The importance of cassava cultivation in relation to other agricultural products of cassava-producing countries is briefly analyzed. The production, area and yields of cassava cultivation in all the production zones, and especially L.A. countries, were studied with the purpose of evaluating the i...
Se analiza brevemente la importancia del cultivo de la yuca en relacion con otros productos agricolas de los paises productores de yuca. Se estudia la produccion, el area y el rendimiento del cultivo de la yuca en todas las zonas productoras y en especial en paises latinoamericanos, con el propos...
Díaz Duque, R.O.
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[Caracteristicas de la produccion de yuca en el mundo con enfasis en America Latina]
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Caracteristicas de la produccion de yuca en el mundo con enfasis en America Latina
Although the Philippines was the 1st Asian country to receive cassava from the New World via the Spanish in the 17th century, at present it is only a minor crop, grown essentially by smallholders who obtain very low yields (4-5 t/ha). There has been little government support although the crop fit...
Aunque las Filipinas fue el primer pais asiatico en recibir yuca proveniente del Nuevo Mundo a traves de los espanoles en el siglo 17, esta es actualmente solo un cultivo menor, producido esencialmente por pequenos agricultores que obtienen rendimientos muy bajos (4-5 t/ha). El gobierno ha brinda...
The agricultural economy of Malaysia has traditionally been export-oriented. Cassava was the 1st of the export crops, established in the 1850s. Malaysia is a land-surplus, labor-scarce economy; thus cassava was planted in a shifting cultivation system giving it the image of a soil-depleting crop....
La economia agricola de Malaysia se ha orientado tradicionalmente hacia la exportacion. La yuca, uno de los primeros cultivos de exportacion, se establecio en la decada de 1850. Malaysia posee una economia con exceso de tierras y escasez de mano de obra; por tanto, como la yuca se producia en sis...
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
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[Malaysia: Cassava vs. tree crops in the competition for land]
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Malaysia: Cassava vs. tree crops in the competition for land
Production trends and the demand for foods are taken as a useful framework to analyze cassava potential, production, marketing, and utilization in Latin. America. It is shown that to enhance the importance of cassava, it is not only necessary to improve production technology but to also carefully...
Se toman como marco de referencia las tendencias de produccion y demanda de alimentos, para analizar el potencial de la yuca, su produccion, mercadeo y utilizacion en America Latina. Se plantea que para incrementar la importancia del cultivo, no solo es necesario mejorar la tecnologia de producci...
Data on beans are presented and analyzed as to world production during 1982-84; contribution to world's production; importance in nutrition; yields (t/ha); production av. for 1962-64, 1972-74, and 1982-84; production increase in terms of yield and area planted during 1962-64 to 1972-74 and 1972-7...
Se presentan y analizan datos de produccion mundial de frijol para el periodo 1982-84; contribucion a la produccion mundial; importancia en la nutricion; rendimiento (t/ha); produccion prom. en los periodos 1962-64, 1972-74 y 1982-84; aumento de la produccion en terminos de rendimiento y area sem...
Cassava was probably introduced into China from South America around 1820. The main production area is in the southern province of Guandong and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. With the catastrophic famines in the 60s, efforts to spread cassava cultivation northward intensified considerably....
Probablemente, la yuca se introdujo a China desde America del Sur alrededor de 1820. La principal area de produccion esta en la provincia surena de Guandong y la Region Autonoma Guangxi Zhuang. Con las catastroficas hambrunas de la decada de los 60, se intensificaron considerablemente los esfuerz...
Stone, B
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[Trends and distribution of Chinese cassava production and use, 1820-1984 (A technological and economic examination of historical development and future potential)]
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Trends and distribution of Chinese cassava production and use, 1820-1984 (A technological and economic examination of historical development and future potential)
Indonesia is the premier example of a well-integrated cassava economy, where the multiuse characteristics of the crop are fully exploited. Av. yields range from 2.3 to 19.5 t/ha, depending on cropping system and, above all, land type. The 5 major cassava- producing zones are characterized. Cassav...
Indonesia es el principal ejemplo de una economia de yuca bien integrada, donde las caracteristicas de uso multiple del cultivo se explotan ampliamente. Los rendimientos prom. fluctuan entre 2.3 y 19.5 t/ha, dependiendo del sistema de cultivo y sobre todo del tipo de tierra. Se caracterizan las 5...