Genetic Improvement of African crops

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Abstracts Home Research in Training and Institutions

Progress at the African Centre for Crop Improvement, University of KwaZulu-Natal

M. Laing

ACCI, University of KwaZulu Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

Africa’s Center for Crop Improvement partnership

V. Gracen

Plant Breeding Dept- Cornell University, USA

Role of farmers’ preferences in maize variety selection

M.S. Mwala, M. Bänziger

African Livelihoods Program International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, Zimbabwe

Biosciences Initiative: an emerging research and capacity-building network in Africa

J.O. Ochanda

Biosciences Eastern and Central Africa, Kenya

Strategic testing and promotion of new maize cultivars in western Kenya

E.J. Mukhwana, J.O. Tungani

Sacred Africa, Kenya

Intellectual property rights and genetic improvement of African smallholder farmers’ crops

M. Bokanga

African Agricultural Technology Foundation c/o ILRI, Kenya

African Agricultural Capital -a new investment company for agriculture

F.L. Cockcroft

Gatsby Charitable Foundation Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts, UK

Strengthening capacity for crop improvement in eastern and southern Africa: the FORUM approach

E. Adipala

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture-Cassava Project, Nigeria

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