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    A global alliance declaring war on cassava viruses in Africa

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    Date
    2014-04-03
    Author
    Legg, J.P.
    Attiogbevi Somado, Eklou
    Barker, Ian
    Beach, Larry
    Ceballos, H.
    Cuéllar, Wilmer
    Elkhoury, Warid
    Gerling, Dan
    Helsen, Jan
    Hershey, Clair H.
    Jarvis, Andy
    Kulakow, P.A.
    Kumar, Lava
    Lorenzo, Jim
    Lynam, John K.
    McMahon, Matthew
    Maruthi, Gowda
    Miano, Doug
    Mtunda, Kiddo
    Ntawuruhunga, Pheneas
    Okogbenin, Emmanuel
    Pezo, Phemba
    Terry, Eugene R.
    Thiele, G.
    Thresh, Mike
    Wadsworth, Jonathan
    Walsh, Steve
    Winter, Stephan
    Tohme, Joseph M.
    Fauquet, Claude M.
    Type
    Journal Article
    Target Audience
    Scientists
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    Abstract/Description
    Cassava, originally from South America, is the fourth most important source of calories in the developing world after the cereal crops wheat, maize, and rice. Worldwide, it feeds an estimated 700 million people directly or indirectly. Cassava production has increased steadily for the last 50 years, with 242 MT harvested in 2012. The increase is likely to continue as farmers in more than 105 countries come to recognize the crop’s advantages. A semi-perennial root crop, cassava can stay in the ground for up to 3 years. This makes it an excellent food security crop: when all other crops have been exhausted, cassava roots can still be harvested. It is naturally drought resistant and resilient to climatic changes, high temperatures, and poor soils, and in addition, cassava responds extremely well to high CO2 concentrations, making it a very important crop for the 21st century.
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12571-014-0340-x
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    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/591
    Non-IITA Authors ORCID
    Hernan Ceballoshttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8744-7918
    Andy Jarvishttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6543-0798
    Joe Tohmehttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2765-7101
    Wilmer J. Cuellarhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4702-3237
    Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12571-014-0340-x
    Agrovoc Terms
    Cassava; Mandioca; Seguridad Alimentaria; Food Security
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    Africa
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    Food Security
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