Soil Fungi and Soil Fertility: An Introduction to Soil Mycology, 2nd Edition (Pergamon international library of science, technology, engineering, and social studies)

Tropical Soils: Properties and Management for Sustainable Agriculture (Topics in Sustainable Agronomy)

Agricultural ecology, or agroecology, offers in most cases with the constitution and serve as of agroecosystems at diversified degrees of answer. during this text/reference, the authors describe by way of agroecology the tropical environments of sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin and relevant the United States, targeting construction and administration platforms particular to every sector.

The Atlas of World Hunger

Prior this 12 months, President Obama declared one in all his most sensible priorities to be “making convinced that individuals may be able to get adequate to consume. ” the U.S. spends approximately 5 billion cash on foodstuff reduction and comparable courses every year, yet nonetheless, either locally and the world over, thousands of individuals are hungry.

Emerging Technologies to Benefit Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia

Elevated agricultural productiveness is a huge stepping stone at the course out of poverty in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, yet farmers there face large demanding situations enhancing construction. terrible soil, inefficient water use, and an absence of entry to plant breeding assets, nutritious animal feed, prime quality seed, and gas and electricity-combined with the most severe environmental stipulations on Earth-have made yields in crop and animal construction some distance reduce in those areas than international averages.