Cassava is an important tropical root crop with versatile uses in food, feed, green energy
and industrial sectors. It is grown mostly for food in Sub-Saharan Africa, food and other uses …

The topics covered include: the effect of cassava production on soil fertility (ie nutrient
absorption, distribution and removal in harvested products; nutrient losses by runoff and …

Total nutrient uptake and nutrients removed in harvested plant parts were determined for
cassava grown for either root or forage production, maize, sorghum, peanut, mungbean …

The origin and distribution of cassava in Asia is discussed. The other topics covered include:
agronomy and utilization; area, production and yield; cassava trade in Asia; and cassava …

ABSTRACT During the past decade (1990-2000) the area planted to cassava in most
countries in Asia has generally decreased, while production has remained stable or also …

In Indonesia, annual growth rates for cassava production and yield from 1961 to 2000 were
0.81% and 1.35%, respectively. However, the harvested area decreased at an average …

Since 1987 cassava agronomy research has been conducted by scientists from national
cassava programs in Asia in collaboration and with small financial assistance from the CIAT …

Throughout the tropics and subtropics cassava is grown on a wide range of soils, the main
limitation being that the soils have to be reasonably well drained. Table 1 shows that in Latin …

ABSTRACT The Nippon Foundation Project entitled “Enhancing the Sustainability of
Cassava-based Cropping Systems in Asia” started in 1994 and has as its main objective to …

Intercropping cassava with short-duration crops is a common practice among smallholder
farmers in many tropical countries. These intercrops are useful because they supply either …