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A review of root, tuber and banana crops in developing countries: past, present and future
Author(s) -
Scott Gregory J.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of food science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.831
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1365-2621
pISSN - 0950-5423
DOI - 10.1111/ijfs.14778
Subject(s) - food security , cash crop , production (economics) , agricultural economics , business , food processing , developing country , economics , agriculture , agricultural science , economic growth , geography , biology , food science , archaeology , macroeconomics
For many of the developing world's poorest farmers and food‐insecure people, roots, tubers, banana and plantain crops (RTBs) serve as a critical source of food, nutrition and cash income. Although sometimes seen as locked in traditional, unchanging agri‐food systems, trends in production for RTBs have been both dynamic and diverse over the last six decades as this figure illustrates. This paper analyses the driving factors behind the evolution in production, utilisation and trade of RTBs in developing countries since the early 1960s and recent estimates of their future trajectory.