Cassava: from poor farmers crop to pacesetter of African rural development

Cassava(Manihot esculenta), a root crop originating in Tropical America, has been called Africa’s food insurance but vital as that is, it has the potential to be much more. Already, cassava provides more than half of the dietary calories for over 200 million people in sub-Saharan Africa (about half...

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Main Authors:	Dixon, Alfred G.O., Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit, Coyne, Danny L., Ferguson, Morag E., Ferris, R.S.B., Hanna, R., Hughes, J., Ingelbrecht, I.L., Legg, James P., Mahungu, N.M., Manyong, Victor M., Mowbray, D., Neuenschwander, Peter, Whyte, J., Hartmann, P., Ortíz, R.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Inglés
Published:	2003
Subjects:	cassava plant diseases food security value chain
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/96342