Author: Carlos Javier PuigPublisher: Cuvillier Verlag
ISBN: 3865376940
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
Carbon Sequestration Potential of Land Cover Types in the Agricultural Landscape of Eastern Amazonia, Brazil
Author: Carlos Javier PuigPublisher: Cuvillier Verlag
ISBN: 3865376940
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
Genetic Diversity of Wild Coffea Arabica Populations in Ethiopia as a Contribution to Conservation and Use Planning
Author: Kassahun Tesfaye GeletuPublisher: Cuvillier Verlag
ISBN: 3867279861
Category : Coffee
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Ecophysiological Diversity of Wild Arabica Coffee Populations in Ethiopia
Author: Taye Kufa ObsoPublisher: Cuvillier Verlag
ISBN: 386727990X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
Coffea arabica, one of the economically most important crops worldwide, occurs naturally in the undergrowth of montane rainforests of Ethiopia. The study provides the first detailed ecophysiological investigations of wild coffee populations. It demonstrates the inter- and intra-regional variability in phenotypic and hydrological characteristics of wild coffee. The results reveal very different strategies of wild coffee seedlings for coping with drought stress. The ecophysiological diversity shows the importance of Ethiopian wild coffee populations as gene pools for future breeding programs, and underlines the need for an in-situ conservation strategy. The study includes recommendations for coffee forest management and the use of wild arabica coffee in Ethiopia.
Management of Bombus Atratus Bumblebees to Pollinate Lulo (Solanum Quitoense L), a Native Fruit from the Andes of Colombia
Author: Maria Teresa Almanza FandiñoPublisher: Cuvillier Verlag
ISBN: 3867271879
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
Solanum quitoense (Lulo) from the northern Andes is a fruit with an attractive taste. It has a high export potential but its production is hampered by insufficient pollination. Studies on the reproductive system of Lulo revealed that, due to their poricidal anthers, the flowers need pollinators for self- and cross-pollination. Pollination by native bumblebees significantly increases fruit set and quality. Experiments show that colonies of Bombus atratus can be reared in captivity and used in Lulo fields for providing increased pollination services. Modeling based on data on colony development reveal larva/workers ratio and the supply of pollen as main parameters for improving the rearing method.
Microsatellite Development and Application in Pigeonpea (Cajanus Cajan (L.) Millspaugh)
Author: Damaris Achieng OdenyPublisher: Cuvillier Verlag
ISBN: 3867279918
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
Climate Change Mitigation and Agriculture
Author: Eva WollenbergPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136503447
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
This book reviews the state of agricultural climate change mitigation globally, with a focus on identifying the feasibility, opportunities and challenges for achieving mitigation among smallholder farmers. The purpose is ultimately to accelerate efforts towards mitigating land-based climate change. While much attention has been focused on forestry for its reputed cost-effectiveness, the agricultural sector contributes about ten to twelve per cent of emissions and has a large technical and economic potential for reducing greenhouse gases. The book does not dwell on the science of emissions reduction, as this is well covered elsewhere; rather, it focuses on the design and practical implementation of mitigation activities through changing farming systems. Climate Change Mitigation and Agriculture includes chapters about experiences in developed countries, such as Canada and Australia, where these efforts also have lessons for mitigation options for smallholders in poorer nations, as well as industrialising countries such as Brazil and China. A wide range of agroecological zones and of aspects or types of farming, including livestock, crops, fish farming, fertilizer use and agroforestry, as well as economics and finance, is included. The volume presents a synthesis of current knowledge and research activities on this emerging subject. Together the chapters capture an exciting period in the development of land-based climate change mitigation as attention is increasingly focused on agriculture's role in contributing to climate change.
Sustainable Agriculture and New Biotechnologies
Author: Noureddine BenkebliaPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 143982505X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 533
Book Description
Taking a broad and innovative informational approach, Sustainable Agriculture and New Biotechnologies is the first book to apply omic technologies to address issues related to understanding and improving agricultural sustainability in the food production process. The transformation from industrial to sustainable agriculture is discussed within the
The State of the World’s Forests 2022
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsPublisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9251359849
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Against the backdrop of the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use and the pledge of 140 countries to eliminate forest loss by 2030 and to support restoration and sustainable forestry, the 2022 edition of The State of the World’s Forests (SOFO) explores the potential of three forest pathways for achieving green recovery and tackling multidimensional planetary crises, including climate change and biodiversity loss. The three interrelated pathways are halting deforestation and maintaining forests; restoring degraded lands and expanding agroforestry; and sustainably using forests and building green value chains. The balanced, simultaneous pursuit of these pathways can generate sustainable economic and social benefits for countries and their rural communities, help sustainably meet increasing global demand for materials, and address environmental challenges. The State of the World’s Forests 2022 presents evidence on the feasibility and value of these pathways and outlines initial steps that could be taken to further pursue them. There is no time to lose – action is needed now to keep the global temperature increase below 1.5 °C, reduce the risk of future pandemics, ensure food security and nutrition for all, eliminate poverty, conserve the planet’s biodiversity and offer young people hope of a better world and a better future for all.
The Physical Geography of South America
Author: Thomas T. VeblenPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019803184X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
The Physical Geography of South America, the eighth volume in the Oxford Regional Environments series, presents an enduring statement on the physical and biogeographic conditions of this remarkable continent and their relationships to human activity. It fills a void in recent environmental literature by assembling a team of specialists from within and beyond South America in order to provide an integrated, cross-disciplinary body of knowledge about this mostly tropical continent, together with its high mountains and temperate southern cone. The authors systematically cover the main components of the South American environment - tectonism, climate, glaciation, natural landscape changes, rivers, vegetation, animals, and soils. The book then presents more specific treatments of regions with special attributes from the tropical forests of the Amazon basin to the Atacama Desert and Patagonian steppe, and from the Atlantic, Caribbean, and Pacific coasts to the high Andes. Additionally, the continents environments are given a human face by evaluating the roles played by people over time, from pre-European and European colonial impacts to the effects of modern agriculture and urbanization, and from interactions with El Niño events to prognoses for the future environments of the continent.
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