Download or read book Agricultural and Economic Development in the Lowland Tropics written by and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Economic Development of Tropical Agriculture written by and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Agro economic Development of the Lowland Region written by C. Helman and published by . This book was released on 197? with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Origins of Agriculture in the Lowland Neotropics written by Dolores R. Piperno and published by Academic Press Incorporated. This book was released on 1998-03-30 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first modern, full-bodied study of early horticulture and agriculture in the Neotropics unites new methods of recovering, identifying, and dating plant remains with a strong case for Optimal Foraging Strategy in this historical context. Drawing upon new approaches to tropical archaeology, Dolores Piperno and Deborah Pearsall argue that the tropical forest habitat is neither as hostile nor as benevolent for human occupation and plant experimentation as researchers have suggested. Among other conclusions, they demonstrate that tropical forest food production emerged concurrent with that in the Near East, that many tropical lowland societies practiced food production for at least 5,000 years before the emergence of village life, and that by 7000 B.P. cultivated plots had been extended into the forest, with the concomitant felling and killing of trees to admit sunlight to seed and tuber beds. Piperno and Pearsall have written a polished study of the low-lying regions between southwestern Mexico and the southern rim of the Amazon Basin. With modern techniques for recording and dating botanical remains from archaeological sites and genetic studies to determine the relationships between wild and domesticated plants, their research pulls together a huge mass of information produced by scholars in various disciplines and provides a strong theoretical framework in which to interpret it. Key features include: arguments that tropical forest food production emerged at approximately the same time as that in the Near East and is earlier than currently demonstrated in highland Mexico and Peru; and contends that the lowland tropics witnessed climatic and vegetational changes between 11,000 BP and 10,000 BP, no less profound than those experienced at higher latitudes. It appeals to anyone concerned with Latin American prehistory. It offers coverage of the development of slash and burn (or swidden) cultivation and, focuses on low and lower mid-elevations.

Download or read book The Economics of Tropical Farming Systems written by Martin Upton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1996-12-12 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clear student text on theory and practice of economic decision making in tropical agriculture.

Download or read book Climate and Economic Development in the Tropics written by Douglas Harry Kedgwin Lee and published by . This book was released on 1955* with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Economics of Tropical Agriculture written by Bernd Andreae and published by C.A.B. International. This book was released on 1980 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Minimum cost combination in agriculture with special reference to developing countries in tropical areas. Typology of the climatic zones and farming systems in the tropics and sub-tropics. Increasing productivity in extensive grassland farming in semi-arid areas. Increasing the productivity of arable rain-fed farming. Increasing the productivity of irrigated arable farming types of irrigated farming. Systems with perennial crops. Development of farming regions and farm enterprises during general economic-growth.

Download or read book Agricultural Economics and Marketing in the Tropics written by J. C. Abbott and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Farmers in the Forest written by Peter R. Kunstadter and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2019-03-31 with total page 599 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Farmers in the Forest, while using examples chiefly from northern Thailand, is concerned with complex problems found in all tropical countries. In these areas rapid population growth, increasing demands for food, and burgeoning international markets for forest products and other raw materials are associated with active competition for land and natural resources in upland areas. This book brings together studies by administrators, agronomists, anthropologists, forest ecologists, geographers and jurists, who describe a variety of swidden systems and their effect on soil, forest, society, and economy. They point to conflicts between traditional farming systems and modern legal and administrative constraints now being imposed, and they describe special and technological conditions that contribute to a marginal, stagnant upland economy, increasing socio-economic disparities with the lowlands, and the serious ecological consequences of these conditions. Several possible solutions are suggested to solve these problems.

Download or read book Sustainable Agriculture and the Environment in the Humid Tropics written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1993-02-01 with total page 721 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rainforests are rapidly being cleared in the humid tropics to keep pace with food demands, economic needs, and population growth. Without proper management, these forests and other natural resources will be seriously depleted within the next 50 years. Sustainable Agriculture and the Environment in the Humid Tropics provides critically needed direction for developing strategies that both mitigate land degradation, deforestation, and biological resource losses and help the economic status of tropical countries through promotion of sustainable agricultural practices. The book includes: A practical discussion of 12 major land use options for boosting food production and enhancing local economies while protecting the natural resource base. Recommendations for developing technologies needed for sustainable agriculture. A strategy for changing policies that discourage conserving and managing natural resources and biodiversity. Detailed reports on agriculture and deforestation in seven tropical countries.

Download or read book Economic Development in the Tropics written by Roger R. Betancourt and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1998 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Rice in the Tropics written by Robert Flint Chandler and published by Int. Rice Res. Inst.. This book was released on 1979 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The importance of rive as a world crops, and its principal characteristics. The modern rice plant and the new technology: Greater potentials for rice production in the tropics. Problems of postharvest technology. Rice marketing. Some successful rice production programs. Promising rice research. Elements of a successful accelerated rice production program. A national rice program: putting the ingredients together.

Download or read book Tropical Agriculture and Economic Development written by Rudolph Kool and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Agriculture in the Tropics written by Cyril Charles Webster and published by Longman Publishing Group. This book was released on 1966 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The influence of climate on agriculture in the tropics. Tropical soils. Tropical vegetation. Some social factors affecting agriculture in the tropics. Soil and water conservation. Land clearing, tillage and weed control. The maintenance of fertility under annual cropping. The maintenance of fertility under annual cropping. The culture of tree and bush crops. Natural grassland and their management. The use of natural grassland by native pastoralists. Cultivated fodder crops and pastures. Classes of tropical livestock. Adaptation of livestock to tropical environment. Cattle management in the tropics. Livestock improvement.

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