Malaysian Agriculture: Crop Options
Author: Mohd. Yusof Hashim
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Published: 1986
Total Pages: 33
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Author: Mohd. Yusof Hashim
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Published: 1986
Total Pages: 33
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Published: 1986
Total Pages: 246
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 1993-02-01
Total Pages: 721
ISBN-13: 0309047498
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRainforests 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: G.Y. Tsuji
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2013-03-14
Total Pages: 405
ISBN-13: 9401736243
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first premise of this book is that farmers need access to options for improving their situation. In agricultural terms, these options might be manage ment alternatives or different crops to grow, that can stabilize or increase household income, that reduce soil degradation and dependence on off-farm inputs, or that exploit local market opportunities. Farmers need a facilitating environment, in which affordable credit is available if needed, in which policies are conducive to judicious management of natural resources, and in which costs and prices of production are stable. Another key ingredient of this facilitating environment is information: an understanding of which options are viable, how these operate at the farm level, and what their impact may be on the things that farmers perceive as being important. The second premise is that systems analysis and simulation have an impor tant role to play in fostering this understanding of options, traditional field experimentation being time-consuming and costly. This book summarizes the activities of the International Benchmark Sites Network for Agrotechnology Transfer (IBSNAT) project, an international initiative funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). IBSNAT was an attempt to demonstrate the effectiveness of understanding options through systems analysis and simulation for the ultimate benefit of farm households in the tropics and subtropics. The idea for the book was first suggested at one of the last IBSNAT group meetings held at the University of Hawaii in 1993.
Author: Abu Bakar Mahmud
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Published: 1986
Total Pages: 1
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Kevin J. Lanagan
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Published: 1977
Total Pages: 36
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Published: 1983
Total Pages: 256
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Chai Yee Ho
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Published: 1989
Total Pages: 289
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Fatimah Mohd. Arshad
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Published: 1989
Total Pages: 360
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: K. V. Peter
Publisher: New India Publishing
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9788189422691
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe present book is the second volume in the series Underutilized and Underexploited Horticultural Crops edited by Prof. K.V.Peter. As in the 1st volume the present volume also covers 6 chapters on underexploited fruits, 5 on vegetables, 1 on tuber crops, 3 each on flowers and trees and 2 on spices. Dr. Bhuwon Sthapit, IPGRI, Malaysia contributes a chapter on In Situ Conservation of Horticultural Crops. Underutilized fruits of Andaman and Nicobar Islands are dealt with in detail by Dr. D.R. Singh, Giant Granadilla, Apricot, Low Chilling Peaches, Aonla and Ber are dealt by eminent scientists in respective crops. Dr. Umesh Srivastava, ICAR, New Delhi deals Genetic Resource Management in Cucurbits. Dr. Samadia from Central Institute of Arid Horticulture, Bikaner writes on Arid Vegetables. Dr. S.K. Pandey, Director, CPRI, Shimla elaborates Taxonomy of Temperate Underutilized Root and Tuber Crops. Underutilized flowers surrounding the homesteads are narrated by Dr. U. Sreelatha, Kerala Agricultural University. An overview on Liliums is given by Dr. K. Valliappan, Mahua, Chironji and Drumstick are the trees dealt with. Turmeric and Long Coriander are elucidated by Dr. A.M. Rao and Dr. P. Indira respectively.