Sustainable agriculture and the environment in the humid tropics /
[Book]
Committee on Sustainable Agriculture and the Environment in the Humid Tropics, Board on Agriculture and Board on Science and Technology for International Development, National Research Council.
Washington, D.C. :
National Academy Press,
1993.
xv, 702 pages :
illustrations, maps ;
24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1 : Agriculture and the environment in the humid tropics -- Sustainable land use options -- Technological imperatives for change -- Policy-related imperatives for change -- Part 2 : Brazil / Emanuel Adilson Souza Serrao, Alfredo Kingo Oyama Homma -- Cote D'ivoire / Simeon K. Ehui -- Indonesia / Junus Kartasubrata -- Malaysia / Jeffrey R. Vincent, Yusuf Hadi -- Mexico / Arturo Gomez-Pompa, Andrea Kaus, Juan Jimenez-Osornio, David Bainbridge, Veronique M. Rorive -- The Philippines / Dennis P. Garrity, David M. Kummer, Ernesto S. Guiang -- Zaire / Mudiayi S. Ngandu, Stephen H. Kolison, Jr.
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Sustainable Agriculture and the Environment in the Humid Tropics provides critically needed direction for developing strategies that both mitigate land degradation, deforestation, and biological resource losses and help the economic status of tropical countries through promotion of sustainable agricultural practices.