Potato and sweetpotato in Africa : transforming the value chains for food and nutrition security /

• Other Authors: Low, Jan Wayland, (Editor), Nyongesa, Moses, (Editor), Quinn, Sara, (Editor), Parker, Monica, (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2015.
• Subjects: Potatoes > Breeding > Africa, Sub-Saharan.; Sweet potatoes > Breeding > Africa, Sub-Saharan.; Potatoes > Varieties > Africa, Sub-Saharan.; Sweet potatoes > Varieties > Africa, Sub-Saharan.; Potato industry > Africa, Sub-Saharan.; Sweet potato industry > Africa, Sub-Saharan.; Food Processing (General); Food Storage and Preservation.; Food Economics, (New March 2000); Marketing and Distribution.; Field Crops, (New March 2000); Plant Breeding and Genetics.; Plant Production.; Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Diseases of Plants, (New March 2000); Pathogen, Pest, Parasite and Weed Management (General); Biological Resources (Plant); Crop Produce.; Crop quality.; Cultivars.; Food security.; Germplasm.; Germplasm exchange.; Marketing.; Nutritive value.; Plant breeding.; Plant disease control.; Plant diseases.; Potatoes.; Processing.; Seeds.; Sweet potatoes.
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• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxx, 632 pages) : illustrations, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This book is based on papers presented at the Ninth Triennial African Potato Association Conference, Naivasha, Kenya, 30 June-4 July 2013.The book focuses on the policies for germplasm exchange, food security and trade in Africa, seed systems, breeding and disease management and postharvest management, processing technologies and marketing systems of potato and sweet potato. The nutritional value and changing behaviours of potato and sweet potato crops are also discussed.