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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
Bibliography of Agriculture with Subject Index
Author: Cover Crops in Hillside Agriculture
Author: Daniel BucklesPublisher: IDRC
ISBN: 0889368414
Category : Agricultural innovations
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
Cover Crops in Hillside Agriculture: Farmer innovation with Mucuna
Wheat Landraces
Author: Nusret ZencirciPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030773884
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Landraces possess a very large genetic base in population structure and are dynamic populations of cultivated plants with historical origin, distinct identity, and without any formal crop improvement. They are often genetically diverse, locally adapted, and associated with traditional farming systems. Resistance genes to biotic and abiotic stress factors, which are especially diversified in landraces, are of great interest to plant breeders, faced with global climate challenge. In addition, gene pools made of different landraces grown in different ecological conditions can be used for wheat breeding to enhance quality; yield and other desirable agricultural parameters. An estimated 75% of the genetic diversity of crop plants was lost in the last century due to the replacement of high yielding modern varieties. There is, thus, an urgent need to preserve existing species, not only for posterity but also as a means to secure food supply for a rising world population. In this book, we provide an overview of wheat landraces with special attention to genetic diversities, conservation, and utilization.
Bibliography of Agriculture
Author: The global economy of pulses
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsPublisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9251097305
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
The production, trade and consumption of pulses have seen substantial growth over the last fifteen years. This report examines the trends and patterns of this growth, and the factors that explain these for different kinds of pulses. The report presents an analysis of trends of consumption of pulses in different regions of the world and discusses the role that pulses can play in human nutrition. The report presents an analysis of the dynamics of growth of major pulses in different pulse-producing countries of the world. It describes the increasingly important role of trade in the global economy of pulses and presents an analysis of changing patterns of trade. The report argues that there is a pressing need to close the large gap between potential and actual yields, particularly on smallholder farms in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, by increased adoption of improved varieties and modern agronomic practices in all developing countries. This in turn requires a major thrust in agricultural research and extension, improving credit availability, and public investment directed at pulse production. The report discusses future prospects and policy imperatives for sustaining the growth of pulse production.
Return to Resistance
Author: Raoul A. RobinsonPublisher: IDRC
ISBN: 9780889367746
Category : Agricultural pests
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
In the tradition of Silent Spring, Raoul Robinson's Return to Resistance calls for a revolution. Traditional plant breeding techniques have led us to depend more and more on chemical pesticides to protect ourcrops. Return to Resistance shows gardeners, farmers, and plant breeders how to use a long-neglected technique to create hardy new plant varieties that are naturally resistant to pests and disease. Horizontal resistance breeding has been largely ignored in this century due to the popularity and apparent successes of the Mendelian geneticists. However the colossal, unrecognized failure of m.
Farming Systems of the African Savanna
Author: A. KerPublisher: IDRC
ISBN: 0889367930
Category : Agricultural systems
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
Farming Systems of the African Savanna: A continent in crisis
Cereal Seed Technology
Author: Walther P. FeistritzerPublisher: Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
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Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Variety evaluation; Variety release; Seed production and harvesting; Seed drying and processing; Seed storage and packaging; Seed marketing; Seed testing; Seed certification; Seed legislation; Extension programme for the promotion of quality seed.
Organic Farming, Prototype for Sustainable Agricultures
Author: Stéphane BellonPublisher: Springer Science & Business
ISBN: 9400779275
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Stakeholders show a growing interest for organic food and farming (OF&F), which becomes a societal component. Rather than questioning whether OF&F outperforms conventional agriculture or not, the main question addressed in this book is how, and in what conditions, OF&F may be considered as a prototype towards sustainable agricultures. The book gathers 25 papers introduced in a first chapter. The first section investigates OF&F production processes and its capacity to benefit from the systems functioning to achieve higher self-sufficiency. The second one proposes an overview of organic performances providing commodities and public goods. The third one focuses on organics development pathways within agri-food systems and territories. As well as a strong theoretical component, this book provides an overview of the new challenges for research and development. It questions the benefits as well as knowledge gaps with a particular emphasis on bottlenecks and lock-in effects at various levels.
Lettuce Drop
Author: Owen Francis BurgerPublisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description