Biofortified cassava
| cg.identifier.project | IFPRI - Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit | en |
| cg.identifier.project | IFPRI - HarvestPlus | en |
| cg.place | Washington, DC | en |
| cg.reviewStatus | Internal Review | en |
| dc.contributor.author | International Food Policy Research Institute | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-11-21T09:50:55Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2024-11-21T09:50:55Z | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160487 | |
| dc.title | Biofortified cassava | en |
| dcterms.abstract | An estimated 70 million people obtain more than 500 calories per day from cassava. With its productivity on marginal soils; ability to withstand disease, drought, and pests; and flexible harvest dates, cassava is a remarkably adaptable and hearty crop, consumed in areas where drought, poverty, and malnutrition are prevalent... The strategy of HarvestPlus research on cassava emphasizes developing genotypes with high concentrations of provitamin A carotenoids, mainly ß-carotene, in the roots of agronomically superior varieties, then sharing the germplasm among collaborating agricultural research systems in the developing world. A less extensive research program is focused on breeding for high iron and zinc content. | en |
| dcterms.accessRights | Open Access | |
| dcterms.bibliographicCitation | IFPRI. 2006. Biofortified cassava. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160487 | en |
| dcterms.issued | 2006 | en |
| dcterms.language | en | |
| dcterms.publisher | International Food Policy Research Institute | en |
| dcterms.replaces | https://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/126195 | en |
| dcterms.subject | poverty | en |
| dcterms.subject | drought | en |
| dcterms.subject | malnutrition | en |
| dcterms.subject | cassava | en |
| dcterms.subject | germplasm | en |
| dcterms.subject | minerals | en |
| dcterms.subject | nutrients | en |
| dcterms.subject | genotypes | en |
| dcterms.type | Brochure |
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