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A global alliance declaring war on cassava viruses in Africa

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Title A global alliance declaring war on cassava viruses in Africa
 
Creator Legg, James P.
Attiogbevi Somado, Eklou
Barker, Ian
Beach, Larry
Ceballos, H.
Cuéllar, Wilmer Jose
Elkhoury, Warid
Gerling, Dan
Helsen, Jan
Hershey, Clair H.
Jarvis, Andy
Kulakow, P.A.
Kumar, L.
Lorenzo, Jim
Lynam, John K.
McMahon, Matthew
Maruthi, Gowda
Miano, Doug
Mtunda, Kiddo
Ntawuruhunga, Pheneas
Okogbenin, Emmanuel
Pezo, Phemba
Terry, Eugene R.
Thiele, Graham
Thresh, Michael
Wadsworth, Jonathan
Walsh, Steve
Winter, Stephan
Tohme, Joseph M.
Fauquet, Claude M.
 
Subject cassava
mandioca
seguridad alimentaria
food security
 
Description Cassava, originally from South America, is the fourth most important source of calories in the developing world after the cereal crops wheat, maize, and rice. Worldwide, it feeds an estimated 700 million people directly or indirectly. Cassava production has increased steadily for the last 50 years, with 242 MT harvested in 2012. The increase is likely to continue as farmers in more than 105 countries come to recognize the crop’s advantages. A semi-perennial root crop, cassava can stay in the ground for up to 3 years. This makes it an excellent food security crop: when all other crops have been exhausted, cassava roots can still be harvested. It is naturally drought resistant and resilient to climatic changes, high temperatures, and poor soils, and in addition, cassava responds extremely well to high CO2 concentrations, making it a very important crop for the 21st century.
 
Date 2014-04
2014-08-06T07:08:46Z
2014-08-06T07:08:46Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Legg, James; Attiogbevi Somado, Eklou; Barker, Ian; Beach, Larry; Ceballos, Hernan; Cuellar, Wilmer; Elkhoury, Warid; Gerling, Dan; Helsen, Jan; Hershey, Clair; Jarvis, Andrew; Kulakow, Peter; Kumar, Lava; Lorenzo, Jim; Lynam, John; McMahon, Matthew; Maruthi, Gowda; Miano, Doug; Mtunda, Kiddo; Natwuruhunga, Pheneas; Okogbenin, Emmanuel; Pezo, Phemba; Terry, Eugene; Thiele, Graham; Thresh, Mike; Wadsworth, Jonathan; Walsh, Steve; Winter, Stephan; Tohme, Joseph M.; Fauquet, Claude M.. 2014. A global alliance declaring war on cassava viruses in Africa . Food Security 6(2):231-248.
1876-4517
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/41899
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-014-0340-x
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format p. 231-248
 
Publisher Springer Science and Business Media LLC
 
Source Food Security