1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910367257303321

Autore

Campos Hugo

Titolo

The Potato Crop [[electronic resource] ] : Its Agricultural, Nutritional and Social Contribution to Humankind / / edited by Hugo Campos, Oscar Ortiz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, : Springer Nature, 2020

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020

ISBN

3-030-28683-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (518)

Disciplina

630

Soggetti

Agriculture

Nutrition   

Plant breeding

Food—Biotechnology

Agricultural economics

Nutrition

Plant Breeding/Biotechnology

Food Science

Agricultural Economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Global Food Security, Contributions from Sustainable Potato Agri-Food Systems -- The Potato and its Contribution to the Human Diet -- Enhancing Value Chains through Collective Actions: Lessons From the Andes, Africa and Asia -- Ex situ Conservation of Potato [Solanum Section Petota (Solanaceae)] Genetic Resources in Genebanks -- The Genes and Genomes of the Potato -- Potato Breeding -- Genetics and Cytogenetics of Potato -- Insect Pests Affecting Potatoes in Tropical, Subtropical and Temperate Regions -- Fungal, Oomycete and Plasmodiophorid Diseases of Potato -- Bacterial Diseases of Potato -- Viral Diseases in Potato -- Potato Seed Systems -- Participatory Research (PR) at CIP with Potato Farming Systems in the Andes: Evolution and Prospects -- Gender Topics on Potato Research and



Development -- Index. .

Sommario/riassunto

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book provides a fresh, updated and science-based perspective on the current status and prospects of the diverse array of topics related to the potato, and was written by distinguished scientists with hands-on global experience in research aspects related to potato. The potato is the third most important global food crop in terms of consumption. Being the only vegetatively propagated species among the world’s main five staple crops creates both issues and opportunities for the potato: on the one hand, this constrains the speed of its geographic expansion and its options for international commercialization and distribution when compared with commodity crops such as maize, wheat or rice. On the other, it provides an effective insulation against speculation and unforeseen spikes in commodity prices, since the potato does not represent a good traded on global markets. These two factors highlight the underappreciated and underrated role of the potato as a dependable nutrition security crop, one that can mitigate turmoil in world food supply and demand and political instability in some developing countries. Increasingly, the global role of the potato has expanded from a profitable crop in developing countries to a crop providing income and nutrition security in developing ones. This book will appeal to academics and students of crop sciences, but also policy makers and other stakeholders involved in the potato and its contribution to humankind’s food security. .



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910751900903321

Autore

Masaryk, Tomás Garrigue <1850-1937>

Titolo

La nuova Europa : il punto di vista slavo / TomᚠGarrigue Masaryk ; presentazione di Koloman Gajan ; introduzione, postfazione e cura di Francesco Leoncini ; con la commemorazione di Benedetto Croce

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Roma, : Castelvecchi, 2021

ISBN

978-88-329-0474-1

Descrizione fisica

290 p. : ill. ; 21 cm

Collana

Le navi

Disciplina

947.0009041

Locazione

FSPBC

Collocazione

EUROPA 143

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Trad. di Francesco Leoncini