China, Multiple Cropping and Related Crop Production Technology

China, Multiple Cropping and Related Crop Production Technology
Author:
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 74
Release: 1980
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9789251009772

This study tour was organized and led by FAO and the Government of China with the financial assistance and support of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). It was the tenth in a series of 13 inter-regional study tours to China organized for 1977-1979 by FAO, the Government of China, and the UNDP. These study tours provide an opportunity for developing countries to learn from the Chinese experience in agriculture, forestry and fisheries. The terms of reference of the study team were: (1) to study multiple cropping and related crop production technology in China; (2) to determine the relevance and applicability of Chinese multiple cropping methods and techniques to the participating countries

Multiple Cropping Systems

Multiple Cropping Systems
Author: Charles A. Francis
Publisher:
Total Pages: 418
Release: 1986
Genre: Multiple cropping
ISBN:

Fifteen papers discuss the various aspects of multiple cropping. Plant interactions, weed and pest management, the role of cereals and legumes, economics, research methods for multiple cropping and finally the future of multiple cropping

Assessment of Carbon Footprint in Different Industrial Sectors, Volume 1

Assessment of Carbon Footprint in Different Industrial Sectors, Volume 1
Author: Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2014-01-04
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9814560413

Carbon footprint is one of the important environmental impacts, which has received greater attention from the public, government and media. It is one of the important topics of even any government’s agenda as well and every nation is trying its best to reduce its carbon footprint to the maximum possible extent. Every company would like to reduce the carbon footprint of its products and consumers are looking for the products which emit lower carbon emissions in their entire life cycle. Assessment of Carbon footprint for different products, processes and services and also carbon labelling of products have become familiar topics in the recent past in various industrial sectors. Every industry has its unique assessment and modelling techniques, allocation procedures, mitigation methods and labelling strategies for its carbon emissions. With this background, this book has been framed with dedicated chapters on carbon footprint assessment on various industrial sectors. In each chapter, details pertaining to the assessment methodologies of carbon footprint followed in a particular industry, challenges in calculating the carbon footprint, case studies of various products in that particular industry, mitigation measures to be followed to trim down the carbon footprint, recommendations for further research are discussed in detail. This first volume includes the carbon footprint assessment methodology of agricultural sector, telecommunication sector, food sector, ceramic industry, packaging industry, building and construction sector and solid waste sector.

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.

Ecological Economics Research Trends

Ecological Economics Research Trends
Author: Carolyn C. Pertsova
Publisher: Nova Publishers
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2007
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781600219412

This new book presents important research in the field of ecological economics which is a trans-disciplinary field of academic research that addresses the dynamic and spatial interdependence between human economies and natural ecosystems. Ecological economics brings together and connects different disciplines, within the natural and social sciences but especially between these broad areas. Ecological economics presents a more pluralistic approach to the study of environmental problems and policy solutions, characterised by systems perspectives, adequate physical and biological contexts, and a focus on long-term environmental sustainability.

Good agricultural practices for greenhouse vegetable production in the South East European countries

Good agricultural practices for greenhouse vegetable production in the South East European countries
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 449
Release: 2018-05-29
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9251096228

FAO Plant Production and Protection Papers Greenhouse crop production is an increasing trend throughout the world, with some 405 000 ha of greenhouses spread across Europe. This publication builds on know-how and experience from the South East European region to serve as a guide for trainers and a technical reference for producers and other stakeholders.

Pesticide Residues in Food, 1985

Pesticide Residues in Food, 1985
Author: FAO Panel of Experts on Pesticide Residues in Food and the Environment
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 244
Release: 1986
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9789251024850