Biofortified cassava
An estimated 70 million people obtain more than 500 calories per day from cassava. With its productivity on marginal soils; ability to withstand disease, drought, and pests; and flexible harvest dates, cassava is a remarkably adaptable and hearty crop, consumed in areas where drought, poverty, and m...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2006
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| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160487 |
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| description | An estimated 70 million people obtain more than 500 calories per day from cassava. With its productivity on marginal soils; ability to withstand disease, drought, and pests; and flexible harvest dates, cassava is a remarkably adaptable and hearty crop, consumed in areas where drought, poverty, and malnutrition are prevalent... The strategy of HarvestPlus research on cassava emphasizes developing genotypes with high concentrations of provitamin A carotenoids, mainly ß-carotene, in the roots of agronomically superior varieties, then sharing the germplasm among collaborating agricultural research systems in the developing world. A less extensive research program is focused on breeding for high iron and zinc content. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1604872025-11-06T04:48:09Z Biofortified cassava International Food Policy Research Institute poverty drought malnutrition cassava germplasm minerals nutrients genotypes An estimated 70 million people obtain more than 500 calories per day from cassava. With its productivity on marginal soils; ability to withstand disease, drought, and pests; and flexible harvest dates, cassava is a remarkably adaptable and hearty crop, consumed in areas where drought, poverty, and malnutrition are prevalent... The strategy of HarvestPlus research on cassava emphasizes developing genotypes with high concentrations of provitamin A carotenoids, mainly ß-carotene, in the roots of agronomically superior varieties, then sharing the germplasm among collaborating agricultural research systems in the developing world. A less extensive research program is focused on breeding for high iron and zinc content. 2006 2024-11-21T09:50:55Z 2024-11-21T09:50:55Z Brochure https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160487 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute IFPRI. 2006. Biofortified cassava. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160487 |
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| title | Biofortified cassava |
| title_full | Biofortified cassava |
| title_fullStr | Biofortified cassava |
| title_full_unstemmed | Biofortified cassava |
| title_short | Biofortified cassava |
| title_sort | biofortified cassava |
| topic | poverty drought malnutrition cassava germplasm minerals nutrients genotypes |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160487 |
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