Traditional Arid Lands Agriculture - 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 Arid Lands Agriculture write by Scott E. Ingram. This book was released on 2015-04-02. Traditional Arid Lands Agriculture available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Traditional Arid Lands Agriculture is the first of its kind. Each chapter considers four questions: what we don’t know about specific aspects of traditional agriculture, why we need to know more, how we can know more, and what research questions can be pursued to know more. What is known is presented to provide context for what is unknown. Traditional agriculture, nonindustrial plant cultivation for human use, is practiced worldwide by millions of smallholder farmers in arid lands. Advancing an understanding of traditional agriculture can improve its practice and contribute to understanding the past. Traditional agriculture has been practiced in the U.S. Southwest and northwest Mexico for at least four thousand years and intensely studied for at least one hundred years. What is not known or well-understood about traditional arid lands agriculture in this region has broad application for research, policy, and agricultural practices in arid lands worldwide. The authors represent the disciplines of archaeology, anthropology, agronomy, art, botany, geomorphology, paleoclimatology, and pedology. This multidisciplinary book will engage students, practitioners, scholars, and any interested in understanding and advancing traditional agriculture.
Diversification of Arid Farming Systems
Diversification of Arid Farming 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 Diversification of Arid Farming Systems write by P. Narain. This book was released on 2009-04-01. Diversification of Arid Farming Systems available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Over the years, economic considerations have overtaken the sustainability issue. Low and erratic rainfall, frequent droughts, the increasing costs of cultivation, lower compensation of labour and inputs have made farming in the arid regions a challenging enterprise. Employment opportunities in sectors other than agriculture have enticed many to cross the floor. The largest segment of the farming community, however, is constrained to make a living from farm related activities. With the opening of markets for international trade in farm commodities, the competition has toughened for the resource-constrained farmers of the arid regions of the country. On the other hand, useful technologies have been generated by researchers on many alternative systems, which could be adopted. In this scenario, the farmers could benefit greatly by inducing diversification in the farming systems and by strengthening the traditional systems. With this backdrop, a National Symposium on Livelihood Security and Diversified Farming Systems in Arid Region was organized by the Arid Zone Research Association of India at the Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur, from January 14-16, 2006. Selected papers presented at the symposium and invited articles have been included in this compendium and are grouped in sections on Diversification, Strengthening the Traditional Farming Systems, Enhancing Resource Use Efficiency, Livestock-based Farming Systems, Value Addition, Socio-economic Issues and Transfer of Technology. Currently, food, water and energy crises are of global concern. The challenge ahead is to strike a balance between basic needs of a large population and to maintain the pace of development. Diversification of farming systems may contribute towards achieving this goal to some extent. It is hoped that the book will provide options for diversification of the existing farming systems and benefit there from.
Traditional Food Plants
Traditional Food Plants - 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 Food Plants write by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. This book was released on 1988. Traditional Food Plants available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Realistic Planning for Arid Lands
Realistic Planning for Arid Lands - 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 Realistic Planning for Arid Lands write by Matlock W. G.. This book was released on 1981. Realistic Planning for Arid Lands available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Arid Lands in Transition; Papers. Edited by Harold E. Dregne
Arid Lands in Transition; Papers. Edited by Harold E. Dregne - 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 Arid Lands in Transition; Papers. Edited by Harold E. Dregne write by International Conference on Arid Lands in a Changing World, University of Arizona, 1969. This book was released on 1970. Arid Lands in Transition; Papers. Edited by Harold E. Dregne available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
