05006nam 2200649 a 450 991045790170332120200520144314.01-60917-283-3(CKB)2550000000066246(EBL)1672258(SSID)ssj0000645130(PQKBManifestationID)11417652(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000645130(PQKBWorkID)10680248(PQKB)10098747(MiAaPQ)EBC3338108(OCoLC)774285352(MdBmJHUP)muse12702(MiAaPQ)EBC1672258(Au-PeEL)EBL3338108(CaPaEBR)ebr10514495(OCoLC)923248549(Au-PeEL)EBL1672258(OCoLC)876514186(EXLCZ)99255000000006624620010827d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe cassava transformation[electronic resource] Africa's best-kept secret /Felix I. Nweke, Dunstan S.C. Spencer, John K. LynamEast Lansing Michigan State University Pressc20021 online resource (302 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-87013-602-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; 1. Cassava and Africa's Food Crisis; Why Cassava?; Cassava: Introduction and Diffusion in Africa; The Cassava Transformation; The Collaborative Study of Cassava in Africa (COSCA); Plan of This Book; 2. Myths and Half-Truths; Cassava as a Subsistence Crop; Cassava as a Soil Nutrient-Depleting Crop; Cassava as a Women's Crop; Cassava as a Lethal Food; Cassava as a Nutritionally Deficient Food; 3. Cassava's Multiple Roles; Famine-Reserve Crop; Rural Food Staple; Cash Crop and Urban Food Staple; Industrial Raw Material; Livestock Feed4. Production OverviewVarieties Grown; Pests and Disease; Area Cultivated; Yield; Production; 5. Genetic Research and the TMS Revolution; Farmer-Led Research; Government Research; Insights and Research Challenges; 6. Agronomic Practices; Three Types of Fallow Systems; Cassava Planting; Cassava Production; Cassava Harvesting; 7. Diffusion of TMS Varieties; TMS Diffusion in Nigeria; The Delayed Diffusion of the TMS Varieties in Ghana; TMS Diffusion in Uganda; 8. The Preparation of Five Cassava Products; Fresh Cassava Roots; Dried Cassava Roots; Pasty Cassava ProductsGranulated Cassava ProductsCassava Leaves; Lessons and Challenges; 9. Mechanized Processing; Types of Cassava Processing Machines; The Rise and Fall of Private Large-Scale Processing; Nigeria: Cassava Processing Research and Development; Lessons and Challenges; 10. Gender Surprises; Cassava Production; Access to Improved Technologies by Men and Women; Cassava Processing and Marketing; Gender Surprises: Policy Implications; 11. Consumption; Cassava Consumption Pattern; Pre- and Post-Harvest Losses; Food Expenditure Patterns; Income Elasticity of Demand12. New Uses for Cassava: A Nigerian Case StudyExpanding the Use of Cassava in the Livestock Industry; Expanding the Use of Cassava in Food Manufacturing; Expanding the Use of Cassava Starch as an Industrial Raw Material; Beer Malt: A New Use for Dried Cassava Roots; Developing a Cassava-Based Ethanol Industry; 13. The Cassava Transformation: Synthesis; Cassava and Africa's Food Crisis; Genetic Research and the High-Yeielding TMS Varieties; The Diffusion of the TMS Varieties; Post-Harvest Issues: Food Preparation and Mechanized Processing; Gender Surprises; New Uses for CassavaPolicy ImplicationsAppendix 1: Methods of the COSCA Study; The Study Team; Sampling Procedures; Survey Instruments; Logistics and Supervision; Data Processing; Appendix 2: List of COSCA Collaborators; Appendix 3: List of COSCA Reports; Working Papers; Ph.D. Dissertations; Appendix 4: Demand Function Specifications; Variable Description and Construction; Notes; References; About the Authors; Index Cassava is Africa's ""poverty fighter"" and second most important food crop. This book discusses Cassava's real role and traces research over the past 65 years. The ""Cassava transformation"" that is now underway in Africa has changed this traditional, reserve crop to a high-yield cash crop. However, Cassava is being neglected by governments and donor agencies because of myths and half-truths about its nutritional value and role in farm systems. CassavaAfricaElectronic books.Cassava633.6/82/096Nweke Felix I980572Lynam John K1028568Spencer Dunstan S. C1028569MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457901703321The cassava transformation2444620UNINA