Author: Mark D. NewmanPublisher:
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Languages : en
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Farm Level Studies in the Semi-arid Tropics of West Africa
Author: Mark D. NewmanFarm and Village Production Systems in the Semi-arid Tropics of West Africa
Author: David W. NormanPublisher:
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Category : Africa, West
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
The framework; Methodology; External Institutions; Community norms, structures and beliefs; Labor; Capital, cash and credit; Goals and management;Crop processes; Off-farm employment; Level of living and inequality of income distribution;
The Farmer in the Semi-arid Tropics of West Africa
Author: Hans P. BinswangerPublisher:
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Category : Agricultural systems
Languages : en
Pages : 896
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Appropriate Technologies for Farmers in Semi-arid West Africa
Author: Herbert W. OhmPublisher:
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Category : Agricultural innovations
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Farm and Village Production System in the Semi-arid Tropics of West Africa
Author: David W. NormanFarm & Village Production Systems in the Semi Arid Tropics of West Africa
Author: David W. NormanPlant Science, Agriculture, and Forestry in Africa South of the Sahara
Author: Cyril E. Broderick Sr. Ph.D.Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1462898424
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
Deficits in food production across Africa have resulted in starvation and famine for babies, children and families throughout Africa, and without serious transformation in the production of food and agricultural commodities, mal-nutrition, starvation, famine, and poverty will perpetuate across this region. The provision of critical knowledge and understanding of agricultural principles as they relate to traditional and modern practices is the essence of this text. Plants are presented first in this treatise, and then the place of animals in agricultural production is introduced. Finally, the roles of the environment, labor-saving devices, fertilization, and other intrinsic factors are discussed. This treatise is indispensable among farmers, students, and professionals in agriculture in the scientific decision-making process for agricultural sustainability. Dr. Broderick draws on dozens of years of academic life and practical professional experiences to present this essential text.
Alleviating Soil Fertility Constraints to Increased Crop Production in West Africa
Author: A. Uzo MokwunyePublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401132240
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Tropical Africa escaped from the glaciers that covered the temperate parts of the world during the Ice Age. The legacy is that most of the parent materials of the soils of tropical Africa are old, highly weathered and devoid of bases and phosphate-bearing minerals. Traditional farming systems which were relatively stable and sustainable relied on long fallow periods after one to two years of cropping to maintain the productive capacity of the soils. In recent times and especially in densely populated areas, a sizeable class of 'landless' farmers have begun to cultivate marginal lands or to invade the 'forest reserves' thereby exacerbating the problems of land and environ mental degradation. of soil fertility that will facilitate the production of adequate quantities of the principle Maintaining a level staples has become a major challenge to agricultural scientists in tropical Africa. To increase the nutrient supplying power of soils requires the inputs of fertilizers. These can be organic or inorganic. The efficiency with which these externally supplied inputs can increase agricultural production and reduce soil and environmental deterioration is dependent on the ability of scientists to determine the right types and quantities of the products to apply to each soil, crop and cropping system as well as the ability of farmers to acquire requisite farm manage ment skills.
Farm and Village Production Systems in the Semi-arid Tropics of West Africa
Author: David W. NormanFarming 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