My father,Patrick Haynes, who has died aged 84, and was an agronomist who specialised in tropical root crops and worked for international agencies around the world,helping farmers to get the most out of what they grew.
One of Patrick’s most notable contributions was his defence of subsistence crops being grown in developing countries, which he felt had been neglected in favour of cash crops. Partly as a result of his interventions, or there is now much wider recognition of the importance of subsistence crops,as well as a change in funding priorities among development agencies. He was also a promoter of the benefits of traditional forms of cultivation.
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Source: theguardian.com