 | Better Farming Series 16 - Roots and Tubers (FAO - INADES, 1977, 58 p.) |
 |  | (introduction...) |
| | Preface |
| | Roots and tubers |
|  | Cassava |
| | Description of the plant |
| | Different kinds of cassava |
| | Where is cassava grown? |
| | How to grow cassava |
| | The place of cassava in a crop rotation |
| | Preparing the soil for cassava |
| | How to propagate cassava |
| | How to plant cassava |
| | Looking after the plantation |
| | How to harvest and store cassava |
| | The use of cassava in food |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Fresh cassava and cassava paste |
| | Dried casava and cassava flour |
| | Cooked cassava flours |
| | Starch and tapioca |
| | Cassava leaves |
| | Yams |
| | Description of the plant |
| | There are many varieties of yam |
| | Where are yams grown? |
| | How to grow yams |
| | The place of yams in a crop rotation |
| | How to prepare the soil for yams |
| | How to propagate yams |
| | How to plant yams |
| | Looking after the plantation |
| | Harvesting and storing yams |
| | The use of yams in food |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Fresh and mashed yams |
| | Dried yams and yam flour |
| | Sweet potatoes |
| | Description of the plant |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Varieties of sweet potato |
| | Where are sweet potatoes grown? |
| | How to grow sweet potatoes |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Propagation of sweet potatoes |
| | Looking after the plantation |
| | Yields of sweet potatoes and storing |
| | Sweet potatoes in human food |
| | Tania and taro |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Description of the plant |
| | Tania or Xanthosoma |
| | Taro or cocoyam (Colocasia) |
| | Where are tania and taro grown? |
| | How to grow tania and taro |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Propagating |
| | Planting |
| | Looking after the plantation |
| | Harvesting |
| | Storing the tubers |
| | Tania and taro in human food |
| | Suggested question paper |
Propagating
Tania and taro are usually propagated from small tubers or pieces of tuber.
Sometimes the suckers, or new shoots that appear some distance from the parent plant, are used.
With tania, pieces of the aerial stem can sometimes be used, or the main tuber if it has become too hard to eat.
The tubers, pieces of tuber or of aerial stem are cut into pieces 10 to 15 centimetres long; the leaf- stalks are cut at about 10 centimetres from the junction with the leaf.
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