Record Nr.

UNINA9910135039403321

Titolo

Tropical roots and tubers : cassava, sweet potato, yams and aroids / / edited by Vincent Lebot

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Chichester, West Sussex, UK : , : John Wiley and Sons, Incorporated, , 2020

ISBN

1-118-99274-1

1-118-99275-X

1-118-99273-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

641.3/51

Soggetti

Root crops - Tropics

Tuber crops - Tropics

Tropical crops

Root crops - Processing - Tropics

Tuber crops - Processing - Tropics

Tropical vegetables - Processing

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This second edition aims to summarize the information available on the origin, taxonomy, breeding, physiology, agronomy, pathology and processing of cassava, sweet potato, yams and aroids (including Alocasia, Amorphophallus, Colocasia, Cyrtosperma and Xanthosoma). This book is for researchers, farmers, students and all stakeholders in developing countries to persuade them that imported food dependency is not inevitable. Local crops and local foods for local markets can be promoted while developing agro-processing industries to satisfy local needs. Finally, this book is for those who, working in prestigious international institutions, consider that the tropical root and tuber crops are a mere folk heritage of the past which cannot adapt to modern globalization when, in fact, they represent a rational local

solution for development.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00212587

Autore

ELYTES, Odyssea