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Emerging technologies to benefit farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia
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- Creator
- Committee on a Study of Technologies to Benefit Farmers in Africa and South Asia, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2009
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (293 p.)
- ISBNs
- 0309124948, 0309124956, 6612008083, 9786612008085, 0309177766, 9780309124959, 9780309124942, 1282008080
- OCLC
- ocn923279909, ocn567853996
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Abbreviations and Acronyms""; ""Executive Summary""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Constraints on Crop and Animal Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia""; ""3 Plant Improvement and Protection""; ""4 Water Resource Availability""; ""5 Technologies for Soil Improvement""; ""6 Technologies for Improving Animal Health and Production""; ""7 Emerging Technologies to Meet Local Energy Needs""; ""8 Priorities for Emerging Technologies""; ""Appendix A: Committee Statement of Task""
- ""Appendix B: Biographic Sketches of Committee Members""""Appendix C: Responses from Sub-Saharan African and South Asian Scientists""; ""Appendix D: Contributors""; ""Appendix E: Recent Publications of the Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources""