Growing Food: A Guide to Food Production - Hardcover

Winch, Tony

 
9781402048272: Growing Food: A Guide to Food Production
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1402048270 ISBN 13: 9781402048272
Verlag: Springer, 2006

Inhaltsangabe

This specialist handbook is intended as a quick and easy reference guide for individuals and organisations that are involved with the production of food, from both agriculture and horticulture. It is designed to be used as a reference book that answers basic questions about how food is produced from plants, and aims to demystify the subject of growing food as far as possible. The focus is firmly on the technical aspects of food crops; animal husbandry, agrochemicals and genetic engineering are only briefly mentioned.

The manual with its strong international flavour is designed to be also used by those who normally speak or read English as their second language, using simple English terminology and phrasing, with explanations and cross references of the terminology, acronyms and terms used.

The book is divided into three sections: 1. Principles and Practices used in Agriculture and Horticulture; 2. Description and Characteristics of the Main Food Crops; 3. Naming and Classification of Plants, Seed Purchase Procedures, Conversion Tables and Statistics, Planning and Assessing Agricultural Projects.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

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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Verlag
Springer
Erscheinungsdatum
2006
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1402048270
ISBN 13 
9781402048272
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
342
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