Resources

Roots and tubers

Tropical starchy root crops and tubers 鈥� cassava, sweet potato, yam and dasheen 鈥�, or "RTs", play a vital role in food security for populations in tropical zones, against a backdrop of population growth and rapid urbanization, particularly in Africa. 黑料网911 has substantial expertise in these value chains, ranging from genomics to postharvest technology through varietal improvement, plant health, cropping systems and value chain economics. 黑料网911's approach is multidisciplinary and often innovative.

Books and documents

2nd edition. 2020. Vincent Lebot, Cirad. Cabi, 515p
Aims to bring together in a single work the state of the art on the origins and history, taxonomy and botany, genetics and improvement, physiology, agronomy, pests and diseases, post-harvest quality and marketing for root and tuber plant species (cassava, sweet potato, yams and aroids).

Philippe Vernier, Boni N’Zué, Nadine Zakhia-Rozis, Quæ, Agricultures tropicales en poche, 2018

Estelle Biénabe, Denis Loeillet, Alain Rival (ed.), Springer, 2017

Vincenot Didier, Roux-Cuvelier Michel. Chevagny-sur-Guye: Editions Orphie, 159 p. (Le grand livre) ISBN 978-2-87763-637-7 Revues, 2018

Monthly bulletin on trade in fresh and processed tropical fruits, citrus fruits and off-season fruits.
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Production guides

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COLEACP is an international network working to foster sustainable development of the horticultural trade. PIP is a European cooperation programme led by COLEACP.