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The objective of this book is to provide information to be used as a basis for evaluating the fragile, shaky structure of global food production. The volume analyses the data by region and by intensity of cultivation; and furnishes information about the yield response, giving some indication of the health of the plants. It will be invaluable to all plant and crop scientists as well as to agriculturalists.
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Crop Production and Crop Protection: Estimated Losses in Major Food and Cash Crops
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Elsevier Science, 1994
ISBN 10: 0444820957
ISBN 13: 9780444820952
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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Oversized hardcover, xxii + 808 pages, NOT ex-library. Weight over 1.6kg. Owner's name tippexed-out on the front endpaper, else interior is very good, clean and bright with unmarked text, free of stamps. Boards show cosmetic creases. Issued without a dust jacket. -- The objective of this book is to provide information to be used as a basis for evaluating the fragile, shaky structure of global food production. The volume analyses the data by region and by intensity of cultivation; and furnishes information about the yield response, giving some indication of the health of the plants. It will be invaluable to all plant and crop scientists as well as to agriculturalists. -- Contents: 1. Population Growth, Agricultural Production and Food Supplies (Introduction; Agricultural resources and their use; Implications of rapid population growth for agricultural policy; Priorities in perspective; References) 2. Crop Protection: Past and Present (Introduction; Changes in crop production; Development of pest control; Challenges to phytomedicine and pest control; References) 3. Estimated Crop Losses Due To Pathogens, Animal Pests and Weeds (Data sources and data analysis; Estimated crop losses in: - rice - wheat - barley - maize - potatoes - soybeans - cotton - coffee [the individual crop studies are divided into the following subchapters: - Cultivation, production and crop protection - Crop losses in Africa {West / Western & North / Egypt and the Sudan & East / Eastern & Southern / South Africa & Malawi & Zambia & Zimbabwe, Conclusion} - Crop losses in America {North & Latin / Central / South America, Conclusion} - Crop losses in Asia {Near East & South / South-East / East Asia, Conclusion}, Crop losses in Europe and the U.S.S.R {Northern & Western & Central & Southern & Eastern & South-East Europe, USSR, Conclusion}, Crop Losses in Oceania, Overall summary of losses in production, References] 4. Conclusions and Perspectives (Trends and changes in crop production and losses since 1965; Effectiveness of actual crop protection practices, in terms of yields; Crop protection and intensity of cultivation; Improvements in levels of food consumption, and the challenge of population growth; Assessment of past, and forecast of future, changes in arable and forest land; Creating conditions which encourage the acceptance of new technologies; Challenges to come for crop protection; References); General index; Scientific index. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 009378
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