The triple role of potatoes as a source of cash, food, and employment: Effects on nutritional improvement in Rwanda

Potatoes, of all food crops, had the fastest average annual growth rate of production in Rwanda between 1970 and 1985: 6.8 percent. This increase in potato production was mainly brought about by a rapid expansion of the cultivated and harvested acreage, which grew by 6.7 percent per year during the...

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Autores principales: Blanken, Jürgen, von Braun, Joachim, de Haen, Hartwig
Formato: Capítulo de libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 1994
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157010
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author Blanken, Jürgen
von Braun, Joachim
de Haen, Hartwig
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description Potatoes, of all food crops, had the fastest average annual growth rate of production in Rwanda between 1970 and 1985: 6.8 percent. This increase in potato production was mainly brought about by a rapid expansion of the cultivated and harvested acreage, which grew by 6.7 percent per year during the same period, whereas average yields only slightly increased by 0.1 percent per year. In 1983, potato production covered an estimated 3.3 percent of the total harvest food crop acreage, and contributed to 3.1 percent of total calorie production (Delepierre 1985).
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spelling CGSpace1570102025-01-15T07:23:26Z The triple role of potatoes as a source of cash, food, and employment: Effects on nutritional improvement in Rwanda Blanken, Jürgen von Braun, Joachim de Haen, Hartwig agricultural trade developing countries case studies food supply cash crops food crops nutrition economic situation poverty Potatoes, of all food crops, had the fastest average annual growth rate of production in Rwanda between 1970 and 1985: 6.8 percent. This increase in potato production was mainly brought about by a rapid expansion of the cultivated and harvested acreage, which grew by 6.7 percent per year during the same period, whereas average yields only slightly increased by 0.1 percent per year. In 1983, potato production covered an estimated 3.3 percent of the total harvest food crop acreage, and contributed to 3.1 percent of total calorie production (Delepierre 1985). 1994 2024-10-24T12:46:43Z 2024-10-24T12:46:43Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157010 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Blanken, Jürgen; von Braun, Joachim; de Haen, Hartwig. 1994. The triple role of potatoes as a source of cash, food, and employment: Effects on nutritional improvement in Rwanda. Baltimore, MD: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157010
spellingShingle agricultural trade
developing countries
case studies
food supply
cash crops
food crops
nutrition
economic situation
poverty
Blanken, Jürgen
von Braun, Joachim
de Haen, Hartwig
The triple role of potatoes as a source of cash, food, and employment: Effects on nutritional improvement in Rwanda
title The triple role of potatoes as a source of cash, food, and employment: Effects on nutritional improvement in Rwanda
title_full The triple role of potatoes as a source of cash, food, and employment: Effects on nutritional improvement in Rwanda
title_fullStr The triple role of potatoes as a source of cash, food, and employment: Effects on nutritional improvement in Rwanda
title_full_unstemmed The triple role of potatoes as a source of cash, food, and employment: Effects on nutritional improvement in Rwanda
title_short The triple role of potatoes as a source of cash, food, and employment: Effects on nutritional improvement in Rwanda
title_sort triple role of potatoes as a source of cash food and employment effects on nutritional improvement in rwanda
topic agricultural trade
developing countries
case studies
food supply
cash crops
food crops
nutrition
economic situation
poverty
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157010
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