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Publisher: International Potato Center
ISBN: 9789290602682
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 280

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Publisher: International Potato Center
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 118

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Author: Paola Caceres
Publisher: International Potato Center
ISBN: 9789290603535
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 148

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Author: Peter T. Ewell
Publisher: International Potato Center
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 92

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Intensification of potato production and pesticide use in Peru; Pest management practices in the Highlands; Andean weevil: an endemic pest in the Highlands; Potato tuber moth in stores; The leaf miner fly in Canete: a pesticide treadmill.

Author: Hugo Campos
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030286835
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 524

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This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book provides a fresh, updated and science-based perspective on the current status and prospects of the diverse array of topics related to the potato, and was written by distinguished scientists with hands-on global experience in research aspects related to potato. The potato is the third most important global food crop in terms of consumption. Being the only vegetatively propagated species among the world’s main five staple crops creates both issues and opportunities for the potato: on the one hand, this constrains the speed of its geographic expansion and its options for international commercialization and distribution when compared with commodity crops such as maize, wheat or rice. On the other, it provides an effective insulation against speculation and unforeseen spikes in commodity prices, since the potato does not represent a good traded on global markets. These two factors highlight the underappreciated and underrated role of the potato as a dependable nutrition security crop, one that can mitigate turmoil in world food supply and demand and political instability in some developing countries. Increasingly, the global role of the potato has expanded from a profitable crop in developing countries to a crop providing income and nutrition security in developing ones. This book will appeal to academics and students of crop sciences, but also policy makers and other stakeholders involved in the potato and its contribution to humankind’s food security.

Author: Douglas Pachico
Publisher: CIAT
ISBN: 9586940640
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 291

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Author: Duncan Mara
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136567925
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 311

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Affordable and effective domestic wastewater treatment is a critical issue in public health and disease prevention around the world, particularly so in developing countries which often lack the financial and technical resources necessary for proper treatment facilities. This practical guide provides state-of-the-art coverage of methods for domestic wastewater treatment and provides a foundation to the practical design of wastewater treatment and re-use systems. The emphasis is on low-cost, low-energy, low-maintenance, high-performance 'natural' systems that contribute to environmental sustainability by producing effluents that can be safely and profitably used in agriculture for crop irrigation and/or in aquaculture, for fish and aquatic vegetable pond fertilization. Modern design methodologies, with worked design examples, are described for waste stabilization ponds, wastewater storage and treatment reservoirs; constructed wetlands, upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactors, biofilters, aerated lagoons and oxidation ditches. This book is essential reading for engineers, academics and upper-level and graduate students in engineering, wastewater management and public health, and others interested in sustainable and cost-effective technologies for reducing wastewater-related diseases and environmental damage.

Author: Miguel A. Altieri
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789687913353
Category : Agricultural ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 290

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Author: Lauren Blum
Publisher: IDRC
ISBN: 0889367671
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 147

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Community assessment of natural food sources of Vitamin A

Author: Robert E. Rhoades
Publisher: International Potato Center
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural innovations
Languages : en
Pages : 20

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