The Agronomy and Economy of Important Tree Crops of the Developing World
Author： Nair K. P. Prabhakaran
Publisher： Elsevier Science
Publication year： 2010
E-ISBN: 9780123846785
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780123846778
P-ISBN(Hardback): 9780123846778
Subject： S5 Cultivation of Crops
Language： ENG
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Description
Major tree crops contribute substantially to the economy of many developing countries on the Asian, African and Latin American continents. For example, coffee is the main revenue earner for Kenya. This book provides a comprehensive review of the agronomy, botany, taxonomy, genetics, chemistry, economics, and future global prospects of a range of crops that have great food, industrial and economic value such as cocoa, coffee, cashew, oil palm and natural rubber.
- Discusses the major tree crops of great economic value to the developing world
- The author is an eminent scientist who has won numerous awards for his work in this area
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