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The Agronomy and Economy of Important Tree Crops of the Developing World
Author(s): K.P. Prabhakaran Nair (Author)
- Publisher: Elsevier
- Publication Date: 3 Jun. 2016
- Language: English
- Print length: 366 pages
- ISBN-10: 0323165052
- ISBN-13: 9780323165051
Book Description
Major tree crops contribute substantially to the economy of many developing countries on the Asian, African and Latin American continents. For example, coffee is the main revenue earner for Kenya. This book provides a comprehensive review of the agronomy, botany, taxonomy, genetics, chemistry, economics, and future global prospects of a range of crops that have great food, industrial and economic value such as cocoa, coffee, cashew, oil palm and natural rubber.
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The only book to review in one place almost all of the major tree crops of great economic value to the developing world
