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Yam in West Africa : Food, Money, and More.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nweke, Felix I.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: East Lansing, MI : Michigan State University Press, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword by Werner Kiene; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1. Yam Primer; Chapter 2. Yam Production Contexts in Nigeria and Ghana; Chapter 3. High Labor Cost in Yam Production; Chapter 4. Yam Seed Technologies; Chapter 5. The Challenge of Nematodes in the Yam Food Sector; Chapter 6. Yam Crop Improvement Research; Chapter 7. Prospects and Impediments to Difffusion of Hybrid Yams in Nigeria; Chapter 8. Periphery Situation of Yam in National Food Policy Programs; Chapter 9. Yam Stereotype as a Man's Crop; Chapter 10. Yam Postharvest Matters; Chapter 11. Trade in West African Yam.
  • Chapter 12. Fuels of Yam Consumption in West AfricaChapter 13. Yam in the Igbo Cultural Rite of Marriage; Chapter 14. Synthesis; Appendix 1. Participants in Activities that Contributed Information Reported in this Book; Appendix 2. List of Hybrid Yams Released to Farmers in Nigeria; Notes; References; Index.