| Description |
1 online resource (x, 129 pages) : color illustrations, color map |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-128). |
| Summary |
"This guide is the first on the practical application of FAO's "Save and Grow" model of agriculture to specific smallholder crops and farming systems. It comes as cassava production intensifies worldwide, and growers shift from traditional cultivation practices to monocropping, higher-yielding genotypes, and greater use of agrochemicals. Intensification carries great risks, including soil nutrient depletion and upsurges in pests and diseases. The guide shows how ecosystem-based "Save and Grow" approaches and practices can help tropical developing countries to avoid the risks of unsustainable intensification, while realizing cassava's potential for producing higher yields, alleviating hunger and rural poverty, and contributing to national economic development."--Publisher's description. |
| Contents |
""Foreword""; ""Contents""; ""Overview""; ""Cassava, a 21st century crop""; ""Farming systems""; ""Varieties and planting material""; ""Water management""; ""Crop nutrition""; ""Pests and diseases""; ""Harvest, post-harvest and value addition""; ""The way forward""; ""References"" |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Cassava.
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Cassava. |
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Agricultural systems.
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Agricultural systems. |
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Sustainable agriculture.
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Sustainable agriculture. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Lutaladio, NeBambi.
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Thomas, Graeme.
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9789251076415 9251076413 |
| ISBN |
9251076421 (electronic book) |
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9789251076422 (electronic book) |
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9789251076415 |
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9251076413 |
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