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|a Increasing Production from the Land :
|b A Source Book on Agriculture for Teachers and Students in East Africa /
|c Andrew Coulson, Antony Ellman and Emmanuel Mbiha.
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|a Dar es Salaam, Tanzania :
|b Mkuki na Nyota Publishers Ltd,
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|a Baltimore, Md. :
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|a 1 online resource (294 pages).
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|a Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; The Authors; Foreword; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Measure Conversions; INTRODUCTION. Why this Book, and How to Use it; MYTHS AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS; THE ARGUMENT OF THE BOOK; HOW TO USE THIS BOOK; REFERENCES; PART 1 -- A GUIDE TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1. How Plants Grow, and What They Need To Grow Well; HOW PLANTS GROW; SOIL PROVIDES AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THESE CHEMICALS ARE AVAILABLE; THE EFFECTS OF WATER, SUN AND CULTIVATION; CONTROL OF SOIL EROSION; SHIFTING OR CONTINUOUS CULTIVATION; PESTS AND DISEASES
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|a CONTROLLING PLANT AND ANIMAL DISEASESCLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING; CONCLUSIONS; Case Study 1: How Villages in North-East Tanzania Can Adapt to Climate Change; Further reading on open access on the internet; Topics for essays or exam questions; CHAPTER 2 -- Crops and Livestock: How People Use the Land; FORMS OF LAND USE; THE LAND AVAILABLE FOR AGRICULTURE IN AFRICA; USING AGRICULTURAL LAND SUSTAINABLY; CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE; THE ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF SOME KEY CROPS OF TROPICAL AFRICA; ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES WITH LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION; HIGH YIELDING BREEDS; PASTORALISM OR RANCHING
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|a COMPETITION FOR WATERLIVESTOCK DISEASES; LIVESTOCK SALES; GLOBAL WARMING AND POPULATION GROWTH; CONCLUSIONS; Case Study 2: Sweet Potatoes -- the Perfect Crop?; Further reading on open access on the internet; Topics for essays or exam questions; CHAPTER 3 -- Water and Irrigation; WATER IS LIFE; NATURAL OR FLOOD IRRIGATION; SIMPLE LIFTING DEVICES; GRAVITY IRRIGATION; GRAVITY IRRIGATION -- PROBLEMS; DAMS; BOREHOLES AND GROUNDWATER; SPRINKLERS; DRIP, OR TRICKLE, IRRIGATION; OTHER SMALL-SCALE IRRIGATION TECHNOLOGIES; URBAN AGRICULTURE; THE ECONOMICS OF IRRIGATION; CONCLUSIONS
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|a Case Study 3: Dakawa Rice FarmFurther reading on open access on the internet; Topics for essays or exam questions; CHAPTER 4 -- Agricultural Research; WHAT DO WE MEAN BY "TECHNOLOGY"?; THE CREATION AND TRANSFER OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES; AGRICULTURE RESEARCH IN AFRICA; MULTIPLYING AND DISTRIBUTING SEEDS; THE INTERESTS OF LARGE COMPANIES IN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; CONCLUSIONS; Case Study 4: Research and Development of Cassava in Tanzania; Conclusions; Further reading on open access on the internet; Further reading not on open access on the internet; Topics for essays or exam questions
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|a PART 2. GETTING THE MOST FROM THE LAND. How to Raise Agricultural ProductivityCHAPTER 5 -- Small Farms; WHAT IS A SMALL FARM?; LAND; REDUCING RISKS; FARMING IS A BUSINESS; SMALL FARMERS DO MORE THAN FARM; HOW FARMERS MAKE DECISIONS; MYTHS, FALSEHOODS AND THE MISLEADING USES OF WORDS; WORDS USED AS WEAPONS; CONCLUSIONS; Case Study 5: Profitability Analysis of Small Farms in Northern Tanzania; Further reading on open access on the internet; Further reading not on open access on the internet; Topics for essays or exam questions; CHAPTER 6 -- Large Farms; WHAT IS A LARGE FARM?
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|a Project MUSE - Custom Collection
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|a Project MUSE - 2018 Political Science and Policy Studies Supplement
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|a Project MUSE - 2018 African Studies Supplement
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|a Project MUSE - 2018 Complete Supplement
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