Living with the Trees of Life Towards the Transformation of Tropical Agriculture
This book presents what I believe to be good news, as I have person- ally seen evidence from the tropics that convinces me that the world can easily support a population in excess of the currently projected 9 to 10 billion and that the poor can be substantially better off than they are now....
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| Định dạng: | Sách |
| Ngôn ngữ: | English |
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CABI
2014
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| Truy cập trực tuyến: | https://scholar.dlu.edu.vn/thuvienso/handle/DLU123456789/37120 |
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| Thư viện lưu trữ: | Thư viện Trường Đại học Đà Lạt |
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| Tóm tắt: | This book presents what I believe to be good news, as I have person-
ally seen evidence from the tropics that convinces me that the world
can easily support a population in excess of the currently projected 9 to
10 billion and that the poor can be substantially better off than they are
now. I’m saying this as an agricultural scientist. I’ve been very fortunate
to be personally involved in the work that has produced this evidence. So
this book is an account of my personal experience, not just another report
pulled out of a filing cabinet.
I will endeavour not to over-emphasize the good news and so give a
false impression of the current situation. However, I hope that if enough
people are encouraged by some good news it may be possible to hasten the
development of a much-needed productive form of tropical agriculture
that is also environmentally friendly. But what are the missing ingredi-
ents that make this dream so difficult to realize? Is it the loss of soil fertility
or the lack of cash that prevents poor, smallholder farmers from harnessing
the benefits of the ‘Green Revolution’? Could solving these problems lead
to a major new initiative in which food security and income generation
run hand in hand with the rehabilitation of degraded farmland? |
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