Estimated closeness index and ranking of technologies in dry sub-humid eastern Africa.

<p><b>Tech:</b> 1: Early-maturing varieties and hybrids with tolerance to drought; 2: Varieties and hybrids with resistance to Striga; 3: Medium- to late-maturing anthracnose-resistant cultivars; 4: Soil fertility management for P and other nutrients (N, Ca) including chemical/organic fertilizers application; 5: Integrated crop management options for soil fertility, water management, Striga, intercropping; 6: Photo- and thermo-insensitive varieties; 7: Cleisto varieties and maintenance breeding to reduce varietal degeneration due to outcrossing; 8: Varieties resistant to Fusarium wilt and Cercospora leaf spot; 9: Drought-tolerant varieties; 10: Weed control; 11: Varieties tolerant to warm temperatures; 12: Intercropping-compatible varieties and integrated crop management options; 13: Pre and postharvest aflatoxin management practices including Good Agricultural Practices (GAP); 14: Disease-resistant varieties and integrated pest management and crop management practices; 15: Drought-tolerant/resistant variety and short-duration (early- maturing) variety; 16: Drought-tolerant varieties and integrated crop management; 17: Lines resistant to insects (aphid, thrips, pod sucking bug, maruca) and integrated pest management including biological control; 18: Varieties tolerant to pod borers, pod fly, pod bugs and integrated pest management; 19: Alectra-resistant varieties and integrated crop management; 20: Low P-tolerant varieties and integrated crop management; 21: Rosette-resistant variety; 22: Moderately-resistant (for short-duration variety) and highly- resistant variety (for medium- and long-duration varieties) to early and late leaf spot; 23: Disease-resistant varieties and integrated crop management; 24: Integrated soil fertility management.</p> <p>(DOCX)</p>