Domestication of wild indigenous fruit trees in Rwanda: Perspectives from rural communities

Autor: Gaudence Nishimwe, A. Sigrun Dahlin, Fidèle Niyitanga, Suzana Augustino

Publikováno v: Trees, Forests and People, Vol 17, Iss , Pp 100624- (2024)

Wild indigenous fruit trees (WIFTs) play a vital role in food and nutritional security in sub-Saharan Africa. However, these resources are currently less accessible to rural populations due to the expanding arable lands and over-exploitation of the t

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Characterization of Yield and Physico-Chemical Parameters of Selected Wild Indigenous Fruits in Rwanda

Autor: Gaudence Nishimwe, Suzana Augustino, Anna Sigrun Dahlin, Fidèle Niyitanga

Publikováno v: Resources, Vol 13, Iss 7, p 101 (2024)

A study was carried out to assess the physico-chemical characteristics of wild fruits: Myrianthus holstii and Garcinia buchananii, consumed by rural communities in Rwanda. Although the species have been prioritized for domestication in the country, v

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Using Outcome Mapping to Mobilize Critical Stakeholders for a Gender Responsive Rift Valley Fever and Newcastle Disease Vaccine Value Chain in Rwanda

Autor: Tess Gannaway, Denis Majyambere, Mary Kabarungi, Liberata Mukamana, Fidèle Niyitanga, Janna Schurer, Beth Miller, Hellen Amuguni

Publikováno v: Frontiers in Global Women's Health, Vol 3 (2022)

Approximately 752 million of the world's poor keep livestock to produce food, generate income, and build assets. Women represent two-thirds (~400 million people) of low-income livestock keepers. Infectious diseases are a major issue in preventing liv

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How can diverse national food and land-use priorities be reconciled with global sustainability targets? Lessons from the FABLE initiative

Autor: Aline Mosnier, Guido Schmidt-Traub, Michael Obersteiner, Sarah Jones, Valeria Javalera-Rincon, Fabrice DeClerck, Marcus Thomson, Frank Sperling, Paula Harrison, Katya Pérez-Guzmán, Gordon Carlos McCord, Javier Navarro-Garcia, Raymundo Marcos-Martinez, Grace C. Wu, Jordan Poncet, Clara Douzal, Jan Steinhauser, Adrian Monjeau, Federico Frank, Heikki Lehtonen, Janne Rämö, Nicholas Leach, Charlotte E. Gonzalez-Abraham, Ranjan Kumar Ghosh, Chandan Jha, Vartika Singh, Zhaohai Bai, Xinpeng Jin, Lin Ma, Anton Strokov, Vladimir Potashnikov, Fernando Orduña-Cabrera, Rudolf Neubauer, Maria Diaz, Liviu Penescu, Efraín Antonio Domínguez, John Chavarro, Andres Pena, Shyam Basnet, Ingo Fetzer, Justin Baker, Hisham Zerriffi, René Reyes Gallardo, Brett Anthony Bryan, Michalis Hadjikakou, Hermann Lotze-Campen, Miodrag Stevanovic, Alison Smith, Wanderson Costa, A. H. F. Habiburrachman, Gito Immanuel, Odirilwe Selomane, Anne-Sophie Daloz, Robbie Andrew, Bob van Oort, Dative Imanirareba, Kiflu Gedefe Molla, Firew Bekele Woldeyes, Aline C. Soterroni, Marluce Scarabello, Fernando M. Ramos, Rizaldi Boer, Nurul Laksmi Winarni, Jatna Supriatna, Wai Sern Low, Andrew Chiah Howe Fan, François Xavier Naramabuye, Fidèle Niyitanga, Marcela Olguín, Alexander Popp, Livia Rasche, Charles Godfray, Jim W. Hall, Mike J. Grundy, Xiaoxi Wang

Publikováno v: Sustainability Science. 18:335-345

There is an urgent need for countries to transition their national food and land-use systems toward food and nutritional security, climate stability, and environmental integrity. How can countries satisfy their demands while jointly delivering the re

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https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-022-01227-7

Rwanda’s Commercialization of Smallholder Agriculture: Implications for Rural Food Production and Household Food Choices

Autor: Dave D. Weatherspoon, Fidèle Niyitanga, Lorraine Weatherspoon, James F. Oehmke, Steven R. Miller

Publikováno v: Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization. 19:51-62

Rwanda has experienced exceptional economic growth since 2000 despite more than 60% of the predominately-agrarian population living on less than $1.25 a day. Approximately 76% of the country’s working population are engaged in agricultural producti

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https://doi.org/10.1515/jafio-2021-0011