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The Sago Palm

Author : Society of Sago Palm Studies
Publisher : Government Printing Office
ISBN 13 : 9781920901134
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book The Sago Palm written by Society of Sago Palm Studies and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2015 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In order to produce sufficient quantities of food to feed the world's growing population, we need to increase the food producing capacities of crops and to protect the environments in which they grow. Discovering untapped plant resources is an important challenge, but a haphazard increase in food production may cause environmental damage. We need foresight and must take sound appropriate actions. The sago palm is a plant that might fulfill all of these requirements. The sago palm accumulates more starch than any other plant in the world, yet, in global terms, it continues to languish in relative obscurity. The Japanese Society of Sago Palm Studies was formed in the hope of raising its profile by hosting seminars and symposiums in Japan and overseas to help it achieve the recognition it deserves. To this end, the Society's members have worked together to produce this volume, written in an easy-to-read style. [Subject: Botany, Agriculture, Conservation, Environmental Studies]

Sago palm: Metroxylon sagu Rottb. - Promoting the conservation and use of underutilized and neglected crops. 13.

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Publisher : Bioversity International
ISBN 13 : 9290433140
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (94 download)

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Sago Palm

Author : Hiroshi Ehara
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811052697
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Sago Palm written by Hiroshi Ehara and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-01-15 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book addresses a wide variety of events and technologies concerning the sago palm, ranging from its botanical characteristics, culture and use to social conditions in the places where it is grown, in order to provide a record of research findings and to benefit society. It discusses various subjects, including the sago palm and related species; differentiation of species of starch-producing palm; habitat, morphological, physiological and growth characteristics; culture and management; productivity of carbon dioxide; starch extraction and manufacture; characteristics and utilization of starch; and cultural anthropological and folkloristic aspects. Problems such as food shortages due to increasing populations, global warming and climate change, and decreasing reserves of oil and other underground resources, have become more pressing in recent years. In the context of these problems, the book examines the role of the sago palm in sustainable food production, in the manufacture of other foodstuffs, as a raw material for ethanol and in the manufacture of biodegradable plastics. In addition to academics, this book will be useful to researchers and government officials working for international agencies, national governments, municipalities, and other research organizations; technicians, researchers, managers, entrepreneurs, and others working in industries such as agriculture, plant production, food production, manufacturing, chemical engineering, energy production, and distribution.

SAGO

Author : W.R. Stanton
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400989288
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book SAGO written by W.R. Stanton and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Top 100 Exotic Food Plants

Author : Ernest Small
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1439856885
Total Pages : 691 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (398 download)

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Download or read book Top 100 Exotic Food Plants written by Ernest Small and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2011-08-23 with total page 691 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many edible plants considered exotic in the Western world are actually quite mainstream in other cultures. While some of these plants are only encountered in ethnic food markets or during travels to foreign lands, many are now finding their way onto supermarket shelves. Top 100 Exotic Food Plants provides comprehensive coverage of tropical and semi

Manual of Ethnobotany, 2nd Revised Ed.

Author : S.K. Jain
Publisher : Scientific Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9387307859
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (873 download)

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Download or read book Manual of Ethnobotany, 2nd Revised Ed. written by S.K. Jain and published by Scientific Publishers. This book was released on 2010-03-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present book comprises of two sections, A and B. Section A has the text of the lectures during the Training Course in Ethnobotany, and the section B has some of the material and exercise handled by the trainees during the Workshop and in practical classes. The sequence of the lectures has been so arranged as to gradually and step by step introduce the scope, methodology, and applications of the subject along with the subjects of preparation of scientific papers and research projects. This book will not only popularize the important subject of Ethnobotany but will also provide basic instructions for person freshly interested or inducted into this discipline.

The Wet and the Dry

Author : Patrick Vinton Kirch
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226437491
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (374 download)

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Download or read book The Wet and the Dry written by Patrick Vinton Kirch and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholars and researchers have long believed that the ability to irrigate is crucial to the development of civilizations. In this book, archaeologist Patrick Kirch challenges this "hydraulic hypothesis" and provides a more accurate and detailed account of the role of "wet" and "dry" cultivation systems in the development of complex sociopolitical structures. Examining research on cultural adaptation and ecology in Western Polynesia and utilizing extensive data from a variety of important South Pacific sites, Kirch not only reveals how particular systems of production developed within the constraints imposed by environmental conditions, but also explores the tension that arises between contrasting productive systems with differential abilities to produce surplus. He shows that the near total neglect of short-fallow dryland cultivation, as well as arboriculture, or tree-cropping, has seriously distorted the picture that archaeologists and anthropologists have of agricultural intensification and its relation to complex social structure. This work, likely to become a classic, will be central to all future discussions of the ecology and politics of agricultural intensification.

The Forest Farms of Kandy

Author : D.J. McConnell
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1351889648
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (518 download)

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Download or read book The Forest Farms of Kandy written by D.J. McConnell and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the tropical world, especially in South and Southeast Asia, tropical America, Africa and Oceania, there exists a range of forest garden farming systems. These are small, low-input, but productive and sustainable family units of highly diversified trees, palms, bushes and vines, with few conventional field crops or livestock. Providing a survey of these systems around the world and an in-depth analysis of the farms around Kandy, Sri Lanka, this book offers an economic and ecological description and evaluation of this ancient agroforestry system and its relationship to a wide range of global agro-development and environmental problems. Guided by a table that lists some 30 socio-economic and social criteria by which all farming systems can and should be evaluated, the book presents persuasive evidence supported by comprehensive references. It also examines historical and archaeological findings in order to assess the role these tropical forests played in the general adoption of agricultural farming.

Tropical Forests and Their Crops

Author : Nigel J. H. Smith
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501717944
Total Pages : 585 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Book Synopsis Tropical Forests and Their Crops by : Nigel J. H. Smith

Download or read book Tropical Forests and Their Crops written by Nigel J. H. Smith and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tropics are the source of many of our familiar fruits, vegetables, oils, and spice, as well as such commodities as rubber and wood. Moreover, other tropical fruits and vegetables are being introduced into our markets to offer variety to our diet. Now, as tropical forests are increasingly threatened, we face a double-fold crisis: not only the loss of the plants but also rich pools of potentially useful genes. Wild populations of crop plants harbor genes that can improve the productivity and disease resistance of cultivated crops, many of which are vital to developing economies and to global commerce. Eight chapters of this book are devoted to a variety of tropical crops—beverages, fruit, starch, oil, resins, fuelwood, fodder, spices, timber, and nuts—the history of their domestication, their uses today, and the known extent of their gene pools, both domesticated and wild. Drawing on broad research, the authors also consider conservation strategies such as parks and reserves, corporate holdings, gene banks and tissue culture collections, and debt-for-nature swaps. They stress the need for a sensitive balance between conservation and the economic well-being of local populations. If economic growth is part of the conservation effort, local populations and governments will be more strongly motivated to save their natural resources. Distinctly practical and soundly informative, this book provides insight into the overwhelming abundance of tropical forests, an unsettling sense of what we may lose if they are destroyed, and a deep appreciation for the delicate relationships between tropical forest plants and people around the world.

The Sago Palm

Author : M. Flach
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book The Sago Palm written by M. Flach and published by Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). This book was released on 1983 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Smallholders and Stockbreeders

Author : P. Boomgaard
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004487719
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Smallholders and Stockbreeders written by P. Boomgaard and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-11-15 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historians of Southeast Asia have traditionally preferred to write about politics and culture rather than economics and ecology, and where they have looked at the history of agriculture they have most often concentrated on cash crops like sugar, coffee and rubber which figure prominently in colonial records. Smallholders and stockbreeders, by contrast, provides a rare survey of the history of foodcrop farming, and a unique look at the history of animal husbandry, in the Southeast Asian region. Thirteen contributions by an international selection of expert authors cover topics ranging from the agricultural economy of precolonial Java to the growth of rice production in the Mekong Delta since 1950, and from the breeding of horses on the northern borderlands of mainland Southeast Asia to the production and consumption of beef in the Philippines. New light is shed on old questions regarding the directions in which Southeast Asian agriculture has evolved over the centuries, and new questions raised regarding the cultural, demographic, economic and political determinants of farming practices. While the geographical and chronological scales of analysis vary, most chapters deal with relatively large areas and with developments over periods of 100 years or more. Besides production for subsistence, commercial aspects of livestock and foodcrop farming are also given due attention and prove to have been important in many parts of the region from very early periods. Smallholders and stockbreeders is essential reading for anyone interested in the agricultural history of Southeast Asia, whether for its own sake, or in connection with other aspects of regional history, or for purposes of comparison with other parts of the world.

Handbook of Nuts

Author : James A. Duke
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9780849336379
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (363 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Nuts written by James A. Duke and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2000-11-10 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over one hundred of the world's most important species of nuts are systematically accounted for in this informative handbook. The text defines nuts and discusses their economic and nutritional value. For easy reference, there is an illustrated account of each nut by species, arranged alphabetically by scientific name. Each account includes the family name, several colloquial names, and paragraphs on uses, folk medicine, chemistry, germplasm, distribution, ecology, cultivation, harvesting, yields, energy, and biotic factors. Chapters Describe: Uses Folk medicine Chemistry Germplasm Distribution Ecology Cultivation Harvesting Yields and economics Energy Biotic factors

CRC Handbook of Nuts

Author : James A. Duke
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1351088033
Total Pages : 561 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book CRC Handbook of Nuts written by James A. Duke and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-01-18 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over one hundred of the world's most important species of nuts are systematically accounted in this informative handbook. The text defines nuts and discusses their economic and nutritional value. For easy reference; there is an illustrated account of each nut by species, arranged alphabetically by scientific name. Each account includes the family name, several colloquial names, and paragraphs on uses, folk medicine, chemistry, germplasm, distribution, ecol-ogy, cultivation, harvesting, yields, energy, and biotic factors. Chapters Describe: Uses Folk medicine Chemistry Germplasm Distribution Ecology Cultivation Harvesting Yields and economics Energy Biotic factors

Horticultural Reviews, Volume 8

Author : Jules Janick
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118060938
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Horticultural Reviews, Volume 8 written by Jules Janick and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-01-11 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Horticultural Reviews presents state-of-the-art reviews on topics in horticultural science and technology covering both basic and applied research. Topics covered include the horticulture of fruits, vegetables, nut crops, and ornamentals. These review articles, written by world authorities, bridge the gap between the specialized researcher and the broader community of horticultural scientists and teachers.

New Crops for Food and Industry

Author : G.E. Wickens
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9780412315008
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book New Crops for Food and Industry written by G.E. Wickens and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1989-06-30 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining the development of alternative crops, this volume covers topics which include genetic engineering and tissue culture techniques, and marketing potential utility of new crops.

Recent Advances in Indo-Pacific Prehistory

Author : Misra
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004644474
Total Pages : 573 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Recent Advances in Indo-Pacific Prehistory written by Misra and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-07-17 with total page 573 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Foraging and Farming

Author : David R. Harris
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317598296
Total Pages : 766 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book Foraging and Farming written by David R. Harris and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-10-30 with total page 766 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is one of a series of more than 20 volumes resulting from the World Archaeological Congress, September 1986, attempting to bring together not only archaeologists and anthropologists from many parts of the world, as well as academics from contingent disciplines, but also non-academics from a wide range of cultural backgrounds. This volume develops a new approach to plant exploitation and early agriculture in a worldwide comparative context. It modifies the conceptual dichotomy between "hunter-gatherers" and "farmers", viewing human exploitation of plant resources as a global evolutionary process which incorporated the beginnings of cultivation and crop domestication. The studies throughout the book come from a worldwide range of geographical contexts, from the Andes to China and from Australia to the Upper Mid-West of North America. This work is of interest to anthropologists, archaeologists, botanists and geographers. Originally published 1989.