Agroforestry Guides for Pacific Islands - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Agroforestry Guides for Pacific Islands write by Craig R. Elevitch. This book was released on 2000. Agroforestry Guides for Pacific Islands available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Traditional Trees of Pacific Islands
Traditional Trees of Pacific Islands - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Traditional Trees of Pacific Islands write by Craig R. Elevitch. This book was released on 2006. Traditional Trees of Pacific Islands available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "This book is for the person who lives in the tropics or subtropics and is interested in native plants, who wants to know about plants that are useful, who loves to watch plants grow, and who is willing to work with them. Such a person might ask questions like, Where will they grow? How do I grow them? Are they good to eat? How are they used? What are their names? These questions and more are answered here."--Préface
Specialty Crops for Pacific Islands
Specialty Crops for Pacific Islands - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Specialty Crops for Pacific Islands write by Craig R. Elevitch. This book was released on 2011. Specialty Crops for Pacific Islands available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From bamboo to black pepper, cacao to coconut and tea to taro--Specialty Crops for Pacific Islands provides detailed cultivation, value-added, and marketing information for 27 of the most important specialty crops for Pacific Islands and other tropical locations. Specialty crops provide a rapidly growing economic opportunity for innovative farmers and gardeners who are interested in diversifying their products. The book provides insights into sustainable cultivation and processing techniques for local and export markets with an emphasis on innovating production methods, postharvest processing, and marketing. Beautifully illustrated with over 940 color images, each chapter covers a crop in detail. Specialty Crops for Pacific Islands highlights producers from throughout the Pacific and shares their experience--both their challenges and successes. From the publishers of Traditional Trees for Pacific Islands and Agroforestry Guides for Pacific Islands, this 576-page book promotes high-quality food, fiber, and healthcare crops grown in diverse agroforestry systems. The emphasis is on providing small farms with opportunities for local consumption and commercial sale. Specialty Crops for Pacific Islands is a must-have reference book for farmers, gardeners, teachers, and extension agents in the Pacific and throughout the tropics who are interested in new economic opportunities from specialty crops. This is not a book that sits on the shelf, but is thumbed through again and again.
Agroforestry in the Pacific Islands
Agroforestry in the Pacific Islands - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Agroforestry in the Pacific Islands write by William C. Clarke. This book was released on 1993. Agroforestry in the Pacific Islands available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Breadfruit Agroforestry Guide
Breadfruit Agroforestry Guide - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Breadfruit Agroforestry Guide write by Craig R Elevitch. This book was released on 2018-05. Breadfruit Agroforestry Guide available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Breadfruit has been cultivated by people for thousands of years in highly productive plantings together with numerous other crops. This book was written for commercial and home growers looking to combine modern horticultural techniques with traditional growing methods similar to those successfully employed by Pacific Islanders over many centuries. This groundbreaking guide is being released as the prolific Pacific Island staple breadfruit enjoys a resurgence in planting and growing across Hawai'i and around the tropical world. Noted for its high nutritional value, gluten-free status, and moderate glycemic index, breadfruit (called 'ulu in Hawaiian) can be prepared similarly to a potato or yam but has greater versatility and qualities well suited for main dishes, desserts, baked goods, and even beverages. Breadfruit trees are abundant producers and require far less labor compared with other starchy crops such as taro and sweet potato. The guide presents techniques that can sustain productivity for long periods of time, while regenerating land degraded by erosion, compaction, overgrazing, and loss of organic matter. It covers subjects that include recognizing breadfruit varieties; agroforest planning, planting, and maintenance; selection of suitable accompanying crops; value-added products; and economic evaluation. The guide provides a range of growing scenarios from backyard gardens to large farms in the tropics. Using detailed design examples, species tables, and design descriptions and 95 photos and illustrations, this handbook breaks new ground in showing growers how to plan and implement agroforestry that emphasizes breadfruit production. In so doing, growers can design their production to be resilient to changes in weather and market prices-and build a stronger local food system in the process.
