Banana systems in the humid highlands of Sub-Saharan Africa : enhancing resilience and productivity /

• Corporate Author: International Conference on "Challenges and Opportunities for Agricultural Intensification of the Humid Highland Systems of Sub-Saharan Africa" (2011 : Kigali, Rwanda)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2013.
• Subjects: Bananas > Africa, Sub-Saharan.; Plantain banana > Africa, Sub-Saharan.; Information and Documentation.; Horticultural Crops, (New March 2000); Plant Breeding and Genetics.; Plant Cropping Systems.; Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Diseases of Plants, (New March 2000); Plant Pests, (New March 2000); Crop Produce.; Food Composition and Quality.; Non-food/Non-feed Plant Products.; Human Nutrition (General); Musa.; Bananas.; Cropping systems.; Diffusion of information.; Germplasm.; Great Lakes (Africa); Highlands.; Innovation adoption.; Intensification.; Nutrition.; Nutritive value.; Plant diseases.; Plant pests.; Seeds.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Item Description: "This book brings together key contributions on banana-based systems that were presented as part of an international conference that was organized by the Consortium for Improving Agriculture-based Livelihoods in Central Africa (CIALCA) and was held in Kigali, Rwanda, from 24 to 27 October 2011."--Preface.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xix, 248 pages) : illustrations, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access: Access limited to subscribing institution.

This book addresses issues related to intensification of banana-based cropping systems in the (sub)humid highland areas of Africa. The information that is presented in the 28 chapters of the book is based on research carried out in the Great Lakes Region by CIALCA (Consortium for Improving Agriculture-based Livelihoods in Central Africa) and partners, and is arranged in six sections: banana germplasm (part 1), innovative seed systems (part 2), pests and diseases (part 3), cropping systems (part 4), postharvest use and nutrition (part 5), and technology adoption and dissemination of knowledge (part 6). This book provides a valuable resource for researchers, development actors, students and policy makers in agricultural systems and economics and in international development. It highlights and addresses key challenges and opportunities that exist in maintaining and improving the vital buffer function that bananas provide in the agricultural systems of the humid highlands of sub-Saharan Africa.