Ruthenberg, Hans.

Farming systems in the tropics. / Hans Ruthenberg - 3rd ed. - U.S.A. : Clarendon Press, 1980. - xiv, 313 p. : ill. (part col.) : 24 cm.

Includes index.

Contents: Introduction -- Some characteristics of farming in a tropical environment -- Shifting cultivation systems -- Fallow systems -- Ley systems and diary systems -- Systems with permanent upland cultivation -- Systems with perenial crops -- Grazing systems --Systems with arable irrigation farming -- Systems with parenial crops -- Grazing systems -- Tendencies in the development of tropical farming systems -- Notes on methodology in cropping and farming system research.

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Agricultural systems -- Tropics -- Farm management

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