Minimum cost combination in agriculture with special reference to developing countries in tropical areas. Typology of the climatic zones and farming systems in the tropics and sub-tropics. Increasing productivity in extensive grassland farming in semi-arid areas. Increasing the productivity of arable rain-fed farming. Increasing the productivity of irrigated arable farming types of irrigated farming. Systems with perennial crops. Development of farming regions and farm enterprises during general economic-growth.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1981.

Sponsored by FAO and the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

Major crops are treated in detail, covering breeding, ecophysiology, cultivation practices, and pests and diseases. Properties such as economics, production trends, nutritional aspects, chemical and technological features are provided for each group of plants. The book includes an extensive bibliography.