Search Results - subject:"Yams"

Sustainable Food Production Systems and Food Security: Economic and Environmental Imperatives in Yam Cultivation in Trelawny, Jamaica

Beckford, Clinton; Campbell, Donovan; Barker, David - In: Sustainability 3 (2011) 3, pp. 541-561

Members of the genus <em>Dioscorea, </em>food yams, were introduced to Jamaica from Africa during the slave era and … providing employment for thousands of rural Jamaicans. Until the 1960s yams were grown for local use by subsistence growers for …

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Promoting local foods in small island states : the role of information policies

Thomas, Alban; Ozier-Lafontaine, Harry; Blazy, Jean-Marc - In: Food policy : economics planning and politics of food … 57 (2015), pp. 62-72

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Sustainable Agriculture and Innovation Adoption in a Tropical Small-Scale Food Production System: The Case of Yam Minisetts in Jamaica

Beckford, Clinton L. - In: Sustainability 1 (2009) 1, pp. 81-96

Grown in Jamaica since the days of slavery, food yams are major staples in local diets and a significant non …

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An Analysis of the Supply for Seed Yams in Nigeria

Asumugha, G.N; Njoku, M.E; Okoye, B.C; Aniedu, O.C; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

. Farmer’s only sell seed yams after satisfying own requirements. The results therefore call for policies aimed at ensuring …

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Explaining Success in Reducing Under-Nourishment Numbers in Ghana

Aggrey-Fynn, Emmanuel; Banini, Godsway; Croppenstedt, Andre - Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations - 2003

The FAO Food Security measure shows that the number of under-nourished Ghanaians has fallen from 64 to 12 percent between 1979-1981 and 1998-2000. Since income distribution is assumed to have remained constant the change is due entirely to increased food availability. The paper shows that most...

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