Securing the harvest [ biotechnology, breeding, and seed systems for African crops

Securing the harvest [ biotechnology, breeding, and seed systems for African crops

This work provides a critical assessment of the ways in which breakthroughs in biotechnology, participatory plant breeding, and seed systems can be broadly employed in developing and delivering more crop varieties in Africa's diverse environment.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: DeVries, Joseph (Author), Toenniessen, Gary H. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, Oxon, UK : CABI Publishing , c2001
Subjects:
Food crops > Biotechnology > Africa, Sub-Saharan
Food crops > Breeding > Africa, Sub-Saharan
Seed technology > Africa, Sub-Saharan
Online Access:https://www.cabi.org/cabebooks/FullTextPDF/2001/20013156546.pdf
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction and summary
  • 2. The challenge
  • 3. The roots of hunger
  • 4. Breeding - between an art and a science
  • 5. Biotechnology : expanded possibilities
  • 6. Seed systems : reaching the poor in numbers
  • 7. Conclusions
  • 8. Maize
  • 9. Sohum
  • 10. Pearl millet
  • 11. Rice
  • 12. Cowpea
  • 13. Cassava
  • 14. Banana

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