Cassava Network
Analysing the cassava planting material and cropping system in the cassava production areas in Tamil Nadu, and the value chain of the derived products, including the variety preferences for quality, performance, starch content, taste.
Steckbrief
- Beteiligte Departemente Hochschule für Agrar-, Forst- und Lebensmittelwissenschaften
- Institut(e) Agronomie
- Forschungseinheit(en) Internationale Landwirtschaft und ländliche Entwicklung
- Förderorganisation Andere
- Laufzeit 01.11.2014 - 31.12.2019
- Projektleitung Dr. Alessandra Giuliani
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Projektmitarbeitende
Ladina Knapp
Prof. Dr. Dominique Guenat
Pia Clara Fehle -
Partner
Central Tuber Crops research Institute (ICAR), Kerala
ETH Zürich
Universität Basel
Central Tuber Crops research Institute (ICAR), Kerala
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) - Schlüsselwörter Cassava, Production, Tamil Nadu, India, adoption of cassava introduced varieties
Ausgangslage
The aim of the project is to support a biotech research aiming at developing new cassava varieties resistant to CMD/whitefly, by socio-economic investigation on aspects relevant to technology transfer, product development, public acceptance, adoption by end users.
Vorgehen
The project consists in a socio-economic investigation on aspects relevant to adoption and acceptance of cassava new varieties, CMD/Whitefly resistant (genetically modified or not). The research addresses the cassava planting material system, the importance of cassava in the cropping system and in the farmers' income generation/food security in the cassava production areas in Tamil Nadu, as well as the value chain development of derived products and stakeholders' interaction.
