Save and grow : cassava : a guide to sustainable production intensification
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Rome : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2013.
ISBN
9251076421, 9789251076422
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1 online resource (x, 129 pages) : color illustrations, color map
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Published
Rome : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2013.
Format
ONLINE
Language
English
ISBN
9251076421, 9789251076422
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-128).
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"This guide is the first on the practical application of FAO's "Save and Grow" model of agriculture to specific smallholder crops and farming systems. It comes as cassava production intensifies worldwide, and growers shift from traditional cultivation practices to monocropping, higher-yielding genotypes, and greater use of agrochemicals. Intensification carries great risks, including soil nutrient depletion and upsurges in pests and diseases. The guide shows how ecosystem-based "Save and Grow" approaches and practices can help tropical developing countries to avoid the risks of unsustainable intensification, while realizing cassava's potential for producing higher yields, alleviating hunger and rural poverty, and contributing to national economic development."--Publisher's description.
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eBooks on EBSCOhost,EBSCO eBooks for FE/HE Collection (UK)
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