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Contents<br />

List <strong>of</strong> Tables<br />

List <strong>of</strong> Figures<br />

Foreword<br />

Acknowledgments<br />

Summary<br />

Acronyms <strong>and</strong> Abbreviations<br />

v<br />

ix<br />

x<br />

xi<br />

xii<br />

xv<br />

I. RESEARCH METHODS<br />

1. Assessing the Impact <strong>of</strong> Technical Innovations in African Agriculture 3<br />

Melinda Smale<br />

2. Elements <strong>of</strong> the Conceptual Framework <strong>and</strong> Sample Survey Design 12<br />

Melinda Smale, Svetlana Edmeades, Stanley Wood, <strong>and</strong> Robert Kalyebara<br />

II. RESEARCH CONTEXT<br />

3. Overview <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Banana</strong> Economy in the Lake Victoria Regions <strong>of</strong> Ug<strong>and</strong>a<br />

<strong>and</strong> Tanzania 25<br />

Robert Kalyebara, Jackson M. Nkuba, Mgenzi Said Ramadhan Byabachwezi,<br />

Enoch Mutebi Kikulwe, <strong>and</strong> Svetlana Edmeades<br />

4. Development <strong>and</strong> Dissemination <strong>of</strong> Improved <strong>Banana</strong> Cultivars<br />

<strong>and</strong> Management Practices in Ug<strong>and</strong>a <strong>and</strong> Tanzania 37<br />

Enoch Mutebi Kikulwe, Kephas Nowakunda, Mgenzi Said Ramadhan Byabachwezi,<br />

Jackson M. Nkuba, Josephine Namag<strong>and</strong>a, David Talengera, Enid Katungi,<br />

<strong>and</strong> Wilberforce Kateera Tushemereirwe<br />

5. Characteristics <strong>of</strong> <strong>Banana</strong>-Growing Households <strong>and</strong> <strong>Banana</strong> Cultivars in<br />

Ug<strong>and</strong>a <strong>and</strong> Tanzania 49<br />

Svetlana Edmeades, Melinda Smale, Enoch Mutebi Kikulwe, Jackson M. Nkuba,<br />

<strong>and</strong> Mgenzi Said Ramadhan Byabachwezi<br />

III. ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION AND IMPACT<br />

6. A Trait-Based Model <strong>of</strong> the Potential Dem<strong>and</strong> for Transgenic <strong>Banana</strong> Cultivars<br />

in Ug<strong>and</strong>a 75<br />

Svetlana Edmeades <strong>and</strong> Melinda Smale<br />

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