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Tropical vegetable production / Raymond A.T. George.

by George, Raymond A. T.

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Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI, c2011.

Tropical vegetables -- Developing countries.

x, 225 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

pt. 1. Principles and practice of tropical vegetable production -- Introduction -- Site, topography, soils and water -- Site management, seeds and types of cultivars -- Support for farmers -- Crop preparation and management -- Reducing pre- and postharvest losses and marketing surpluses -- pt. 2. Tropical vegetable crops -- Alliaceae : onions and related crops -- Cruciferae : crucifers -- Cucurbitaceae : cucurbits, the vine crops -- Solanaceae : tomatoes and related crops -- Leguminosae : beans and related crops -- Leafy vegetables -- Araceae, Convolvulaceae, Dioscoreaceae, Euphorbiaceae : tropical tubers -- Andean tubers and roots and crops of the Lamiaceae and Apiaceae -- Gramineae and Cyperaceae.

Sustainable crop production is vital to ensure that supplies of fresh vegetables and their products are readily available. However, food security still remains a huge problem in areas of the world, including the tropics and sub-tropics, where communities rely solely on subsistence farming to meet their day to day food demands. It is evident that food production needs to become more sustainable to ensure economic stability and poverty reduction. With this in mind Tropical Vegetable Production addresses the problems surrounding vegetable production in developing countries. Divided into two parts this volume discusses firstly the principles and practise of tropical vegetable production, from site selection, security and management to seeds, crop preparation and pesticides, and secondly provides details of those crops which are of particular importance in developing countries.

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