Agriculture and the Natural Environment
Year: 2006
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: Preface This revised edition of the Fundamentals of Modern Agriculture -General Principles is aimed at improving on the first edition so as to make it more relevant to the needs of the readers. In this edition, an extensive review of some of the chapters has been carried out. Chapters affected Include Chapters 1on the Meaning. Importance and Scope of Agriculture, Chapter 3 on the Principles and Problems of Agricultural Development, and Chapter 6 on the Role of Information and Communication Technologies in Agriculture. New chapters have also been added. These are Chapter 10 on the Economics of Agricultural Production, Chapter 11 on Management of Agricultural Enterprises and Chapter 12 on Agricultural Extension. These adjustments make the book useful to a wider range of readers. The book covers most of the issues on Principles of Agriculture required by students of agriculture at the Senior Secondary School, Polytechnics, Colleges of Education and Agriculture and the University.
Language: English
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7213891729
