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Book Assessment and Collection of Data on Post harvest Foodgrain Losses

Download or read book Assessment and Collection of Data on Post harvest Foodgrain Losses written by and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 1980 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book FAO Economic and Social Development Paper

Download or read book FAO Economic and Social Development Paper written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Vertebrate Pests in Agriculture

Download or read book Vertebrate Pests in Agriculture written by S. Sridhara and published by Scientific Publishers. This book was released on 2016-06-01 with total page 531 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vertebrate pests cause considerable damage to environment, agriculture and biodiversity apart from transmitting diseases. The problem is more pronounced in tropical Asia and Africa with non-human primates, elephants, several species of ungulates, rodents, frugivorous and grainivorous birds causing agricultural losses. In Europe and America the damage is due to carnivore predation on livestock, bird damage in cereal crops and rodent problem in urban and agricultural situations. Although there are several excellent books on rodent pest management both in India and at global level, there is a conspicuous lacuna of published books on vertebrate pest management. Even the few publications on the subject mostly deal with birds, rodents, bears, rabbits, foxes, etc because they are written by Americans or Britishers. Because their emphasis is on the problem prevalent in their countries and evaluation of management options available to them. In contrast the problem in tropics especially in India is unique. Rodents of course, are the most destructive. But what rodents do over twelve months of year is matched by a few nights of devastating crop raids by elephants or week long foraging by monkeys. Sporadic and localized damage is inflicted by several species of birds, bats, wild boar, blue bull, bears, hares, peacock etc. The damage is sometimes so high, it is impossible for a subsistence farmer to accept stoically the loss of his entire food source over a couple of days and nights. However, his options are limited in view of conservations and protection status enjoyed by some of these animals. The problem is compounded by religious sentiments associated with a few of them. This book is an attempt to find an acceptable solution to the problem of crop losses of these less studied but economically important groups of vertebrate pests. Sincere efforts have gone into formulation of recommendations keeping in mind the biological needs of vertebrate pests, their conservation status and suffering of the poor farmer. Many a time the sympathies deservedly go to the speechless marauders of crops as it is man who has shrunk, degraded and destroyed their habitat, deprived them of their natural source of food. There are no choices for vertebrate pests but raid the crops in their range but we, humans have several to survive. The book is an attempt to understand this dilemma.

Book Problem of Food Storage and Losses in India

Download or read book Problem of Food Storage and Losses in India written by Akhtar Reyaz and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With special reference to western Uttar Pradesh, India.

Book ICAR Annual Report

    ICAR Annual Report

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  • Author : Indian Council of Agricultural Research
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1976
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 124 pages

Download or read book ICAR Annual Report written by Indian Council of Agricultural Research and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Urja

Download or read book Urja written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Annual Report 1981

Download or read book Annual Report 1981 written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Major Spices of India

Download or read book Major Spices of India written by Jiwan Singh Pruthi and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Postharvest Handling

Download or read book Postharvest Handling written by Nigel H. Banks and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2009-02-21 with total page 637 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consideration of the interactions between decisions made at one point in the supply chain and its effects on the subsequent stages is the core concept of a systems approach. Postharvest Handling is unique in its application of this systems approach to the handling of fruits and vegetables, exploring multiple aspects of this important process through chapters written by experts from a variety of backgrounds.Newly updated and revised, this second edition includes coverage of the logistics of fresh produce from multiple perspectives, postharvest handing under varying weather conditions, quality control, changes in consumer eating habits and other factors key to successful postharvest handling.The ideal book for understanding the economic as well as physical impacts of postharvest handling decisions.Key Features:*Features contributions from leading experts providing a variety of perspectives*Updated with 12 new chapters*Focuses on application-based information for practical implementation*System approach is unique in the handling of fruits and vegetables