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Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz.) is cultivated in India in about thirteen states (out of 32 states and union territories) with major production in the South Indian states of Kerala (142,000 ha) and Tamil Nadu (65,700 ha). It is now a major industrial crop in Tamil Nadu and is also gaining impo...


Edison, S.[Present situation and future potential of cassava in India]Present situation and future potential of cassava in India

In China, cassava is planted mainly in the southern provinces of Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan and Yunnan. The annual total area and production is about 400,000 ha and 6,000,000 tonnes of fresh roots, respectively. Guangxi is the main cassava producing province with more than 60% of both cassava gro...


Tian, YinongLin, XiongJin, Shuren[Present situation and future potential of cassava in China]Present situation and future potential of cassava in China

Over the past 25-30 years, cassava agronomy research in India has made tremendous progress. In the recent past there has been a steady increase in the cultivation of cassava in nontraditional areas, despite the fact that cereals form the major crop and staple food of the country. There has been a...


George, JamesMohankumar, C.R.Nair, G.M.Ravindran, C.S.[Cassava agronomy research and adoption of improved practices in India: Major achievements during the past 30 years]Cassava agronomy research and adoption of improved practices in India: Major achievements during the past 30 years

In Indonesia, annual growth rates for cassava production and yield from 1961 to 2000 were 0.81% and 1.35%, respectively. However, the harvested area decreased at an average annual rate of 0.61%. The average yield of about 12 tonnes of fresh roots/ha is much below the potential yield of 20 to 40 t...


Wargiono, J.Widodo, YudiUtomo, Wani Hadi[Cassava agronomy research and adoption of improved practices in Indonesia: Major achievements during the past 20 years]Cassava agronomy research and adoption of improved practices in Indonesia: Major achievements during the past 20 years

Improved cassava varieties have been widely disseminated to farmers in Lampung and this has resulted in substantial economic gains to both factories and farmers. But, considering that the rainfall distribution in Lampung province is not uniform and that there is a prolonged dry period about every...


Fauzan, IrPuspitorini, Palupi[Effect of date of planting and rainfall distribution on the yield of five cassava varieties in Lampung, Indonesia]Effect of date of planting and rainfall distribution on the yield of five cassava varieties in Lampung, Indonesia

This study was conducted in Tigray, northern Ethiopia to determine the yield and farm profitability impact of stone terraces. Seventy terraced and 70 non-conserved plots were equally divided between wheat (Triticum aestivum) and faba beans (Vicia faba). Two quadrates each 8 m (86 ft2) were marked...


Gebremedhin, BerhanuSwinton, S.M.Tilahun, Y.[Effects of stone terraces on crop yields and farm profitability: Results of on-farm research in Tigray, northern Ethiopia]Effects of stone terraces on crop yields and farm profitability: Results of on-farm research in Tigray, northern Ethiopia

Maize (Zea mays L.) is the most important crop in the hill farming system in Nepal. It plays an important role in the livelihood of the people living in the hills. The hilly area of the Palpa, Gulmi, and Arghakhanchi districts extending towards Pyuthan and further west has a unique geophysical en...


Subedi, MaduShrestha, P.K.Sunwar, SharmilaSubedi, A.[Role of farmers in setting breeding goals]Role of farmers in setting breeding goals

A pilot project on the use of Farmer Participatory Research (FPR) methodologies with the objective of enhancing farmer adoption of practices that minimize soil erosion in cassava-based cropping systems, was conducted jointly by DOA and DOAE with technical and financial support from CIAT in two si...


Vongkasem, VKlakhaeng, Kaival I.Hemvijit, S.Tongglum, AnuchitKatong, S.Suparhan, Danai[Farmer participatory research in soil management and varietal selection in Thailand]Farmer participatory research in soil management and varietal selection in Thailand

The concept and methodology used in the transfer of technology (TOT) have undergone changes over the years corresponding to farmers' needs, and as a result, farmer participatory TOT has become more relevant, especially in complex diversified risk-prone (CDR) farming systems. The TOT in cassava, w...


Ramanathan, S.Anantharaman, M.[Farmer participatory research in cassava technology transfer in India]Farmer participatory research in cassava technology transfer in India

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