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1984-01-01 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...
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2007-09-20 Bringing agriculture and health workers together Fighting AIDS with traditional foods and organic practices The revival of an ancient crop Seeking sustainable health improvements using orange-fleshed sweet potato Child nutrition in Mexico under conventional and organic agirculture Beating...
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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...
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Some reports shows that sweet potatoes are already the 6th or 7th most produced food crop in the world, surpassed only by wheat, rice, corn, potato, barley, and cassava. Among the reasons that sweet potato is a great crop is that it is relatively easy to grow, relatively free of pests and...
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This book is a partial output of a project entitled "Production and provision of pathogen-free, high quality sweet potato seed-stock for small holder farmers in Hwedza and Nuhera Districts" (ZBF 0009815) funded by the Biotechnology Trust of Zimbabwe (BTZ).
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Over the years the production of Sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas) as a commercial crop in Zimbabwe has been increasing due to its numerous advantages as compared to other root and tuber crops. The crop has minimal input requirements yet yields highly. Sweet potatoes store well and can be a famine...
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Production Requirements & Costs for 1 ha of Sweet Potatoes
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Recipes Covered in this Cookbook include: Appetizers Beverages Soups Salads Breads Breakfasts Main Dishes Desserts Friendship Recipes Around the World
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Sweet Potato is a dicotyledonous plant belonging to the family convolvulaceae. It is a perennial vine adaptable to different agro-ecological zones. It is widely grown on a small scale mainly in subsistence farming. The tubers are a rich source of the flavonoid anti-oxidants, vitamin A, dietary...
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The terms “sweet potato” and “yam” are often used interchangeably; however, they are actually two entirely different crops. Only sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas) are grown in the U.S.; yams (Dioscorea spp.) are grown in the Caribbean and many other tropical areas.