Sea-beans from the Tropics

Sea-beans from the Tropics
Title Sea-beans from the Tropics PDF eBook
Author Ed Perry
Publisher Krieger Publishing Company
Pages 240
Release 2003
Genre Nature
ISBN

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Discusses and identifies the drift treasures found on the beaches in Florida.

World Guide to Tropical Drift Seeds and Fruits

World Guide to Tropical Drift Seeds and Fruits
Title World Guide to Tropical Drift Seeds and Fruits PDF eBook
Author Charles R. Gunn
Publisher Krieger Publishing Company
Pages 0
Release 1999
Genre Beachcombing
ISBN 9781575241470

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The majority of this work is devoted to a catalogue (with descriptions and illustrations) of sea-beans, tropical seeds and fruits that are distributed by river and ocean currents to shires around the world. Entries in the catalogue provide information on buoyancy, planting viability, and common carrier currents. Preceding chapters include information on the history of the sea-bean as cultural artifact and general transport currents and collecting beaches.

Properties and Management of Soils in the Tropics

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

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

Lost Crops of Africa

Lost Crops of Africa
Title Lost Crops of Africa PDF eBook
Author National Research Council
Publisher National Academies Press
Pages 378
Release 2006-10-27
Genre Technology & Engineering
ISBN 0309164540

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This report is the second in a series of three evaluating underexploited African plant resources that could help broaden and secure Africa's food supply. The volume describes the characteristics of 18 little-known indigenous African vegetables (including tubers and legumes) that have potential as food- and cash-crops but are typically overlooked by scientists and policymakers and in the world at large. The book assesses the potential of each vegetable to help overcome malnutrition, boost food security, foster rural development, and create sustainable landcare in Africa. Each species is described in a separate chapter, based on information gathered from and verified by a pool of experts throughout the world. Volume I describes African grains and Volume III African fruits.

Bean Production Problems in the Tropics

Bean Production Problems in the Tropics
Title Bean Production Problems in the Tropics PDF eBook
Author Howard F. Schwartz
Publisher CIAT
Pages 750
Release 1989
Genre Technology & Engineering
ISBN 9789589183045

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The first section reviews trends of bean production and constraints in Latin America and Africa. The second section covers fungal diseases. The third section, bacterial diseases. The fourth section, viral and mycoplasma diseases. The fifth section, insect pests. The last section, other bean production constraints, that is, nutritional disorders, nematodes, seed pathology, and additional problems.

Farming Systems in the Tropics

Farming Systems in the Tropics
Title Farming Systems in the Tropics PDF eBook
Author Hans Ruthenberg
Publisher
Pages 412
Release 1976
Genre Technology & Engineering
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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.

Why Forests? Why Now?

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

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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.