Emerging technologies to benefit farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia / 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.
Emerging technologies to benefit farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia / 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.
9780309124942 0309124948 9780309124959 electronic book 0309124956 electronic book
Alternate Call Number
N 273 NRC.E
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
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 to improve animal health and production; 7. Emerging technologies to meet local energy needs; 8. Priorities for emerging technologies.
Constraints on crop and animal productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia Plant improvement and protection Water resource availability Technologies for soil improvement Technologies to improve animal health and production Emerging technologies to meet local energy needs Priorities for emerging technologies Appendixes : A. Committee statement of task B. Biographic sketches of committee members C. Responses from Sub-Saharan African and South Asian scientists D. Contributors E. Recent publications of the Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources.
Published
Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2009.