Biotechnologies at work for smallholders : case studies from developing countries in crops, livestock and fish / edited by J. Ruane [and six others]
- Bib ID:
- 6533253
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- Book
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- http://www.fao.org/docrep/018/i3403e/i3403e.pdf
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- [Rome] : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2013
- ©2013
- viii, 198 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 30 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9789251078778 (print)
- Invalid ISBN:
- 9789251078785 (pdf)
- Series:
- Occasional papers on innovation in family farming.
- Full contents:
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- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction / J.D. Dargie
- ch. 2 Case Studies In The Crop Sector
- 2.1.Use of Tissue Culture and Mutation Induction to Improve Banana Production for Smallholders in Sri Lanka / P.J.L. Lagoda
- 2.2.Successful Marker-Assisted Selection for Disease Resistance and Drought Tolerance in Pearl Millet in India / I.S. Khairwal
- 2.3.Clean Planting Materials Produced in Vitro to Improve Performance of Sweet Potato, Plantain and Bananas in Ghana / B.M. Dzomeku
- 2.4.Molecular Markers and Tissue Culture: Technologies Transcending Continental Barriers to Add Value and Improve Productivity of Cassava in Africa / M. Fregene
- 2.5.Somatic Embryogenesis for the Production of Plantain Planting Materials in Cuba / D. Montano
- 2.6.Use of Tissue Culture in Cassava for Rural Households in Colombia / W.M. Roca
- Contents note continued: 2.7.Transforming Rice Production in Flood-Affected Areas: Development of the Swarna-Sub1 Variety Using Marker-Assisted Backcrossing and its Deployment in India / A.M. Ismail
- ch. 3 Case Studies In The Livestock Sector
- 3.1.Sustainable Improvement in Sheep Productivity in India Using the FecB (Booroola) Mutation / C. Nimbkar
- 3.2.Saving the Endangered Namaqua Afrikaner Sheep Breed in South Africa through Conservation and Utilization / M.A. Snyman
- 3.3.Application of Artificial Insemination with Frozen Semen in an Angora Goat Breeding Project in Northern Patagonia, Argentina / M. Cueto
- 3.4.Use of Artificial Insemination in a Community-Based Approach to Deliver Cattle Production-Related Veterinary Services in Four Dairy-Producing Areas of Bangladesh / M. Shamsuddin
- 3.5.Intensive and Integrated Farm Systems using Fermentation of Swine Effluent in Brazil / A. Kososki
- Contents note continued: 3.6.Taking the Laboratory to the Field: Rapid Diagnosis of Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) in Cameroon / A. Souley
- 3.7.Application of the Sterile Insect Technique in Zanzibar to Eradicate Tsetse Flies, the Vectors of Trypanosomosis / M.J.B. Vreysen
- ch. 4 Case Studies In The Fishery Sector
- 4.1.Application of Probiotics as an Environmental Treatment and Feed Additive in the Production of Farmed Marine Shrimp in China / Y. Xinhua
- 4.2.PCR-based Pathogen Detection in Shrimp Aquaculture in India / D. Ramraj
- 4.3.Interspecific Hybrid Catfish in Thailand / U. Na-Nakorn
- 4.4.Use of Within-Family Selection and Gynogenesis to Develop the Jian Carp (Cyprinus carpio var. jian) in China / Z. Dong
- 4.5.Small-Scale Fish Fermentation and Processing in West Africa / G.R. Akande.
- Notes:
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- Includes bibliographical references.
- Also available online. Address as at 3/07/2014: http://www.fao.org/docrep/018/i3403e/i3403e.pdf
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