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1 online resource (78 pages) |
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IAEA TECDOC Series No. 1840 ; v. 1840 |
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IAEA TECDOC Series No. 1840
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Intro; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. HISTORY OF CASSAVA; 3. CASSAVA PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENTS AND PRODUCTIVITY; 4. CASSAVA PRODUCTION STATISTICS; 5. MULTIPLE USES OF CASSAVA; 5.1. FOOD AND BEVERAGES; 5.2. AS A LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY FEED; 5.3. INDUSTRIAL STARCH; 5.4 AS A FEEDSTOCK FOR BIOFUEL (RENEWABLE ENERGY); 5.5. MEDICINAL USES; 5.6. NANMA: A CASSAVA BASED BIO-PESTICIDE; 6. CONSTRAINTS TO CASSAVA PRODUCTION IN ASIA AND SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; 6.1. ABIOTIC CONSTRAINTS; 6.2. BIOTIC CONSTRAINTS; 6.3. MANAGEMENT CONSTRAINTS; 6.4. SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND POLICY CONSTRAINTS |
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7. CASSAVA VALUE CHAIN VS. SMALLHOLDER FARMERS: STATUS, CONSTRAINTS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT8. CASSAVA VARIETAL IMPROVEMENT; 8.1. FACTORS AFFECTING FARMERS' CHOICE OF CASSAVA VARIETIES; 8.2. CASSAVA BREEDING IN AFRICA; 8.3. CASSAVA BREEDING IN ASIA; 8.4. REALIZING THE POTENTIAL OF NEW CASSAVA VARIETIES; 9. CASSAVA SEED VALUE CHAIN: PROVIDING HEALTHY PLANTING MATERIALS TO FARMERS; 10. LAND CONFIGURATION -- SHAPING THE LANDSCAPES FOR PROTECTING SOIL AND WATER RESOURCES; 10.1. ON FLAT LOWLANDS AND UPLANDS |
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10.2. ON SLOPING LANDS ON HILL SIDES (SLOPING LAND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES, SLAT)11. LAND PREPARATION METHODS FOR CASSAVA CULTIVATION; 11.1. SLASH AND BURN METHOD OF LAND PREPARATION (SHIFTING CULTIVATION); 11.2. CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE; 11.3. RIDGES AND FURROWS (RF) METHOD OF LAND PREPARATION; 11.4. FORMING MOUNDS; 12. CASSAVA CROP ESTABLISHMENT; 12.1. PREPARING THE STEM CUTTINGS; 12.2. SPACING AND PLANT POPULATION; 12.3. METHODS OF PLANTING; 13. WATER CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT; 13.1. METHODS OF IRRIGATION -- WATER SAVING IRRIGATION TECHNOLOGIES |
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13.2. MANAGING RAINFALL FOR RAIN FED CASSAVA CROPS -- RAINWATER HARVESTING AND FARM PONDS14. SOIL FERTILITY AND NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT OF CASSAVA CROPS; 14.1. SITE SPECIFIC NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT (SSNM); 14.2. THE CASE OF INTEGRATED SOIL FERTILITY MANAGEMENT (ISFM) IN AFRICA; 14.3. BENEFITS OF ADOPTING ISFM IN AFRICA; 14.3.1. Economic and livelihood benefits; 14.3.3. Impact of ISFM on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; 15. WEEDS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT; 15.1. INTEGRATED WEED MANAGEMENT; 15.1.1. Agronomic/cultural methods; 15.1.2. Manual (hand) weeding; 15.1.3. Mechanical weeding |
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15.1.4. Chemical weed control -- Herbicides use16. INSECT PESTS AND DISEASES AND THEIR MANAGEMENT: INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT (IPM); 16.1. KEY INSECT PESTS OF CASSAVA; 16.2. MAJOR DISEASES OF CASSAVA; 16.3. MANAGEMENT OF INSECT PESTS AND DISEASES IN CASSAVA; 16.4. PREVENTIVE AND CURATIVE MEASURES: INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; 16.4.1. IPM tactics; Genetic Host plant resistance; Agronomic/cultural pest control methods; Mechanical methods; Biological control of cassava insect pests and diseases; Phytosanitary measures; Healthy cassava seed systems; Judicious use of soft pesticides |
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17. HARVESTING AND POSTHARVEST PROCESSING |
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Print version record |
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Cassava as food.
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Cassava-Climatic factors
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Stable isotopes in soil fertility research.
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Cassava as food
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Stable isotopes in soil fertility research
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789201017185 |
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9201017189 |
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