Integrated resource management : agroforestry for development

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Integrated resource management : agroforestry for development

edited by Charles V. Kidd, David Pimentel

Academic Press, c1992

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"Published in cooperation with the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Committee on Population, Resources, and the Environment" --t.p.

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

Written to help bring agriculture's "Green Revolution" to the third world, Integrated Resource Management includes overviews of current agricultural production systems and their alternatives, demographics on mortality and population growth, soils, erosion, water availability, sustainable integrated agroforestry systems and behavioral adaptations.

Table of Contents

Overview C.V. Kidd, Food Production. P. Demeny, D. Meadows, and C.V. Kidd, Population Change: Global Trends and Future Implications. Soil and Water Resources F. Troeh and D. Pimentel, Soil and Land. E. Clark, D. Pimentel, and F. Troeh, Soil Erosion. P. Riley, D. Pimentel, and C.V. Kidd, Water. Productive Sustainable Systems: Agroforestry R. Winterbottom, Integrated Resource Management Systems--Definition and Assessment. J. Gritzner and D. Pimentel, Examples, Case Studies, and Models. P. Oram and D. Pimentel, Research Challenges: Ecosystems and Economics. L. Fortmann, Social Aspects of Resource Management Systems. E. Boulding, A Sociological Analysis of Alternative Agriculture. Summary C.V. Kidd, Observations and Conclusions. Appendix: Committee on Population, Resources, and the Environment.

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