Impacts of Improved Bean Varieties on Poverty and Food Security in Uganda and Rwanda

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dc.contributor.authorLarochelle, Catherineen
dc.contributor.authorAlwang, Jeffrey R.en
dc.contributor.authorNorton, George W.en
dc.contributor.authorKatungi, Eniden
dc.contributor.authorLabarta, Ricardoen
dc.contributor.departmentAgricultural and Applied Economicsen
dc.contributor.editorWalker, Thomas S.en
dc.contributor.editorAlwang, Jeffrey R.en
dc.coverage.countryUgandaen
dc.coverage.countryRwandaen
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-14T15:19:01Zen
dc.date.available2018-12-14T15:19:01Zen
dc.date.issued2015-11-15en
dc.date.updated2018-12-14T15:19:00Zen
dc.description.abstractA major objective of crop genetic improvement research is to enhance the productivity and quality of food crops and contribute to poverty reduction and food security. The common bean (<i>Phaseolus vulgaris</i>) is an important subsistence crop for smallholding farmers in Rwanda and Uganda and elsewhere in sub-Saharan Africa. In countries where consumption is high, beans are a mjor source of dietary protein and provide other nutrients such as iron. Rwanda has the highest per capita bean consumption in the world and consumption in Uganda is significant in areas where beans are part of the average diet. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization 2009, bean consumption is about 29 kg per capita per year in Rwanda and 11 in Uganda.en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
dc.format.extentPages 314-314en
dc.format.extent337 page(s)en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier16 (Chapter number)en
dc.identifier.isbn1780644019en
dc.identifier.isbn978-1780644011en
dc.identifier.orcidLarochelle, Catherine [0000-0001-7655-7380]en
dc.identifier.orcidAlwang, Jeffrey [0000-0002-2950-8516]en
dc.identifier.orcidNorton, George [0000-0002-9499-4397]en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/86393en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherCABIen
dc.relation.ispartofCrop Improvement, Adoption and Impact of Improved Varieties in Food crops in Sub-Saharan Africaen
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dc.subjectAgriculture Profitability and Sustainabilityen
dc.titleImpacts of Improved Bean Varieties on Poverty and Food Security in Uganda and Rwandaen
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pubs.place-of-publicationBoston, MAen

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