Wellington

“…Using quantitative data from a household survey carried out in Rubanda district, Southwestern Uganda among smallholder farmers of potato, this paper examines…”
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INFLUENCE OF SOIL FERTILITY AMENDMENT PRACTICES ON EX-SITU UTILISATION OF INDIGENOUS ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI AND PERFORMANCE OF MAIZE AND COMMON BEAN IN KENYAN HIGHLANDS by Nyaga, John, Jefwa, Joyce, Muthuri, Catherine, Okoth, Sheila, Matiru, Viviene, Wachira, Peter

“…Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) are important in agriculture and have received attention as they are considered a part of an active and diverse soil…”
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Prioritising quality traits for gender‐responsive breeding for boiled potato in Uganda by Mudege, Netsayi Noris, Mayanja, Sarah, Nyaga, John, Nakitto, Mariam, Tinyiro, Samuel Edgar, Magala, Damali Babirye, Achora, Janet Cox, Kisakye, Sarah, Bamwirire, David, Mendes, Thiago, Muzhingi, Tawanda

“…Using quantitative, qualitative and sensorial data collected from western (Kabale) and central (Rakai) Uganda, this paper identifies and describes…”
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Enhancing crop productivity and its economic farm profitabilty of smallholder farmer through the use of green manures from Alnus acuminata by Musana, Bernard Segatagara, Nabahungu, Nsharwasi Léon, Bucagu, Charles, Mukuralinda, Athanase, Barrios, Edmundo, Rutebuka, Jules, Nyaga, John, Muthuri, Catherine Wangari

“…Abstract Decline in soil fertility is a major threat to land productivity and food security in the East African highlands. This calls for the application of…”
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Rainfall variability, soil heterogeneity, and role of trees in influencing maize productivity-the case from an on-station agroforestry experiment in semi-arid Kenya by M. Julius, Njoroge, W. Catherine, Muthuri, Shem, Kuyah, John, Nyaga, Fergus, Sinclair

“…Given that crop yield in smallholder farms is influenced by rainfall and soil variability, farmers have designed strategies to address water deficit and…”
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Trees in agricultural landscapes enhance provision of ecosystem services in Sub-Saharan Africa by Kuyah, Shem, Öborn, Ingrid, Jonsson, Mattias, Dahlin, A Sigrun, Barrios, Edmundo, Muthuri, Catherine, Malmer, Anders, Nyaga, John, Magaju, Christine, Namirembe, Sara, Nyberg, Ylva, Sinclair, Fergus L

“…The recent interest in multi-functional agricultural landscapes has not been matched with formal assessment of the roles that trees play across the spectrum of…”
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Indigenous arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi associated with tree species of the agroforestry systems of Rwanda and their potential to colonize maize roots by Jean, de Dieu Habiyaremye, Catherine, Muthuri, Viviene, Matiru, John, Nyaga, Athanase, Mukuralinda, Vicky, Ruganzu, Jean, Damascene Ngabonziza, Fergus, Sinclair

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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi with different soil fertility amendment practices in agricultural landscapes of Kenyan highlands by Nyaga, John, Jefwa, Joyce M., Muthuri, Catherine W., Matiru, Viviene N., Wachira, Peter M., Okoth, Sheila A.

“…Several interrelated and site-specific agronomic factors ranging from agroecological conditions to systems management practices have been shown to variably…”
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Occurrence and abundance of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in agroforestry systems of Rubavu and Bugesera Districts in Rwanda by Jean, de Dieu Habiyaremye, Catherine, Muthuri, Viviene, Matiru, John, Nyaga, Athanase, Mukuralinda, Vicky, Ruganzu, Motohito, Yoneda, Fergus, Sinclair

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Contact dermatitis from Tagetes minuta. A new sensitizing plant of the Compositae family by Verhagen, A R, Nyaga, J M

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