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Biological Control of Tropical Weeds Using Arthropods by Rangaswamy Muniappan Publisher Comments Weeds are a major constraint to agricultural production, particularly in the developing world. Cost-efficient biological control is a self-sustaining way to reduce this problem, and produces fewer non-target effects than chemical methods, which can cause... (read more) Your price: $139.75 New - Hardcover 
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The Cassava Transformation: Africa's Best-Kept Secret by Felix I. Nweke Publisher Comments Cassava is Africa's second most important food crop. The cassava transformation that is now underway in West Africa is fueled by new high yielding TMS varieties that have transformed cassava from a low-yielding, famine-reserve crop to a high-yielding... (read more) Your price: $27.25 New - Trade Paper
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Tropical Fruit Pests and Pollinators: Biology, Economic Importance, Natural Enemies, and Control by Jorge E. Peña Publisher Comments Insects and other pests cause major economic damage on fruit crops in the tropics. However, some insects are beneficial and have a role in pollinating flowers and thus enabling a fruit set. This book, written by leading authors from around the world... (read more) List Price $230.00 Your price: $204.12 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Guide for Field Crops in the Tropics and the Subtropics by Fo Agency For International Development Publisher Comments 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... (read more) Your price: $43.95 New - Trade Paper
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Sugarcane by Glyn James Publisher Comments From enhancing the flavour of food to providing a substrate for fermentation, sugar is renowned worldwide for its importance as a commodity. For many centuries sugarcane has been cultivated and developed, and we now have a huge range of crop varieties... (read more) List Price $199.95 Your price: $192.45 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Indigenous Fruit Trees in the Tropics: Domestication, Utilization and Commercialization by Festus K. Akinnifesi Publisher Comments It has been recognized that an important factor in improving the viability of rural livelihoods in developing countries is the promotion of sustainable agriculture. As opposed to relying solely on cash crops, this can be more easily achieved through the... (read more) List Price $160.00 Your price: $142.00 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Tropical Vegetable Production by Raymond A. T. George Publisher Comments Sustainable crop production is vital to ensure that supplies of fresh vegetables and their products are readily available. However, food security still remains a huge problem in areas of the world, including the tropics and subtropics, where communities... (read more) List Price $125.00 Your price: $110.94 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Nitrogen Fixation in Tropical Cropping Systems by Ken E. Giller Publisher Comments Nitrogen fixation by leguminous plants is especially important when farmers are trying to minimize fertilizer use for cost or environmental reasons. This second edition of the highly successful book, first published in 1991, contains thoroughly updated... (read more) List Price $190.00 Your price: $168.62 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Plant Parasitic Nematodes in Subtropical and Tropical Agriculture by Michel Luc Publisher Comments The first edition of this title was published in 1990. This fully updated second edition covers all aspects of plant nematology in subtropical and tropical agriculture. It covers nematode pests of all the major food and cash crops including; rice... (read more) List Price $230.00 Your price: $204.12 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Tropical Forest Insect Pests by K. S. S. Nair Publisher Comments Tropical Forest Insect Pests promotes a better theoretical understanding of pest population dynamics, and causes of forest insect outbreaks in the tropics. Covering pests of both natural forests and plantations, it examines the diversity of tropical... (read more) List Price $124.00 Your price: $119.35 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Tropical Forest Conservation and Industry Partnership: An Experience from the Congo Basin by Connie J. J. Clark Publisher Comments Historically, the conservation of forests and wildlife has focused on the creation of national parks and reserves. However, only 9% of protected areas are larger than 14,000 hectares, likely making them too small to conserve ecosystem services and... (read more) Your price: $109.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Oil Palm by R. H. V. H. V. Corley Publisher Comments The oil palm is the world's most valuable oil crop. With palm oil production increasing by more than 50% in the last decade of the twentieth century and set to double in the next twenty years, it has never before been so important to understand the... (read more) Your price: $299.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Pests of Crops in Warmer Climates and Their Control by Dennis S. Hill Publisher Comments A textbook providing basic data about the crop pests and the damage they inflict throughout the tropics and sub-tropics. Each major pest is illustrated by either a line drawing or a photograph, and sometimes the damage can also be seen. A world... (read more) List Price $419.00 Your price: $403.29 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Crops and Carbon: Paying Farmers to Combat Climate Change by Mike Robbins Publisher Comments Rich countries are paying poor countries to fight climate change on their behalf - and one way they are doing it is through carbon sinks. These are reservoirs of organic carbon tied up in plants and in the earth, rather than being in the atmosphere as... (read more) Your price: $98.95 New - Hardcover
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Tropical Forest Conservation and Industry Partnership: An Experience from the Congo Basin by Connie J. J. Clark Publisher Comments Historically, the conservation of forests and wildlife has focused on the creation of national parks and reserves. However, only 9% of protected areas are larger than 14,000 hectares, likely making them too small to conserve ecosystem services and... (read more) Your price: $109.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Tropical Agriculture in Transition: Opportunities for Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions? by Reiner Wassmann Publisher Comments Production from tropical agricultural systems will need to increase to satisfy the rising food demand of an increasing population coupled with changes in consumption patterns. At the same time, the agricultural sector is a significant source of... (read more) List Price $102.25 Your price: $84.95 Used - Hardcover
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Chain Empowerment: Supporting African Farmers to Develop Markets by Royal Tropical Institute Publisher Comments This is a book of hope for Africa's smallholder farmers. It shows how they can earn more from their crops and livestock by taking control over the value chains they are part of-chains that link them with consumers in Africa's towns and cities, as well as... (read more) Your price: $43.25 New - Trade Paper 
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Innovation Africa by Pascal C Sanginga List Price $58.50 Your price: $56.31 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Subsistence Agriculture Improvement: Manual for the Humid Tropics (Wau Ecology Handbook, 10) by Friedhelm Goeltenboth Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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Climate Change, Water and Food Security: Fao Water Reports No. 36 by Hugh Turral Your price: $53.50 New - Trade Paper
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