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

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten
cg.contributor.donorInternational Fund for Agricultural Developmenten
cg.contributor.donorDanish International Development Agencyen
cg.contributor.donorCommon Fund for Commoditiesen
cg.coverage.countryBenin
cg.coverage.countryCameroon
cg.coverage.countryCongo
cg.coverage.countryCongo, Democratic Republic of
cg.coverage.countryGhana
cg.coverage.countryKenya
cg.coverage.countryMalawi
cg.coverage.countryMozambique
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.coverage.countrySierra Leone
cg.coverage.countryTanzania
cg.coverage.countryUganda
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cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2CM
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2CG
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2CD
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2GH
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KE
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2MW
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cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NG
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2SL
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2TZ
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2UG
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.coverage.regionMiddle Africa
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Africa
cg.creator.identifierRachid Hanna: 0000-0002-5715-0144
cg.issn0578-039Xen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.iitaCASSAVAen
cg.subject.iitaPLANT BREEDINGen
dc.contributor.authorDixon, Alfred G.O.en
dc.contributor.authorBandyopadhyay, Ranajiten
dc.contributor.authorCoyne, Danny L.en
dc.contributor.authorFerguson, M.en
dc.contributor.authorFerris, R.S.B.en
dc.contributor.authorHanna, R.en
dc.contributor.authorHughes, J.en
dc.contributor.authorIngelbrecht, I.L.en
dc.contributor.authorLegg, James P.en
dc.contributor.authorMahungu, N.M.en
dc.contributor.authorManyong, Victor M.en
dc.contributor.authorMowbray, D.en
dc.contributor.authorNeuenschwander, Peteren
dc.contributor.authorWhyte, J.en
dc.contributor.authorHartmann, P.en
dc.contributor.authorOrtíz, R.en
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-09T06:40:29Zen
dc.date.available2018-08-09T06:40:29Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/96342
dc.titleCassava: from poor farmers crop to pacesetter of African rural developmenten
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
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
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
dcterms.issued2003
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.subjectcassavaen
dcterms.subjectplant diseasesen
dcterms.subjectfood securityen
dcterms.subjectvalue chainen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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