Traditional post-harvest technology of perishable
tropical staplesTraditional post-harvest technology of perishable
tropical staples
by Pamela A.
Lancaster and D.G.
Coursey
Tropical Development and Research Institute
FAO AGRICULTURAL SERVICES BULLETIN No.59
Food and Agriculture Organization
of the United Nations
Rome, 1984
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Chapter 2 The major tropical perishable staple foods
Chapter 4 The ego-cultural nature of societies dependent on perishable staple foods