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Guide for Field Crops in the Tropics and the Subtropics
Contributor(s): Litzenberger, Samuel C. (Editor), Agency for International Development (Author)

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ISBN: 1410223930     ISBN-13: 9781410223937
Publisher: University Press of the Pacific
OUR PRICE: $32.78  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: June 2005
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BISAC Categories:
- Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - Tropical Agriculture
Dewey: 633.009
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 8.25" W x 11" L (1.67 lbs) 336 pages
 
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In the tropical and subtropical areas of the world, food grains make up the bulk of the diet for most people. Food grains together with fiber and specialty crops are also principal cash producers. It is with these commodities that this Guide for Field Crops in the Tropics and Subtropics concerns itself. The Guide deals with general situations; local applications are beyond the range of this moderate-size volume, but the basic information presented will permit area-by-area adaptations. This concise, up-to-date Guide is composed of 40 chapters. The first four are general introductory chapters, and treat rather extensively the important subjects of climate, soil, cropping, and farming systems as related to the tropics and subtropics. The other 36 chapters are divided as follows: 6 on cereal crops, 9 on food legumes, 6 on oil crops, 7 on root or tuber crops and bananas, 6 on major fiber crops and 2 on other cash crops. These chapters do not attempt to deal with the factors of providing inputs such as national supplies of fertilizer, insecticides and fungicides.
 
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