Aspects of snap bean cultivation in Valle del Cauca (Colombia) are analyzed. They include importance, area, cultivation systems, irrigation, planting times, seed, var., herbicides, diseases and pests and their control, crop rotation, fertilization, harvest, quality standards for purchasing, genet...
Se analizan aspectos del cultivo de la habichuela en el Valle del Cauca como importancia, area, sistemas de cultivo, riegos, epoca de siembra, semilla, var., herbicidas, enfermedades y plagas y su control, rotacion, fertilizacion, cosecha, normas de calidad para compra de habichuela, mejoramiento...
The situation of root and tuber crops, especially taro, cassava, yam, sweet potato, and potato, in Barbados is discussed and analyzed. Although the production and exportation of yam and sweet potato decreased during the period 1970-84, cassava and taro production, for local consumption, has remai...
Se discute y analiza la situacion de los cultivos de raices y tuberculos, especialmente malangay, yuca, name, batata y papa, en Barbados. Aunque la produccion y exportacion del name y batata disminuyeron durante el periodo 1970-84, la produccion de yuca y malangay, que es solo para consumo local,...
Since the cultivation of root and tuber crops in Belize is primarily at the subsistence level, there are no available data on research, production, and demand. Several data are presented on area sown, cropping systems, and socioeconomic profile of the farmers. Finally, the marketing of root crops...
Puesto que el cultivo de raices y tuberculos en Belice es principalmente a nivel de subsistencia, no hay datos disponibles sobre investigacion, produccion y demanda. Se presentan algunos datos sobre area cultivada, sistemas de cultivo y perfil socioeconomico de los agricultores. Finalmente se ana...
The existing data on production and consumption of sweet potato, cassava, yam, potato, taro, and arum crops are presented to provide basic elements with which the problems of these crops in Haiti can be analyzed. Ecosystems in which they are grown, farm characteristics, required labor, cropping s...
Se presentan los datos existentes sobre la produccion y el consumo de batata, yuca, name, papa, malangay y mazombelle para tener elementos basicos que permitan analizar la problematica de estos cultivos en Haiti. Se indican los ecosistemas en los cuales se cultivan, las caracteristicas de las fin...
The supply and demand of cassava, yam, sweet potato, cocoyam, and potato in the Dominican Republic are analyzed; cultivated land characteristics and availability, farmers' socioeconomic profile, cropping systems, yields, production costs and constraints, and required labor are indicated. Cassava ...
Se analizan la oferta y la demanda de yuca, name, batata, ocumo y papa en la Republica Dominicana; se indican las caracteristicas y la disponibilidad de tierra cultivada, las caracteristicas socioeconomicas de los agricultores, sistemas de cultivo, rendimientos, costos y limitaciones de produccio...
In Thailand cassava is produced mainly for export. The Thai cassava industry was based on starch export until the 60s when West Germany began to use CSW for animal feed. As this was a by-product of starch manufacturing, shortages resulted, leading to the market for CM. Chips became the dominant e...
En Tailandia la yuca se produce principalmente para exportacion. La industria yuquera tailandesa se baso en la exportacion de almidon hasta la decada de los 60 cuando Alemania Occidental comenzo a utilizar los residuos de almidon de yuca en alimentos para animales. Debido a que este era un subpro...
This analysis of global and Asian markets looks at protectionism and substitution (decline in starch trade, rise in trade of cassava feedstuffs) and the Asian regional market for cassava feedstuffs. The degree of substitution between cassava and grains has increased measurably during the postwar ...
Este analisis de los mercados mundiales y asiaticos contempla las politicas de proteccionismo y sustitucion (reduccion en la comercializacion del almidon y aumento en la comercializacion de los concentrados a base de yuca), en particular, y el mercado regional asiatico para alimentos para animale...
Different aspects of cassava cultivation in the Dominican Republic are described, namely edaphoclimatic regions, production, trade, consumption, production systems, var., and uses. Production constraints include inadequate land preparation, limited use of recommended agronomic practices, diseases...
Se describen diferentes aspectos del cultivo de la yuca en la Republica Dominicana, a saber: regiones edafoclimaticas, produccion, comercio, consumo, sistemas de produccion, var. y usos. Las limitaciones a la produccion incluyen deficiente preparacion del suelo, uso limitado de practicas agronomi...
Models for cassava project monitoring and evaluation are discussed, focussing on the system that has been created and honed over time to follow up on the DRI/CIAT cooperative project on the Colombian Atlantic Coast. This system is based on a data bank, in- depth surveys, and intensive follow-up o...
Se discuten modelos para monitoria y evaluacion de proyectos de yuca, con enfasis en el sistema que ha sido creado y pulido con el tiempo para hacer el seguimiento al proyecto cooperativo DRI/CIAT en la Costa Atlantica de Colombia. Este sistema se basa en un banco de datos, en encuestas exhaustiv...
The actual socioeconomic impact of the cassava natural drying project on the Atlantic Coast of Colombia is discussed with regard to increasing income of farmers and their families who live in the project's area of influence. Limitations in each phase of development of the project (pilot phase, 1s...
Se discute el impacto socioeconomico actual del proyecto de secamiento natural de la yuca en la Costa Atlantica de Colombia en relacion con el incremento de los ingresos de los agricultores y sus familias que viven en el area de influencia del proyecto. Se indican las limitaciones en cada fase de...