Tropical Forages: Their Role in Sustainable Agriculture
Author:   L. R. Humphreys
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN:  

9780582078680


Pages:   432
Publication Date:   13 April 1995
Format:   Hardback
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained


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A definitive work illustrating how forages can sustain tropical cropping systems and be used to combat environmental problems of deterioration of soils and declining crop yields that are associated with monocropping. It is the only book to cover the management of tropical plant-soil-animal systems in one volume.

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Author:   L. R. Humphreys
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Longman
Dimensions:   Width: 14.90cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 22.60cm
Weight:   0.792kg
ISBN:  

9780582078680


ISBN 10:   0582078687
Pages:   432
Publication Date:   13 April 1995
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained

Table of Contents

Introduction; Part 1 - Objectives of Crop-Pasture-Animal Interactions: The maintenance of soil fertility I. Nitrogen and organic matter; The maintenance of soil fertility II. soil structure and erosion; Efficiency of resource use; Crop protection systems; Outputs from animal production in farming systems. Part 2 - Management of crop-pasture systemss: Tree crops with pastures; Shrub legumes with annual crops; Pastures with annual crops; Annual crops with forage crops; Conclusions; References; Index of scientific names; Subject index.

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