Resources Tagged: Tropical Crops
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East African Crops is a comprehensive textbook on the production of the crops of East Africa. It is suitable for agriculture students in Secondary Schools, Universities, Agriculture Colleges and Institutes, as well as field workers.
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1877-01-01 Excerpt of a longer work. Discussion on indian corn, rice, broom corn or millet. 54 pages
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2015-01-01 Principles of Tropical Horticultureleads the reader through a background of environmental influences and plant physiology to an understanding of production and post-harvest systems, environmental adaptation techniques and marketing strategies. Focusing on the principles behind production...
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The tropics are the source of many of our familiar fruits, vegetables, oils, and spice, as well as such commodities as rubber and wood. Moreover, other tropical fruits and vegetables are being introduced into our markets to offer variety to our diet. Now, as tropical forests are increasingly...
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1989-01-01 Information provided in this series covers selected foods from Africa, India, Latin America and Southeast Asia. Topics are organized on a commodity basis within the major food groups, including cereals and other startch sources, legumes and oil-seeds, fruits and vegetables.
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1978-01-01 In writing this book, Dr. Onwueme's purpose has been to provide a detailed account of the major tropical tuber crops which form a substantial part of the staple diet of people living in the tropics. Traditional and more recent methods of production are discussed and analysed. In addition,...
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This book attempts to summarize the complex field of manuring of the different crops. Divided into two parts, the first part of this book deals with the principles of plant nutrition and manuring in general, the second is devoted to the use of manures for the individual crops.
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This textbook is designed principally for university and college students reading for degrees and diplomas in Botany and Agriculture but will also be useful in studies of ethnobotany, food science, archaeology and nutrition, or indeed to anyone with a concern for our natural resources. The text...
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1987-01-01 Soybean has great potential, even for small farmers with limited resources, to fit into the rice-based cropping systems that dominate so much of the agricultural area in the tropics. 213 pages, illustrations
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1975-01-01 This is a report on plants that show promise for improving the quality of life in tropical areas. Because the countries in this zone contain most of the world's low-income populatons this report is addressed to those government administrators, technical assistance personnel, and researchers in...