Instability in World Food Production: Statistical Analysis, Graphical Presentation, and InterpretationStatistical analysis of trends in world food production - based on data from 120 countries on grain, potato, cassava, sugar cane and sugar beet food crops, analyses the causes and geographical aspects of instability, obstacles to its measurement, and crop yields of grain; includes case studies of Australia, Canada, the USA and USSR. Graphs, maps, references, statistical tables. |
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Farm Management and Erosion Control | 4 |
The Smallholder Farming Systems in AcostaPuriscal | 17 |
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Acosta and Puriscal ACOSTA PURISCAL Agricultural analysis annual crops areas basic grains Betriebe C/ha calculated capital cash crops CATIE cattle chickens Coefficient of variation coffee acreage Coffee Caturra Costa Rica covered beans cropping season decreases Development economic erosion control factors fallow farm income farm sizes Farming Systems farms in Acosta farms in Puriscal fields fruit trees gross margin harvest hectare higher hired labour important increase influence innovation intercropped ISBN kg/ha labour productivity labour requirements Land Availability Linear Programming livestock maize maize and beans maize/beans man-days measures Meseta Central model farms mulching Number off-farm activities Off-farm income peak percent in Puriscal perennial crops plantation plots Produccion production level Production value protection pruning Puriscal farmers reduced RUTHENBERG San Jose Seiten slopes Soil Conservation soil fertility soil loss Source sown beans steep Suelo sugar cane surveyed farms topsoil total labour input Tropics Turrialba Variable costs varieties weeding