Stockbridge Sch of Agriculture 370 - Tropical Agriculture

Tropical regions of the world, their environment and classification; influence of climate, population, and socio-economic conditions of the diversity of agriculture and people groups; major crops and cropping systems of sub-humid tropics; introduction to dry land agriculture; importance of rainfall and irrigation on productivity; green revolution; desertification; present and future research needs of region, and state of agricultural technology. (Gen. Ed. BS)