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.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

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 manageme...

Table of Contents:

• Advances in Sweetpotato and Potato Breeding
• Getting Seed Potato Systems Moving
• Addressing Bottlenecks in the Sweetpotato Seed Systems
• Tackling Disease and Crop Management in Potato and Sweetpotato
• Innovations in Marketing, Processing Technologies and Value Chain Management for Potato and Sweetpotato
• Evidence on Nutritional Value, Product Acceptance and Changing Behaviours Concerning Sweetpotato.