Zasoby Tagged: Agricultural Ecology
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- 01-01-1972 Rice is the most widely consumed and ecologically adaptable cereal on earth, and in the first part of the book Hanks provides us with a synthesizing account of its history, the nature of its cultivation, its adaptablility, and the social and energy requirements necessary for its production. The...
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In the wake of the recent appalling famine, The Greening of Africa is an indispensable guide to understanding and action for all who care about the world's most threatened continent.
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05-01-1989 This training resource book is made for researchers wishing to learn and teach the essentials of agro-ecosystem mapping. 55 pages, illustrations, photos
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This Special Publication records in considerable detail, the ideas, concepts, and experiences of 19 outstanding scientist who have observed crop tolerances to different stresses associated with suboptimal land conditions in different parts of the world. The 15 papers included in this Special...
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01-01-1991 286 pages
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01-01-1979 721 pages, illustrated, photos
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The purpose of this book is to provide a simple synthesis of the research on novel agroecosystems and technologies and an analysis of ecologically based farms, for the purpose of establishing the scientific basis of alternative agriculture. This book is an urgent call to all students of...
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By 2050, the world population is expected to reach nine billion. And the challenge of feeding this rapidly growing population is being made greater by climate change, which will increasingly wreak havoc on the way we produce our food. At the same time, we have lost touch with the soil—few of us...
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The present study is a further contribution to the discussion of the principles and methods of sustainable agricultural development which appeared in the Kotschi and Adelhelm report on ecofarming.
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This book explains the use of an ecological way of farming, with modern practical applications, to make the fullest use of land resources and the best utilization of available capital and labour. In analyzing the vital relationship between soil, plant, animal and man, the author discusses the...