Yam in West Africa : food, money, and more / / Felix I. Nweke
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| Autore: |
Nweke Felix I.
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| Titolo: |
Yam in West Africa : food, money, and more / / Felix I. Nweke
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| Pubblicazione: | East Lansing, Michigan : , : Michigan State University Press, , 2016 |
| ©2016 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (187 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 633.49 |
| Soggetto topico: | Yams - Africa, West |
| Yam industry - Africa, West | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- Contents -- Foreword by Werner Kiene -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Yam Primer -- Chapter 2. Yam Production Contexts in Nigeria and Ghana -- Chapter 3. High Labor Cost in Yam Production -- Chapter 4. Yam Seed Technologies -- Chapter 5. The Challenge of Nematodes in the Yam Food Sector -- Chapter 6. Yam Crop Improvement Research -- Chapter 7. Prospects and Impediments to Difffusion of Hybrid Yams in Nigeria -- Chapter 8. Periphery Situation of Yam in National Food Policy Programs -- Chapter 9. Yam Stereotype as a Man's Crop -- Chapter 10. Yam Postharvest Matters -- Chapter 11. Trade in West African Yam -- Chapter 12. Fuels of Yam Consumption in West Africa -- Chapter 13. Yam in the Igbo Cultural Rite of Marriage -- Chapter 14. Synthesis -- Appendix 1. Participants in Activities that Contributed Information Reported in this Book -- Appendix 2. List of Hybrid Yams Released to Farmers in Nigeria -- Notes -- References -- Index. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Yam in West Africa |
| ISBN: | 1-60917-474-7 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910460712503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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