A Farmer's Guide to Corn Diseases
Author : Kiersten A. Wise
Publisher :
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 18,79 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Corn
ISBN : 9780890544549
Compendium of Wheat Diseases and Pests
Author : William W. Bockus
Publisher : American Phytopathological Society
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,64 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Wheat
ISBN : 9780890543856
Book Description
Reference in this publication to a trademark, proprietary product, or company name by personnel of the U.S. Department of Agriculture or anyone else is intended for explicit description only and does not imply approval or recommendation to the exclusion of others that may be suitable. --Book Jacket.
Farmers’ guide to soybean production in northern Nigeria
Author :
Publisher : IITA
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 27,89 MB
Release :
Category :
ISBN : 9781313331
Book Description
Save and Grow
Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 34,32 MB
Release : 2018-06-22
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9251068712
Book Description
The book offers a rich toolkit of relevant, adoptable ecosystem-based practices that can help the world's 500 million smallholder farm families achieve higher productivity, profitability and resource-use efficiency while enhancing natural capital.
Managing Cover Crops Profitably (3rd Ed. )
Author : Andy Clark
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 10,99 MB
Release : 2008-07
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1437903797
Book Description
Cover crops slow erosion, improve soil, smother weeds, enhance nutrient and moisture availability, help control many pests and bring a host of other benefits to your farm. At the same time, they can reduce costs, increase profits and even create new sources of income. You¿ll reap dividends on your cover crop investments for years, since their benefits accumulate over the long term. This book will help you find which ones are right for you. Captures farmer and other research results from the past ten years. The authors verified the info. from the 2nd ed., added new results and updated farmer profiles and research data, and added 2 chap. Includes maps and charts, detailed narratives about individual cover crop species, and chap. about aspects of cover cropping.
History of Soybean Plant Protection from Diseases, Insects, Nematodes and Weeds (15 BCE to 2019):
Author : William Shurtleff
Publisher : Soyinfo Center
Page : 1397 pages
File Size : 41,74 MB
Release : 2019-04-27
Category :
ISBN : 1948436086
Book Description
A Farmer's Primer on Growing Upland Rice
Author : M. A. Arraudeau
Publisher : Int. Rice Res. Inst.
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 49,74 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Rice
ISBN : 9711041707
Book Description
Upland rice plant types; Life cycle of the rice plant; Seeds; Factors that affect seedling growth; What is a good seedling; How to grow good seedlings; Leaves; Roots; Tillers; Panicles; Dormancy; Fertilizers; How much nitrogen to apply; How to increase the efficiency of nitrogen fertilizer; Other fertilizers and organic matter; Carbohydrate production; Water; Yield components; Plant type with good yield potential; Factors that affect lodging; Land conservation and crop management; Weeds; Control of weeds; Herbicides; Major diseases; Major soil-borne insect pests; Major insect ests during vegetative phase; Major insect pests during reproductive phase; Other pests; Soil problems; Hot to judgea rice crop at flowering; Harvest and postharvest; Cropping systems.
Crop Rotation on Organic Farms
Author : Charles L. Mohler
Publisher : Natural Resource Agriculture and Engineering Service (Nraes)
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 27,69 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Crop rotation
ISBN : 9781933395210
Book Description
Steel in the Field
Author : Greg Bowman
Publisher :
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 16,45 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Gardening
ISBN :
Book Description
A Market Facilitator's Guide to Participatory Agroenterprise Development
Author : Shaun Ferris
Publisher : Catholic Relief Services
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 25,23 MB
Release : 2006-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1614920028
Book Description
This publication is a product of the experiences and lessons learned while implementing agroenterprise projects in eastern and southern Africa. A Market Facilitator's Guide is based on a resource-to-consumption framework, which is the central theme of the "enabling rural innovation" approach for rural development. This approach seeks to empower farmer groups with the necessary skills to make informed decisions for their economic development, based on an analysis of their surroundings, assets and skills. The methodology also aims for outcomes that are equitable, gender focused and participatory.
