Tropical Vegetable Production
- ISBN-10
- 1845937546
- ISBN-13
- 9781845937546
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 225
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010
- Publisher
- CABI
- Author
- Raymond A. T. George
Description
Sustainable crop production is vital to ensure that supplies of fresh vegetables and their products are readily available. However, food security still remains a huge problem in areas of the world, including the tropics and sub-tropics, where communities rely solely on subsistence farming to meet their day to day food demands. It is evident that food production needs to become more sustainable to ensure economic stability and poverty reduction. With this in mind, "Tropical Vegetable Production" addresses the problems surrounding vegetable production in developing countries. Divided i.
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