Achieving sustainable cultivation of cassava Volume 2

Achieving sustainable cultivation of cassava Volume 2Volume 2 reviews genetic resources and breeding techniques as well as their use to produce varieties with traits such as enhanced resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses. It also discusses key pests and diseases and their management in making cultivation more efficient and sustainable.

The chapter finally includes an example decision support system that uses heat sums and dry matter levels to guide in the decision to harvest

economic and social consequences

from Johannes Herolt's Germany to Ramon Llull's Mallorca

Cereal grains contribute more than half of the global daily calorie intake

150 illustrations most in colour

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Shipton (1934a)

Windbreaks

dried and/or juice (clear and cloudy) and their phytochemicals

scriptwriter

One of the key constraints to improving food and nutritional security in the developing world is poor post-harvest management

This often triggers phytosanitary measures to reduce the economic risk to an acceptable level