Sustainable agriculture and the environment in the humid tropics /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
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.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Washington, D.C. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
National Academy Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1993.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xv, 702 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations, maps ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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.