Growing Out of PovertyElizabeth Stamp Monographic compilation of essays on agricultural development for food production in developing countries - discusses world food security and food shortage, the role of voluntary organizations (esp. Oxfam), better land utilization, water storage, irrigation, crop diversification, changes in cultivation techniques, livestock, nutrition, agricultural credit and savings, dairy product cooperatives, etc. Maps and statistical tables. |
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AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTIONS | 1 |
VOLUNTARY ACTION | 34 |
Bringing poor land into cultivation in India | 49 |
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achieved Africa agri Agrindus Anand pattern animal Cameroon Cameroon Development Corporation cassava cent centre Chimaltenango cost crop cultivation cultural dairy dams diet Diptipur disease drought economic efforts encouraging factors famine farm feeding fertilizer field flour food production funds grain grams grass Green Revolution ground-water groups growing growth Guatemala harvest important improved income increase India inputs irrigation Jalna Jhungapali Kananga Kenya labour land landless livestock maize major malnutrition ment methods milk producers million acres million tons monsoon mothers nutrition operation Operation Flood organization Oxfam planning poor poorer population poverty problems programme projects protein protein-energy malnutrition rainfall rains result rice rural development Samburu San Martin scheme seed situation Small Soppo society soil soya bean supplies tanks technical tion traditional unit Venkatamma village co-operative voluntary agencies wheat World Food Conference yields Zaïre