The objective of this review was to present the nutritional values and other health and food
security importance of taro as alternative food for developing countries. The term taro is used …

Cocoyam [Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott] also known as taro is regarded as an important
staple crop in the Pacific Islands, Asia and Africa. But, Africa has been unpopular in the taro …

The critical role of indigenous crops in the socioeconomic growth of developing nations has
necessitated calls for accelerated exploitation of staples. Cocoyam, Xanthosoma …

Nigeria is a country endowed with enormous food and agricultural resources such as yam,
cassava, cocoa, rice, sugar cane, maize and millet. In the early years of Nigeria's …

Taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott) is widely distributed in tropical and sub-tropical areas.
However, its origin, diversification and dispersal remain unclear. While taro genetic diversity …

In this book, historical narratives chart how people created forms of agriculture in the
highlands of New Guinea and how these practices were transformed through time. The …

Taro Leaf Blight in Hawai‘i Page 1 Plant Disease July 2011 PD-71 Published by the College of
Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR) and issued in furtherance of Cooperative …

This review article gives an account of the origin, domestication, and dispersal of taro, a
staple food crop in many countries in the humid tropics and subtropics. Genetic diversity …

Agricultural intensification worldwide is increasingly relying on a narrow range of crops such
as rice, wheat, and maize. The reliability on this relatively small numbers of food diversities …

The selection of leaves for the traditional dish sarma is the result of human experience and
observation, and the transfer of traditional knowledge in regions differing in the richness of …