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Challenges and Strategies For Dryland Agriculture - 9780891185543

Un libro in lingua di Rao Srinivas C. (EDT) Ryan John (EDT) edito da Amer Society of Agronomy, 2004

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Assembled from papers presented at a November 2002 symposium in Indianapolis, Indiana, 25 contributions written by 68 international experts examine the principles, philosophies, and technologies of dryland agricultural production, conservation, and policy. A sampling of topics: the role of the world's agricultural lands for future food security, a grey-to-green revolution in the semi-arid tropics of Asia and Africa, current issues and future challenges of dryland agriculture on the Canadian prairies, dryland cropping in Australia, breeding for drought resistance in a changing climate, durum wheat adaptation in the Mediterranean drylands, optimizing soil water balance components for sustainable crop production in dry areas of South Africa, carbon sequestration in dryland agriculture, and impacts of policies and technologies as evidenced in northern Ethiopia. No subject index is provided. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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