Resources Tagged: Sub Tropics

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  1. Understanding The Production Of The Major Tropical/Sub-Tropical Root Crops Sweet Potatoes, Yams And Cocoyams

    1984-01-01 Root crops is a general term commonly used for a wide variety of food plants that have an underground storage organ known as a root, tuber (rhizome), corm, or bulb. Root crops are rich in starch, and low in protein and oil. They are excellent sources of calories. Some are consumed as major...
    Subtropical Agricu... Sub-Tropics Roots Roots and Tubers Tubers Sweet Potato Yams Cocoyams VITA Downloads

  2. Sequel to Amaranth to Zai Holes

    2012-04-20 Many of you are already familiar withECHO’s previously published book,Amaranth to Zai Holes (A-Z ), acompilation of the first 51 issues ofEDN . Agricultural Options for Small-Scale Farmersis a sequel to A-Z , with contentdrawn primarily from issues 52 through100 of EDN , but also containing...
    Agricultural Devel... Sub-Tropics Smallholder Farm Urban Gardening Agricultural System Poverty Subsistence Farming

  3. Annual Leafy Greens Variety Trial

    2012-10-20 Annual leafy greens grow quickly, are typically more tolerant of shade than fruit bearing vegetables (e.g., tomato and pepper), and do not require a lot of space. They can be grown in small gardens or containers near people’s homes, and are easily incorporated into many traditional dishes for...
    Annual Leafy Greens Heat Tolerance Sub-Tropics Raised Beds Garden Vegetables biomass

  4. Manual of Tropical and Subtropical Fruits

    1920-01-19 The reason for scarcity of fruits in regions where, by climatic indications, one would expect them to be most abundant, is not to be found in any single fact, but is, perhaps, largely the result of three causes: first, the enervating effect of heat, which discourages man from undertaking work...
    Agroforestry Fruits Sub-Tropics Tropical Fruits Subtropical Fruits Tropical Fruit Tree Subtropical Fruit ...