The nutritional significance of root and tuber crop development as staples in the Caribbean community
Arch Latinoam Nutr
; 29(3): 311-25, Sept. 1979.
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| ID: med-7866
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Localização: JM9.1; QP141.A1A7
ABSTRACT
The competition between cereals and root crops as CARICOM staples is described. The move to substitute locally grown food for imported wheat is shown to favor root crop development in the region. Against this background, traditional nutrition-promoted objections to wheat substitution by root crops are examined. Evidence is cited to show the essential adequacy of protein in root crops, except platain and cassava and for all humans except perhaps some infants. The low protein in cassava and plantain, it is proposed, can be easily overcome in the process of local root crop development. Finally, it is argued that there exists the potential to obtain cheap calories from root crops. This and the generation of economic activity among small farmers, concomitant with root crop development, are seen as possible indicators of good nutrition for the region in the future
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MedCarib
Assunto principal:
Plantas
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Ingestão de Energia
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Grão Comestível
/
Dieta
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Abastecimento de Alimentos
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Caribe
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Caribe ingles
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Guyana
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Arch Latinoam Nutr
Ano de publicação:
1979
Tipo de documento:
Article