Cassava Production and Processing in the Democratic Republic of Congo
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Publisher: IITA
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9789781311611
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Publisher: IITA
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9789781311611
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Felix I. Nweke
Publisher: IITA
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 66
ISBN-13: 9781311584
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Edoh Ognakossan, K.
Publisher: CTA
Published: 2016-09-05
Total Pages: 40
ISBN-13: 9290815973
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEaten by both humans and animals, and with more than 20 derivative products, cassava offers considerable opportunities for income and advantages for food security. This versatile shrub is widely used in the food, textiles and other industries. For example, cassava tubers may be sold for preparation into pastries, tapioca, food pasta or chips, while the plant’s by-products include paper, glues and alcohol. Attractively laid out, with step-by-step guides and a wealth of colourful figures, illustrations and tables, this handbook makes simple techniques available to cassava producers, improving production, storage and processing.
Author: Ragasa, Catherine
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Published: 2016-01-20
Total Pages: 48
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 2011, in collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Democratic Republic of Congo’s government launched the Food Production, Processing, and Marketing project—which aimed to raise incomes and improve food security in the target areas by improving agricultural productivity, market efficiency, and the capacity of producers to respond to market signals. In August–October 2013 and February–March 2014, halfway through the project’s implementation, a midline survey was conducted to assess progress with respect to intermediate outcomes. The present paper highlights the results of that assessment survey. We pay close attention to accurate attribution of observed changes to the project and employ a double-difference method that compares the changes in indicators before the project and at the time of the survey (project midline) between the beneficiaries and comparable control groups. Overall, the survey results suggest weak impact on most of the outcome indicators, and they highlight challenges in implementing small-scale farmers’ capacity building within the context of weak institutions and a fragile political context.
Author: Jackie Christie
Publisher: Catholic Relief Services
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 52
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKCassava Mosaic Disease and Cassava Brown Streak Disease have devastated the food security and income of millions of cassava-dependent farm families. The Great Lakes Cassava Initiative (GLCI), managed by CRS and supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, was developed to respond to the crisis. GLCI operates in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda with the goal of distributing healthy cassava planting material of farmer-accepted disease-tolerant varieties to 1.15 million farm families to alleviate food insecurity and increase incomes. The initiative is a multi-dimensional project that includes a combination of research and development activities. Research activities include studies to improve disease control through improved varieties and quality management, as well as the development of a diagnostic tool for CBSD. Other activities include building capacity among national agriculture research and development partners, strengthening farmer group development, and conducting multiplication and dissemination of planting material.--From the CRS web site.
Author: Felix I. Nweke
Publisher: IITA
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 93
ISBN-13: 9781311037
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIntroduction; The smallholder socioeconomic environment; Cassava production with purchased inputs; Cassava production response to use of purchased inputs; Production for sale; Household cash income generation; Impact of high-yielding varieties on cassava cash income; Summary of observations and conclusion.
Author: Felix I. Nweke
Publisher: IITA
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 76
ISBN-13: 9781311045
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIntroduction; Cassava production circumstances; Prospects for cassava land area expansion; Prospects of increase in yield; Summary of observations.
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Publisher: IITA
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9789781311628
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Felix I. Nweke
Publisher: MSU Press
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 322
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKCassava is Africa's second most important food crop. The cassava transformation that is now underway in West Africa is fueled by new high yielding TMS varieties that have transformed cassava from a low-yielding, famine-reserve crop to a high-yielding cash crop for both rural and urban consumers. The book highlights the role of cassava as a "poverty fighter" by increasing cassava productivity and driving down the cost of cassava in rural and urban diets.
Author: International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
Publisher: IITA
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9781310413
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIntended as both an instructional and a reference tool, the volume covers the production and postharvest treatment of cassava. The first part describes production constraints including pests , diseases, weeds, soils agronomic factors, and socioeconomic considerations. In part two, plant morphology, plant physiology and plant breeding are related to yields and diseases resistance. Part three covers postharvest treatment and part four describes cassava research. A bibliography of recommended reading is included.