Agroforestry - The Future of Global Land Use - 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 - The Future of Global Land Use write by P.K. Ramachandran Nair. This book was released on 2012-08-22. Agroforestry - The Future of Global Land Use available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume contains a solid body of the current state of knowledge on the various themes and activities in agroforestry worldwide. It is organized into three sections: the Introduction section consists of the summaries of six keynote speeches at the 2nd World Congress of Agroforestry held in Nairobi, Kenya, in 2009; that is followed by two sections of peer-reviewed thematic chapters grouped as “Global Perspectives” (seven chapters) and “Regional Perspectives” (eleven chapters), authored by professional leaders in their respective agroforestry-related fields worldwide. A total of 130 professionals from institutions in 33 countries in both developing and the industrialized temperate regions of the world contributed to the book as chapter authors and/or reviewers. Thus, the book presents a comprehensive and authoritative account of the global picture of agroforestry today.
Book of Abstracts
Book of Abstracts - 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 Book of Abstracts write by World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF). This book was released on 2009. Book of Abstracts available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Agroforestry in Europe
Agroforestry in Europe - 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 Europe write by Antonio Rigueiro-Rodríguez. This book was released on 2008-11-09. Agroforestry in Europe available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Agroforestry has come of age during the past three decades. The age-old practice of growing trees and crops and sometimes animals in interacting combinations – that has been ignored in the single-commodity-oriented agricultural and forestry development paradigms – has been brought into the realm of modern land-use. Today agroforestry is well on its way to becoming a specialized science at a level similar to those of crop science and forestry science. To most land-use experts, however, agroforestry has a tropical connotation. They consider agroforestry as something that can and can only be identified with the tropics. That is a wrong perception. While it is true that the tropics, compared to the temperate regions, have a wider array of agroforestry systems and hold greater promise for potential agroforestry interventions, it is also true that agroforestry has several opportunities in the temperate regions too. Indeed, the role of agroforestry is now recognized in Europe as exemplified by this book, North America, and elsewhere in the temperate zone. Current interest in ecosystem management in industrialized countries strongly suggests that there is a need to embrace and apply agroforestry principles to help mitigate the environmental problems caused or exacerbated by commercial agricultural and forestry production enterprises.
World Agroforestry Into the Future
World Agroforestry Into the Future - 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 World Agroforestry Into the Future write by Dennis P. Garrity. This book was released on 2006. World Agroforestry Into the Future available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Encyclopedia of Agriculture and Food Systems
Encyclopedia of Agriculture and Food Systems - 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 Encyclopedia of Agriculture and Food Systems write by Neal K. Van Alfen. This book was released on 2014-07-29. Encyclopedia of Agriculture and Food Systems available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Encyclopedia of Agriculture and Food Systems, Second Edition, Five Volume Set addresses important issues by examining topics of global agriculture and food systems that are key to understanding the challenges we face. Questions it addresses include: Will we be able to produce enough food to meet the increasing dietary needs and wants of the additional two billion people expected to inhabit our planet by 2050? Will we be able to meet the need for so much more food while simultaneously reducing adverse environmental effects of today’s agriculture practices? Will we be able to produce the additional food using less land and water than we use now? These are among the most important challenges that face our planet in the coming decades. The broad themes of food systems and people, agriculture and the environment, the science of agriculture, agricultural products, and agricultural production systems are covered in more than 200 separate chapters of this work. The book provides information that serves as the foundation for discussion of the food and environment challenges of the world. An international group of highly respected authors addresses these issues from a global perspective and provides the background, references, and linkages for further exploration of each of topics of this comprehensive work. Addresses important challenges of sustainability and efficiency from a global perspective. Takes a detailed look at the important issues affecting the agricultural and food industries today. Full colour throughout.
