local food production can be seen worldwide, and there are several local wisdoms on food production. there are many problems on local food production, including the problem of microbiological contamination, which is considered a great concern. the safety consideration is required. in the tropical world, the problem of local tropical food production should be specially discussed. there are many ...

Contents 1. Introduction 2. The origin of tropical crops 3. Dissemination of tropical crops outside their centers of origin 4. Tropical agriculture in colonial times 5. Independence and tropical agriculture 6. Tropical food crops 7. Outlook on tropical agriculture 8. Tropical food crops in a globalized economy 9. Historical background 10. Globalization 11. Free trade 12. The starting point 13. ...

1 Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2 Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, 3 South Asian Chronic Disease Network, Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, India, 4 Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of Amer...

West et al.’s recent paper (1) compared tradeoffs of carbon and crop production in temperate and tropical zones. We welcome the empirical evidence in support of agricultural intensification rather than extensification. We strongly caution against the implicit conclusion that food production might need to be concentrated in the temperate zone, however. First, this has implications for food secur...

Cassava (Tapioca) is a worldwide staple food consumed by over 800 million people. It contains cyanide which may lead to acute toxicity or chronically may be an aetiological factor in tropical nutritional amblyopia, tropical neuropathy, endemic goitre, cretinism and tropical diabetes. It may also have carcinogenic potential. However, despite nutritional limitations it has many advantages as a cr...