Author: Joseph J. BonnemannPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sorghum
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Grain Sorghum Performance Trials 1973
Author: Joseph J. BonnemannPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sorghum
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Research Report
Author: Bibliography of Agriculture
Author: Pecan Leaf Analysis Service Summary, 1968
Author: David Erwin WeisenbornPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
Report on Kansas Grain Sorghum Performance Tests
Author: Lost Crops of Africa
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309176891
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
Scenes of starvation have drawn the world's attention to Africa's agricultural and environmental crisis. Some observers question whether this continent can ever hope to feed its growing population. Yet there is an overlooked food resource in sub-Saharan Africa that has vast potential: native food plants. When experts were asked to nominate African food plants for inclusion in a new book, a list of 30 species grew quickly to hundreds. All in all, Africa has more than 2,000 native grains and fruitsâ€""lost" species due for rediscovery and exploitation. This volume focuses on native cereals, including: African rice, reserved until recently as a luxury food for religious rituals. Finger millet, neglected internationally although it is a staple for millions. Fonio (acha), probably the oldest African cereal and sometimes called "hungry rice." Pearl millet, a widely used grain that still holds great untapped potential. Sorghum, with prospects for making the twenty-first century the "century of sorghum." Tef, in many ways ideal but only now enjoying budding commercial production. Other cultivated and wild grains. This readable and engaging book dispels myths, often based on Western bias, about the nutritional value, flavor, and yield of these African grains. Designed as a tool for economic development, the volume is organized with increasing levels of detail to meet the needs of both lay and professional readers. The authors present the available information on where and how each grain is grown, harvested, and processed, and they list its benefits and limitations as a food source. The authors describe "next steps" for increasing the use of each grain, outline research needs, and address issues in building commercial production. Sidebars cover such interesting points as the potential use of gene mapping and other "high-tech" agricultural techniques on these grains. This fact-filled volume will be of great interest to agricultural experts, entrepreneurs, researchers, and individuals concerned about restoring food production, environmental health, and economic opportunity in sub-Saharan Africa. Selection, Newbridge Garden Book Club
Official Publications
Author: Louisiana State LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Priorities in Agricultural Research of the U.S. Department of Agriculture
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and ProcedurePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1444
Book Description
State of Louisiana Official Publications
Author: Louisiana. Department of StatePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
A.I.D. Research and Development Abstracts
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economic development
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description