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CABI is a not-for-profit international organization with the mission of improving people's lives worldwide by solving problems in agriculture and the environment, while engendering trust and facilitating science. As an organisation CABI is both a provider and a user of biological control agents and ...

Author(s)
Weyl, P. S. R.; Hinz, H. L.; Rwomushana, I.; Mulema, J.; Diaz-Soltero, H.; Smith, D.
Publisher
Springer, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
BioControl, 2023, 68, 3, pp 291-297
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Invasive alien species (IAS) rank among the most significant drivers of species extinction and ecosystem degradation resulting in significant impacts on socio-economic development. The recent exponential spread of IAS in most of Africa is attributed to poor border biosecurity due to porous borders...

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Mulema, J.; Day, R.; Nunda, W.; Akutse, K. S.; Bruce, A. Y.; Gachamba, S.; Haukeland, S.; Kahuthia-Gathu, R.; Kibet, S.; Koech, A.; Kosiom, T.; Miano, D. W.; Momanyi, G.; Murungi, L. K.; Muthomi, J. W.; Mwangi, J.; Mwangi, M.; Mwendo, N.; Nderitu, J. H.; Nyasani, J.; Otipa, M.; Wambugu, S.; Were, E.; Makale, F.; Doughty, L.; Edgington, S.; Rwomushana, I.; Kenis, M.
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Springer, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Biological Invasions, 2022, 24, 9, pp 2933-2949
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Invasive alien species (IAS) continue to shape the global landscape through their effects on biological diversity and agricultural productivity. The effects are particularly pronounced in Sub-Saharan Africa, which has seen the arrival of many IAS in recent years. This has been attributed to porous...

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Kenis, M.; Agboyi, L. K.; Adu-Acheampong, R.; Ansong, M.; Arthur, S.; Attipoe, P. T.; Baba, A. S. M.; Beseh, P.; Clottey, V. A.; Combey, R.; Dzomeku, I.; Eddy-Doh, M. A.; Fening, K. O.; Frimpong-Anin, K.; Hevi, W.; Lekete-Lawson, E.; Nboyine, J. A.; Ohene-Mensah, G.; Oppong-Mensah, B.; Nuamah, H. S. A.; Puije, G. van der; Mulema, J.
Publisher
Pensoft Publishers, Sofia, Bulgaria
Citation
NeoBiota, 2022, 71, pp 129-148
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Potato pest and disease management has been dominated by chemical pesticides, despite their potential undesirable effects on the environment, food safety and human health. This study explores factors influencing intensity of uptake of alternative pest management practices among potato farmers in...

Author(s)
Mugambi, I.; Karanja, L.; Macharia, I.; Kaguongo, W.; Ngundo, G.; Amata, R.; Makale, F.; Wanjiku, J.; Chacha, D.; Nyongesa, M.; Kimenju, J. W.; Ochilo, W.; Mulema, J.
Publisher
Academic Journals, Lagos, Nigeria
Citation
Journal of Development and Agricultural Economics, 2021, 13, 3, pp 205-214
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The researchers assessed barriers and opportunities for youth engagement in agribusiness. Results show that the majority of youth were engaged in agricultural production, especially in Zambia, while in Vietnam, they engaged in more diversified agricultural activities including input supply,...

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Mulema, J.; Mugambi, I.; Kansiime, M.; Chan, H. T.; Chimalizeni, M.; Pham, T. X.; Oduor, G.
Publisher
Routledge, Abingdon, UK
Citation
Development in Practice, 2021, 31, 5, pp 690-706
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Background: Although Kenya has a relatively high number of registered biopesticide products, little is known about biopesticide use by smallholders. This paper documents farmers' current use and perception of chemical pesticides and biopesticides, their willingness to pay for biopesticides, and the ...

Author(s)
Constantine, K. L.; Kansiime, M. K.; Mugambi, I.; Nunda, W.; Chacha, D.; Rware, H.; Makale, F.; Mulema, J.; Lamontagne-Godwin, J.; Williams, F.; Edgington, S.; Day, R.
Publisher
Wiley, Chichester, UK
Citation
Pest Management Science, 2020, 76, 11, pp 3615-3625
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Smallholder farmers represent the majority of food producers around the world, yet they are often the most at risk of suffering yield gaps and not achieving their production potential. Ecological Intensification (EI) is a knowledge intensive approach to sustainable agricultural intensification...

Author(s)
Kansiime, M. K.; Girling, R. D.; Mugambi, I.; Mulema, J.; Oduor, G.; Chacha, D.; Ouvrard, D.; Kinuthia, W.; Garratt, M. P. D.
Publisher
Wiley, Chichester, UK
Citation
Food and Energy Security, 2020, 10, 1,
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The benefits of joint health service delivery remain under-explored in One Health. Plant clinics are known to provide ad hoc, undocumented advice on animal health and production to farmers. To understand the scope of this activity, 180 plant doctors (extension workers) in Uganda, Kenya, Zambia,...

Author(s)
Danielsen, S.; Kajura, C.; Mulema, J.; Taylor, R.; Kansiime, M.; Alokit, C.; Tukahirwa, B.; Schelling, E.
Publisher
Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
One Health, 2019, 7, pp 100082
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Biological control agents must be collected and utilised in compliance with the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) which is being implemented independently by each country that is signatory to the Protocol. By March 2018, 50 countries had legislation in place with an additional 54...

Author(s)
Smith, D.; Hinz, H.; Mulema, J.; Weyl, P.; Ryan, M. J.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis, Abingdon, UK
Citation
Biocontrol Science and Technology, 2018, 28, 10, pp 914-926
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Boa, E.; Papania, P.; Mulema, J.; Harun-Ar-Rashid; Franzel, S.
Publisher
GFRAS, Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation
Note 24. GFRAS Good Practice Notes for Extension and Advisory Services, 2016, pp 4 pp.

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