palm oil Books and Publications

Towards better practice in smallholder palm oil production

Demand for palm oil is growing fast. Global production has doubled over the past ten years and is expected to double again in the next decade. This report provides a systematic overview of the main types of arrangements for smallholder palm oil production, and identies the most promising current options for ...

By Earthprint Ltd

The Last Stand of the Orangutan : State of the Emergency : Illegal, Fire and Palm Oil in Indonesia

The report is prepared by GRASP, the Great Ape Survival Partnership lead by UNEP and UNESCO in collaboration with a wide range of NGOs. Recent estimates suggest there are between 45,000 and 69,000 Bornean and no more than 7,300 Sumatran orangutans left in the wild. The orangutans share their habitat with a wild range of other threatened and ecologically important species including the ...

By Earthprint Ltd

Oil palm (The) - vol 24 (En)

Series: Better Farming SeriesInitially published by arrangement with INADES, Institut africain pour le développement économique et social, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, the Better Farming Series booklets are designed as handbooks for intermediate-level agricultural education and training courses. They may be purchased as a set (45 booklets) or ...

By Earthprint Ltd

Somatic Embryogenesis in Woody Plants

The rapid progress on somatic embryogenesis and its prospects for potential application to improving woody plants prompted us to edit this book initially in three volumes, and now an additional three more volumes. We were all convinced that such a treatise was needed and would be extremely useful to researchers and students. This volume 6 is dedicated to Prof. Harry Waris, Helsinki, ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Breeding Plantation Tree Crops: Temperate Species

Tree species are indispensable to human needs. Due to their long life cycle and environmental sensitivity, breeding trees for sustainable production is a formidable challenge in order to meet the demands of growing human population and industries. Fruit crops such as apple, cocoa, mango, citrus, litchi, pear, dates, and coconut or industrial crops including rubber and tea, improving yield under ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Breeding Plantation Tree Crops: Tropical Species

Tree species are indispensable to human needs. Due to their long life cycle and environmental sensitivity, breeding trees for sustainable production is a formidable challenge on order to meet the demands of growing human population and industries. Fruit crops such as apple, cocoa, mango, citrus, litchi, pear, dates, and coconut or industrial crops including rubber and tea, improving yield under ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Technical Crops

Genome Mapping and Molecular Breeding in Plants presents the current status of the elucidation and improvement of plant genomes of economic interest. The focus is on genetic and physical mapping, positioning, cloning, monitoring of desirable genes by molecular breeding and the most recent advances in genomics. The series comprises seven volumes: Cereals and Millets; Oilseeds; Pulses, Sugar and ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Towards better practice in smallholder palm oil production

The Last Stand of the Orangutan : State of the Emergency : Illegal, Fire and Palm Oil in Indonesia

Oil palm (The) - vol 24 (En)

Somatic Embryogenesis in Woody Plants

Breeding Plantation Tree Crops: Temperate Species

Breeding Plantation Tree Crops: Tropical Species

Technical Crops

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