TY  - BOOK
AU  - DeVries,J.
AU  - Toenniessen,G.
TI  - Securing the harvest: biotechnology, breeding and seed systems for African crops
T2  - CABI Books
SN  - 9781845933302
PY  - 2001///
CY  - WallingfordUK
PB  - CABI Publishing
KW  - genetic improvement
KW  - Papilionoideae
KW  - eudicots
KW  - corn
KW  - Zea
KW  - Zea mays
KW  - Poales
KW  - Africa
KW  - maize
KW  - Manihot
KW  - Euphorbiaceae
KW  - Oryza sativa
KW  - cultivated varieties
KW  - cowpeas
KW  - Fabaceae
KW  - Sorghum
KW  - paddy
KW  - black-eyed peas
KW  - eukaryotes
KW  - rice
KW  - southern peas
KW  - Malpighiales
KW  - plant breeding
KW  - Oryza
KW  - Manihot esculenta
KW  - biotechnology
KW  - cassava
KW  - commelinids
KW  - food security
KW  - angiosperms
KW  - Fabales
KW  - tapioca plant
KW  - cultivars
KW  - Vigna unguiculata
KW  - seed production
KW  - Poaceae
KW  - Vigna
KW  - Spermatophyta
KW  - manioc
KW  - monocotyledons
KW  - plants
N2  - Improved food security, led by increased productivity among Africa’s many small-scale farmers, has been the aim of significant national and international effort in recent decades.This book grew out of a two-year exploration conducted by the food security theme of The Rockefeller Foundation focusing on the potential for crop genetic improvement to contribute to food security among rural populations in Africa.  It provides a critical assessment of the ways in which recent breakthroughs in biotechnology, participatory plant breeding, and seed systems can be broadly employed in developing and delivering more productive crop varieties in Africa’s diverse agricultural environments
UR  - https://cabi-prod.literatumonline.com/action/showBook?doi=10.1079%2F9780851995649.0000
ER  -