The agronomy and economy of important tree crops of the developing world /

Major tree crops contribute substantially to the economy of many developing countries on the Asian, African and Latin American continents. For example, coffee is the main revenue earner for Kenya. This book provides a comprehensive review of the agronomy, botany, taxonomy, genetics, chemistry, econo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Prabhakaran Nair, K. P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2010.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Elsevier insights.
Temas:
Tree crops > Economic aspects > Developing countries.
Tree crops > Utilization > Developing countries.
Agronomy > Developing countries.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > General.
GARDENING > Fruit.
Agronomy
Tree crops > Economic aspects
Tree crops > Utilization
Nutzpflanzen
Pflanzenproduktion
Developing countries
Entwicklungsl�ander
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Major tree crops contribute substantially to the economy of many developing countries on the Asian, African and Latin American continents. For example, coffee is the main revenue earner for Kenya. This book provides a comprehensive review of the agronomy, botany, taxonomy, genetics, chemistry, economics, and future global prospects of a range of crops that have great food, industrial and economic value such as cocoa, coffee, cashew, oil palm and natural rubber. Discusses the major tree crops of great economic value to the developing world The author is an eminent scientist who has won numerous awards for his work in this area.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 351 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-351).
ISBN:9780123846785
0123846781

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