Growing Food: A Guide to Food Production - Couverture rigide

Winch, Tony

 
9781402048272: Growing Food: A Guide to Food Production
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ISBN 10 : 1402048270 ISBN 13 : 9781402048272
Editeur : Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 2006

Synopsis

This handbook offers a quick and easy reference guide for individuals and organizations involved with the production of food, from both agriculture and horticulture. Designed to be accessible for those who normally speak or read English as their second language, it offers thorough explanations and numerous cross references to the terminology, acronyms and technologies used.

This reference book answers basic questions about how food is produced from plants and aims to demystify the subject of growing food. The focus is firmly on the technical aspects of food crops, animal husbandry, agrochemicals and genetic engineering are only briefly mentioned. The book is divided into three sections: principles and practices used in agriculture and horticulture; description and characteristics of the main food crops; naming and classification of plants, seed purchase procedures, conversion tables and statistics, planning and assessing agricultural projects.

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À propos de l?auteur

Tony Winch was born and raised on an agricultural research farm in Kent. After graduating in 1971 from Wye College (London University) with a BSc (2.1) in Agricultural Economics he worked for a number of years in the commercial seed trade in the UK, Brazil, Canada and North America.

Since 1980 he has worked in the agricultural aid and development sector, employed by a number of agencies to work as an agricultural consultant in Somalia, Sudan, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Angola and Afghanistan. When he is not overseas he liv es in Herefordshire, UK and attempts to feed his family as far as possible from the garden.

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Éditeur
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1402048270
ISBN 13 
9781402048272
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
342
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