Achieving sustainable cultivation of cassava Volume 1: Cultivation techniques [Hardcover]

• Discusses the growing importance of cassava as a global crop;
• Reviews trends and challenges in cassava cultivation in Asia, Africa and Latin America;
• Summarises current best practice in cassava agronomy, including seed systems, soil and nutrient management, crop rotations and intercropping, and postharvest management
  

Drawing on an international range of expertise, this collection focuses on ways of improving the cultivation of cassava at each step in the value chain, from breeding to post-harvest storage. Volume 1 starts by reviewing current issues facing cassava cultivation around the world before discussing methods for sustainable intensification such as rotations, intercropping and more efficient nutrient management.

Achieving sustainable cultivation of cassava Volume 1: Cultivation techniqueswill be a standard reference for agricultural scientists in universities, government and other research centres and companies involved in improving cassava cultivation. It is accompanied by Volume 2 which reviews breeding, pests and diseases.

This book will provide a thorough state of the art on cassava research. The book benefits from bringing together professionals with a broad interdisciplinary expertise in cassava and a value-chain perspective in their writing. This book will be a welcome source of knowledge to facilitate the sustainable intensification of cassava farming globally. (Rodomiro Ortiz, Professor of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences; former Deputy Director General/Director of Research for Development, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA, Nigeria), and Director at the International Crops Research Institute flã‚