TY - BOOK AU - Dellere, Robert. AU - Delleré,Robert TI - Land and food: the challenge of sustainable agriculture in the tropics SN - 9290810327 U1 - 360.913 22 PY - 1989/// CY - Ede, The Netherlands PB - Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation KW - Agriculture KW - Tropics KW - Land use KW - Environmental aspects KW - Natural resources KW - Environmental degradation KW - Pictorial works N1 - TABLE OF CONTENTS 14 People 16 Pressure on land resources 18 urbanisation 2 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 7 82 Pollution and waste 84 Water pollution 86 Energy consumption 88 Air pollution 90 Pesticides and Fertilizers 93 Epilogue 96 acknowledgements ER -