Author : M. J. T. Norman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 37,54 MB
Release : 1995-05-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521422642
Retaining the successful formula of the first edition while placing additional emphasis on tropical environmental conservation, this new updated edition considers the response of tropical food crops to environmental factors such as climate, soil and farming system.
Author : M. J. T. Norman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 29,90 MB
Release : 1995-05-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780521410625
In tropical developing countries farmers tend to grow a wide range of crops in a small area for subsistence or sale. To make full use of often limited resources, a good understanding of how environmental conditions affect the characteristics and performance of these crops is essential. This book considers the response of tropical food crops to environmental factors such as climate, soil and farming system. Three types of crop are considered: cereals, legumes and non-cereal energy crops, with individual chapters on the four most important crops in each group. This material is set in context by introductory chapters on tropical farming systems, tropical climates and tropical soils. This new, updated edition retains the successful formula of the first edition while placing additional emphasis on tropical environmental conservation. It will serve the needs of advanced students of tropical agriculture, as well as professionals engaged in research and extension work in tropical crop production.
Author : Franklin W. Martin
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 475 pages
File Size : 32,76 MB
Release : 2018-01-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 1351089706
This book presents a concise amount of useful information about a wide variety of tropical food crops. It helps the reader judge which particular crop of a class is most useful for his/her particular situation.
Author : M. J. T. Norman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 24,95 MB
Release : 1984-08-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521240826
Author : Arthur J. Dommen
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 16,28 MB
Release : 2019-04-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 0429693494
This book looks at the input-output relations of low-resource agriculture in Africa and shows how the intensification process through the application of modern technologies can work successfully to raise productivity and to sustain production over the long term.
Author : Martin Kellman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 19,70 MB
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1134819609
Provides a comprehensive introduction to the complex systems of the tropics, covering a broad, cross-regional range of humid through to semi-arid tropical climate zones. Offers a balanced mix of biophysical and human management issues.
Author : Kathy MacKinnon
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 783 pages
File Size : 13,17 MB
Release : 2013-02-05
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1462905056
The Ecology of Kalimantan is a comprehensive ecological survey of one of Indonesia's largest and most diverse islands. This book presents a complete summary of our current scientific knowledge about Borneo including the rainforest and riverine habitats that are endangered by logging and industrial development, along with a discussion of land use patterns and current problems. Kalimantan is the Indonesian portion of the huge island of Borneo. Kalimantan has played a key role in Indonesia’s economic development and is a major earner of foreign revenue due to the island's rich natural resources: forests, oil, gas, coal, and other minerals. In this book the authors argue that Kalimantan can be developed, but within tight ecological constraints and with great care. This book remains a standard reference for scientists, anthropologists, writers, and anyone interested in the region.
Author : Emilio Moran
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 31,42 MB
Release : 2018-10-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0429973330
This book focuses on mechanisms of human adaptability. It integrates findings from ecology, physiology, social anthropology, and geography around a set of problems or constraints posed by human habitats.
Author : R. H. M. Langer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 19,28 MB
Release : 1991-11-14
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780521405638
The future of mankind depends on ever-increasing agricultural production to provide food, fibre, fuel and other essential commodities. This can only be achieved through a sound knowledge of the plants which feature prominently in agriculture. This book describes these plants in detail, together with the products which are obtained from them. The opening chapter on world population and food supply is followed by a general introduction to plant structure. The major part of the book then considers economically important field crops and pasture plants of temperate and subtropical regions on a family-by-family basis. Fruit crops, flowers and trees are not considered. The book concludes with a discussion of physiological principles of crop growth and yield. This is an introductory text, suitable for the teaching of agricultural botany to undergraduate students, and is intended to bridge the gap between classical botany and agronomy.
Author : James W. Wood
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 519 pages
File Size : 27,99 MB
Release : 2020-04-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1107033411
An exploration of preindustrial agriculture that applies insights from biodemography, physiological ecology, and household demography.
