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The Cassava Transformation: Africa’s Best-Kept Secret
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Artikel-Nr:
9780870136023
Veröffentl:
2001
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.11.2001
Seiten:
273
Autor:
Felix I. Nweke
Gewicht:
485 g
Format:
231x152x19 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Felix I. Nweke has been Professor of Agricultural Economics at the University of Nigeria, senior economist at International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, and visiting professor at Michigan State University, among other positions. In 2012 he received a lifetime achievement award for leadership in tropical root crops research.
Cassava is Africa's second most important food crop. The cassava transformation that is now underway in West Africa is fueled by new high yielding TMS varieties that have transformed cassava from a low-yielding, famine-reserve crop to a high-yielding cash crop for both rural and urban consumers. The book highlights the role of cassava as a "poverty fighter" by increasing cassava productivity and driving down the cost of cassava in rural and urban diets.