A joint FAO and World Bank study which shows how the farming systems approach can be used to identify priorities for the reduction of hunger and poverty in the main farming systems of the six major developing regions of the world.

This book summarizes the principles of potato production, distribution, and use and uses findings to propose planning for agricultural research and development for crop improvement programmes.

A study dealing with the nature, production, nutritive value and storage of the potato, and with its quality both as a foodstuff and as the raw material for an important processing industry. The emphasis is on principles rather than practice.