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Training manual for the production of cassava-based bakery products

Cassava is an important food crop in Ghana. Its roots form a major item in the […]
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Foresight food and farming futures project: Africa Successes

A strong surge in international food prices that began in the first quarter of 2008 affected […]
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Review of the effect of fermentation on naturally occurring toxins
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Policy Brief No. 45. Can agro-dealers deliver the Green Revolution in Kenya?

In a bid to return the country to food self-sufficiency, the Government of Kenya has been […]
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Innovative approaches to gender and food security: changing attitudes, changing behaviours

This issue of insights is the result of a collaborative process involving experts working in policy, […]
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The potential for integrating DFID-funded Crop Post-Harvest Programme outputs into small-scale food production systems in South Africa’s Northern Province

This study aims to improve household food security in rural South Africa by analysing the postharvest […]
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Domestication of Irvingia gabonensis: 4. Tree-to-tree variation in food-thickening properties and in fat and protein contents of dika nut

Dika nut kernels were extracted from the nuts of 24 Irvingia gabonensis fruits collected from 151 […]
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Cost benefit analysis of sweetpotato-based on-farm enterprises in Central Uganda

A Cost/Benefit Analysis (CBA) was conducted to determine the viability of sweetpotato post-harvest technologies introduced by […]
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Conflict resolution workshop and the development of a conflict resolution system for the cassava project

The conflict resolution workshop was organised within the framework of the DFID Funded project on ‘Sustainable […]
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Can openness mitigate the effects of weather shocks? : evidence from India’s famine era

A weakening dependence on rain-fed agriculture has been a hallmark of the economic transformation of countries […]
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A report on the economics of production and validation of the costs of production of glucose syrup by the group at Kokofuo, near Atebubu in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana
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Investigating the potential of sea freighting towards increasing sweet potato exports from East and Central Africa: shipment simulation trails

In Uganda, where production on-farm has at least tripled as a result of many (93% in […]
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Investigating the potential of sea freighting sweet potato from East Africa

In Uganda, sweet potato (SP) on-farm production has at least tripled as a result of many […]
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Wheat Outlook – Report from the Economic Research Service

World wheat production is projected up 2.1 million tons this month to a near-record 683.3 million, […]