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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Tác giả chính: Leakey, Roger R.B
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spelling oai:scholar.dlu.edu.vn:DLU123456789-371202023-11-11T05:05:17Z Living with the Trees of Life Towards the Transformation of Tropical Agriculture Leakey, Roger R.B Transformation Tropical 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? 2014-04-24T02:31:21Z 2014-04-24T02:31:21Z 2012 Book 978 1 78064 099 0 https://scholar.dlu.edu.vn/thuvienso/handle/DLU123456789/37120 en application/pdf CABI
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Living with the Trees of Life Towards the Transformation of Tropical Agriculture
description 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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