Tree Crops: Harvesting Cash from the World's Important Cash Crops [Paperback]

This book paints a wide canvas of the immense global economic potential of ten most important cash generating crops spread over Asia, Africa and Latin America, namely, Arecanut, Cashew Nut, Coconut, Cinchona, Cocoa, Coffee, Tea, Oil Palm, Rubber and Wattle. It provides a cross-sectoral, multi-scale assessment of the status of these crops, from seed to dining table, an invaluable treatise on the subject. Structured to be an invaluable tool for the inquisitive researcher, an ardent student, and, an insightful policy maker.   

Introduction .- Chapter 1. Arecanut: (Areca catechu L.) .- Chapter 2. Cashewnut (Anacardium occidentale L.).- Chapter  3. The coconut palm (Cocos nucifera L.) .- Chapter  4. Cinchona (Cinchona sp.).- Chapter  5. Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.).- Chapter  6. Coffee (Coffea arabica and Coffea robusta) .- Chapter  7. Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacquin).- Chapter  8. Rubber (Hevea brasiliensis).- Chapter  9. Tea (Camellia sinensis L.).- Chapter 10. Wattle (Acacia sp.).- Final Remarks 

Kodoth Prabhakaran Nair is an eminent international agricultural scientist who has worked in Europe, Africa and Asia for more than three decades, during which time he has held a number of prominent academic positions, including the National Chair of the Science Foundation, The Royal Society, Belgium; Professor and Head of the Departments of Agriculture, Soil Sciences and Basic Sciences at The University Center, The Republic of Cameroon; and Senior Professor at the University of Fort Hare, Republic of South Africa  the alma mater of the late Nelson Mandela, and where he began the struggle against apartheid.&al3