Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa
from Practical Action
Sub-Saharan Africa's persistent food insecurity and vulnerability to famine reflects failures of understanding as much as failures of interventions. "Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa" aims to contribute towards an improved understanding for more effective food security policy. This book brings together eleven substantial chapters on critical food security issues, and draws on a variety of disciplinary perspectives, from agricultural economics to nutrition. Most contributions reflect an evolution of thinking during the 1990s. Food insecurity is no longer seen simply as a problem of agriculture and a failure of food production at the national level, but instead as a failure of livelihoods to guarantee access to sufficient food at household
level. This conceptual shift and related arguments are presented in a clear and accessible way for the non-specialist reader, and are illustrated with empirical data and case studies from across the sub-continent. The authors are all food security experts with long experience of research and advisory work in Africa.
HIV/AIDS, Gender And Rural Livelihoods In Sub-Saharan Africa: An Overview and Annotated Bibliography (African Women Leaders in Agriculture and the Environment)
Plant Pathologist's Pocketbook (Cabi Publishing)
Women in Agriculture: A Guide to Research (Garland Reference Library of Social Science)
by Marie Maman
from Routledge
Systematic Catalogue of the Soft Scale Insects of the World (Flora and Fauna Handbook)
by Ben-Dov
from CRC
A catalogue of the soft-scale insects of the world (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Cocidae) with data on geographical distribution, host plants, biology and economic importance. This catalogue lists 162 genera comprising 1090 species and subspecies which have been described since Linnaeus (1758) until the cutoff date of December 1991. Extensive data are presented on taxonomy, nomenclature, synonyms, geographical distribution, host plants, biology, and economic importance of the species. New combinations are established for 40 species. One species, namely Filippia subterranea Gomez-Menor Ortega, is newly synonymized with Lecanopsis formicarum Newstead.
A Catalog of the Neotropical Collembola (Flora and Fauna Handbook, No 5)
by Mutt
from CRC
The geographic area covered by this catalog is the Neotropical Region including Mexico, Marginal areas such as the Bahamas Islands, Islas Malvinas, the Juan Fernandez archipelago and Easter Island are also covered. This catalog lists 959 species distributed into 158 genera and presents a complete list of the species that have been reported from this region until August 1, 1989. All reference that deal with the biology or taxonomy of the Neotropical Collembola are included, as well as the fauna of Nearctic areas of Mexico. The catalog incorporates the latest advances in collembolan taxonomy, maintaining a balance between the most conservative and liberal classifications. Under each family or subfamily, the catalog groups genera which are closely related. Under each genus or subgenus it lists the species in alphabetical order.
A key to the literature presenting tree volume and taper equations for species in the Pacific Northwest and California (Research contribution / College ... Laboratory, Oregon State University)
Research in progress in plains forestry
An index to fishery and fishery related articles appearing in West Virginia conservation, 1941-1967
Access to sources of information on agricultural development in the Sahel (Working paper - African Rural Economy Program ; no. l7)
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