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African bean production environments: their definition, characteristics and constraints

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: En Series: CIAT Occasional Publications Series ; No. 11Publication details: Dar Es Salaam (Tanzania) : CIAT, 1994Description: 47 pSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 95-011853
Summary: This working document contains information on the many bean producing areas in Africa. Thirteen bean producing environments are defined from consideration of altitude, latitude, soil pH and seasonal rainfall. Seventy bean producing areas, having estimated annual bean production of between 2,000 and 220,000 hectares, are described on the bases of environmental and socio-economic characteristics, cropping systems, farmer and consumer preferences, and biotic and abiotic constraints. The importance of the constraints was evaluated both on a pan-African and a regional basis. Angular leaf spot, anthracnose, bean stem maggot, bruchids,
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This working document contains information on the many bean producing areas in Africa. Thirteen bean producing environments are defined from consideration of altitude, latitude, soil pH and seasonal rainfall. Seventy bean producing areas, having estimated annual bean production of between 2,000 and 220,000 hectares, are described on the bases of environmental and socio-economic characteristics, cropping systems, farmer and consumer preferences, and biotic and abiotic constraints. The importance of the constraints was evaluated both on a pan-African and a regional basis. Angular leaf spot, anthracnose, bean stem maggot, bruchids,

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