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Book Leucaena  adaptation  Quality and Farming Systems

Download or read book Leucaena adaptation Quality and Farming Systems written by H. M. Shelton and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Overview of workshop outcomes; Taxonomy and agronomy; Poster papers: Wood; Acession evaluation; Nodulation; Cold tolerance; Soil improvement; Propagation; Competition studies; Forage quality; Forage quality assessment; Supplementation of beef cattle, goats and sheep; Supplementation of dairy cows; Supplementation of pigs and chickens; Farming systems.

Book Tropical Forage Plants

    Book Details:
  • Author : W.D. Pitman
  • Publisher : CRC Press
  • Release : 2000-11-28
  • ISBN : 1420038788
  • Pages : 404 pages

Download or read book Tropical Forage Plants written by W.D. Pitman and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2000-11-28 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tropical Forage Plants: Development and Use covers the research and resulting pasture development in the tropics and subtropics, which has undergone dramatic changes in the past few decades. Providing a broad, global perspective, it serves as a comprehensive resource covering a wide range of subjects pertaining to forage and animal production in th

Book Forage Improvements 1986 and 1987 Consultancies

Download or read book Forage Improvements 1986 and 1987 Consultancies written by and published by IICA Biblioteca Venezuela. This book was released on with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Feeding of Leucaena Mimosine on Small Ruminants

Download or read book Feeding of Leucaena Mimosine on Small Ruminants written by Aung Aung and published by Cuvillier Verlag. This book was released on 2007 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Leucaena   Adaptation  Quality And Farming Systems

Download or read book Leucaena Adaptation Quality And Farming Systems written by H. M. Shelton and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Plant Breeding Reviews  Volume 40

Download or read book Plant Breeding Reviews Volume 40 written by Jules Janick and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-10-10 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plant Breeding Reviews presents state-of-the-art reviews on plant genetics and the breeding of all types of crops by both traditional means and molecular methods. Many of the crops widely grown today stem from a very narrow genetic base; understanding and preserving crop genetic resources is vital to the security of food systems worldwide. The emphasis of the series is on methodology, a fundamental understanding of crop genetics, and applications to major crops.

Book Leucaena  Tree of Many Uses  June 1981 December 1984

Download or read book Leucaena Tree of Many Uses June 1981 December 1984 written by Jayne T. MacLean and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Leucaena Bibliography

Download or read book Leucaena Bibliography written by A. J. Oakes and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Quantification of Climate Variability  Adaptation and Mitigation for Agricultural Sustainability

Download or read book Quantification of Climate Variability Adaptation and Mitigation for Agricultural Sustainability written by Mukhtar Ahmed and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a comprehensive volume dealing with climate change impacts on agriculture, and which can help guide the redesign of agricultural management and cropping systems. It includes mitigation techniques such as use of bioenergy crops, fertilizer and manure management, conservation tillage, crop rotations, cover crops and cropping intensity, irrigation, erosion control, management of drained wetlands, lime amendments, residue management, biochar and biotechnology. It also includes Management of GHG emissions Crop models as decision support tools QTL analysis Crop water productivity Impacts of drought on cereal crops Silvopastoral systems Changing climate impact on wheat-based cropping systems of South Asia Phosphorous dynamics under changing climate Role of bioinformatics The focus of the book is climate change mitigation to enhance sustainability in agriculture. We present various kinds of mitigation options, ways to minimize GHG emissions and better use of the latest techniques in conservation and environmental-sustainability.

Book Leucaena  adaptation  Quality and Farming Systems

Download or read book Leucaena adaptation Quality and Farming Systems written by H. M. Shelton and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Overview of workshop outcomes; Taxonomy and agronomy; Poster papers: Wood; Acession evaluation; Nodulation; Cold tolerance; Soil improvement; Propagation; Competition studies; Forage quality; Forage quality assessment; Supplementation of beef cattle, goats and sheep; Supplementation of dairy cows; Supplementation of pigs and chickens; Farming systems.

Book Impact of Natural Resource Management Technologies

Download or read book Impact of Natural Resource Management Technologies written by and published by World Agroforestry Centre. This book was released on 2006 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper reviews the impact of an improved fallow fertilizer tree system on lives and landscapes in eastern Zambia. It draws on a number of analyses conducted both by the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) staff and by other scientists. The authors describe the diagnosis of problems that led to the use of the fertilizer tree system as an intervention. They also highlight ICRAF's role in promoting fertilizer trees in Zambia. The paper then assesses the factors associated with adoption of the improved fallow system, its biological, economic and environmental impacts at the farm level, and then its wider impact on livelihoods and landscapes in Eastern Province, Zambia.

Book Environmental and Sustainable Development Through Forestry and Other Resources

Download or read book Environmental and Sustainable Development Through Forestry and Other Resources written by Arnab Banerjee and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2020-01-06 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks at using forestry and several other innovative measures to facilitate environmental sustainability, covering an important selection of research that focuses on scientific applications and trends. Chapters discuss such diverse topics as using agroforestry for resource management, employing legumes in agroforestry, livestock management for climate change mitigation, introducing higher plants for air pollution mitigation in urban industrial areas, the uses and benefits of sludge, technological assessment of sewage treatment plants, and much more. This book will be a helpful and informative reference for those in the disciplines of forestry, agriculture, ecology, and environmental science and will also be a pathway to addressing new concepts for a sustainable world.

Book Beyond restoration ecology  social perspectives in Latin America and the Caribbean

Download or read book Beyond restoration ecology social perspectives in Latin America and the Caribbean written by Eliane Ceccon & Daniel Roberto Pérez and published by Eliane Ceccon. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book invites us to reflect on the restoration of terrestrial ecosystems in the context of a region whose identity is still under construction, Latin America and the Caribbean, immersed in a social, economic, ecological and political crisis, whose roots originate historically and politically in colonialism and in the prevailing model of capital accumulation. For the first time, insights and practical experiences on restoration are gathered from most Latin-American and Caribbean countries. Furthermore, this book offers a social approach to restoration, which will likely become preponderant in this field and in this region. The authors claim that a Latin-American knowledge of restoration is under construction and that this discipline can be a significant tool to empower local populations, which might, in turn, lead to a collective action of change. Case studies from 11 countries of the region were compiled, involving multiple voices that emerge beyond generalist principles and with a bottom-up approach. The main idea of the book is to open a debate about the identity of ecological and social restoration in this region. This book is targeted to restoration specialists, volunteers, environmental managers, researchers, politicians and NGOs working on the complexity of socioecological restoration in a region with unavoidable social problems. It is intended for people with similar concerns to those of the chapters' authors. This work tries to integrate a movement on the rise, almost silent, born with its own narratives of successes and failures that do not hinder its development. Finally, the determination and commitment of Latin-American and Caribbean social actors to restore not only natural values but also social, ethical and cultural ones is remarkable.

Book Ex Situ Plant Conservation

    Book Details:
  • Author : Center for Plant Conservation
  • Publisher : Island Press
  • Release : 2013-02-22
  • ISBN : 1597267562
  • Pages : 536 pages

Download or read book Ex Situ Plant Conservation written by Center for Plant Conservation and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2013-02-22 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Faced with widespread and devastating loss of biodiversity in wild habitats, scientists have developed innovative strategies for studying and protecting targeted plant and animal species in "off-site" facilities such as botanic gardens and zoos. Such ex situ work is an increasingly important component of conservation and restoration efforts. Ex Situ Plant Conservation, edited by Edward O. Guerrant Jr., Kayri Havens, and Mike Maunder, is the first book to address integrated plant conservation strategies and to examine the scientific, technical, and strategic bases of the ex situ approach. The book examines where and how ex situ investment can best support in situ conservation. Ex Situ Plant Conservation outlines the role, value, and limits of ex situ conservation as well as updating best management practices for the field, and is an invaluable resource for plant conservation practitioners at botanic gardens, zoos, and other conservation organizations; students and faculty in conservation biology and related fields; managers of protected areas and other public and private lands; and policymakers and members of the international community concerned with species conservation.

Book XX International Grassland Conference  Offered papers

Download or read book XX International Grassland Conference Offered papers written by F.P. O'Mara and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-08-28 with total page 975 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book contains a compilation of offered papers presented at the main congress of the XX International Grassland Congress held in University College Dublin, Ireland from 26 June to 1 July, 2005. It is complemented by six other books arising from the XX IGC as listed on the back cover: the book of invited papers from the main congress and five books containing the proceedings of five satellite workshops held immediately after the main congress at locations in the UK and Ireland (Aberystwyth, Belfast, Cork, Glasgow and Oxford). The workshops were designed to facilitate more in-depth presentations and discussions on more specialised topics of worldwide significance. The main congress brought together scientists from many disciplines, policy makers, consultants and producers involved directly in grass production and utilisation, as well as people in associated industries. They discussed issues around the theme of the congress, Grasslands : a Global Resource. The congress programme was organised around three main thematic areas: Efficient Production from Grassland Grassland and the Environment Delivering the Benefits from Grassland"

Book Voices from the Forest

    Book Details:
  • Author : Malcolm Cairns
  • Publisher : Taylor & Francis
  • Release : 2010-09-30
  • ISBN : 113652228X
  • Pages : 853 pages

Download or read book Voices from the Forest written by Malcolm Cairns and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2010-09-30 with total page 853 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook of locally based agricultural practices brings together the best of science and farmer experimentation, vividly illustrating the enormous diversity of shifting cultivation systems as well as the power of human ingenuity. Environmentalists have tended to disparage shifting cultivation (sometimes called 'swidden cultivation' or 'slash-and-burn agriculture') as unsustainable due to its supposed role in deforestation and land degradation. However, a growing body of evidence indicates that such indigenous practices, as they have evolved over time, can be highly adaptive to land and ecology. In contrast, 'scientific' agricultural solutions imposed from outside can be far more damaging to the environment. Moreover, these external solutions often fail to recognize the extent to which an agricultural system supports a way of life along with a society's food needs. They do not recognize the degree to which the sustainability of a culture is intimately associated with the sustainability and continuity of its agricultural system. Unprecedented in ambition and scope, Voices from the Forest focuses on successful agricultural strategies of upland farmers. More than 100 scholars from 19 countries--including agricultural economists, ecologists, and anthropologists--collaborated in the analysis of different fallow management typologies, working in conjunction with hundreds of indigenous farmers of different cultures and a broad range of climates, crops, and soil conditions. By sharing this knowledge--and combining it with new scientific and technical advances--the authors hope to make indigenous practices and experience more widely accessible and better understood, not only by researchers and development practitioners, but by other communities of farmers around the world.

Book Field and Laboratory Methods for Grassland and Animal Production Research

Download or read book Field and Laboratory Methods for Grassland and Animal Production Research written by L. 't Mannetje and published by CABI. This book was released on 2000 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers a range of methods used by plant and animal production scientists to study grassland vegetation and animal performance. This volume replaces a previous title, ''Measurement of Grassland Vegetation and Animal Production'', published in 1978, but incorporates many new topics.