Strategies And Tactics Of Sustainable Agriculture In The Tropics

Author : M. Adetola Badejo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789782194091
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Strategies and Tactics of Sustainable Agriculture in the Tropics written by M. Adetola Badejo and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concept of sustainability in agroecosystems: Myth or reality? Interactions among the world's biomes, climate, soil and precultivation activites. Sustainability in traditional agriculture in the tropics. Agroforestry for sustaining agricultural production in the tropics. The role of plant residues with different chemical compositions in sustaining maize production in a subhumid tropical environment. Improving pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan) production in Nigeria. Planted fallow system for sustainable agricultural production in the humid tropics. Achieving sustainable agricultural development with water conservation strategies in Nigeria. Sustaining agriculture in an era of ecosystem abuse: Insights from Yoruba culture and Worldview. Solving the problem of produtivity and land use in the semi-arid tropics. Sustainable agriculture in south-east Ghana: A case study of the agomeda agricultural project. Slaughterhouse by-product for sustainable livestock production in the tropics. Biodiversity of sustainable agriculture in the tropics: Experience from India and Latin America. Biodynamic farming: A farmer-centred aproach to increasing productivity. Ecological farming principles.

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309047498
Total Pages : 721 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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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.

Author : Anthony S. R. Juo
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195353870
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tropical Soils written by Anthony S. R. Juo and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2003-09-18 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agricultural ecology, or agroecology, deals in general with the structure and function of agroecosystems at different levels of resolution. In this text/reference, the authors describe in terms of agroecology the tropical environments of sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin and Central America, focusing on production and management systems unique to each region.

Author : G. Poyyamoli
Publisher : Studera Press
ISBN 13 : 9385883186
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Agroecology, Ecosystems and Sustainability in the Tropics written by G. Poyyamoli and published by Studera Press. This book was released on 2017-06-26 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tropical ecosystems are some of the most biologically and ecologically diverse in the world. Traditional, local agroecosystems in the tropics reflect this diversity, and provide excellent examples of how nature can be used as the model for designing and managing sustainable agroecosystems. This book brings together such examples. Using an agroecological approach, the collection of chapters demonstrates how agroecology must simultaneously be a science, a practice, and a movement for social change towards a paradigm of sustainability that engages all parts of the food system, from the field to the table. Chapter contributors were selected from multiple countries and backgrounds, providing a valuable diversity of approaches and knowledge systems, and the interaction of these systems gives this book the important transdisciplinarity that has become a key component of agroecology. Working across disciplines and knowledge systems is necessary in order to link the multiple components of food systems that promote effective change. As food systems return to the diversity, complexity, and resilience they once had, it is collections of experiences as presented in this book that provide examples of the path we must be on. Steve Gliessman, Professor Emeritus of Agroecology, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA.

Author : Clive Arthur Edwards
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Strategy for Developing and Implementing Sustainable Agricultural Strategies in Developing Countries written by Clive Arthur Edwards and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Rajiv K. Sinha
Publisher : Scientific Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9388172477
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sustainable Agriculture written by Rajiv K. Sinha and published by Scientific Publishers. This book was released on with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Estelle Biénabe
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9402410163
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sustainable Development and Tropical Agri-chains written by Estelle Biénabe and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-02-20 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book links tropical agri-chain dynamics – with which CIRAD and AFD have been involved for decades – to that of sustainable development. Increased environmental and social concerns urge agri-chain actors and development practitioners to design innovations, and public and private actors to invent regulations in connection with agri-chains to improve sustainability.With a view to contributing towards implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), this book examines the different roles of agri-chains: as vectors of development, as spaces of innovation, as objects of evaluation, and as arenas of regulation. It builds upon the findings and experiences of CIRAD and its researchers together with their Southern partners, and of AFD and its officers.Linking agricultural production with the other economic sectors, agri- chains are key spaces where local and global challenges to sustainability meet and where local and global actors experiment interlinked or common solutions.

Author : R. Lal
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN 13 : 9789251037768
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tillage Systems in the Tropics written by R. Lal and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 1995 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The objectives of this Bulletin are to collate up-to-date information on soil tillage requirements for soils in the tropics; to assess the impacts of different ways of tillage on soil, environment and crop productivity; and to outline criteria for developing environment-friendly and economically viable tillage techniques for sustainable use of soil and water resources

Author : Pradeep Kumar
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 0429615884
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plant Pathogens written by Pradeep Kumar and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2020-01-29 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addressing the most critical issues in the management of emerging diseases throughout the world, experts in plant pathology from internationally renowned institutes share their research and examine key literature. They look at both traditional pathology and advanced biotechnological and molecular diagnosis, and integrated management practices. This book is divided into four parts, covering viral and fungal disease detection and management, nematode diseases and management, bio-control, and biotechnological approaches and impact of climate change. The authors look at the challenges of crop protection against diseases caused by plant pathogens for the most economically important crops. The establishment and management of plant diseases using conventional and eco-friendly methods are discussed with an emphasis on the use of beneficial microbes and modern biotechnological approaches.

Author : Maarten J. Chrispeels
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Learning
ISBN 13 : 9780763715861
Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plants, Genes, and Crop Biotechnology written by Maarten J. Chrispeels and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2003 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book integrates many fields to help students understand the complexity of the basic science that underlies crop and food production.