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Environmental Management In Tropical Agriculture [Pehme köide]

(World Bank, Washington, DC, USA)
  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 238 pages, kõrgus x laius: 219x140 mm, kaal: 317 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 19-Oct-2020
  • Kirjastus: CRC Press
  • ISBN-10: 0367165333
  • ISBN-13: 9780367165338
  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 238 pages, kõrgus x laius: 219x140 mm, kaal: 317 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 19-Oct-2020
  • Kirjastus: CRC Press
  • ISBN-10: 0367165333
  • ISBN-13: 9780367165338
This book summarizes the major environmental hazards confronted in tropical agriculture and presents specific management options that could be used to reduce or avoid them. It addresses the problem of the high cost of agricultural development in tropical regions.
List of Figures
viii
Acknowledgments ix
List of Abbreviations
x
Introduction 1(6)
Food Crops
1 Rice
7(9)
2 Maize, Sorghum, and Millet
16(6)
3 Legumes, Oilseeds, and Vegetables
22(5)
4 Cassava and Other Root Crops
27(8)
Cash Crops
5 Coffee and Tea
35(6)
6 Cocoa
41(4)
7 Sugar Cane
45(6)
8 Tobacco
51(14)
9 Cotton
65(6)
10 Oil Palm
71(8)
11 Rubber
79(6)
12 Forestry
85(19)
Animal Protein
13 Large Livestock: Cattle and Buffalo
104(14)
14 Small Livestock
118(7)
15 Freshwater Fisheries
125(6)
16 Marine Fisheries
131(5)
Production Factors
17 Biocides in the Environment
136(22)
18 Integrated Pest Management
158(5)
19 Tsetse Control in Livestock Projects
163(9)
20 Irrigation
172(9)
21 Energy in Agriculture
181(12)
22 Weed Control
193(7)
23 Water Weed Control
200(7)
24 Conserving Biological and Genetic Diversity
207(10)
25 Soil Erosion
217(9)
Epilogue: The Future 226(7)
About the Authors 233(2)
Index 235
Robert Goodland