Dellere, Robert.

Land and food : the challenge of sustainable agriculture in the tropics / published under the direction of Robert Delleré. - Ede, The Netherlands : Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, c1989. - 96 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

14 People
16 Pressure on land resources
18 urbanisation

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20 Land, Soil and Vegetation
22 Over- exploitation
23 Clearance by fire
24 Loss of river bank forests
25 Deforestation, etc

3
36 Livestock and wildlife
38 Overstocking
40 Overgrazing
42 Wildlife

4
44 Water resources
46 River basins
48 Irrigation
50 Salinisation
52 Large dams, etc.

5
60 Erosion, Land degradation and Desertification
62 Soil compaction
64 Erosion by water
66 Sediment deposition, etc.

6
72 Sustatainable development
74 Terrace farming
Contour Farming
Oasis farming
Dune stabilization

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82 Pollution and waste
84 Water pollution
86 Energy consumption
88 Air pollution
90 Pesticides and Fertilizers
93 Epilogue
96 acknowledgements

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Agriculture--Tropics.
Land use
Environmental aspects
Natural resources
Environmental degradation
Pictorial works.

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