Author: Anton E. CoyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
1997 Corn Performance Tests
Author: Anton E. CoyReport on Kansas Grain Sorghum Performance Tests
Author: Ohio Corn & Soybean Performance Trials
Author: Research Report - Georgia Agricultural Experiment Stations
Author: University of Georgia. College of Agriculture. Experiment StationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Research Report
Author: Canola Performance Tests
Author: Agricultural Research in Kansas
Author: Kansas Agricultural Experiment StationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural experiment stations
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Crop Performance Trials, Corn
Author: Corn
Author: C. Wayne SmithPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 9780471411840
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 984
Book Description
Your all-in-one guide to corn. This book provides practical advice on planting techniques and rates, seed production, treating plant diseases, insect infestation and weeds, harvesting, processing, and worldwide utilization. This is the fourth, and final, volume in the series of comprehensive references on the major crops of the world. Covers new biotechnology techniques for plant breeding and pest management Provides practical advice on planting techniques and rates, seed production, treating plant diseases, insect infestation and weeds, harvesting, processing and worldwide utilization.
Feeding the World
Author: Vaclav SmilPublisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 9780262692717
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
A realistic yet encouraging look at how society can change in ways that will allow us to feed an expanding global population. This book addresses the question of how we can best feed the ten billion or so people who will likely inhabit the Earth by the middle of the twenty-first century. He asks whether human ingenuity can produce enough food to support healthy and vigorous lives for all these people without irreparably damaging the integrity of the biosphere. What makes this book different from other books on the world food situation is its consideration of the complete food cycle, from agriculture to post-harvest losses and processing to eating and discarding. Taking a scientific approach, Smil espouses neither the catastrophic view that widespread starvation is imminent nor the cornucopian view that welcomes large population increases as the source of endless human inventiveness. He shows how we can make more effective use of current resources and suggests that if we increase farming efficiency, reduce waste, and transform our diets, future needs may not be as great as we anticipate. Smil's message is that the prospects may not be as bright as we would like, but the outlook is hardly disheartening. Although inaction, late action, or misplaced emphasis may bring future troubles, we have the tools to steer a more efficient course. There are no insurmountable biophysical reasons we cannot feed humanity in the decades to come while easing the burden that modern agriculture puts on the biosphere.