Increasing Production from the Land: A Source Book on Agriculture for Teachers and Students in East Africa /
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| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania :
Mkuki na Nyota Publishers Ltd,
[2018]
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| Online-Zugang: | Volltext |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xvi, 276 pages ) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9987083919 9789987083916 |
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| 505 | 8 | |a COMPETITION FOR WATERLIVESTOCK DISEASES; LIVESTOCK SALES; GLOBAL WARMING AND POPULATION GROWTH; CONCLUSIONS; Case Study 2: Sweet Potatoes -- the Perfect Crop?; Further reading on open access on the internet; Topics for essays or exam questions; CHAPTER 3 -- Water and Irrigation; WATER IS LIFE; NATURAL OR FLOOD IRRIGATION; SIMPLE LIFTING DEVICES; GRAVITY IRRIGATION; GRAVITY IRRIGATION -- PROBLEMS; DAMS; BOREHOLES AND GROUNDWATER; SPRINKLERS; DRIP, OR TRICKLE, IRRIGATION; OTHER SMALL-SCALE IRRIGATION TECHNOLOGIES; URBAN AGRICULTURE; THE ECONOMICS OF IRRIGATION; CONCLUSIONS | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Case Study 3: Dakawa Rice FarmFurther reading on open access on the internet; Topics for essays or exam questions; CHAPTER 4 -- Agricultural Research; WHAT DO WE MEAN BY "TECHNOLOGY"?; THE CREATION AND TRANSFER OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES; AGRICULTURE RESEARCH IN AFRICA; MULTIPLYING AND DISTRIBUTING SEEDS; THE INTERESTS OF LARGE COMPANIES IN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; CONCLUSIONS; Case Study 4: Research and Development of Cassava in Tanzania; Conclusions; Further reading on open access on the internet; Further reading not on open access on the internet; Topics for essays or exam questions | |
| 505 | 8 | |a PART 2. GETTING THE MOST FROM THE LAND. How to Raise Agricultural ProductivityCHAPTER 5 -- Small Farms; WHAT IS A SMALL FARM?; LAND; REDUCING RISKS; FARMING IS A BUSINESS; SMALL FARMERS DO MORE THAN FARM; HOW FARMERS MAKE DECISIONS; MYTHS, FALSEHOODS AND THE MISLEADING USES OF WORDS; WORDS USED AS WEAPONS; CONCLUSIONS; Case Study 5: Profitability Analysis of Small Farms in Northern Tanzania; Further reading on open access on the internet; Further reading not on open access on the internet; Topics for essays or exam questions; CHAPTER 6 -- Large Farms; WHAT IS A LARGE FARM? | |
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| contents | Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; The Authors; Foreword; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Measure Conversions; INTRODUCTION. Why this Book, and How to Use it; MYTHS AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS; THE ARGUMENT OF THE BOOK; HOW TO USE THIS BOOK; REFERENCES; PART 1 -- A GUIDE TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1. How Plants Grow, and What They Need To Grow Well; HOW PLANTS GROW; SOIL PROVIDES AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THESE CHEMICALS ARE AVAILABLE; THE EFFECTS OF WATER, SUN AND CULTIVATION; CONTROL OF SOIL EROSION; SHIFTING OR CONTINUOUS CULTIVATION; PESTS AND DISEASES CONTROLLING PLANT AND ANIMAL DISEASESCLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING; CONCLUSIONS; Case Study 1: How Villages in North-East Tanzania Can Adapt to Climate Change; Further reading on open access on the internet; Topics for essays or exam questions; CHAPTER 2 -- Crops and Livestock: How People Use the Land; FORMS OF LAND USE; THE LAND AVAILABLE FOR AGRICULTURE IN AFRICA; USING AGRICULTURAL LAND SUSTAINABLY; CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE; THE ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF SOME KEY CROPS OF TROPICAL AFRICA; ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES WITH LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION; HIGH YIELDING BREEDS; PASTORALISM OR RANCHING COMPETITION FOR WATERLIVESTOCK DISEASES; LIVESTOCK SALES; GLOBAL WARMING AND POPULATION GROWTH; CONCLUSIONS; Case Study 2: Sweet Potatoes -- the Perfect Crop?; Further reading on open access on the internet; Topics for essays or exam questions; CHAPTER 3 -- Water and Irrigation; WATER IS LIFE; NATURAL OR FLOOD IRRIGATION; SIMPLE LIFTING DEVICES; GRAVITY IRRIGATION; GRAVITY IRRIGATION -- PROBLEMS; DAMS; BOREHOLES AND GROUNDWATER; SPRINKLERS; DRIP, OR TRICKLE, IRRIGATION; OTHER SMALL-SCALE IRRIGATION TECHNOLOGIES; URBAN AGRICULTURE; THE ECONOMICS OF IRRIGATION; CONCLUSIONS Case Study 3: Dakawa Rice FarmFurther reading on open access on the internet; Topics for essays or exam questions; CHAPTER 4 -- Agricultural Research; WHAT DO WE MEAN BY "TECHNOLOGY"?; THE CREATION AND TRANSFER OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES; AGRICULTURE RESEARCH IN AFRICA; MULTIPLYING AND DISTRIBUTING SEEDS; THE INTERESTS OF LARGE COMPANIES IN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; CONCLUSIONS; Case Study 4: Research and Development of Cassava in Tanzania; Conclusions; Further reading on open access on the internet; Further reading not on open access on the internet; Topics for essays or exam questions PART 2. GETTING THE MOST FROM THE LAND. How to Raise Agricultural ProductivityCHAPTER 5 -- Small Farms; WHAT IS A SMALL FARM?; LAND; REDUCING RISKS; FARMING IS A BUSINESS; SMALL FARMERS DO MORE THAN FARM; HOW FARMERS MAKE DECISIONS; MYTHS, FALSEHOODS AND THE MISLEADING USES OF WORDS; WORDS USED AS WEAPONS; CONCLUSIONS; Case Study 5: Profitability Analysis of Small Farms in Northern Tanzania; Further reading on open access on the internet; Further reading not on open access on the internet; Topics for essays or exam questions; CHAPTER 6 -- Large Farms; WHAT IS A LARGE FARM? |
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| spelling | Coulson, Andrew, author. Increasing Production from the Land [electronic resource] : A Source Book on Agriculture for Teachers and Students in East Africa / Andrew Coulson, Antony Ellman and Emmanuel Mbiha. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania : Mkuki na Nyota Publishers Ltd, [2018] (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015) 1 online resource (xvi, 276 pages ) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; The Authors; Foreword; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Measure Conversions; INTRODUCTION. Why this Book, and How to Use it; MYTHS AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS; THE ARGUMENT OF THE BOOK; HOW TO USE THIS BOOK; REFERENCES; PART 1 -- A GUIDE TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1. How Plants Grow, and What They Need To Grow Well; HOW PLANTS GROW; SOIL PROVIDES AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THESE CHEMICALS ARE AVAILABLE; THE EFFECTS OF WATER, SUN AND CULTIVATION; CONTROL OF SOIL EROSION; SHIFTING OR CONTINUOUS CULTIVATION; PESTS AND DISEASES CONTROLLING PLANT AND ANIMAL DISEASESCLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING; CONCLUSIONS; Case Study 1: How Villages in North-East Tanzania Can Adapt to Climate Change; Further reading on open access on the internet; Topics for essays or exam questions; CHAPTER 2 -- Crops and Livestock: How People Use the Land; FORMS OF LAND USE; THE LAND AVAILABLE FOR AGRICULTURE IN AFRICA; USING AGRICULTURAL LAND SUSTAINABLY; CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE; THE ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF SOME KEY CROPS OF TROPICAL AFRICA; ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES WITH LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION; HIGH YIELDING BREEDS; PASTORALISM OR RANCHING COMPETITION FOR WATERLIVESTOCK DISEASES; LIVESTOCK SALES; GLOBAL WARMING AND POPULATION GROWTH; CONCLUSIONS; Case Study 2: Sweet Potatoes -- the Perfect Crop?; Further reading on open access on the internet; Topics for essays or exam questions; CHAPTER 3 -- Water and Irrigation; WATER IS LIFE; NATURAL OR FLOOD IRRIGATION; SIMPLE LIFTING DEVICES; GRAVITY IRRIGATION; GRAVITY IRRIGATION -- PROBLEMS; DAMS; BOREHOLES AND GROUNDWATER; SPRINKLERS; DRIP, OR TRICKLE, IRRIGATION; OTHER SMALL-SCALE IRRIGATION TECHNOLOGIES; URBAN AGRICULTURE; THE ECONOMICS OF IRRIGATION; CONCLUSIONS Case Study 3: Dakawa Rice FarmFurther reading on open access on the internet; Topics for essays or exam questions; CHAPTER 4 -- Agricultural Research; WHAT DO WE MEAN BY "TECHNOLOGY"?; THE CREATION AND TRANSFER OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES; AGRICULTURE RESEARCH IN AFRICA; MULTIPLYING AND DISTRIBUTING SEEDS; THE INTERESTS OF LARGE COMPANIES IN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; CONCLUSIONS; Case Study 4: Research and Development of Cassava in Tanzania; Conclusions; Further reading on open access on the internet; Further reading not on open access on the internet; Topics for essays or exam questions PART 2. GETTING THE MOST FROM THE LAND. How to Raise Agricultural ProductivityCHAPTER 5 -- Small Farms; WHAT IS A SMALL FARM?; LAND; REDUCING RISKS; FARMING IS A BUSINESS; SMALL FARMERS DO MORE THAN FARM; HOW FARMERS MAKE DECISIONS; MYTHS, FALSEHOODS AND THE MISLEADING USES OF WORDS; WORDS USED AS WEAPONS; CONCLUSIONS; Case Study 5: Profitability Analysis of Small Farms in Northern Tanzania; Further reading on open access on the internet; Further reading not on open access on the internet; Topics for essays or exam questions; CHAPTER 6 -- Large Farms; WHAT IS A LARGE FARM? Agriculture Africa, East. Agriculture fast Africa, East fast Mbiha, Emmanuel Reuben, author. Ellman, Antony O., author. Project Muse. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96089174 has work: Increasing Production from the Land (Work) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PD3mtJpm7Dk6KryMdvYPxXd https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: 9987083560 9789987083565 (OCoLC)1049910492 Book collections on Project MUSE. FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2112717 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Coulson, Andrew Mbiha, Emmanuel Reuben Ellman, Antony O. Increasing Production from the Land A Source Book on Agriculture for Teachers and Students in East Africa / Book collections on Project MUSE. Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; The Authors; Foreword; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Measure Conversions; INTRODUCTION. Why this Book, and How to Use it; MYTHS AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS; THE ARGUMENT OF THE BOOK; HOW TO USE THIS BOOK; REFERENCES; PART 1 -- A GUIDE TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1. How Plants Grow, and What They Need To Grow Well; HOW PLANTS GROW; SOIL PROVIDES AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THESE CHEMICALS ARE AVAILABLE; THE EFFECTS OF WATER, SUN AND CULTIVATION; CONTROL OF SOIL EROSION; SHIFTING OR CONTINUOUS CULTIVATION; PESTS AND DISEASES CONTROLLING PLANT AND ANIMAL DISEASESCLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING; CONCLUSIONS; Case Study 1: How Villages in North-East Tanzania Can Adapt to Climate Change; Further reading on open access on the internet; Topics for essays or exam questions; CHAPTER 2 -- Crops and Livestock: How People Use the Land; FORMS OF LAND USE; THE LAND AVAILABLE FOR AGRICULTURE IN AFRICA; USING AGRICULTURAL LAND SUSTAINABLY; CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE; THE ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF SOME KEY CROPS OF TROPICAL AFRICA; ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES WITH LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION; HIGH YIELDING BREEDS; PASTORALISM OR RANCHING COMPETITION FOR WATERLIVESTOCK DISEASES; LIVESTOCK SALES; GLOBAL WARMING AND POPULATION GROWTH; CONCLUSIONS; Case Study 2: Sweet Potatoes -- the Perfect Crop?; Further reading on open access on the internet; Topics for essays or exam questions; CHAPTER 3 -- Water and Irrigation; WATER IS LIFE; NATURAL OR FLOOD IRRIGATION; SIMPLE LIFTING DEVICES; GRAVITY IRRIGATION; GRAVITY IRRIGATION -- PROBLEMS; DAMS; BOREHOLES AND GROUNDWATER; SPRINKLERS; DRIP, OR TRICKLE, IRRIGATION; OTHER SMALL-SCALE IRRIGATION TECHNOLOGIES; URBAN AGRICULTURE; THE ECONOMICS OF IRRIGATION; CONCLUSIONS Case Study 3: Dakawa Rice FarmFurther reading on open access on the internet; Topics for essays or exam questions; CHAPTER 4 -- Agricultural Research; WHAT DO WE MEAN BY "TECHNOLOGY"?; THE CREATION AND TRANSFER OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES; AGRICULTURE RESEARCH IN AFRICA; MULTIPLYING AND DISTRIBUTING SEEDS; THE INTERESTS OF LARGE COMPANIES IN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; CONCLUSIONS; Case Study 4: Research and Development of Cassava in Tanzania; Conclusions; Further reading on open access on the internet; Further reading not on open access on the internet; Topics for essays or exam questions PART 2. GETTING THE MOST FROM THE LAND. How to Raise Agricultural ProductivityCHAPTER 5 -- Small Farms; WHAT IS A SMALL FARM?; LAND; REDUCING RISKS; FARMING IS A BUSINESS; SMALL FARMERS DO MORE THAN FARM; HOW FARMERS MAKE DECISIONS; MYTHS, FALSEHOODS AND THE MISLEADING USES OF WORDS; WORDS USED AS WEAPONS; CONCLUSIONS; Case Study 5: Profitability Analysis of Small Farms in Northern Tanzania; Further reading on open access on the internet; Further reading not on open access on the internet; Topics for essays or exam questions; CHAPTER 6 -- Large Farms; WHAT IS A LARGE FARM? Agriculture Africa, East. Agriculture fast |
| title | Increasing Production from the Land A Source Book on Agriculture for Teachers and Students in East Africa / |
| title_auth | Increasing Production from the Land A Source Book on Agriculture for Teachers and Students in East Africa / |
| title_exact_search | Increasing Production from the Land A Source Book on Agriculture for Teachers and Students in East Africa / |
| title_full | Increasing Production from the Land [electronic resource] : A Source Book on Agriculture for Teachers and Students in East Africa / Andrew Coulson, Antony Ellman and Emmanuel Mbiha. |
| title_fullStr | Increasing Production from the Land [electronic resource] : A Source Book on Agriculture for Teachers and Students in East Africa / Andrew Coulson, Antony Ellman and Emmanuel Mbiha. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Increasing Production from the Land [electronic resource] : A Source Book on Agriculture for Teachers and Students in East Africa / Andrew Coulson, Antony Ellman and Emmanuel Mbiha. |
| title_short | Increasing Production from the Land |
| title_sort | increasing production from the land a source book on agriculture for teachers and students in east africa |
| title_sub | A Source Book on Agriculture for Teachers and Students in East Africa / |
| topic | Agriculture Africa, East. Agriculture fast |
| topic_facet | Agriculture Africa, East. Agriculture Africa, East |
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