Title Classification of East African Crops / John O. Kokwaro

Edition Second Edition Published Nairobi, Kenya : University of Nairobi Press, University of Nairobi, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (207) Contents Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Dedication I; Dedication II and In Memoriam; About the Author; Section 1 -- INTRODUCTION; INTRODUCTION; 1.0 ENVIRONMENTAL STATISTICS; 2.0 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; 3.0 MAJOR AGRICULTURAL CROPS AND FORESTRY PRODUCTS; 4.0 DEMOGRAPHY; Section 2 -- TYPE A CLASSES: Classification Based on Usage; CLASS 1: CEREALS OR GRAIN CROPS; CLASS 2: OTHER STARCH CROPS; CLASS 3: ROOT CROPS; CLASS 4: FRUITS; CLASS 5: VEGETABLE AND SALAD CROPS; CLASS 6: LEGUMES (GRAIN LEGUMES OR PULSES); CLASS 7: NUTS; CLASS 8: OIL AND WAX CROPS CLASS 9: SPICE CROPSCLASS 10: POT HERBS; CLASS 11: BEVERAGE CROPS; CLASS 12: STIMULANT CROPS; CLASS 13: FIBRE CROPS; CLASS 14: DYE AND TANNIN PLANTS; CLASS 15: RUBBER, GUM AND RESIN PLANTS; CLASS 16: INSECTICIDES AND FISH POISON PLANTS; CLASS 17: FORAGE AND FODDER PLANTS; CLASS 18: LAWN GRASSES; CLASS 19: TIMBER AND ORNAMENTAL TREES; Section 3 -- TYPE B CLASSES: Commercial Classification; CLASS 1: FOOD CROPS; CLASS 2: CASH CROPS; CLASS 3: COMMERCIAL HORTICULTURAL CROPS; CLASS 4: BACKYARD CROPS; CLASS 5: EXPERIMENTAL CROPS; CLASS 6: USEFUL PLANTS FOR HONEY BEES; CLASS 7: FORBIDDEN CROPS Section 4 -- Botanical Illustrations of Selected Crops and Economic Plants of East AfricaIllustrations of Selected Crops and Economic Plants of East Africa; Selected Bibliography; Index to Botanical Names; Back cover Summary Classification of East African Crops Second Edition is a revised modern version of a book first published in 1979. It is a handbooks grouping the crops, timber, and common ornamental plants found in East Africa into 26 classes. The plants are discussed under two broad categories, namely, usage and commercial classifications. the Type A group of plants, based on usage classification, has 19 classes including the famous categories such as cereals, fruits, vegetables, legumes, oil crops, fibre crops, and forage and fodder plants amongst others. The Type B group, based on commercial use of the plants, covers food crops, cash crops, commercial horticultural crops, forbidden crops (drug plants), and bee forage or useful plants for honey bees. Each class has a full or brief discussion of the crops or useful plantas grown in modern East Africa covering Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi. The most important part of the handbooks is the list of all major and minor crops and useful plants in each class containing the English or trade names, the botanical names, and the families to which they belong. The book has over 70 selected colour plates illustrating different crops and other useful plants. It is an excellent handbook for university and college scholars, students, and researchers in agriculture, forestry, environment, and animal husbandry Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Tree crops -- Africa, East -- Classification Field crops -- Africa, East -- Classification Plants, Cultivated -- Africa, East -- Classification African history. NATURE / Reference. Field crops Plants, Cultivated Tree crops Africa, East Genre/Form Classification Form Electronic book LC no. 2013441658 ISBN 9966792406 9789966792402 9966792244 9789966792242

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