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THE ROLE OF HORTICULTURAL CROPS IN AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION IN EAST AFRICA

Article number

21_2

Pages

15 – 23

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Abstract

A recent definition of commercial horticulture has been given by Jensen (1969) who defines commercial horticulture as "high investment crop production using resources intensively to obtain a high quality, high value product…." In more basic terms, however, horticulture can be regarded as a specialized, intensified form of agriculture which involves both the art and science of growing fruit, vegetable and ornamental crops.

Publication

I East African Horticultural Symposium

Authors

R.T. Wurster, W.V. Jensen

Keywords

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https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.1971.21.2

Online Articles (35)

2. SECTION A – INTRODUCTORY PAPERS – THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE

H.D. Tindall

3. THE ROLE OF HORTICULTURAL CROPS IN AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION IN EAST AFRICA

R.T. Wurster | W.V. Jensen

4. PROBLEMS OF HORTICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA

H.D. Tindall

5. SECTION B – MARKETING AND EXPORT OF HORTICULTURAL CROPS – SOME EXPERIENCES AND OBSERVATIONS IN MARKETING HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS UNDER EAST AFRICAN CONDITIONS

A. Scherer

6. THE IMPLICATIONS OF HORTICULTURAL EXPORT TO EUROPE DURING WINTER AND SPRING SEASONS

D.K. Mbowa | B.C. de Ponteves

7. AN ETHIOPIAN VEGETABLE MARKETING COOPERATIVE USED FOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING: A CASE STUDY

V.F. Amann

8. SECTION C – HORTICULTURAL EDUCATION AND EXTENSION – PRINCIPLES OF HORTICULTURAL EDUCATION AT UNIVERSITY LEVEL

R. Holliday

9. THE NEED FOR HORTICULTURAL TRAINING IN UGANDA

Mary M. Odedo

10. THE PLACE OF HORTICULTURE ON SMALL-SCALE FARMS

E.R. Watts

11. NOTES ON A SMALL VEGETABLE MARKET GARDEN TRIAL IN UGANDA

A.G.K. Will

12. SECTION D – FRUIT CROPS – POSSIBILITIES FOR GROWING DECIDUOUS FRUIT TREES IN KENYA

J.H.G. Waithaka

13. PASSION FRUIT – A NEW HORTICULTURAL INDUSTRY IN KENYA

M.S. Owen

14. CONTROL OF BROWN SPOT DISEASE OF PASSION FRUIT IN KENYA USING FUNGICIDES

J.J. Ondieki | J.M. Kori

15. COMMERCIAL CITRUS GROWING IN UGANDA

B.C. Melow

16. THE ROLE OF WILD FRUITS AND VEGETABLES IN TANZANIA (PRELIMINARY PROGRESS REPORT)

J.L. Manyafu

17. THE ROLE OF MUSACAE IN ETHIOPIAN AGRICULTURE I. THE GENUS ENSETE

T. Bezuneh

18. SECTION E – VEGETABLE CROPS – PROBLEMS WITH TOMATO (LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM) PRODUCTION IN LIBERIA

Th.G. Hart

19. THE EFFECT OF STAKING AND PRUNING ON THE YIELD AND QUALITY OF FRESH MARKET TOMATOES IN EAST AFRICA

R.T. Wurster | S. Nganga

20. INDIGENOUS AND LOCAL VEGETABLES IN UGANDA (A PRELIMINARY REPORT)

Pamela M. Goode

21. POTATO GROWING IN KENYA

C.C. Ballestrem

22. POTATO IMPROVEMENT IN UGANDA

R.T. Wurster | J. Kori

23. CHEMICAL CONTROL OF COMMON SCAB OF POTATO TUBERS

P.F. Rogers

24. SECTION F – BEVERAGE, SPICE AND MISCELLANEOUS CROPS – COCOA IN UGANDA, ITS PROMISE AND PROBLEMS

A.M. Emechebe

25. CARDAMOM IN TANZANIA

P.A.H. Rijkebusch

26. THE BALANCE BETWEEN VEGETATIVE AND REPRODUCTIVE GROWTH OF VANILLA VINES (VANILLA FRAGRANS (SALISB.) AMES) AND ITS CONTROL IN NATURE AND IN CULTIVATION

C.L.A. Leakey

27. MARKETING OF VANILLA BEANS, VANILLA PLANIFOLIA ANDREWS AND VANILLA TAHITENSIS J.W.MOORE

Wendy V. Jensen

28. THE EFFECT OF DEFOLIATION ON SEED YIELD OF COWPEAS (VIGNA UNGUICULATA (L.) WALP.) AND ANALYSIS OF THE LEAF HARVEST FOR DRY MATTER AND NITROGEN CONTENT

P.N. Mehta

29. THE POTENTIAL OF PIGEON PEA (CAJANUS CAJAN MILLSP) AS A HORTICULTURAL CROP IN EAST AFRICA

K.O. Rachie | R.T. Wurster

30. THE POTENTIAL OF FLORICULTURE IN THE DIVERSIFICATION OF THE CASH CROP ECONOMY OF UGANDA

J.C.M. Ddungu

31. SECTION G – PLANT PROTECTION – THE CONTROL OF PLANT IMPORTATION

F.M.L. Sheffield

32. HORTICULTURAL AND THERAPEUTIC METHODS IN USE AT THE EAST AFRICAN PLANT QUARANTINE STATION

P.J. Dickinson

33. VIRUS PROBLEMS IN HORTICULTURAL CROPS

M. Hollings

34. INTEGRATION OF ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN HORTICULTURAL INVESTIGATIONS IN EAST AFRICA

Z.M. Nyiira

35. ROOT-KNOT NEMATODES, THEIR INFLUENCE ON THE YIELD COMPONENTS OF PYRETHRUM AND THEIR CONTROL

J.E. Parlevliet

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