Potatoes: Production, Marketing, and Programs for Developing Countries

ISBN-13: 9780367299460 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 244 str.

Douglas Horton

Opis

This book summarizes the principles of potato production, distribution, and use. The essential facts about the potato as a crop, a commodity, and a food are discussed as well as the issues that scientists and policymakers should consider in setting priorities for implementing and assessing the impact of potato research and extension programs.

Spis treści

Foreword -- Introduction -- World patterns and trends in potato production and use -- The potato crop and its physical environment -- The socioeconomic environment: Levels of development and public policies -- Supply, demand, and marketing -- Potato nutrition and consumption -- Potato production systems -- Research priorities and potato programs -- Impact of potato programs -- Summing up

O autorze

Douglas Horton is the head of the Social Science Department, International Potato Center, Lima, Peru.