PABRA Books and Book Chapters
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Item Decades of cultivar development: A reconciliation of maize and bean breeding projects and their impacts on food, nutrition security, and income of smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa(Book Chapter, 2022) Kondwakwenda, Aleck; Mutari, Bruce; Simango, Kennedy; Nchanji, Eileen Bogweh; Chirwa, Rowland; Rubyogo, Jean-Claude; Sibiya, JuliaItem Consumer acceptance of and willingness to pay for high-iron beans in northern Tanzania.(Book, 2019) Rubyogo, Jean-Claude; Lung'aho, Mercy G.; Ochieng, Justus; Binagwa, Papias; Mdachi, Mary; Zakayo, Eunice; Shida, Nestory; Msaky, John; Kadege, Edith; Birachi, Eliud Abucheli; Mutua, Mercy M.; Nyakundi, Fridah Nyabate; Kalemera, Sylvia MonicaItem Mainstreaming Efficient Legume Seed Systems in Eastern Africa: Challenges, opportunities and contributions towards improved livelihoods(Book, 2018) Ojiewo, Christopher Ochieng; Rubyogo, Jean-Claude; Wesonga, John; Bishaw, Zewdie; Abang, Mathew M.; Gelalcha, SolomonLegumes are important components of sustainable farming systems. They are useful to diversify and intensify cropping systems as double, catch, relay and intercrops; fix ‘free’ nitrogen to soils from the atmosphere and improve soil health that boost cereal crop yields; act as rotation crops for breaking disease and pest cycles; increase and diversify smallholder incomes (and hence buffer them from the effects of price, pest and climate-related production fluctuations); enhance quality of household diets because of their higher protein and micro-nutrient content compared with starch-based staple cereal crops; and provide good sources of animal feed (high protein crop residues and byproducts) and low carbon footprint, mitigating climate change...Item Variety selection and seed quality management in grain legume cultivation(Book Chapter, 2018) Rubyogo, Jean-Claude; Odhiambo, WilfredA key aspect of grain legume crop cultivation is selecting and being able to access the seed of the right type and quality. This is becoming more challenging as grain legumes become cash crops and smallholder farmers transition from subsistence farming to market-oriented production. This chapter discusses the challenges of legume variety selection and seed quality management as well as how they can be addressed, for example through participatory varietal selection (PVS). It includes case studies on improving seed selection and quality management in practice in sub-Saharan Africa.Item Snap beans commodity value chain(Book, 2011) Katafiire, Maureen; Ugen, Michael Adrogu; Mcharo, MwamburiItem Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning(Book Chapter, 2017) Rubyogo, Jean-ClaudeItem The Business Case for New Variety Development(Book Chapter, 2017) Chirwa, RowlandItem Variety selection and seed quality management in grain legume cultivation(Book Chapter, 2017) Rubyogo, Jean-Claude