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Root and tuber crops in Grenada

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Title Root and tuber crops in Grenada
 
Creator Buckmire, K.U.
Benjamin, R.L.
Burris, N.
 
Subject manihot esculenta
production
sweet potatoes
cocoyams
starch crops
producción
batata
ocumo
name
 
Description The situation of sweet potato, cassava, cocoyam, taro, and yams, mainly grown for subsistence in Grenada, is presented. Their supply, cropping systems, yields, production costs and constraints, and the socioeconomic characteristics of the farmers are briefly discussed. The marketing of sweet potato, yams, and aroids is analyzed as well as the government policies related to the support of root crop plant breeding programs.(CIAT)
Se presenta la situacion de la batata, la yuca, el ocumo, el malangay y el name, cultivados principalmente para subsistencia en Granada. Se discuten brevemente su oferta, sistemas de cultivo, rendimientos, costos y limitaciones de la produccion y el perfil socioeconomico de los productores. Se analizan el mercadeo de batata, name y aroides y las politicas gubernamentales relacionadas con el apoyo a los proyectos de mejoramiento de los cultivos de raices. (CIAT)
 
Date 1986
2017-06-20T09:01:38Z
2017-06-20T09:01:38Z
 
Type Book Chapter
 
Identifier Buckmire, K.U.;Benjamin, R.L.;Burris, N.1986. Root and tuber crops in Grenada . In: Regional Workshop on Root Crops Production and Research in the Caribbean (1985, Guadeloupe). Root crops production and research in the Caribbean: Proceedings . Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Cali, CO. p. 51-57.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82272
http://ciat-library.ciat.cgiar.org/Articulos_Ciat/Digital/SB123.E9C.2_An_exchange_of_experiences_from_South_and_South_East_Asia.pdf#page=400
 
Language en
 
Rights Open Access
 
Format p. 51-57
application/pdf
 
Publisher International Center for Tropical Agriculture