Land and food : the challenge of sustainable agriculture in the tropics / published under the direction of Robert Delleré.
Publication details: Ede, The Netherlands : Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, c1989.Description: 96 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cmISBN:- 9290810327
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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.
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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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