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What reviewers say about PROTA web database
“You are publishing important, high-quality material on the Web. For this reason, Thomson Scientific has selected your website for inclusion in Current Web Contents, a selection of scholarly web sites”
Thomson Scientific Web Content Editors (2006), now Thomson Reuters
What reviewers say on the Handbook/CD series
Cereals & Pulses Handbook
“If one goes from the idea that contents prevail over format, then this is an absolute
must-read!”
Economic Botany 61: 108 (2007)
“I recommend this book to everybody interested in growing,selling, buying and/or eating grains, beans and/or peas.”
Blumea 51: 399 (2006)
Vegetables Handbook
“.. original and valuable information ..”
“the comprehensiveness .. has to be applauded.”
“.. recommended (not only) to professional botanists and producers ..”
Acta Physiologiae Plantarum 26(4): 484 (2004)
“.. mini-encyclopedia .. in-depth coverage ..”
“An invaluable resource for all workers on African vegetables.”
Chronica Horticulturae 44(4): 32 (2004)
“I .. found that all the vegetables that I have eaten or seen for sale during 14 years in .. Africa
are included. .. Many species I could have eaten, had I known they were edible are also
included.”
“a fine start to a series .. valuable reference in the future.”
Kew Bulletin 59(4): 650 (2004)
“.. a most readable book, recommended for everyone with interest in ethnobotany, economic
botany or tropical agriculture.”
Blumea 49(2-3): 499 (2004)
“.. indispensable resource ..”
“.. impressive and invaluable ..”
Economic Botany 59(4): 401–402 (2005)
“The information is clear, concise and critical, enabling both knowledge reinforcement and
application.”
“This book most definitely contributes to (the field of) vegetable production both locally and
worldwide.”
Journal of Agricultural Science 143: 111 (2005)
“.. ambitious but immensely valuable ..”
“a valuable handbook on vegetable resources not only for tropical Africa ..”
“.. a ready source of information to horticulturists and other specialists involved in
international development programmes ..”
The Horticulturist 14(2): 21 (2005)
“.. an eye-opener regarding the diversity and uses ..”
“.. excellent encyclopedic knowledge on the species.”
Dyes & Tannins
“Book and CD-Rom should be present in the libraries of
all botanical institutes.”
Blumea 50(3): 574 (2005)
“The colours of Africa.”
SPORE 121: 13 (2006)
“The PROTA Series seeks to be all-encompassing .. and I think from the two
volumes now published of the planned 16, it is set to succeed.”
“The detail for each entry is both fascinating and awesome once it moves from your
own specialisation.”
The Horticulturist 15(2): 19 (2006)
What users say on the handbook/CD series (Questionnaire 2007)
“The enclosed flyer on ‘Afang production’ (Gnetum africanum) is my work for the Special Assistant to the Governor on food sufficiency. The content of the flyer came from your book on the ‘Vegetables’. The flyer is meant for farmer education. Many women groups are embarking on the cultivation of some of the vegetables described in your book, and my students regularly borrow it for research works.”
Director NGO, Nigeria
“The PROTA books helped us to get support from the ADB for our agricultural training programme in 5 States in Nigeria.”
Lecturer in higher education, Nigeria
“I could convince farmers that they can grow for the market and not only for home-use.”
Consultant, South Africa
“PROTA provides students with accurate information; this trickles to their various communities as they interact with them.”
Lecturer, Kenya
“We use PROTA in vegetable growing and the results are impeccable.”
Technician of the Water and Forest Service, Cameroon
“The Rural Development Agents (RDAs) took training based on the books from PROTA. Farmers who took advice from the RDAs have shown good improvement in their production and productivity”
Extension worker, Eritrea
“The yields obtained in my farm are the tangible proof of the importance of the handbooks.”
Farmer, Benin
“The tangible result of your documentation is my reconversion to agriculture.”
Political economist, Cameroon
“Keep it up!”
“Grease on your elbows.”
“For now, you are performing excellently.”
“The book cannot stay a day on my table before it has been picked up by other scientists.”
“I find the book one of the best I have come across in all studies I have had in agriculture.”
“PROTA, you are the best!”
General user comments
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