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The criteria for technology design are as follows: suitable for areas presently marginal for agricultural production; low inputs; give a nonperishable product for transportation; simple to transfer and easy to manage, requiring minimal changes in the traditional systein, Some problems that are be...


Cock, James H.[Criteria for design of a new technology]Criteria for design of a new technology

CIAT activities in developing biotechnology applications to cassava in the last decade are described. The strategies to identify research topics and implement in house capabilities and an international cooperative effort in cassava biotechnology are emphasized. Successful integration of selected ...


Roca, William M.Henry, GuyAngel, F.Sarria, R[Biotechnology research applied to cassava improvement at the International Center of Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)]Biotechnology research applied to cassava improvement at the International Center of Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)

Activities of the collaborative project Integrated Rural Development Program (DRI)/Canadian International Development Agency- CIAT for the agroindustrial development of cassava on the Colombian Atlantic Coast are reported for the period July 1982-May 1983. Efforts concentrated on the expansion of...


Gómez G., Guillermo G.[Plan piloto para el desarrollo agro-industrial del cultivo de la yuca en algunos departamentos de la Costa Atlantica de Colombia : Segundo informe julio 1982-mayo 1983]Plan piloto para el desarrollo agro-industrial del cultivo de la yuca en algunos departamentos de la Costa Atlantica de Colombia : Segundo informe julio 1982-mayo 1983

A proposal is presented to carry out an agroeconomic study of cassava in Sub-Saharan Africa, which will provide an in-depth characterization of cassava production, processing, and marketing. Aspects covered will be the structure of cassava-based cropping systems in principal and potential produci...


International Center for Tropical Agriculture[Agroeconomic study of cassava in Sub-Saharan Africa]Agroeconomic study of cassava in Sub-Saharan Africa

Background information is given on a collaborative project carried out by CIAT, the Univ. del Valle, and the Colombian Integrated Rural Development Fund (DRI), which seeks to integrate the production, processing, and marketing components of the CF system under real socioeconomic conditions of a c...


International Center for Tropical Agriculture[Production and marketing of cassava flour for human consumption: Phase II or pilot project phase : Semesterly report]Production and marketing of cassava flour for human consumption: Phase II or pilot project phase : Semesterly report
Autor: Kawano, K

Feasible overall goals for cassava breeding in Asia are proposed on the basis of current national cassava breeding programs, achievements, and cassava demand in the following Asian Countries: Thailand, Philippines, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, and Vietnam. CIAT germplasm that has been selec...


Kawano, K[Potential for cassava breeding in Asia]Potential for cassava breeding in Asia
Autor: Best, R.

The 1st yr of operation (1983-84) of 6 cassava natural drying plants, established in some states of the Colombian Atlantic Coast as a result of the successful operation of the Betulia pilot plant (Sucre) established in 1981, is reported. Under the present production and commercialization conditio...


Best, R.[Plan piloto para el desarrollo agro-industrial del cultivo de la yuca en algunos departamentos de la Costa Atlantica de Colombia : Tercer informe junio 1983-junio 1984]Plan piloto para el desarrollo agro-industrial del cultivo de la yuca en algunos departamentos de la Costa Atlantica de Colombia : Tercer informe junio 1983-junio 1984

The structure and methodology of cassava research are discussed. Research on the potential world demand for the crop was divided into different components: the country was the unit of analysis and the market, the 2nd level of analytical subdivision where individual markets were assumed to be inde...


International Center for Tropical Agriculture[Global cassava research and development: the cassava demand studies and implications for the strategies for the CIAT cassava program]Global cassava research and development: the cassava demand studies and implications for the strategies for the CIAT cassava program

General information is given on African bean production and research opportunities. The objectives and organization of the CIAT bean program in Africa are mentioned, including the probable pattern of staffing and location of CIAT regional bean programs in the Great Lakes region, Eastern Africa, a...


Kirkby, Roger A.[The role, organization and management of CIAT`s activities in support of national bean improvement programs in Eastern Africa]The role, organization and management of CIAT`s activities in support of national bean improvement programs in Eastern Africa

Strategies, achievements, and challenges in bean research at CIAT are analyzed and discussed. Research strategy emphasis has been to reduce losses caused by diseases and pests. This strategy has, in general, not lead to yield increases. A change in research emphasis is, therefore, proposed. This ...


Schoonhoven, Aart van[Strategies, achievements and challanges in bean research; the CIAT perspective]Strategies, achievements and challanges in bean research; the CIAT perspective

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