Author: Azene Bekele-TesemmaPublisher: World Agroforestry Centre
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Profitable Agroforestry Innovations for Eastern Africa
Author: Azene Bekele-TesemmaPublisher: World Agroforestry Centre
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Underutilised Crop Genomes
Author: Mark A. ChapmanPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031008480
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
This book highlights the uses for underutilized crops, presenting the state-of-the-art in terms of genome sequencing for over 30 crops, previously understudied and under-researched. In a changing climate and with significant pressure on the land, it is the ideal time to be discussing novel crops, with significant biotic and abiotic tolerances and/or rich nutrient profiles for consumers. Previously, the only species with sequenced genomes were high-profile internationally recognized crops, but in the current era genomes are being sequenced for dozens of crops, including those previously classified as underutilized, now being investigated. This book covers food crops, from fruits to tubers, and from grasses to legumes, as well as crops with non-food applications. Some of these crops have draft genomes, and others have polished genomes with extensive resequencing panels. Each chapter tells the story of an individual crop or crop group, written by experts, focusing on the genome data available, revealing more about crop domestication and genetic variation, and the current and future prospects given that this data is now becoming available. It also highlights how even small sequencing projects can provide draft genome sequences suitable for gene discovery, comparative genomics, and identification of molecular markers for understanding these crops further.
Pulses and their by-products as animal feed
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsPublisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9251099154
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Pulses provide valuable products for animal feeding and thereby indirectly contribute to food security. In order to promote the use of pulses and their by-products in regions where they are often wasted, this publication highlights the nutritional role of beans, vetches, lentils and peas for different animal breeds and looks at the necessary climatic conditions for cultivation.
Cost benefit analysis for Grevillea robusta in Ethiopia: linking establishment of a breeding seedling orchard to the economic returns of quality plantings
Author: Pedercini, F.Agroforestry Systems
Author: Jane Potter GatesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural systems
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Multifunctional Agriculture
Author: Roger LeakeyPublisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0128093064
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
In a world increasingly challenged by the need to integrate and understand highly specialized knowledge in a multidisciplinary way, this book is innovative and perhaps unique in addressing this challenge. It focuses on ideas, strategies, techniques and practices spanning many disciplines at the interface of agriculture with: forestry, horticulture, plant physiology, genetics, ecology, soil science, food science, economics, and the social and environmental sciences as delivered by intensified and enriched agroforestry. Multifunctional Agriculture addresses this complexity, using case studies and insights from the needs of African farmers whose livelihoods are constrained by complex interactions between social, environmental and economic factors and problems underlying agricultural sustainability in Africa. This book, therefore, provides an important resource for those trying to understand the role of agriculture in the achievement of the new Sustainable Development Goals by providing easily implementable, practical and effective methodologies and practices. - Provides a single-source, comprehensive insight into agroforestry/ multifunctional agriculture, it's potential, challenges, and progress - Helps readers understand and assess potential opportunity through implementation - Includes case studies and real-world insights that address common situations and the practical application of best practices - Explores the role of multi-functional agriculture in mitigating climate change impacts, providing value-story beyond crop production
Emerging Development of Agriculture in East Africa
Author: Takashi YamanoPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400712014
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Emerging Development of Agriculture in East Africa offers case studies that find promise in many new innovations. Farmers in Uganda have quickly learned the management of NERICA rice (a new upland rice variety), which is being disseminated in a limited way in the region. Also in Uganda, farmers living in more remote areas have improved access to markets due to the expansion of mobile phones. In Kenya, improved milk marketing systems have increased efficiency and led to tangible increases in the adoption of dairy production technologies. And the adoption of intensive dairy production systems in Kenya and Uganda are providing significant amounts of manure and positively impacting yields of maize and banana.
Abstracts of PhD, MSc, MPhil and Diplôme Ingenieur Theses in Agroforestry, 1987-1998
Author: Quick Bibliography Series
Author: World Agroforestry Into the Future
Author: Dennis P. GarrityPublisher: World Agroforestry Centre
ISBN: 9290591846
Category : Agroforestry
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description