Overview
- Unique systems approach to deal with farming holistically
- Many new topics covered in one comprehensive book
- Deals with principles and practice, management and an understanding of actions in the farm system
- This volume takes account of social relationships in the farm system including technical, biological, political and economic relationships
- Written by prominent agriculturalists with worldwide experience and is well illustrated with figures and tables
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Table of contents (51 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Principles and Their Application
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Front Matter
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Rainfed Farming System Worldwide - Operation and Management
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About this book
While a good grasp of the many separate aspects of agriculture is important, it is equally essential for all those involved in agriculture to understand the functioning of the farming system as a whole and how it can be best managed. It is necessary to re-assess and understand rain-fed farming systems around the world and to find ways to improve the selection, design and operation of such systems for long term productivity, profitability and sustainability. The components of the system must operate together efficiently; yet many of the relationships and interactions are not clearly understood. Appreciation of these matters and how they are affected by external influences or inputs are important for decision making and for achieving desirable outcomes for the farm as a whole. This book analyses common rain-fed farming systems and defines the principles and practices important to their effective functioning and management.
Reviews
From the reviews:
“The book contains the latest information on the subject area and is produced by experts in the field. … Well-written and indexed, the abstracts and/or conclusions for each … chapters provide a rapid way of assimilating the presented information. … a unique reference book for anyone involved in this form of water-limited agriculture. It is particularly suited to undergraduate and postgraduate students and deserves a place in most university and research institute libraries as well as on farmers’ shelves. In summary, an excellent book.” (Davey Jones, Experimental Agriculture, Vol. 48 (3), 2012)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Rainfed Farming Systems
Editors: Philip Tow, Ian Cooper, Ian Partridge, Colin Birch
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9132-2
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-9131-5Published: 16 September 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-9132-2Published: 16 September 2011
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 1336
Number of Illustrations: 263 b/w illustrations
Topics: Agriculture, Water Industry/Water Technologies, Life Sciences, general, Ecology, Landscape Ecology, Freshwater & Marine Ecology