Problems and Perspectives of Yam-Based Cropping Systems in Africa

Journal of Crop Production

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 531-558

  Ekanayake, Indira J ^a,b   Asiedu, Robert ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^b Carolyn House ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

African agriculture; Cropping systems; Dioscorea spp.; Food security; Root and tuber crops; Yam breeding

Indexed keywords

DIOSCOREA; DIOSCOREA ALATA;

EID: 0344152865     PISSN: 1092678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J144v09n01_08     Document Type: Review

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