TY  - BOOK
AU  - Blomme,G.
AU  - Asten,Piet van
AU  - Vanlauwe,B.
ED  - C.A.B. International,
ED  - International Conference on "Challenges and Opportunities for Agricultural Intensification of the Humid Highland Systems of Sub-Saharan Africa" (2011 : Kigali, Rwanda)
TI  - Banana systems in the humid highlands of Sub-Saharan Africa: enhancing resilience and productivity 
AV  - SB379.B2 B3493 2013eb
U1  - 634/.7720967 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK
PB  - CABI
KW  - Bananas
KW  - Africa, Sub-Saharan
KW  - Plantain banana
KW  - Information and Documentation
KW  - Horticultural Crops, (New March 2000)
KW  - Plant Breeding and Genetics
KW  - Plant Cropping Systems
KW  - Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Diseases of Plants, (New March 2000)
KW  - Plant Pests, (New March 2000)
KW  - Crop Produce
KW  - Food Composition and Quality
KW  - Non-food/Non-feed Plant Products
KW  - Human Nutrition (General)
KW  - Musa
KW  - cabt
KW  - Cropping systems
KW  - Diffusion of information
KW  - Germplasm
KW  - Great Lakes (Africa)
KW  - Highlands
KW  - Innovation adoption
KW  - Intensification
KW  - Nutrition
KW  - Nutritive value
KW  - Plant diseases
KW  - Plant pests
KW  - Seeds
N1  - "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; Includes bibliographical references and index; Musa germplasm diversity and evaluation -- Novel seed systems -- Banana pests and diseases -- Banana intercropping systems -- Banana use, postharvest and nutrition -- Surveillance, adoption and communicating knowledge; Access limited to subscribing institution; Also available in print format
N2  - 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
UR  - https://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781780642314.0000
ER  -