African Journal of
Agricultural Research

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Agric. Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1991-637X
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJAR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 6859

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Increasing farmers and breeders access to yam (Dioscorea spp) diversity: The case of Forest-Savannah Transition Agroecology

Otoo E.
  • Otoo E.
  • CSIR-Crops Research Institute, P. O. Box 3785, Kumasi, Ghana.
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Opoku-Agyeman M.,
  • Opoku-Agyeman M.,
  • CSIR-Crops Research Institute, P. O. Box 3785, Kumasi, Ghana.
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Dansi A.,
  • Dansi A.,
  • CSIR-Crops Research Institute, P. O. Box 3785, Kumasi, Ghana.
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Aboagye L. M.,
  • Aboagye L. M.,
  • CSIR-Crops Research Institute, P. O. Box 3785, Kumasi, Ghana.
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Acheremu K.
  • Acheremu K.
  • CSIR-Crops Research Institute, P. O. Box 3785, Kumasi, Ghana.
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Tetteh J. P.
  • Tetteh J. P.
  • CSIR-Crops Research Institute, P. O. Box 3785, Kumasi, Ghana.
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  •  Received: 16 May 2014
  •  Accepted: 22 January 2015
  •  Published: 19 February 2015

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