Specialty Crops For Pacific Islands

Author : Craig R. Elevitch
Publisher : Par
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Crops
ISBN : 0970254482

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Specialty Crops for Pacific Islands by Craig R. Elevitch Pdf

From bamboo to black pepper, cacao to coconut and tea to taro--Specialty Crops for Pacific Islands provides detailed cultivation, value-added, and marketing information for 27 of the most important specialty crops for Pacific Islands and other tropical locations. Specialty crops provide a rapidly growing economic opportunity for innovative farmers and gardeners who are interested in diversifying their products. The book provides insights into sustainable cultivation and processing techniques for local and export markets with an emphasis on innovating production methods, postharvest processing, and marketing. Beautifully illustrated with over 940 color images, each chapter covers a crop in detail. Specialty Crops for Pacific Islands highlights producers from throughout the Pacific and shares their experience--both their challenges and successes. From the publishers of Traditional Trees for Pacific Islands and Agroforestry Guides for Pacific Islands, this 576-page book promotes high-quality food, fiber, and healthcare crops grown in diverse agroforestry systems. The emphasis is on providing small farms with opportunities for local consumption and commercial sale. Specialty Crops for Pacific Islands is a must-have reference book for farmers, gardeners, teachers, and extension agents in the Pacific and throughout the tropics who are interested in new economic opportunities from specialty crops. This is not a book that sits on the shelf, but is thumbed through again and again.

Author : Craig R. Elevitch,Kim M. Wilkinson
Publisher : PAR
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780970254405

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Agroforestry Guides for Pacific Islands by Craig R. Elevitch,Kim M. Wilkinson Pdf

Author : Craig R. Elevitch
Publisher : PAR
Page : 818 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780970254450

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Traditional Trees of Pacific Islands by Craig R. Elevitch Pdf

"This book is for the person who lives in the tropics or subtropics and is interested in native plants, who wants to know about plants that are useful, who loves to watch plants grow, and who is willing to work with them. Such a person might ask questions like, Where will they grow? How do I grow them? Are they good to eat? How are they used? What are their names? These questions and more are answered here."--Préface

Author : William C. Clarke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : UOM:39015032936794

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Agroforestry in the Pacific Islands by William C. Clarke Pdf

Author : Kim M. Wilkinson,Craig R. Elevitch
Publisher : PAR
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780970254429

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Growing Koa by Kim M. Wilkinson,Craig R. Elevitch Pdf

Author : Craig R. Elevitch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-04
Category : Agroforestry
ISBN : 1939618045

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Agroforestry Landscapes for Pacific Islands by Craig R. Elevitch Pdf

This title focuses on low-input and sustainable techniques for growing food in the Pacific. It covers a range of time-tested traditional agroforestry systems, modern agroforestry, enhancing soil function using local resources, pest and disease control, integrating livestock, and getting started with planning and implementation.

Author : Scot C. Nelson,Craig R. Elevitch
Publisher : PAR
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780970254467

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Noni by Scot C. Nelson,Craig R. Elevitch Pdf

Author : Craig R. Elevitch
Publisher : PAR
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780970254436

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The Overstory Book by Craig R. Elevitch Pdf

Whether in a small backyard or a larger farm or forest, trees are vital to the web of life. Protecting and planting trees can restore wildlife habitat, heal degraded land, conserve soil, protect watersheds, diversify farm or garden products, beautify landscapes, and enhance the economic and ecological viability of land use systems. Careful planning and sound information is needed to reach these goals. The Overstory Book distills essential information about working with trees into 134 short, easy-to-read, single-subject chapters. Each chapter shares key concepts and useful information, so readers can get back to planting and protecting more trees, gardens, and forests, more effectively. * Discover time-tested agricultural and conservation techniques from indigenous and traditional peoples * Work with beneficial microorganisms, from mycorrhizal fungi to nitrogen-fixing bacteria and more * Create abundance with fruit trees, timber trees, vine crops, vegetables, mushrooms, and more * Form alliances with animals, from wildlife, birds, and insects to integrated, free-range livestock * Design effective tree-based windbreaks, noise barriers, live fences, and erosion buffers * Understand how to grow or obtain the highest quality seeds, seedlings, and plant materials * Restore fertility, productivity, and biodiversity with trees * Work with multipurpose plants including trees, palms, bamboos, and more * Market products effectively to improve economic returns sustainably * Locate helpful internet sites, organizations, people, and publications * And much more!

Author : Shyam Singh Yadav,Robert J. Redden,Jerry L. Hatfield,Andreas W. Ebert,Danny Hunter
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-14
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781119180630

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Food Security and Climate Change by Shyam Singh Yadav,Robert J. Redden,Jerry L. Hatfield,Andreas W. Ebert,Danny Hunter Pdf

This book looks at the current state of food security and climate change, discusses the issues that are affecting them, and the actions required to ensure there will be enough food for the future. By casting a much wider net than most previously published books—to include select novel approaches, techniques, genes from crop diverse genetic resources or relatives—it shows how agriculture may still be able to triumph over the very real threat of climate change. Food Security and Climate Change integrates various challenges posed by changing climate, increasing population, sustainability in crop productivity, demand for food grains to sustain food security, and the anticipated future need for nutritious quality foods. It looks at individual factors resulting from climate change, including rising carbon emission levels, increasing temperature, disruptions in rainfall patterns, drought, and their combined impact on planting environments, crop adaptation, production, and management. The role of plant genetic resources, breeding technologies of crops, biotechnologies, and integrated farm management and agronomic good practices are included, and demonstrate the significance of food grain production in achieving food security during climate change. Food Security and Climate Change is an excellent book for researchers, scientists, students, and policy makers involved in agricultural science and technology, as well as those concerned with the effects of climate change on our environment and the food industry.

Author : Jay Dobbin,Francis X. Hezel
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780824860110

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Summoning the Powers Beyond by Jay Dobbin,Francis X. Hezel Pdf

Summoning the Powers Beyond collects and reconstructs the old religions of preindustrial Micronesia. It draws mostly from written sources from the turn of the nineteenth century and the period immediately after World War II: reports of the Hamburg South Sea Expedition of 1908–1910, articles by German Roman Catholic missionaries in Micronesia included in the journal Anthropos, and reports by the Coordinated Investigation of Micronesian Anthropology (CIMA) and the American Board of Commissioners of the Foreign Missions (ABCFM). A detailed introduction and an overview of Micronesian religion are followed by separate chapters detailing religion in the Chuukic-speaking islands, Pohnpei, Kosrae, the Marshall Islands, Yap, Palau, Kiribati, and Nauru. The Chamorro-speaking group of the Marianas is omitted because lengthy periods of intense military and missionary activity eradicated most of the local religion. The Polynesian outliers Nukuoro and Kapingamarangi are discussed at the end primarily to underscore the contrasts between Polynesian and Micronesian religion. In a concluding chapter, the author highlights the similarities and differences between the areas within Micronesia and then attempts an appreciation or evaluation of Micronesia religion. Finally, he addresses the evidence of a tentative hypothesis that Micronesian religion is sufficiently different from that of Polynesia and Melanesia to justify the continued claim of a separate Micronesian religion.

Author : Eric Toensmeier
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781603585712

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The Carbon Farming Solution by Eric Toensmeier Pdf

"Agriculture is rightly blamed as a major culprit of our climate crisis. But in this groundbreaking new book, Eric Toensmeier argues that agriculture--specifically, the subset of practices known as "carbon farming"--can, and should be, a linchpin of a global climate solutions platform"--

Author : Moshe Rapaport
Publisher : Bess Press
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 1573060429

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The Pacific Islands by Moshe Rapaport Pdf

Forty-five contributors offer information on the physical environment, history, culture, population, economy, and living environment of the Pacific islands.

Author : Craig R. Elevitch,Diane Ragone,Ian Cole (Horticulturist)
Publisher : Permanent Agriculture Resources
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-31
Category : Breadfruit
ISBN : 1939618037

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Breadfruit Production Guide by Craig R. Elevitch,Diane Ragone,Ian Cole (Horticulturist) Pdf

Despite increasing consumer demand and an imminent production surge in breadfruit, a number of barriers must be overcome in order to increase the market availability, distribution, and commercial competitiveness of breadfruit. Many growers have limited understanding of when a fruit is ready to harvest and how to best harvest and handle the fruit to ensure a high quality product is delivered to market. As with any perishable crop-producers must learn proper handling of breadfruit to optimize its value to consumers, and therefore its commercial value. Similarly, chefs and consumers also need essential information on handling and preparation of breadfruit. This comprehensive 36-page guide will help growers ensure that the existing and future breadfruit crop will be used on farm, in the marketplace, or in the consumer's kitchen. This second edition adds kitchen handling tips, nutritional information, and descriptions for three important breadfruit varieties.

Author : B.M. Kumar,P.K.R. Nair
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2007-04-21
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781402049484

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Tropical Homegardens by B.M. Kumar,P.K.R. Nair Pdf

‘Homegardens’ are integrated tree–crop–animal production systems, often established on small parcels of land surrounding homesteads, and primarily found in tropical environments. This multi-authored volume contains peer-reviewed chapters from the world’s leading researchers and professionals in this topic. It summarizes the current state of knowledge on homegarden systems, with a view to using this knowledge as a basis for improving both homegardens and other similar multistrata agroforestry systems.

Author : John E. Hay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Climatic changes
ISBN : UOM:39015059176787

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Climate Variability and Change and Sea-level Rise in the Pacific Islands Region by John E. Hay Pdf