Author:
Publisher: International Potato Center
ISBN: 9789290601869
Category : Potatoes
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Production and Utilization of True Potato Seed in Asia
Author:
Publisher: International Potato Center
ISBN: 9789290601869
Category : Potatoes
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Publisher: International Potato Center
ISBN: 9789290601869
Category : Potatoes
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
The Economic Impact of True Potato Seed in Vietnam
Author:
Publisher: International Potato Center
ISBN: 9789290602064
Category : Potatoes
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Publisher: International Potato Center
ISBN: 9789290602064
Category : Potatoes
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
The Potato Crop
Author: Hugo Campos
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030286835
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030286835
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
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.
Fueling Growth,health and Prosperity
Author:
Publisher: International Potato Center
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Publisher: International Potato Center
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
A.I.D. Research and Development Abstracts
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economic development
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economic development
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Seed Potato Production in China
Author:
Publisher: International Potato Center
ISBN: 9787810153096
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Publisher: International Potato Center
ISBN: 9787810153096
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Sustainable Horticulture Development and Nutrition Security (Vol. 3)
Author: Prem Nath
Publisher: Scientific Publishers
ISBN: 9388172736
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 661
Book Description
We all are indebted to nature for providing us food and its resources for our subsistence and survival. In the food domain, cereal and legume grains occupy the front line, whereas, horticultural crops have occupied the second line of defense. For healthy diet cereals and legumes provide us with carbohydrates and protein, whereas, fruits and vegetables provide us minerals and vitamins. Both macro- and micro- nutrients are essential for human growth and development. The fruits and vegetables are the major source of micro-nutrients. It is estimated that up to 2.7 million lives could potentially be saved each year if fruit and vegetable production was sufficiently increased. Both at national and international levels, food and agriculture/horticulture development plans and estimates are basically developed, framed and implemented, and narrowed down to cereal production. In the present context of attaining nutrition security, this mode of thinking on ‘food’ needs to be changed to ‘nutrients’, which will include necessarily all those crops including fruit and vegetables which provide all macro- and micro-nutrients to ensure balanced nutrition needed for good human health. The present publication has attempted to reflect and discuss the above views and ideas on the subject of sustainable horticulture development and nutrition security in nine chapters with 32 articles by 32 authors.
Publisher: Scientific Publishers
ISBN: 9388172736
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 661
Book Description
We all are indebted to nature for providing us food and its resources for our subsistence and survival. In the food domain, cereal and legume grains occupy the front line, whereas, horticultural crops have occupied the second line of defense. For healthy diet cereals and legumes provide us with carbohydrates and protein, whereas, fruits and vegetables provide us minerals and vitamins. Both macro- and micro- nutrients are essential for human growth and development. The fruits and vegetables are the major source of micro-nutrients. It is estimated that up to 2.7 million lives could potentially be saved each year if fruit and vegetable production was sufficiently increased. Both at national and international levels, food and agriculture/horticulture development plans and estimates are basically developed, framed and implemented, and narrowed down to cereal production. In the present context of attaining nutrition security, this mode of thinking on ‘food’ needs to be changed to ‘nutrients’, which will include necessarily all those crops including fruit and vegetables which provide all macro- and micro-nutrients to ensure balanced nutrition needed for good human health. The present publication has attempted to reflect and discuss the above views and ideas on the subject of sustainable horticulture development and nutrition security in nine chapters with 32 articles by 32 authors.
Publications of the International Agricultural Research and Development Centers
Author:
Publisher: IRRI
ISBN: 9711042169
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
Publisher: IRRI
ISBN: 9711042169
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
Scientist and Farmer
Author: International Potato Center
Publisher: International Potato Center
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Publisher: International Potato Center
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Seeds Handbook
Author: Babasaheb B. Desai
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1482276429
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 804
Book Description
Revised and expanded throughout, this latest edition of the bestselling Seeds Handbook: Biology, Production, Processing, and Storage includes valuable information on all areas of seed biology, production, and processing. The author, one of the most respected and prolific scientists in the field, identifies current developments in seed testing and c
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1482276429
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 804
Book Description
Revised and expanded throughout, this latest edition of the bestselling Seeds Handbook: Biology, Production, Processing, and Storage includes valuable information on all areas of seed biology, production, and processing. The author, one of the most respected and prolific scientists in the field, identifies current developments in seed testing and c