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.

Markets and States in Tropical Africa

Markets and States in Tropical Africa
Author: Robert H. Bates
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2014-04-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0520282566

Following independence, most countries in Africa sought to develop, but their governments pursued policies that actually undermined their rural economies. Examining the origins of Africa’s “growth tragedy,” Markets and States in Tropical Africa has for decades shaped the thinking of practitioners and scholars alike. Robert H. Bates’s analysis now faces a challenge, however: the revival of economic growth on the continent. In this edition, Bates provides a new preface and chapter that address the seeds of Africa’s recovery and discuss the significance of the continent’s success for the arguments of this classic work.

Proceeding of the 1st International Conference on Tropical Agriculture

Proceeding of the 1st International Conference on Tropical Agriculture
Author: Alim Isnansetyo
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 627
Release: 2017-11-21
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3319603639

The proceeding of tropical agriculture is a proceeding of papers presented at the International Conference on Tropical Agriculture. Sustainability of agriculture production system is an important issue in the world, which includes all aspects of sustainable criteria, such as technical, socio-economic, and ecological aspects. This book covers sustainable tropical agriculture, sustainable tropical fisheries, sustainable tropical animal production, sustainable tropical forestry, tropical animal health, and Innovative and Emerging Food Technology and Management. The most common, challenging issues in plant, animal and fisheries production in the tropics are climate change, inefficiency production system, low technological innovation, decreasing environment quality, and the outbreak risk of pest and diseases. These issues are closely linked to the socio-economic condition of farmers as small-scale farms are dominant in this area. In addition, post-harvest technology is crucial to maintaining the high quality of products after on farm production. This volume provides the recent research and development on tropical agriculture production systems for plant, terrestrial animal and aquatic animal to establish sustainable agriculture production in the tropics.

Economic Models of Tropical Deforestation: A Review

Economic Models of Tropical Deforestation: A Review
Author: David Kaimowitz
Publisher: CIFOR
Total Pages: 153
Release: 1998-01-01
Genre: Deforestation
ISBN: 979876417X

Types of economic deforestation models. Household and firm-level models. Regional-level models. National and macro-level models. Priority areas for future research.

Why Forests? Why Now?

Why Forests? Why Now?
Author: Frances Seymour
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Total Pages: 389
Release: 2016-12-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1933286865

Tropical forests are an undervalued asset in meeting the greatest global challenges of our time—averting climate change and promoting development. Despite their importance, tropical forests and their ecosystems are being destroyed at a high and even increasing rate in most forest-rich countries. The good news is that the science, economics, and politics are aligned to support a major international effort over the next five years to reverse tropical deforestation. Why Forests? Why Now? synthesizes the latest evidence on the importance of tropical forests in a way that is accessible to anyone interested in climate change and development and to readers already familiar with the problem of deforestation. It makes the case to decisionmakers in rich countries that rewarding developing countries for protecting their forests is urgent, affordable, and achievable.

Rice in the Tropics

Rice in the Tropics
Author: Robert Flint Chandler
Publisher: Int. Rice Res. Inst.
Total Pages: 278
Release: 1979
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0891583629

The importance of rive as a world crops, and its principal characteristics. The modern rice plant and the new technology: Greater potentials for rice production in the tropics. Problems of postharvest technology. Rice marketing. Some successful rice production programs. Promising rice research. Elements of a successful accelerated rice production program. A national rice program: putting the ingredients together.

Agricultural Technologies and Tropical Deforestation

Agricultural Technologies and Tropical Deforestation
Author: Arild Angelsen
Publisher: CABI
Total Pages: 440
Release: 2001-04-20
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780851998992

This book has been developed from a workshop on Technological change in agriculture and tropical deforestation organised by the Center for International Forestry Research and held in Costa Rica in March, 1999. It explores how intensification of agriculture affects tropical deforestation using case studies from different geographical regions, using different agricultural products and technologies and in differing demographic situations and market conditions. Guidance is also given on future agricultural research and extension efforts.

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