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The Cassava Transformation: Africa’s Best-Kept Secret
Author: Felix I. Nweke (Author), Dunstan S. C. Spencer (Author), John K. Lynam (Author)
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Publication date: 2001-11-30
Language: English
Print length: 273 pages
ISBN-10: 087013602X
ISBN-13: 9780870136023
Book Description
Cassava is Africa’s “poverty fighter” and second most important food crop. This book discusses Cassava’s real role and traces research over the past 65 years. The “Cassava transformation” that is now underway in Africa has changed this traditional, reserve crop to a high-yield cash crop. However, Cassava is being neglected by governments and donor agencies because of myths and half-truths about its nutritional value and role in farm systems.
About the Author
Felix I. Nwekehas been Professor of Agricultural Economics at the University of Nigeria, senior economist at International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, and visiting professor at Michigan State University, among other positions. In 2012 he received a lifetime achievement award for leadership in tropical root crops research.
Dunstan S. C. Spencer is Associate Director of Agricultural Programs in the Rockefeller Foundation.
John K. Lynam is associate Director of the Food Security Division, Rockefeller Foundation, Nairobi, Kenya. He is author of The Cassava Transformation and an editor of Transformation of Educational Research Systems.