 | 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 |
Planting
Tania and taro may be planted by themselves. Or they may be planted with other crops in the same field.
For example, they can be grown in the shade of a plantation of plantains. They can also be grown under the dense foliage of big forest trees.
Because tania and taro have large leaves, they may be used as a cover crop when starting a new cocoa plantation.
Planting is done at the beginning of the rainy season in rather shallow holes.
When grown alone, the distance between the holes may be 60 centimetres in all directions, or else 60 centimetres by 80 centimetres.
When grown with other crops, for example, when tania and taro are used to shade young cocoa trees, the distance between the holes varies between 50 centimetres and 1 metre.
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