Future prospects for cassava root yield in sub Saharan Africa
Primary data collected over a wide area in Africa show that average cassava root yield is not declining as the population increases because the land is being cultivated more intensively in response to demographic pressures. Although fallow periods are becoming shorter, organic manuring, improved mar...
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1995
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| author | Nweke, F. Spencer, D. |
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| description | Primary data collected over a wide area in Africa show that average cassava root yield is not declining as the population increases because the land is being cultivated more intensively in response to demographic pressures. Although fallow periods are becoming shorter, organic manuring, improved market infrastructures and the use of purchased inputs such as labour compensate for this. The yields of improved cassava varieties in Nigeria show that technology can be relied upon to raise production in future, provided that the conditions necessary for the widespread adoption of improved varieties prevail in most African countries. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1010742024-05-15T05:11:45Z Future prospects for cassava root yield in sub Saharan Africa Nweke, F. Spencer, D. data cassava yields Primary data collected over a wide area in Africa show that average cassava root yield is not declining as the population increases because the land is being cultivated more intensively in response to demographic pressures. Although fallow periods are becoming shorter, organic manuring, improved market infrastructures and the use of purchased inputs such as labour compensate for this. The yields of improved cassava varieties in Nigeria show that technology can be relied upon to raise production in future, provided that the conditions necessary for the widespread adoption of improved varieties prevail in most African countries. 1995-03 2019-04-24T12:29:51Z 2019-04-24T12:29:51Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/101074 en Limited Access SAGE Publications Nweke, F. & Spencer, D. (1995). Future prospects for cassava root yield in sub Saharan Africa. Outlook on Agriculture, 24(1), 35-42. |
| spellingShingle | data cassava yields Nweke, F. Spencer, D. Future prospects for cassava root yield in sub Saharan Africa |
| title | Future prospects for cassava root yield in sub Saharan Africa |
| title_full | Future prospects for cassava root yield in sub Saharan Africa |
| title_fullStr | Future prospects for cassava root yield in sub Saharan Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Future prospects for cassava root yield in sub Saharan Africa |
| title_short | Future prospects for cassava root yield in sub Saharan Africa |
| title_sort | future prospects for cassava root yield in sub saharan africa |
| topic | data cassava yields |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/101074 |
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