Tropical Agriculture: Rice, Coconut, Phoenix Dactylifera, Banana, Cassava, Sweet Potato, Arecaceae, Amaranth, Pineapple, Sago, Cashew

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 176. Chapters: Rice, Coconut, Phoenix dactylifera, Banana, Cassava, Sweet potato, Arecaceae, Amaranth, Pineapple, Sago, Cashew, Grapefruit, Breadfruit, Carica papaya, Pigeon pea, Sorghum, Plantain, Taro, Guarana, Sweet corn, Quinoa, Carambola, Ensete, Avocado, Orange, Maize, Durian, Agriculture in Senegal, Moringa oleifera, Roselle, Yam, Commercial sorghum, Brazil nut, Hand pump, Lemon, Okra, Chayote, Jackfruit, Pitaya, Palm wine, Ackee, Agroforestry, Canna Agriculture Group, Slash and burn, Union of Banana Exporting Countries, Banana production in the Caribbean, Chaya, Pulaka, Dioscorea opposita, Pachyrhizus erosus, Mammee apple, Bactris gasipaes, Winged bean, Lablab purpureus, Tamarillo, Quality Protein Maize, Subsistence agriculture, Sesbania, Piper aduncum, Pina, Cashew nutshell liquid, Borehole, Astrocaryum vulgare, Babaco, Cereus repandus, Lethal yellowing, Pourouma cecropiifolia, Kokoro, Slash-and-char, Dracontomelon, Treadle pump, Oryza glaberrima, Multipurpose tree, Eddoe, Maypan coconut palm, Wild Cashew, Pineapple pit, Nucellar embryony, Cyathula officinalis, Amaranthus acanthochiton, Moringa stenopetala, Malayan Dwarf, Sudan grass, Astrocaryum murumuru, Hibiscus acetosella, Texas phoenix palm decline, Astrocaryum jauari, Malayan Green dwarf coconut palm, Bete. Excerpt: Rice is the seed of the monocot plants Oryza sativa or Oryza glaberrima. As a cereal grain, it is the most important staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in East and South Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, and the West Indies. It is the grain with the second-highest worldwide production, after maize (corn). Since a large portion of maize crops are grown for purposes other than human consumption, rice is the most important grain with regard to human nutrition and caloric intake, providing more than one fifth of the...