Ecological Implications of Minilivestock

Ecological Implications of Minilivestock
Author: M G Paoletti
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 677
Release: 2005-01-07
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1482294435

This book provides stimulating and timely suggestions about expanding the world food supply to include a variety of minilivestock. It suggests a wide variety of small animals as nutritious food. These animals include arthropods (insects, earthworms, snails, frogs), and various rodents. The major advantage of minilivestock is that they do not have t

Forest Entomology in East Africa

Forest Entomology in East Africa
Author: Hans G. Schabel
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2006-09-13
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1402046553

East African forests, among the world’s most biologically rich and diverse, are subject to multiple pressures, including insects. As the first work to focus exclusively on East African forest insects, this monograph distils 135 years of scientific and historical literature extending from before the colonial era to the present into an authoritative survey of this region’s major pests of trees and wood, as well as their antagonists.

Insects and Human Life

Insects and Human Life
Author: Brian Morris
Publisher: Berg
Total Pages: 333
Release: 2004
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1845200756

"Weaving science with personal observations, Morris demonstrates a knowledge of virtually every aspect of human-insect relations. Not only is this book useful in terms of the more practical side of entomology, it also provides a wealth of information on the role of insects in cultural production."--Jacket.

The Bavenda

The Bavenda
Author: Hugh A. Stayt
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 381
Release: 2018-09-03
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 042994277X

Originally published in 1931 this book was the first detailed ethnographic study of the Bavenda people. It pays particular attention to the double system of kinship groups which is unusual among the Bantu peoples. Richly illustrated with over 60 black and white plates, this books discusses the history and geography of the Bavenda, as well as social, economic, religious, political and legal aspects of their life, as well as medicine, magic and folklore.

Man's Environmental Predicament

Man's Environmental Predicament
Author: Denis Frank Owen
Publisher: London ; New York : Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 248
Release: 1973
Genre: Medical
ISBN:

Interdisciplinary research study of ecology, the environment and tribal peoples in the tropical zone of Africa - covers demography, plant ecology, animal ecology, weeds, pests, plant diseases, food, nutrition, tropical diseases, genetics, etc., and considers some implications for economic development. Bibliography pp. 199 to 208, illustrations, maps, references and statistical tables.

Land, Labour and Diet in Northern Rhodesia

Land, Labour and Diet in Northern Rhodesia
Author: Audrey Isabel Richards
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
Total Pages: 484
Release: 1995
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9783894738761

This reprint of a study by Dr. Audrey Richards (1899-1984) describes the living conditions of the Bemba of North-Eastern Rhodesia, with special reference to the effects of migrant labour on the social and economic life of a mainly agricultural society. Although primarily concerned with the production, distribution, and consumption of food, and with conditions of labour and standards of living, the book gives a vivid picture of the social structure of the Bemba - their political organisation and the functions of the chief, systems of land-tenure, kinship groupings, and the whole complex of economic, social, and magico-religious factors which arise in any community. The book has been widely recognised as an authoritative study particularly among economists and anthropologists.