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  1. Library Resource
    Document aggregated from Resource Equity Landwise Database
    January, 1987
    Philippines
  2. Library Resource
    Document aggregated from Resource Equity Landwise Database
    January, 1988
    Cambodia
  3. Library Resource
    Document aggregated from Resource Equity Landwise Database
    January, 1987
    Philippines
  4. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1987
    Philippines
  5. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1987
    Indonesia, Asia, South-Eastern Asia

    This analysis of global and Asian markets looks at protectionism and substitution (decline in starch trade, rise in trade of cassava feedstuffs) and the Asian regional market for cassava feedstuffs. The degree of substitution between cassava and grains has increased measurably during the postwar period. Cassava's future in world markets depends on its ability to compete with grains; so far this has depended on grain pricing policies and tariff structures of importing countries, making cassava trade more vulnerable than the international grain trade.

  6. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1987
    Thailand, Asia, South-Eastern Asia

    In Thailand cassava is produced mainly for export. The Thai cassava industry was based on starch export until the 60s when West Germany began to use CSW for animal feed. As this was a by-product of starch manufacturing, shortages resulted, leading to the market for CM. Chips became the dominant export in 1964 and so did native pellets in 1969, and hard pellets in 1983. Thailand went from a minor producer of cassava in the 50s to presently the 2nd largest in the world. Data are provided on production trends, yields (av.

  7. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1987
    Malaysia, Asia, South-Eastern Asia

    The agricultural economy of Malaysia has traditionally been export-oriented. Cassava was the 1st of the export crops, established in the 1850s. Malaysia is a land-surplus, labor-scarce economy; thus cassava was planted in a shifting cultivation system giving it the image of a soil-depleting crop. Data are also provided on yields, production systems, production costs and labor utilization, and pricing and market efficiency. The national plan through 2000 emphasizes tree crops, which could affect cassava production.

  8. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1987
    France, Benin, China, Australia, United Kingdom, Canada, Ethiopia, Republic of Korea, Chad, Nepal, Japan, South Africa, Malaysia, Mexico, India, Sudan, Bhutan, Uganda, Ghana

    The objective of this Soils Bulletin is to promote the use of locally available organic materials to increase soil organic matter content for improvement of soil fertility, and as a sources of plant nutrients in conjunction with mineral fertilizers. This manual is written for all those concerned with the maintenance and improvement of soil fertility, especially under tropical and subtropical conditions. It contains material for use in farmer training.

  9. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1987
    India, Tanzania, Italy, Peru, Philippines

    Small-scale forest-based processing enterprises comprise an important, but neglected, part of the forestry and forest industries sector. They process a large part of the raw materials from the forest and supply some of the main markets for forest products, in particular in the rural areas of developing countries.

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