Roots and tubers for the 21st century: trends, projections and policy options

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Biotechnology in the developing world: a case for increased investments in orphan crops (2004, background): “Given a sweet potato area of 570,000 ha in Uganda (FAO, 2003) and a price of US$ 88/ton (Scott et al., 2000), the gain from achieving Bt-derived weevil resistance on half the area (a conservative estimate) would be over US$ 27 million per year.”
International Model for Policy Analysis of Agricultural Commodities and Trade (IMPACT) Model Description (2012, background): “(Rosegrant and Ringler, 2000) ), which were both written in response to the Asian financial crisis of 1997 and which try to assess its impact on the regional food economy.”
Westernization of Asian Diets and the transformation of food systems: Implications for research and policy (2007, background): “Accordingly, Asia’s share of global potato output jumped from 7.5% in 1961–1963 to 28.2% in 1995–1997 (Scott et al., 2000).”
New challenges in the cassava transformation in Nigeria and Ghana (2004, background): “Food shortages precipitated by a combination of political and civil unrest, economic stagnation, erratic rainfall patterns, and rapid population growth have had a much greater influence on cassava production in Africa than anywhere else in the world (Scott et al. 2000).”