Cassava: from poor farmers crop to pacesetter of African rural development

Simple item page
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agricultureen_US
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten_US
cg.contributor.donorInternational Fund for Agricultural Developmenten_US
cg.contributor.donorDanish International Development Agencyen_US
cg.contributor.donorCommon Fund for Commoditiesen_US
cg.coverage.countryBeninen_US
cg.coverage.countryCameroonen_US
cg.coverage.countryCongoen_US
cg.coverage.countryCongo, Democratic Republic ofen_US
cg.coverage.countryGhanaen_US
cg.coverage.countryKenyaen_US
cg.coverage.countryMalawien_US
cg.coverage.countryMozambiqueen_US
cg.coverage.countryNigeriaen_US
cg.coverage.countrySierra Leoneen_US
cg.coverage.countryTanzaniaen_US
cg.coverage.countryUgandaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2BJen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2CMen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2CGen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2CDen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2GHen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KEen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2MWen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2MZen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NGen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2SLen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2TZen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2UGen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africaen_US
cg.coverage.regionMiddle Africaen_US
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierRachid Hanna: 0000-0002-5715-0144en_US
cg.issn0578-039Xen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.iitaCASSAVAen_US
cg.subject.iitaPLANT BREEDINGen_US
dc.contributor.authorDixon, Alfred G.O.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBandyopadhyay, Ranajiten_US
dc.contributor.authorCoyne, Danny L.en_US
dc.contributor.authorFerguson, M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorFerris, R.S.B.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHanna, R.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHughes, J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorIngelbrecht, I.L.en_US
dc.contributor.authorLegg, James P.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMahungu, N.M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorManyong, Victor M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMowbray, D.en_US
dc.contributor.authorNeuenschwander, Peteren_US
dc.contributor.authorWhyte, J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHartmann, P.en_US
dc.contributor.authorOrtíz, R.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-09T06:40:29Zen_US
dc.date.available2018-08-09T06:40:29Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/96342en_US
dc.titleCassava: from poor farmers crop to pacesetter of African rural developmenten_US
dcterms.abstractCassava(Manihot esculenta), a root crop originating in Tropical America, has been called Africa’s food insurance but vital as that is, it has the potential to be much more. Already, cassava provides more than half of the dietary calories for over 200 million people in sub-Saharan Africa (about half of the total population). It also contributes substantial amounts of protein, minerals (iron and calcium) and vitamins (A and C) through leaf consumption (Table 1) though to a much smaller population at the present time.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Accessen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationDixon, A.G.O., Bandyopadhyay, R., Coyne, D., Ferguson, M., Ferris, R.S.B., Hanna, R., ... & Ortiz, R. (2003). Cassava: from poor farmers' crop to pacesetter of African rural development. Chronica Horticulturae, 43(4), 8-15.en_US
dcterms.issued2003en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.subjectcassavaen_US
dcterms.subjectplant diseasesen_US
dcterms.subjectfood securityen_US
dcterms.subjectvalue chainen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

Files

Collections

IITA Journal Articles