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| De Groote, Hugo; Wangare, Lucy; Kanampiu, Fred; Odendo, Martins; Friesen, Dennis. |
| Striga is an obligate parasitic weed attacking cereal crops in Subsaharan Africa. In Western Kenya, it is identified by farmers as their major pest problem in maize. A new technology, consisting of seed coating of herbicide tolerant maize varieties, has prove to be very effective in farmer fields. To bring this technology to the farmer, a sustainable delivery system needs to be developed, preferably through the private sector. To help of the seed companies develop a strategy, the potential market for this technology is hereby calculated, combines different data sources into a Geographic Information System (GIS). Superimposing secondary data, field surveys, agricultural statistics and farmer surveys makes it possible to clearly identify the Striga-prone... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Maize; Striga; Africa; Weeds; Pest control; Crop Production/Industries; Q12. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24690 |
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