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

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Nweke, Felix I. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, 2016.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Yams as food.
Yams.
Yam industry.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Horticulture.
Ignames (Aliment) > Afrique occidentale.
Ignames > Afrique occidentale.
Yam industry > Africa, West.
Yams as food > Africa, West.
Yams > Africa, West.
West Africa.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • 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 Africa
  • Chapter 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.

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