Agriculture in the tropics / 
edited by C.C. Webster, P.N.  Wilson. 
 - 3rd edition 
 - Malden, MA :  Blackwell Science,  c1998. 
 - x, 539 p.  :  ill.  ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/> CONTENTS<br/><br/>1 Socio-economic Background: The World Food Problem<br/>    J.C. Holmes<br/>2 Climate, Agriculture and Vegetation in the Tropics<br/>    C. T. Agnew<br/>3 Tropical Soils<br/>    J.K Coulter<br/>4 Soil and Water Conservation<br/>    M. Stocking<br/>5 Land Clearing, Drainage, Tillage and Weed Control<br/>    B.D. Soane<br/>6 Rain-fed Arable Farming Systems and their Improvement<br/>    J.K Coulter<br/>7 Rice and Rice-based Farming Systems<br/>    D.J. Greenland<br/>8 Plantation Crops<br/>    W. Stephens, A.P. Hamilton and M.K.V. Carr<br/>9 Agroforestry<br/>    P.A. Huxley<br/>10 Tropical Crops and their Improvement<br/>    N.W. Simmonds<br/>11 Production of Animal Feed<br/>    P.N. Wilson<br/>12 Tropical Grasslands Used for Livestock<br/>    P.N. Wilson<br/>13 Classes of Tropical Livestock<br/>    P.N. Wilson<br/>14 Adaptation of Livestock to Tropical Environments<br/>    P.N. Wilson<br/>15 Cattle Management in the Tropics<br/>    P.N. Wilson<br/>16 Livestock Improvement by Feeding and Nutrition<br/>    P.N. Wilson<br/>17 Livestock Improvement Through Health and Hygiene<br/>    P.N. Wilson<br/>18 Livestock Improvement Through Breeding<br/>    P.N. Wilson 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 487-527) and index. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0632040548 (hc.) 9780632040544 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Agriculture--Tropics.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>630  / AGR