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Title The Case for Papaya as a Non-Traditional Export Product for Ghana
Full text http://dspace.knust.edu.gh/dspace/handle/123456789/849
Date 1995
Author(s) Abutiate, W. S.
Abstract The origin of papaya and its suitability for cultivation wider Ghanaian climatic condition is recalled. A brief account of the past development, export potential and performance over the past three years has been presented. The need for improved seed as a starting point for commercial exploitation has been stressed and proper post-harvest handling and consistent delivery of high quality product for this exotic market heavily under-scored. Areas of information gap such as spacing, fertilization, pest and disease identification and control, water relations and weed control have been highlighted and the weed for intervention stressed. Possible areas into product development including tissue culture techniques for cloning have been suggested and research support by terminal user agencies highlighted for rapid industrial growsth of the horticulture sub-sector.
Publisher KNUST
Identifier 0855-0395
Repository Kumasi - Kwame Nkrumah University
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