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Resources Tagged: Sweet Potato

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  1. Sweet Potato

    Some reports shows that sweet potatoes are already the 6th or 7th most produced food crop in the world, surpassed only by wheat, rice, corn, potato, barley, and cassava. Among the reasons that sweet potato is a great crop is that it is relatively easy to grow, relatively free of pests and...
    Sweet Potato

  2. Ipomoea batatas - Sweet Potato

    Edible Portion: Tuber, Root, Leaves, Vegetable This is a root crop which produces long creeping vines. The leaves are carried singly along the vine. Leaves can vary considerably from divided like fingers on a hand to being entire and rounded or heart shaped. At the end of the vine, trumpet shaped...
    Edible Leaves Vegetables Sweet Potato Starchy Staples Roots Roots and Tubers Tubers FPI Plant Information

  3. FM 2007 LEISA Magazine Vol 23 #3

    2007-09-20 Bringing agriculture and health workers together Fighting AIDS with traditional foods and organic practices The revival of an ancient crop Seeking sustainable health improvements using orange-fleshed sweet potato Child nutrition in Mexico under conventional and organic agirculture Beating...
    Malnutrition Children Nutrition Sweet Potato Vietnam HIV/AIDS Traditional farming Pesticides Poultry Health Wild Plants

  4. Understanding The Production Of The Major Tropical/Sub-Tropical Root Crops Sweet Potatoes, Yams And Cocoyams

    1984-01-01 Root crops is a general term commonly used for a wide variety of food plants that have an underground storage organ known as a root, tuber (rhizome), corm, or bulb. Root crops are rich in starch, and low in protein and oil. They are excellent sources of calories. Some are consumed as major...
    Subtropical Agricu... Sub-Tropics Roots Roots and Tubers Tubers Sweet Potato Yams Cocoyams VITA Downloads

  5. FM 1993 ILEIA Newsletter Vol 9 #3

    1993-10-19 Fermented foods Crop residues: mulch or feed? Improved grainaries Indigenous food preservation Enset A long tradition of long storage Fusing tradition and science to design a better granary The many uses of millet residues Pastoral women harvest hay for calves Sweet potatoes Andean noodles
    Food Preservation Millet Sweet Potato Crop Residue Manag... Fermented Foods Crop Residues as Feed Indigenous Foods Hay Grain Storage

  6. FM 1995 ILEIA Newsletter Vol 11 #1

    1995-03-19 Learning how to do experimental trials Intensive small-scale farming Understanding plant diseases Fertilizer bean-Honduras Rats, mice and other vermin Rural journalism Information sharing - Germany Flexible experiments Learning with urban farmers - Bolivia Less fertilzer Hybrid layers -...
    Rodents Urban Agriculture Sweet Potato Chicken Plant Disease Germany Urban Gardening Small Scale Farmers Nicaragua Fertilization Honduras Legumes

  7. CIP - International Potato Center

    The International Potato Center (CIP) was founded in 1971 as a research-for-development organization with a focus on potato, sweetpotato and andean roots and tubers. It delivers innovative science-based solutions to enhance access to affordable nutritious food, foster inclusive sustainable...
    Potatoes Root Crops Roots and Tubers Sweet Potato Potato

  8. Root Crop Processing

    Covers the the most common processing techniques for the major root crops including potato, cassava, sweet potato, yam and other edible aroid crops. Includes sections on basic food science principles, small-scale processing methods and case studies.
    Root Crops Root Crop Processing Potatoes Cassava Sweet Potato Yam Aroids Food Science Case Studies Women in Development Developing countries

  9. Proceedings of the Eighth Symposium of the International Society for Tropical Root Crops

    1988-01-01 Includes 130 papers covering all cropping problems from agronomy to storage and utilization of products of cassava, sweet potato, potato, yam, aroids and minor tuberous crops. They will show the increasing importance of these crops for producers and consumers and the move from subsistence to cash...
    Root Crops On-Farm Research Tropical crops Agronomy Cassava Sweet Potato Potatoes Yam Aroids Tuber Crops Cash Crops

  10. Sweet Potato: Proceedings of the First International Symposium

    This book includes writings from the International Symposium on Sweet Potato. It includes infoon the sweet potato and its value.
    Sweet Potato Root Crops