The Tropical Agriculturalist Series

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1991
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CTA. 1991. The Tropical Agriculturalist Series. Spore 35. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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Sheep, by Ruth Gatenby ISBN 0 333 52310 5 Pigs, by Dave H Holness ISBN 0 333 52308 3 The Tropical Agriculturalist series published by Macmillan and CTA Available from CTA
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Sheep is the second volume in this series to be produced in the field of animal production: it follows the volume on Poultry. The importance of sheep in tropical countries is often overlooked. They are, in fact, very important: over 600 million of them are to be found in the developing world. Sheep will thrive under conditions where either crops or other forms of livestock would not because the climate is too arid or the soil too poor. However, they can be integrated well with both crops and other forms of animal production and, because of their relatively small size, they can provide a more convenient source of meat than came and they are often kept by farmers as a kind of insurance for quick sale or slaughter for festivities. The third book in the series, Pigs, considers some of their advantages. The world trend is towards the consumption of more white, rather than red meat. Pigs produce meat without contributing to the deterioration of natural grazing lands. This is of paramount importance in relation to the current desertification, soil erosion and loss of productive land in Tropical and Subtropical parts of the world. However, there are problems, particularly those associated with feed supplies; and inadequate control of disease may make intensive pig production unprofitable or even untenable. Religious considerations may make pig-keeping unacceptable, and the possibility of transfer of disease and parasites to the human population may make extensive pig production unwise. This book considers these problems to see which systems of pig production are most acceptable in various regions of the Tropics and which should be avoided. It approaches the subject from the point of view of both the commercial producer and of the village pig keeper. As with all the books in The Tropical Agriculturalist series, these are readable, informative and practical guides. Sheep, by Ruth Gatenby ISBN 0 333 52310 5 and Pigs by Dave H Holness ISBN 0 333 52308 3 The Tropical Agriculturalist series published by Macmillan and CTA Available from CTA
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LIVESTOCK;
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Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
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