The activities of the agroindustrial development project conducted by CIAT on the northern coast of Colombia, from August 1987 to July 1988, included elaboration of dried cassava chips for animal nutrition, production and marketing of bagged cassava, milling and mixture of dried cassava, survey o...
Ostertag Gálvez, Carlos F.
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[Proyecto de desarrollo agro-industrial del cultivo de la yuca en la Costa Atlantica de Colombia (agosto 1987-julio 1988). Informe Anual [online]]
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Proyecto de desarrollo agro-industrial del cultivo de la yuca en la Costa Atlantica de Colombia (agosto 1987-julio 1988). Informe Anual [online]
Agricultural research in developing countries has lacked relevance to farm-level production problems, especially appropriate technologies for small-scale or limited-resource farmers. Currently research institutions are directing their efforts towards these objectives. This paper is a preliminary ...
Lynam, John K.
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Sanders, J.H.
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[The role of economists in on-farm testing in agricultural research]
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The role of economists in on-farm testing in agricultural research
CIAT`s contribution to this joint research program was (1) to develop a technique for the production of bacteria-free planting stocks of cassava and (2) to study the effect of physical therapeutic agents on vegetative material used for propagation. The propagation technique developed to produce C...
Lozano, J.C.
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[Inactivation of pathogenic organisms of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) by heat and other treatments]
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Inactivation of pathogenic organisms of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) by heat and other treatments
The different operations involved in the cassava drying process to produce chips for animal feed are indicated, namely weighing the fresh cassava, chipping, spreading out of chips, turning over of chips, recollection, storage, and marketing. The organization and management of a natural cassava dr...
This is a summary of a lecture on cassava given to CIAT`s trainees. The following of areas are discussed: cassava as a raw material for human nutrition, animal feeding and industrial uses. The processing of cassava meal, starch and chip manufacturing and diagrams of the processes are included. Ca...
Experience acquired in the first regional trials in Colombia was used as a basis for the initial structuration of an international cooperative network to evaluate cassava cultivars. Each year, the cassava breeding section at CIAT would supply the agronomy section with 5 promising cultivars, which...
Toro, Julio C.
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Franklin, D.
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[Consideraciones en la estructuracion de una red cooperativa internacional para la evaluacion de variedades promisorias de yuca]
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Consideraciones en la estructuracion de una red cooperativa internacional para la evaluacion de variedades promisorias de yuca
The different methodological stages of cassava on-farm trials and their relationships regarding the objectives and functions of the Cassava Program at the Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) are outlined. Site selection, farm trial design and analysis, and some illustrative result...
This book examins the food security threats facing 11 of the countries that make up West Africa - Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo - and explores how climate change will increase the efforts needed to achieve sustainable f...
Jalloh, Abdulai
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Nelson, Gerald C.
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Thomas, Timothy S.
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Roy-Macauley, Harold
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[West African agriculture and climate change: a comprehensive analysis]
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West African agriculture and climate change: a comprehensive analysis
Purpose and scope of the review: This review of national greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation planning
in the agriculture sector has two objectives: (i) to provide national policy makers and others in the
agriculture sector with an overview of national mitigation planning processes and aid then in i...
Wilkes, Andreas
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Tennigkeit, Timm
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Solymosi K
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[National integrated mitigation planning in agriculture: a review paper]
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National integrated mitigation planning in agriculture: a review paper