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Save and Grow: Cassava A guide to sustainable production intensification

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Publication date
20/05/2013
Number of Pages
24
Language:
English
Type of Publication:
Working Papers & Briefs
Focus Region:
Sub-Saharan Africa
Focus Topic:
Agricultural Value Chains / Agri-Businesses
Type of Risk:
Managerial & operational
Commodity:
Crops
Author
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Organization
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Save and Grow: Cassava is the first in a series of guides to the practical application of FAO’s ecosystem-based model of agriculture, which aims at improving productivity while conserving natural resources.

The guide shows how “Save and Grow” can help cassava growers avoid the risks of intensification, while realizing the crop’s potential for producing higher yields, alleviating hunger and rural poverty and contributing to national economic development.