Agriculture in the Tropics

Agriculture in the Tropics
Author: C. C. Webster
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Total Pages: 552
Release: 1998-11-18
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780632040544

Agriculture in the Tropics is one of the most successful and widely read books in the Tropical Agriculture Series and offers a general account of all the factors that affect agriculture in the tropics. It details the economic and physical factors that affect tropical agriculture and discusses land management and the different types of farming systems in practice. It also discusses tropical crops and the improvements that can be made by effective plant breeding programmes. Information is provided on animal feeds, how animals adapt to their environment and how livestock can be improved by well managed hygiene, breeding and nutrition. The third edition has been fully updated and is an essential reference source for all those requiring a comprehensive introduction to tropical agriculture.

Introduction to Tropical Agriculture

Introduction to Tropical Agriculture
Author: Anthony Youdeowei
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Total Pages: 356
Release: 1986
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

he main features of this book are: *Sixteen chapters written by twenty of Nigeria's top agriculturalists give a comprehensive coverage of all aspects of agricultural science and management *Extensively illustrated *Each chapter contains a glossary and a guide to further reading *Practical exercises and revision questions included

Farming Systems in the Tropics

Farming Systems in the Tropics
Author: Hans Ruthenberg
Publisher:
Total Pages: 412
Release: 1976
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

Some general charscteristics of farming in a tropical environment; Shifting cultivation systems; Fallow systems; Ley systems; Systems with permanent upland cultivation; Systems with arable irrigation farming; Systems with perennial crops; Grazing systems; General tendences in the development of tropical farm systems.

Multiple Cropping And Tropical Farming Systems

Multiple Cropping And Tropical Farming Systems
Author: Willem C. Beets
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2019-03-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0429689675

This book covers the uses of tropical farming systems in tropics of mixed, strip, relay, sequential and multistorey cropping. It discusses the aspects of the tropical farming systems including their history and agronomy and the plant inter-relationship within them.

Tropical Fruits

Tropical Fruits
Author: Robert E. Paull
Publisher: CABI
Total Pages: 408
Release: 2011
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1845936728

This book examines economically important horticultural crops selected from the major production systems in temperate, subtropical and tropical climatic areas. The general aspects of the tropical climate, fruit production techniques, tree management and postharvest handling and the principal tropical fruit crops that are common in temperate city markets are discussed. The taxonomy, cultivars, propagation and orchard management, biotic and abiotic problems and cultivar development of these fruit crops are also highlighted.

Tropical Agroecosystems

Tropical Agroecosystems
Author: John H. Vandermeer
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2002-12-03
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1420039881

Tropical areas present ecological, cultural, and political problems that demand analysis that is distinct from general ecological analysis. The tropical environment is special in many ways, from the lack of a biological down season (winter), to generally poor soil conditions, to a reliance on traditional methods of agriculture in an undeveloped society. Presenting a broad range of approaches to agroecosystem analysis, this book addresses specific ecological issues associated with agricultural production, examines two case studies of agricultural transformation and its effect on biodiversity, and discusses key landscape relationships between agroecosystems, wildlife, and human disease.

Properties and Management of Soils in the Tropics

Properties and Management of Soils in the Tropics
Author: Pedro A. Sanchez
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 685
Release: 2019-01-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1107176050

Long-awaited second edition of classic textbook, brought completely up to date, for courses on tropical soils, and reference for scientists and professionals.