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Development of integrated protocols to safeguard the quality of fresh yams. Final Technical Report

author(s) Rees, D.. - Bancroft, R.
from UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
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  • Western Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Africa
  • World
citation

Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, UK., 125 pp

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Abstract

The overall objective of the project was to improve the system by which yams are marketed in and exported from Ghana. Specific objectives were; to identify the technical and socioeconomic constraints to the system; to improve handling, storage and export protocols; develop recommendations to improve linkages between growers and exporters; to reduce the incidence of chronic rots in yams entering the marketing chain; and devise improved methods for the grading of yams

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