Yuca is a highlighted culture for the state of Pará, not only for its importance in the state's cuisine, but also for representing a source of income for thousands of agriculture producers. The culture can also give support to the state's agro-industry, by means of supplying raw materials used in the fabrication of many products. In order to be incremented in the state of Pará, the yuca culture needs to go through a genetic improvement program, in the hopes of obtaining material which is more ad ...

Status: Completed     Start date: Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2010

Yuca ( Manihot esculenta) represents one of the main food products of the Northern region. Indigenous peoples have left to the Northern peoples this heritage of many alternatives to the processing of this root, which can generate up to 300 products according to sources. In addition to having great socio-economic importance to the region, it is estimated that the yuca has its origin and diversification center in the Amazon. Thusly, knowing the existing variability in material collected thr ...

Status: Completed     Start date: Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2010