“Rambo root” to the rescue: How a simple, low‐cost solution can lead to multiple sustainable development gains
Rugged and resilient, cassava is a bulky root crop that can thrive on poor soils. Cultivating it offers the potential to restore degraded land, which in turn may reduce hunger, generate livelihoods, fight climate change and even promote peace. As such, farming cassava offers a nature‐based solution...
| Main Authors: | , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Published: |
Wiley
2021
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113729 |
| _version_ | 1855538498124120064 |
|---|---|
| author | Villarino, Maria Eliza J. Silva, Mayesse Aparecida da Becerra López Lavelle, Luis Augusto Castro-Nuñez, Augusto Carlos |
| author_browse | Becerra López Lavelle, Luis Augusto Castro-Nuñez, Augusto Carlos Silva, Mayesse Aparecida da Villarino, Maria Eliza J. |
| author_facet | Villarino, Maria Eliza J. Silva, Mayesse Aparecida da Becerra López Lavelle, Luis Augusto Castro-Nuñez, Augusto Carlos |
| author_sort | Villarino, Maria Eliza J. |
| collection | Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (CGSpace) |
| description | Rugged and resilient, cassava is a bulky root crop that can thrive on poor soils. Cultivating it offers the potential to restore degraded land, which in turn may reduce hunger, generate livelihoods, fight climate change and even promote peace. As such, farming cassava offers a nature‐based solution that can contribute to achieving numerous sustainable development targets. The authors acknowledge that scaling up production of any commodity may bring risks of deforestation and biodiversity loss through clearing forest areas. In the case of increasing cassava production, though, this may not be the case because cassava can be cultivated on land affected by degradation, and this resource is abundant; policies and initiatives exist to mitigate those risks; and the principal goal is to scale up a sustainable land use system. |
| format | Journal Article |
| id | CGSpace113729 |
| institution | CGIAR Consortium |
| language | Inglés |
| publishDate | 2021 |
| publishDateRange | 2021 |
| publishDateSort | 2021 |
| publisher | Wiley |
| publisherStr | Wiley |
| record_format | dspace |
| spelling | CGSpace1137292025-11-11T19:04:59Z “Rambo root” to the rescue: How a simple, low‐cost solution can lead to multiple sustainable development gains Villarino, Maria Eliza J. Silva, Mayesse Aparecida da Becerra López Lavelle, Luis Augusto Castro-Nuñez, Augusto Carlos cassava crop production land restoration soil improvement sustainable development goals producción vegetal restauración de tierras mejora de suelos Rugged and resilient, cassava is a bulky root crop that can thrive on poor soils. Cultivating it offers the potential to restore degraded land, which in turn may reduce hunger, generate livelihoods, fight climate change and even promote peace. As such, farming cassava offers a nature‐based solution that can contribute to achieving numerous sustainable development targets. The authors acknowledge that scaling up production of any commodity may bring risks of deforestation and biodiversity loss through clearing forest areas. In the case of increasing cassava production, though, this may not be the case because cassava can be cultivated on land affected by degradation, and this resource is abundant; policies and initiatives exist to mitigate those risks; and the principal goal is to scale up a sustainable land use system. 2021-02 2021-05-18T10:19:34Z 2021-05-18T10:19:34Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113729 en Open Access application/pdf Wiley Villarino, M.E.J.; Da Silva, M.; Becerra Lopez‐Lavalle, L.A.; Castro‐Nuñez, A. (2020) “Rambo root” to the rescue: How a simple, low‐cost solution can lead to multiple sustainable development gains. Conservation Science and Practice, Online first paper (20 NOV 2020). 5 p. ISSN: 2578-4854 |
| spellingShingle | cassava crop production land restoration soil improvement sustainable development goals producción vegetal restauración de tierras mejora de suelos Villarino, Maria Eliza J. Silva, Mayesse Aparecida da Becerra López Lavelle, Luis Augusto Castro-Nuñez, Augusto Carlos “Rambo root” to the rescue: How a simple, low‐cost solution can lead to multiple sustainable development gains |
| title | “Rambo root” to the rescue: How a simple, low‐cost solution can lead to multiple sustainable development gains |
| title_full | “Rambo root” to the rescue: How a simple, low‐cost solution can lead to multiple sustainable development gains |
| title_fullStr | “Rambo root” to the rescue: How a simple, low‐cost solution can lead to multiple sustainable development gains |
| title_full_unstemmed | “Rambo root” to the rescue: How a simple, low‐cost solution can lead to multiple sustainable development gains |
| title_short | “Rambo root” to the rescue: How a simple, low‐cost solution can lead to multiple sustainable development gains |
| title_sort | rambo root to the rescue how a simple low cost solution can lead to multiple sustainable development gains |
| topic | cassava crop production land restoration soil improvement sustainable development goals producción vegetal restauración de tierras mejora de suelos |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113729 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT villarinomariaelizaj ramboroottotherescuehowasimplelowcostsolutioncanleadtomultiplesustainabledevelopmentgains AT silvamayesseaparecidada ramboroottotherescuehowasimplelowcostsolutioncanleadtomultiplesustainabledevelopmentgains AT becerralopezlavelleluisaugusto ramboroottotherescuehowasimplelowcostsolutioncanleadtomultiplesustainabledevelopmentgains AT castronunezaugustocarlos ramboroottotherescuehowasimplelowcostsolutioncanleadtomultiplesustainabledevelopmentgains |