Resources Tagged: Sweet Potato

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  1. Introduction to Tropical Root Crops

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    2015-02-16 Tropical root and tuber crops are consumed as staples in parts of the tropics and should be considered for their potential to produce impressive yields in small spaces. They provide valuable options for producing food under challenging growing conditions. Cassava and taro, for instance, are...
    ECHO Resources Potatoes Yam Taro Cassava Sweet Potato Root Crops

  2. Sweet Potato

    1988-01-19 Sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas) are already the 6th or 7th most produced food crop in the world, surpassed onlyby wheat, rice, corn, potato, barley, and possibly cassava. Among the reasons that sweet potato is a great crop is that it is relatively easy to grow, relatively free of pests and...
    Ipomoea batatas Sweet Potato

  3. Understanding the Production of the Major Tropical/Subtropical Root Crops: Cassava, Potatoes, Sweet potatoes, Yams, and Cocoyams

    Key Resource 1985-04-01 Root crops is a general term commonly used for a wide variety of food plants that have an underground storage organ known as a root, tuber (rhizome), corm, or bulb. Root crops are rich in starch, and low in protein and oil. They are excellent sources of calories. Some are consumed as major...
    Sweet Potato Root Crops Cassava Potatoes

  4. Proceedings of the Eighth Symposium of the International Society for Tropical Root Crops

    1988-01-01 Includes 130 papers covering all cropping problems from agronomy to storage and utilization of products of cassava, sweet potato, potato, yam, aroids and minor tuberous crops. They will show the increasing importance of these crops for producers and consumers and the move from subsistence to cash...
    Cash Crops Tuber Crops Aroids Yam Potatoes Sweet Potato Cassava Agronomy Tropical crops On-Farm Research Root Crops

  5. Perennial Vegetables Workshop @ECHO - Eric Toensmeier

    Eric Toensmeier conducts a workshop in 2012 @ ECHO-Florida highlighting some of the 4000+ plants grown on the ECHO Global Farm in North Fort Myers, FL. For more from Eric Toensmeier, check out http://carbonfarmingsolution.com/
    Perennial Vegetables Global Farm Katuk Yam Winged Bean Chaya Lima Beans Perennial lima Hibiscus Moringa Cranberry Hibiscus Sweet Potato Cactus Bamboo Sprout Taro Basket Vine Pigeon Pea Lablab Garlic Chives Welsh Onion Papaya

  6. Ipomoea batatas - Sweet Potato

    Edible Portion: Tuber, Root, Leaves, Vegetable This is a root crop which produces long creeping vines. The leaves are carried singly along the vine. Leaves can vary considerably from divided like fingers on a hand to being entire and rounded or heart shaped. At the end of the vine, trumpet shaped...
    Plant Information FPI Tubers Roots and Tubers Roots Starchy Staples Sweet Potato Vegetables Edible Leaves

  7. Effect of Intercropping On Yield Of Sweet Potato

    1997-11-19 If I intercrop sweet potato with taller plants, how much will that reduce the productivity of the sweet potato?
    Sweet Potato Intercropping Root Crops

  8. Why Intercropping Reduces Yield Of Sweet Potatoes

    1998-05-19 Sweet potato produces tubers when it is STRESSED. That is why, in intercropping, it produces more leaves and fewer tubers.
    Sweet Potato Intercropping

  9. Preparation Of Diffusion Processed Sweet Potato At Home

    1983-02-19 Dr. Frank Martin is a research specialist in sweet potato breeding. He writes, "A persistent nagging question is why people don't eat and don't want to eat more sweet potatoes. We believe this is due to sweetness itself, as well as flavors and textures that are not liked. We developed a new...
    Sweet Potato

  10. Resources to Help with Haiti Disaster Response

    2010-04-01 https://www.echocommunity.org/resources/eb967d93-10ff-4c3d-a238-86ac0382bd68ECHO has considered how our resources can be most helpful in light of the recent devastating earthquake near Port Au Prince, Haiti. Our main strength is in the area of agricultural information relevant to development...
    Nitrogen Fixation Biosand Filter Haiti Disaster Mitigation Water Filters Moringa Cowpea Pigeon Pea Banana Sweet Potato Disaster Water Treatment Earthquake