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Analyzes the banana industry crisis and its labour related effects. Highlights the continuing importance of the banana …
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banana enterprise Chiquita and the Latin American Coordination of Banana Workers Unions (COLSIBA). Shows how the banana …
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banana plantations in the evolution of the agricultural sector; examines trends in farm size, land tenure, land utilization …
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Banana is a staple crop in Uganda. Ugandans have the highest per capita consumption of cooking bananas in the world … (Clarke 2003). However, banana production in Uganda is limited by several productivity con¬straints, such as insects … long term. Uganda formally initi¬ated its short-term approach in the early 1990s; it involves the collection of both local …
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Uganda, we find that the number of improved cattle per ha increases the organic fertilizer application on banana plots by 218 … stalls of improved dairy cattle, for crops such as banana. By using panel data of 894 rural households in 2003 and 2005 in … kilograms per ha. We also find that banana farmers applied more organic fertilizer on less fertile soils. Regarding banana yield …
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general. In 2008, the National Biosafety Committee of Uganda approved the guidelines for implementing con¬fined trials, which …
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A variable climate, political instability, and other constraints have limited agricultural development in African countries south of the Sahara. Genetically modified (GM) crops are one tool for enhancing agricultural productivity and food security despite such constraints. Genetically Modified...
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The prevalence of malnutrition and anemia is high in Uganda. Thirty three percent of children under 5 years of age, are … Malnutrition (IMAM) program in the southwest region of Uganda. The analysis revealed that the cost per Disability-Adjusted Life …
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The prevalence of malnutrition and anemia is high in Uganda. Thirty three percent of children under 5 years of age, are … Malnutrition (IMAM) program in the southwest region of Uganda. The analysis revealed that the cost per Disability-Adjusted Life …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010735572
Modern biotechnology needs to be a part of the tools used for effective pov¬erty alleviation in Africa. As GE crops and other products are regulated products, it is imperative to establish regulatory systems that are commen¬surate with the potential risk of the technology. These systems...
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