Global Commercial Potential of Subterranean Crops: Agronomy and Value Addition
Nair, Kodoth Prabhakaran
- 出版商: Springer
- 出版日期: 2024-05-17
- 售價: $5,950
- 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $5,653
- 語言: 英文
- 頁數: 131
- 裝訂: Quality Paper - also called trade paper
- ISBN: 3031296486
- ISBN-13: 9783031296482
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Tropical root and tuber crops form an important group of food crops for millions of people (about one-fifth of the world population), especially those living in the tropical and sub-tropical zones. Tuber crops are the third important food crops after cereals and grain legumes. The carbohydrates synthesized in the leaves and stored in the form of starch in the underground roots and tubers, which are not only for food, but also a raw material for several industries. Among the many tuber crops available, only a few have been domesticated and widely cultivated for edible and industrial purposes. This book addresses the principal issues connected with selected tuber and root crops, their origin, global distribution, cultivation details, and their global commercial potential, vis-à-vis the end products made out of them (value addition). Among the crops, sweet potato, cassava, yams, colocasia, west Indian arrowroot, asparagus, safed musli, Indian Bread root and gloria superba will be discussed.
From various projections, it is evident that by the year 2050 the world population will face a serious food shortage, if current trends in cereals consumption is taken intoaccount. That is why root and tuber crops assume great importance. Contrary to the high-fertility soils, which are a requirement for principal cereals like rice and wheat, root and tuber crops can grow quite well in poor soils, under varying climatic conditions.
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熱帶根莖作物是數百萬人(約世界人口的五分之一)的重要食物來源,尤其是生活在熱帶和亞熱帶地區的人們。根莖作物是繼穀物和豆科作物之後的第三大重要食物作物。這些作物在葉子中合成的碳水化合物以澱粉的形式儲存在地下的根和莖中,不僅用於食物,還是幾個工業的原材料。在眾多的根莖作物中,只有少數幾種被馴化並廣泛種植用於食用和工業用途。本書探討了與選定的根莖作物相關的主要問題,包括它們的起源、全球分布、栽培細節以及它們的全球商業潛力,以及由它們製成的最終產品(增值產品)。其中,將討論的作物包括甘薯、木薯、山藥、芋頭、西印度葛藤、蘆筍、白薯蘆薈、印度麵包根和格洛麗亞超巴。
從各種預測來看,如果考慮到目前穀物消耗的趨勢,到2050年世界人口將面臨嚴重的糧食短缺。這就是為什麼根莖作物變得非常重要的原因。與主要穀物如稻米和小麥所需的高肥力土壤相反,根莖作物可以在貧瘠的土壤和不同的氣候條件下生長得很好。