1990 Supplement Publications of the International ... - IRRI books

Douglas Horton
Potatoes: Production, Marketing, and Programs for Developing
Countries
1987.243 pa ges. 15 x 22 cm. Hardcover. ISBN 0-8133-7197-X.
LDC $17.50, HDC $32.85.
Published for Winrock by Westview Press. "[Shows] how the potato
can fill important niches in the production systems and diets of the
world's poorfarmers . . . . A nice balance of biological, economic, and
consumption information . . . . Case examples from Africa and Asia,
continents not usually thought of as potatoareas, provide persuasive
evidence that potatoes can spread into new geographic areas. . . .
Jargon-free and easy to understand. . ." Journal of Developing Areas."
Provides a perspective on the process of economic development
that is often missing in books authored by western researchers."
American Journal of Agricultural Economics. "Extremely valuable . .
. for policy makers concerned with production, marketing and economic
development issues. "Ecology of Food and Nutrition.
Montague Yudelman
Prospects for Agricultural Development in Sub-Saharan
Africa
1988.50 pages. 21 x 28 cm. Paperback. LDC$6.25, HDC$7.50. ISBN
0-933595-06-9.
Examines the recent performance of the agricultural sector in Africa,
identifies key areas inappropriate economic policies, slow technological
change, natural resource degradation, and underinvestment
in education and training that inhibit the development of agriculture,
assesses the African interests of major assistance agencies, and
outlines opportunities for constructive, cost-effective development
assistance in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Douglas Horton
Underground Crops: Long-term Trends In Production of
Roots and Tubers
1988. 19 x 26 cm. Paperback. ISBN 0-933595-19-0. LDC $8.75,
HDC $12.50.
Provides revised and adjusted time-series data on production and
use of cassava, edible aroids (cocoyams and taro), potatoes, sweet
potatoes, and yams. For each crop it gives statistics on area,
production, yield, trade, and domestic uses for every producing
country from 1961 through 1985. It also includes farm-gate prices at
WINROCK 261