1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910702231003321

Titolo

Military resale programs overview [[electronic resource] ] : hearing before the Subcommittee on Military Personnel of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, second session, hearing held June 7, 2012

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington : , : U.S. G.P.O., , 2012

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iv, 136 pages)

Soggetti

Military resale programs - United States

Military exchanges - United States

Recreation - Armed Forces - Officials and employees - United States

Military dependents - Services for - United States

Military dependents - Recreation - United States

United States Armed Forces Commissariat

United States Armed Forces Officials and employees Services for

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on Nov. 2, 2012).

Paper version available for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.

"H.A.S.C. no. 112-133."



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910446346703321

Titolo

Indigenous fruit trees in the tropics : domestication, utilization and commercialization / / edited by Festus K. Akinnifesi ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; ; Cambridge, MA, : CABI Pub. in association with the World Agroforestry Centre, 2007

ISBN

1-281-20457-9

9786611204570

1-84593-325-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (458 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AkinnifesiFestus K

Disciplina

634

Soggetti

Tree crops - Tropics

Fruit trees - Tropics

Endemic plants - Tropics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Preface; Foreword; Acknowledgements; PART I: SETTING THE SCENE; PART II: INDIGENOUS FRUIT TREE DOMESTICATION IN ASIA, LATIN AMERICA AND OCEANIA; PART III: REGIONAL DOMESTICATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA; PART IV: THE BIOPHYSICAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONTEXT OF MIOMBO FRUIT TREES; PART V: LESSONS FOR COMMODITIZING INDIGENOUS FRUIT AND NUT TREES IN THE TROPICS; Index

Sommario/riassunto

It has been recognized that an important factor in improving viability of rural livelihoods in developing countries is the promotion of sustainable agriculture. As opposed to relying solely on cash crops, this can be achieved through domestication of various indigenous fruit trees that can be cultivated and owned by smallholder farmers.