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Five Potential New Crops for Arid Lands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

C. Wiley Hinman ,
Allan Cooke  and
Richard I. Smith
C. Wiley Hinman
Affiliation:
President, Hinman Associates, 4211 N. Camino Ferreo, Tucson, Arizona 85715, USA; Adjunct Professor, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA
Allan Cooke
Affiliation:
Chairman, Chemical Discoveries Group, Mamhilad Park Estate, Pontypool, Gwent, NP4 ODZ, South Wales, UK
Richard I. Smith
Affiliation:
Agricultural Consultant, Summersbury, Chichester Road, Midhurst, West Sussex GU29 9PS, England, UK.
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In view of the increasing rate of world-wide desertification in many arid and semi-arid land situations, certain plants that produce human or animal feedstuffs or industrially useful by-products under such hostile environments deserve the most serious attention.

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Environmental Conservation , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , Winter 1985 , pp. 309 - 315
Copyright
Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 1985

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