underperformance. Uganda’s two main food security crops, bananas and cassava, have been critically affected by two diseases: Banana … Xanthomonas Wilt (BXW) and Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD). The effectiveness of agronomic and cultural practices to control … consumers and producers from the adoption of genetically engineered banana and cassava with resistance to BXW and CBSD, we use a …

efficiency among smallholder cassava farmers in Central Madagascar. A multi-stage random sampling technique was used to select … 180 cassava farmers in the region and from this sample, input-output data were obtained using the cost route approach. The …'s cassava farmers are not fully technically efficient, showing a mean score of .79%, and suggesting that opportunities still …

by climate change. These crops, particularly cassava have become a priority in Siaya County, Kenya. This is because of … other development bodies have initiated programs to support the development of the cassava value chain while introducing it … still weak integration between small-scale cassava farmers and development organizations resulting in low performance of the …

information theory-based indicators. The purpose of this paper is to portray the landscape of West African Triple Helix innovation … within the selected innovation systems. Design/methodology/approach The collaboration between university, industry and … all the selected innovation systems present synergy; however, the extent is limited and varies over countries. Research …

. Thus, it complements literature on informal firms' innovation efforts in West Africa. …

We used mutual information and transmission power as indicators of knowledge circulation between innovation actors. The …