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The book deals with all the main food crops grown in the tropics, the information given being concise and easy to assimilate.  For each crop the following aspects are considered:  origin and distribution; variesties; environmental requirements; land preparation; planting operations; post-plannting operations; harvesting; yield; storage and processing and pests and diseases and their control.

Publication Details

  • Publisher: Macmillan Distribution Ltd.
  • ISBN-10: 0333344731
  • Dewey Decimal: 631.509
  • ECHO Library: 631.509 AND