The potential for the genetic improvement of african crops was explored by the food security theme of the rockefeller foundation and the priority areas of research and development for maize sorghum pearl millet rice cowpea cassava and banana were reviewed the range of human and environmental factors which condition efforts aimed at benefiting farmers through improved crop varieties was. Securing the harvest biotechnology breeding and seed systems for african crops joseph devries gary h toenniessen cabi 2001 technology engineering . Securing the harvest biotechnology breeding and seed systems for african crops description improved food security led by increased productivity among africas many small scale farmers has been the aim of significant national and international effort in recent decades it has proved to be one of the most critical challenges facing humankind this book grew out of a 2 year exploration . Securing the harvest biotechnology breeding and seed systems for african crops buy this book authors devries j toenniessen g author affiliation the rockefeller foundation nairobi kenya editors devries j toenniessen g book securing the harvest biotechnology breeding and seed systems for african crops 2001 ppxvi 208 pp refmany abstract improved food security . Doi 101079 97808519956490000 corpus id 113449470 securing the harvest biotechnology breeding and seed systems for african crops by j de vriesgary toenniessen inproceedingsvries2001securingth titlesecuring the harvest biotechnology breeding and seed systems for african crops by j de vriesgary toenniessen authorj d vries and g toenniessen year2001