LEADER 04972nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910781566303321 005 20230607223752.0 010 $a1-60917-283-3 035 $a(CKB)2550000000066246 035 $a(EBL)1672258 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000645130 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11417652 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000645130 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10680248 035 $a(PQKB)10098747 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3338108 035 $a(OCoLC)774285352 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse12702 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1672258 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3338108 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10514495 035 $a(OCoLC)923248549 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1672258 035 $a(OCoLC)876514186 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000066246 100 $a20010827d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe cassava transformation$b[electronic resource] $eAfrica's best-kept secret /$fFelix I. Nweke, Dunstan S.C. Spencer, John K. Lynam 210 $aEast Lansing $cMichigan State University Press$dc2002 215 $a1 online resource (302 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-87013-602-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 Feed 327 $a4. 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 Products 327 $aGranulated 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 Demand 327 $a12. 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 Cassava 327 $aPolicy 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 330 $a 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. 606 $aCassava$zAfrica 615 0$aCassava 676 $a633.6/82/096 700 $aNweke$b Felix I$0980572 701 $aLynam$b John K$01495581 701 $aSpencer$b Dunstan S. C$01495582 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781566303321 996 $aThe cassava transformation$93719683 997 $aUNINA