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- The Cassava Transformation: Africa's Best-Kept Secret
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: Michigan State University Press
Cassava is Africa's "poverty fighter" and second most important food crop. This book discusses Cassava's real role and traces research over the past 65 years. The "Cassava transformation" that is now underway in Africa has changed this traditional, reserve crop to a high-yield cash crop. However, Cassava is being neglected by governments and donor agencies because of myths and half-truths about its nutritional value and role in farm systems.
Table of Contents
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- TItle Page, Copyright
- pp. iii-iv
- Dedication
- p. v
- Chapter 2. Myths and Half-Truths
- pp. 19-33
- Chapter 3. Cassava's Multiple Roles
- pp. 35-46
- Chapter 4. Production Overview
- pp. 47-66
- Chapter 6. Agronomic Practices
- pp. 85-100
- Chapter 7. Diffusion of TMS Varieties
- pp. 101-114
- Chapter 9. Mechanized Processing
- pp. 129-139
- Chapter 10. Gender Surprises
- pp. 141-152
- Chapter 11. Consumption
- pp. 153-166
- Appendix 1. Methods of the COSCA Study
- pp. 203-214
- Appendix 2. List of COSCA Collaborators
- pp. 215-217
- Appendix 3. List of COSCA Reports
- pp. 219-222
- Appendix 4. Demand Function Specifications
- pp. 223-226
- References
- pp. 239-257
- About the Authors
- pp. 259-260
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