White Maize

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Commodities and Trade Division. Basic Foodstuffs Service
Publisher : CIMMYT
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9251038821

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White Maize by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Commodities and Trade Division. Basic Foodstuffs Service Pdf

White Maize: A Traditional Food Grain in Developing Countries is the result of a collaborative study conducted by FAO and CIMMYT. It reviews the current structure of the white maize economies in developing countries and analyzes the supply and demand situations, both current and protected. Several trends emerging from this analysis are discussed, along with possible implications for research. The paper also examines the major constraints to production of white maize and policy options that could help increase the output and quality of this crop throughout the developing countries.

Author : Dr. Rose Mujila Mboya
Publisher : Exceller Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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White Maize & Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa by Dr. Rose Mujila Mboya Pdf

The book is about food security and the contribution white maize makes towards it in sub-Saharan Africa. It provides detailed discussions of the food security concept, its indicators, measurement tools and the complexity involved in measuring it. White maize is used as a reference point for most of the discussions, also conducted in comparison to the traditional cereal grains, namely: millet and sorghum which it replaced in sub-Saharan Africa. At the end of each chapter an exercise in the form of a set of questions is provided for the readers to test their understanding and revise on the content of the chapter.

Author : James C. McCann
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2007-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674265905

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Maize and Grace by James C. McCann Pdf

Sometime around 1500 AD, an African farmer planted a maize seed imported from the New World. That act set in motion the remarkable saga of one of the world’s most influential crops—one that would transform the future of Africa and of the Atlantic world. Africa’s experience with maize is distinctive but also instructive from a global perspective: experts predict that by 2020 maize will become the world’s most cultivated crop. James C. McCann moves easily from the village level to the continental scale, from the medieval to the modern, as he explains the science of maize production and explores how the crop has imprinted itself on Africa’s agrarian and urban landscapes. Today, maize accounts for more than half the calories people consume in many African countries. During the twentieth century, a tidal wave of maize engulfed the continent, and supplanted Africa’s own historical grain crops—sorghum, millet, and rice. In the metamorphosis of maize from an exotic visitor into a quintessentially African crop, in its transformation from vegetable to grain, and from curiosity to staple, lies a revealing story of cultural adaptation. As it unfolds, we see how this sixteenth-century stranger has become indispensable to Africa’s fields, storehouses, and diets, and has embedded itself in Africa’s political, economic, and social relations. The recent spread of maize has been alarmingly fast, with implications largely overlooked by the media and policymakers. McCann’s compelling history offers insight into the profound influence of a single crop on African culture, health, technological innovation, and the future of the world’s food supply.

Author : Roberta V. Gerpacio
Publisher : CIMMYT
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Corn
ISBN : 9789706480835

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Impact of Public-and Private-sector Maize Breeding Research in Asia, 1966-1997/98 by Roberta V. Gerpacio Pdf

Author : Derek Byerlee,Carl K. Eicher
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1555877761

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Africa's Emerging Maize Revolution by Derek Byerlee,Carl K. Eicher Pdf

Intended for policymakers and scholars, the 15 contributions in this volume are divided into two sections: the first provides six country case studies of the evolving maize economies of Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Kenya, Ghana, and Nigeria. The second part synthesizes major technological, institutional, and policy issues with chapters on research and extension, soil fertility, seed and fertilizer delivery systems, and marketing and price policy. Paper edition (754-0), $29.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Richard N. Wedderburn,Carlos de León
Publisher : CIMMYT
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9686127151

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Proceedings of the Second Asian Regional Maize Workshop by Richard N. Wedderburn,Carlos de León Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : CIMMYT
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Agricultural productivity
ISBN : 9789706481238

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Maize in the Philippines: production systems, constraints, and research priorities by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ashok Gulati
Publisher : Academic Foundation
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 8171886639

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Maize in Asia by Ashok Gulati Pdf

Outcome of collaboration between International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, International Food Policy Research Institute, and International Fund for Agricultural Development.

Author : Andam, Kwaw S.,Johnson, Michael E.,Ragasa, Catherine,Kufoalor, Doreen S.,das Gupta, Sunipa
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-01-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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A chicken and maize situation: The poultry feed sector in Ghana by Andam, Kwaw S.,Johnson, Michael E.,Ragasa, Catherine,Kufoalor, Doreen S.,das Gupta, Sunipa Pdf

This study focuses on the feed milling industry, which serves as the link between maize and poultry, through a field assessment of feed millers in Ghana. The findings establish the importance of feed in the poultry value chain. In addition, they show how the sector has become more integrated with poultry production, especially on larger-scale poultry farms. Because maize accounts for 60 percent of poultry feed, its availability and price have important implications for the profitability and growth potential of feed and, therefore, for poultry production as well. We illustrate these linkages by means of a simple spatial market equilibrium model that ties together the three sectors of the poultry value chain: the primary inputs (maize and soybeans), intermediate inputs (feed), and final products (meat and eggs). This model also enables us to assess the future growth potential of the poultry industry given alternative policy-driven changes in productivity and the production capacities of all three sectors. The results show that for poultry meat, replacing imports with domestic production in the short term would be nearly impossible. For the egg industry, however, there is potential for Ghana to export to neighboring countries by reducing production costs through improvements in yellow maize production.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : CIMMYT
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Corn
ISBN : 9789706481146

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Maize in Indonesia: production systems, constraints and research priorities by Anonim Pdf

The demand for maize as food and feed has been steadily increasing.

Author : Miguel A. López-Pereira
Publisher : CIMMYT
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Corn
ISBN : 9686923276

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Impacts of International Maize Breeding Research in the Developing World, 1966-1990 by Miguel A. López-Pereira Pdf

Author : Molly Brown
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135096342

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Food Security, Food Prices and Climate Variability by Molly Brown Pdf

The agriculture system is under pressure to increase production every year as global population expands and more people move from a diet mostly made up of grains, to one with more meat, dairy and processed foods. This book uses a decade of primary research to examine how weather and climate, as measured by variations in the growing season using satellite remote sensing, has affected agricultural production, food prices and access to food in food-insecure regions of the world. The author reviews environmental, economics and multidisciplinary research to describe the connection between global environmental change, changing weather conditions and local staple food price variability. The context of the analysis is the humanitarian aid community, using the guidance of the USAID Famine Early Warning Systems Network and the United Nation’s World Food Program in their response to food security crises. These organizations have worked over the past three decades to provide baseline information on food production through satellite remote sensing data and agricultural yield models, as well as assessments of food access through a food price database. These datasets are used to describe the connection, and to demonstrate the importance of these metrics in overall outcomes in food-insecure communities.

Author : Zerihun Gudeta Alemu,Herman Daniel Van Schalkwyk
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2008-12-31
Category : Agriculture and state
ISBN : 9789994455263

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Market Integration in Mozambican Maize Markets by Zerihun Gudeta Alemu,Herman Daniel Van Schalkwyk Pdf

Maize is the staple food and principal cash crop in Mozambique. Production is dominated by small-holders who sell their surpluses to generate income. Southern Mozambique is a maize deficit region while the North is in surplus, therefore trade between these two areas has implications for food security in the country and is expected to accelerate economic development. This study attempts to measure the extent of market integration between major maize markets in Mozambique. }The study is organised into six chapters. Chapter One presents findings of the investigation into the dynamics and operation of informal maize markets in Mozambique. Chapter Two presents a brief overview of the methods used in the analysis of market integration and gives a review of international studies and studies specific to Mozambique on market integration. Chapter Three reviews agricultural policies in Mozambique and provides an overview of the maize markets in Mozambique. The methodology applied in the study in discussed in Chapter Four while Chapter Five presents a discussion of results from the econometric analysis. In conclusion, Chapter six provides a summary of the results of the market survey and on the basis of the econometric analysis forwards recommendations.

Author : Sukhvinder Singh Purewal,Pinderpal Kaur,Sneh Punia Bangar,Kawaljit Singh Sandhu,Surender Kumar Singh,Maninder Kaur
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781000685930

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Maize by Sukhvinder Singh Purewal,Pinderpal Kaur,Sneh Punia Bangar,Kawaljit Singh Sandhu,Surender Kumar Singh,Maninder Kaur Pdf

Maize is widely cultivated throughout the world due to its high-yield potential. The economic and nutritional value of maize grains is associated with its starch content, protein, fibre, bioactive compounds, and minerals. Maize is used worldwide in the preparation of health-benefiting, antioxidant-rich, fortified products and dietary supplements. Maize: Nutritional Composition, Processing, and Industrial Uses explores the status of maize in terms of its production, nutritional composition, biofortification, processing methods, health benefits, maize-based products, and storage. This book also emphasizes the key features of maize grains which make it an ideal crop for industrial use. It covers all aspects of recent research about the maize and provides updated information. Features Discusses information related to chemistry of maize components Highlights comprehensive information on the physical and milling properties of maize Explains the structure, functional, and antioxidant properties of maize flour Provides the latest scientific development in the modification of maize starch Explores various maize-based food products and their storage Examines maize protein, scenarios, and quality improvement through bio-fortification In-depth information is provided regarding various health-benefiting nutrient components of maize flour, offering meaningful information for product formulation. This book unfolds the potential of maize grains for industrial use.

Author : Walter Leal Filho,Ilija Djekic,Sergiy Smetana,Marina Kovaleva
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2022-04-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030879341

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Handbook of Climate Change Across the Food Supply Chain by Walter Leal Filho,Ilija Djekic,Sergiy Smetana,Marina Kovaleva Pdf

This book presents climate change as a global phenomenon which affects the entire food chain. Many studies analyzing environmental impacts of food systems confirm significant effects of food production on climate change. Most of them associate primary production with emission of greenhouse gasses identified as one of the causes resulting in warming the atmosphere and global climate effects. A wider perspective shows that the food chains start at farms with consumers being at the end of the pipeline. This approach emphasizes the role of the entire food chain highlighting different kinds of environmental impacts affecting climate change. On the other side, temperature changes and variations of precipitation patterns, together with extreme weather events and water reduction, are recognized as predictors for producing less food, decreased food quality, new food safety risks, biodiversity losses, and depletion of resources associated with food production in modified circumstances. Last but not least, these effects introduce new threats known as food security where some assumptions stress that almost one billion of people are hungry not receiving enough food as a result of climate changes. As a result, the UN highlights the need for combating climate change and promotes sustainable (food) consumption and production. Based on the perceived need to promote and disseminate information on climate change related to food system, the “Handbook of Climate change across the food supply chain” is being produced. The publication compiles information, experiences, practical initiatives, and projects around the subject matter and makes it available to a wide audience. It is expected that the “Handbook of Climate change across the food supply chain” makes many benefits of climate service clearer and, inter alia, leads to an increase in the demand for such important services.