TY - BOOK AU - Wrigley, Gordon TI - Tropical agriculture : : The development of production U1 - 630.913 PY - 1961/// CY - London PB - William Clowes and Sons Limited KW - Tropical agriculture KW - Agricultural products - development KW - Development - production N2 - In Tropical Agriculture (first published in 1961 and now thoroughly revised and brought up to date), Gordon Wrigley - a noted British agronomist and development manager who for 25 years has worked and travelled extensively in Africa, Asia, Central and South America, Australia, and the Pacific islands - suggests the methods of attaining maximum agricultural production and soil fertility that may most effectively combat such a crisis. Dealing with factors as they affect tropical agriculture as a whole, rather than as they affect individual crops, he discusses such basic topics as crop ecology, culture, cattle, and general improvement in quality and quantity of production ER -