Author: Ashenafi Gedamu-GobenaPublisher: kassel university press GmbH
ISBN: 3899584112
Category : Food supply
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Triticale Production in Ethiopia
Author: Ashenafi Gedamu-GobenaPublisher: kassel university press GmbH
ISBN: 3899584112
Category : Food supply
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Lost Crops of Africa
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309176891
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
Scenes of starvation have drawn the world's attention to Africa's agricultural and environmental crisis. Some observers question whether this continent can ever hope to feed its growing population. Yet there is an overlooked food resource in sub-Saharan Africa that has vast potential: native food plants. When experts were asked to nominate African food plants for inclusion in a new book, a list of 30 species grew quickly to hundreds. All in all, Africa has more than 2,000 native grains and fruitsâ€""lost" species due for rediscovery and exploitation. This volume focuses on native cereals, including: African rice, reserved until recently as a luxury food for religious rituals. Finger millet, neglected internationally although it is a staple for millions. Fonio (acha), probably the oldest African cereal and sometimes called "hungry rice." Pearl millet, a widely used grain that still holds great untapped potential. Sorghum, with prospects for making the twenty-first century the "century of sorghum." Tef, in many ways ideal but only now enjoying budding commercial production. Other cultivated and wild grains. This readable and engaging book dispels myths, often based on Western bias, about the nutritional value, flavor, and yield of these African grains. Designed as a tool for economic development, the volume is organized with increasing levels of detail to meet the needs of both lay and professional readers. The authors present the available information on where and how each grain is grown, harvested, and processed, and they list its benefits and limitations as a food source. The authors describe "next steps" for increasing the use of each grain, outline research needs, and address issues in building commercial production. Sidebars cover such interesting points as the potential use of gene mapping and other "high-tech" agricultural techniques on these grains. This fact-filled volume will be of great interest to agricultural experts, entrepreneurs, researchers, and individuals concerned about restoring food production, environmental health, and economic opportunity in sub-Saharan Africa. Selection, Newbridge Garden Book Club
Triticale Improvement and Production
Author: Mohamed MergoumPublisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9789251051825
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Triticale, the first successful human-made cereal grain, was produced in 1875 by crossing wheat with rye. This publication contains updated information on various aspects of triticale production, uses and marketing strategies worldwide; and it includes 13 country reports on the crop's production and research status.
The Fifth Regional Wheat Workshop
Author: Maarten van GinkelPublisher: CIMMYT
ISBN: 9789686127034
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Sustainable Remedies for Abiotic Stress in Cereals
Author: Arafat Abdel Hamed Abdel LatefPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 9811951217
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 679
Book Description
This book is an elaborate account of the effects of abiotic stressors on cereals crops. It not only discusses the impacts of abiotic stress on the crops but also the physiological, biochemical, and molecular strategies applied in plant of cereal crops to alleviate the detrimental effects of abiotic stressors. The book also elaborates on various molecular response to the abiotic stress. It is a knowledgebase providing readers latest updates on development of high-performance diagnostics, stress induced responses, genomics, phenomics and metabolomics involved in abiotic stress tolerance of cereal food crops. The book is useful for plant scientists and research scholars. Post graduate students of agriculture sciences, plant physiology, botany and biochemistry also benefit from this compilation.
The Ninth Regional Wheat Workshop
Author: Publisher: CIMMYT
ISBN: 9789291460076
Category : Wheat
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Bibliographia Aethiopica II
Author: Hans Wilhelm LockotPublisher: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
ISBN: 9783447036115
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 890
Book Description
Erstmals wird hier die Fulle der englischsprachigen Athiopienliteratur geordnet dargeboten. In 100 Sections fuhrt der Autor alle fur die wissenschaftliche Beschaftigung mit Athiopien wichtigen Buch- und Zeitschriftenbeitrage zum Beispiel zur "Historyof Research", "Archaeology", "Religion", aber auch Fragen der "Sociology", "Agriculture", "Zoology" und "Medical Sciences" auf. Wie im Falle der deutschsprachigen Literatur ("Bibliographia Aethiopica: Die athiopienkundliche Literatur des deutschsprachigenRaumes" = Aethiopistische Forschungen 9 [1982]) berucksichtigt der Autor auch alle ihm zuganglichen Besprechungen, womit bei einer Aufnahme von mehr als 24.000 Titeln eine Art "Bibliographic Enzyclopedia" entstanden ist.
A Profile of Economic Plants
Author: John C. RoeckleinPublisher: Transaction Publishers
ISBN: 9781412832076
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
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