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Author | : Scott E. Ingram |
Publisher | : University of Arizona Press |
Total Pages | : 391 |
Release | : 2015-04-02 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0816531293 |
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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.
Author | : P. Narain |
Publisher | : Scientific Publishers |
Total Pages | : 460 |
Release | : 2009-04-01 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 9387741540 |
Download Diversification of Arid Farming Systems Book 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.
Author | : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
Publisher | : Food & Agriculture Org. |
Total Pages | : 612 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9789251025574 |
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Author | : C. Wiley Hinman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 253 |
Release | : 1992-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780231066129 |
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Author | : I. Arnon |
Publisher | : Elsevier |
Total Pages | : 992 |
Release | : 2012-12-02 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 0444599568 |
Download Agriculture in Dry Lands Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Throughout history, man has, by over-use, consistently reduced the productive capacity of dry lands. This degradation of one-third of the land area of the globe is, unfortunately, increasing. In recent years, world interest has turned to the problems of pollution of the environment and the impending food shortage as world population grows explosively. Thus the attention of international and other agricultural bodies has turned to the need for preserving and developing more effectively the agricultural potential of these areas. This book provides a comprehensive review of present knowledge of the agriculture of dry lands, with special emphasis on measures for conserving their natural resources. Management practices are described which aim at optimizing productivity of rainfed and irrigated agriculture without adverse effects on sustainability. Land use in the dry regions, and its evolution throughout history is described and analysed, and the lessons to be learnt from destructive technologies are stressed. In particular, current proposals for an alternative agriculture are discussed and their justification is questioned. This is a generalist work, which specialists can also find interesting, not only in their own discipline but as a concise way of acquainting themselves with the state-of-the-art in associated fields. Increasing specialisation with each discipline using its own vocabulary leads inevitably to communication problems, and the need for multi-disciplinary teams makes inter-discipline communication indispensible.
Author | : Bharat Jhunjhunwala |
Publisher | : Gyan Publishing House |
Total Pages | : 394 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : |
Download Traditional Agricultural and Water Technologies of the Thar Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book is a path breaking documentation of traditional technologies in agriculture and water management in the arid region of the Thar desert. The technologies have been profusely illustrated.
Author | : Gary Paul Nabhan |
Publisher | : Chelsea Green Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Arid regions agriculture |
ISBN | : 1603584536 |
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This book lays out a variety of practical ways to prepare for a changing climate by paying attention to soil, water harvesting, types of crops planted, and ways to protect pollinators.
Author | : Harold E. Dregne |
Publisher | : Advancement of Science |
Total Pages | : 552 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : N. Gene Wright |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 1985* |
Genre | : Arid regions agriculture |
ISBN | : |
Download Alternatives to Desertification in Arid Lands Agriculture Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 1901 |
Genre | : Agriculture |
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