Grasslands : developments, opportunities, perspectives

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Title:

Author:

Reynolds, Stephen G.

ISBN:

9789251050422

9781578083596

Publication Information:

Rome : Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations ; Enfield, NH : Science Publishers, Inc., c2005.

Physical Description:

xvi, 539 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Contents:

Prospects for temperate forage legumes / The future role of forage legumes in the Mediterranean climate areas / New grasses and legumes : advances and perspectives for the tropical zones of Latin America / Perspectives on forage tree legumes / Silage : a global perspective / Prospects for haying systems around the world / Meat and milk production from grass-based systems / New Zealand's pastoral industries : efficient use of pastoral resources / Organic grassland : principles, practices and potential / Rising atmospheric CO[subscript 2] and global climate change : management implications for grazinglands / Biodiversity in grasslands : current changes and scenarios for the future / Biotechnological approaches to temperate forage improvement / GIS-based forage species adaptation mapping / The application of remote sensing technology to grassland resource management in China / New forages for smallholder livestock systems in Southeast Asia : recent developments, impacts and opportunities / Pastoralists, present and future : rangeland development in West Asia and North Africa / Forage and ruminant livestock integration in tree crop plantations of Southeast Asia / Intensive forage production in smallholder dairy farming in eastern Africa / Rural depopulation and grassland management in Patagonia / Australian temperate grasslands : changing philosophies and future prospects / The future for savannah and tropical grasslands : a Latin American perspective

Abstract:

"This book looks at significant current grassland problems and issues, and provides an insight into grassland productivity in diverse areas of the world, with their various production systems. There is a focus on recent technical advances and the prospects for further innovation, through twenty-one chapters by eminent grassland scientists." "Researchers, lecturers and students in grassland science and its associated disciplines will find the texts and references a valuable resource in their work. Land use advisers and policy-makers should find stimulus for new ideas in the debate on the future role of grasslands in feeding the Earth's population."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

Grasslands.

Added Author:

Reynolds, Stephen G.

Frame, John.

Added Corporate Author:

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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This book looks at significant current grassland problems and issues, and provides an insight into grassland productivity in diverse areas of the world, with their various production systems. There is a focus on recent technical advances and the prospects for further innovation, through twenty-one chapters by eminent grassland scientists, grouped into seven sections - forage germplasm; forage conservation; grass-based systems and organic production; climate change, biodiversity and biotechnology; geographical information systems; farmer and pastoralist participation; and regional developments. The book is timely in view of the expanding human and livestock populations, especially in arid and semi-arid environments, with the consequent pressure on the world's grasslands.