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This chapter reviews the ways cassava yields can be improved sustainably to keep pace with a rising population. It also looks more broadly at improving the role cassava can play in improving farmers’ and consumers’ lives – through income generation, improved food security, better nutrition, and a healthier environment.
Price: $32.50
Publisher: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
Imprint: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
Series: Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Publication Date:
19 July 2017
ISBN: 9781838790578
Format: eBook
BISACs:
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Tropical Agriculture, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Agronomy / Crop Science, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Sustainable Agriculture
1 Introduction 2 The development of cassava as a crop 3 The role cassava can play in development 4 Constraints on cassava cultivation and production 5 Addressing constraints: genetic diversity and breeding 6 Addressing constraints: crop and soil management 7 Addressing constraints: processing, market and gender issues 8 Addressing constraints: policy issues 9 A new research paradigm for cassava 10 Cassava and climate change 11 Conclusions 12 Where to look for further information 13 References