Download or read book Cassava Intercropping in Central America written by and published by Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE. This book was released on with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Intercropping with Cassava in Central America written by and published by Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE. This book was released on with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Intercropping With Sweet Potato Ipomoea balalas in Central America written by and published by Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE. This book was released on with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Management and Evaluation of Intercropping Systems with Cassava written by Dietrich Leihner and published by CIAT. This book was released on 1983 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Basic aspects of presently practiced intercropping systems; Improved technology for cassava intercropping; Plant type selection for associacion; Relative time of planting; Planting density; Planting pattern; Mineral nutrition and fertilization; Evaluation of intercropping systems.
Download or read book Cassava Breeding Agronomy and Farmer Participatory Research in Asia written by Reinhardt H. Howeler and published by CIAT. This book was released on 1998 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cassava Breeding Agronomy Research and Technology Transfer in Asia written by R. H. Howler and published by CIAT. This book was released on 1995 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cassava written by R. J. Hillocks and published by CABI. This book was released on 2002 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cassava is a major tropical tuber crop found throughout the tropics (India, Oceania, Africa and Latin America). Hitherto, there has been no single text covering all aspects of cassava biology, production and utilization. This book fills that gap, representing the first comprehensive research level overview of this main staple crop. Chapters are written by leading experts in this field from all continents. The book is suitable for those working and researching in cassava, in both developed and developing countries, as well as advanced students.
Download or read book Integrated Crop and Land Management in the Hilly Terrains of Central America written by Richard G. Barber and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 1999 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A report identifying and evaluating strategies, methods and technologies being used to promote the adoption of sustainable agricultural techniques on hillsides in Central America. The key elements of procedures and technologies that have been successfully adopted by farmers are illustrated and discussed.
Download or read book A I D Research and Development Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cassava in Tropical Africa written by International Institute of Tropical Agriculture and published by IITA. This book was released on 1990 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intended as both an instructional and a reference tool, the volume covers the production and postharvest treatment of cassava. The first part describes production constraints including pests , diseases, weeds, soils agronomic factors, and socioeconomic considerations. In part two, plant morphology, plant physiology and plant breeding are related to yields and diseases resistance. Part three covers postharvest treatment and part four describes cassava research. A bibliography of recommended reading is included.
Download or read book Research Methods for Cereal legume Intercropping written by S. R. Waddington and published by CIMMYT. This book was released on 1990 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function written by Ernst-Detlef Schulze and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 527 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The biota of the earth is being altered at an unprecedented rate. We are witnessing wholesale exchanges of organisms among geographic areas that were once totally biologically isolated. We are seeing massive changes in landscape use that are creating even more abundant succes sional patches, reductions in population sizes, and in the worst cases, losses of species. There are many reasons for concern about these trends. One is that we unfortunately do not know in detail the conse quences of these massive alterations in terms of how the biosphere as a whole operates or even, for that matter, the functioning of localized ecosystems. We do know that the biosphere interacts strongly with the atmospheric composition, contributing to potential climate change. We also know that changes in vegetative cover greatly influence the hydrology and biochemistry ofa site or region. Our knowledge is weak in important details, however. How are the many services that ecosystems provide to humanity altered by modifications of ecosystem composition? Stated in another way, what is the role of individual species in ecosystem function? We are observing the selective as well as wholesale alteration in the composition of ecosystems. Do these alterations matter in respect to how ecosystems operate and provide services? This book represents the initial probing of this central ques tion. It will be followed by other volumes in this series examining in depth the functional role of biodiversity in various ecosystems of the world.
Download or read book Organic Recycling in Africa written by and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 1980 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Cultivated Plants 3 volumes written by Christopher Cumo and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-04-25 with total page 1223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers of this expansive, three-volume encyclopedia will gain scientific, sociological, and demographic insight into the complex relationship between plants and humans across history. Comprising three volumes and approximately half a million words, this work is likely the most comprehensive reference of its kind, providing detailed information not only about specific plants and food crops such as barley, corn, potato, rice, and wheat, but also interdisciplinary content that draws on the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. The entries underscore the fascination that humans have long held for plants, identifies the myriad reasons why much of life on earth would be impossible without plants, and points out the intertwined relationship of plants and humans—and how delicate this balance can be. While the majority of the content is dedicated to the food plants that are essential to human existence, material on ornamentals, fiber crops, pharmacological plants, and carnivorous plants is also included.
Download or read book Sustainable Urban Agriculture in Cuba written by Sinan Koont and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2016-12-07 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Pushed by necessity but enabled by its existing social and educational policies, Cuba in the 1990s launched the most extensive program of urban sustainable agriculture in the world. This study is to date the only book-length investigation in either English or Spanish of this important national experiment in transforming the environmental, economic, and social nature of today’s dominant system of producing food.”—Al Campbell, University of Utah As large-scale industrial agriculture comes under increasing scrutiny because of its petroleum- and petrochemical-based input costs and environmentally objectionable consequences, increasing attention has been focused on sustainable, local, and agro-ecological techniques in food production. Cuba was forced by historical circumstances to be one of the pioneers in the massive application of these techniques. After the demise of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, Cuba was left without access to external support needed to carry on with industrial agriculture. The economic crisis led the country to reconsider their former models of resource management. Cuba retooled its agricultural programs to focus on urban agriculture—sustainable, ecologically sound farming close to densely populated areas. Food now takes far less time to get to the people, who are now better nourished because they have easier access to whole foods. Moreover, urban farming has become a source of national pride—Cuba has one of the best urban agriculture programs in the world, with a thousand-fold increase in urban agricultural output since 1994. Sinan Koont has spent the last several years researching urban agriculture in Cuba, including field work at many sustainable farms on the island. He tells the story of why and how Cuba was able to turn to urban food production on a large scale with minimal use of chemicals, petroleum, and machinery, and of the successes it achieved—along with the continuing difficulties it still faces in reducing its need for food imports. Sinan Koont is associate professor of economics at Dickinson College. A volume in the series Contemporary Cuba, edited by John M. Kirk
