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

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Author / Creator:DeVries, Joseph.
Imprint:Oxon, UK ; New York : CABI Pub., c2001.
Description:xvi, 208 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4681171
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Other authors / contributors:Toenniessen, Gary H.
ISBN:0851995640 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-198) and index.

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505 0 0 |g Pt. I.  |t Biotechnology, Breeding, and Seed Systems for African crops: Re-thinking a 10,000-year-old challenge --  |g Ch. 1.  |t Introduction and Summary --  |g Ch. 2.  |t The Challenge --  |g Ch. 3.  |t The Roots of Hunger --  |g Ch. 4.  |t Breeding - Between an Art and a Science --  |g Ch. 5.  |t Biotechnology: Expanded Possibilities --  |g Ch. 6.  |t Seed Systems: Reaching the Poor in Numbers --  |g Ch. 7.  |t Conclusions --  |g Pt. II.  |t Exploring New Strategies for Improving Africa's Food Crops --  |g Ch. 8.  |t Maize --  |g Ch. 9.  |t Sorghum --  |g Ch. 10.  |t Pearl Millet --  |g Ch. 11.  |t Rice --  |g Ch. 12.  |t Cowpea --  |g Ch. 13.  |t Cassava --  |g Ch. 14.  |t Banana.  |g App. A.  |t Production (1000 t) of principal food crops in sub-Saharan Africa, 1997 --  |g App. B.  |t Per capita production (kg per person) of principal food crops in sub-Saharan Africa, 1997. 
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