ABSTRACT
This book looks at significant current grassland problems and issues, and provides an insight into grassland productivity in diverse areas of the world, with their various production systems. There is a focus on recent technical advances and the prospects for further innovation, through twenty-one chapters by eminent grassland scientists, grouped i
TABLE OF CONTENTS
section Section I|2 pages
Forage Germplasm
chapter Chapter 3|25 pages
New Grasses and Legumes: Advances and Perspectives for the Tropical Zones of Latin America
section Section II|2 pages
Forage Conservation
section Section III|2 pages
Grass-Based Systems and Organic Production
section Section IV|2 pages
Climate Change, Biodiversity and Biotechnology
chapter Chapter 10|26 pages
Rising Atmospheric CO2 and Global Climate Change: Responses and Management Implications for Grazing Lands
section Section V|2 pages
Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
section Section VI|2 pages
Farmer and Pastoralist Participation
chapter Chapter 16|18 pages
Pastoralists, Present and Future: Rangeland Development in West Asia and North Africa
section Section VII|2 pages
Regional Developments