Tropical Pasture Technology for Marginal Lands of Tropical America

Abstract S. sesban is a fast-growing leguminous shrub or small tree, up to 8 m tall and 12 cm in diameter. Although its geographical origin is not known, it is widely distributed and cultivated throughout tropical Africa and Asia, and has been introduced into tropical America. It is found both in the humid tropics and in more arid and semiarid regions of the world. It is often utilized as a short rotation tree on fallow and marginal lands, or as an agroforestry tree within farming systems - in alley-cropping, as a shade tree, as a support tree for horticultural plants and for planted fallows. It is mostly grown for production of highly nutritive and digestible leaf fodder for which it is repeatedly coppiced. The leaves are also used as a green manure. Other uses include: soil conservation, erosion control, soil improvement, land reclamation, shelterbelts/windbreaks and hedges. The wood is used as fuelwood, for light construction purposes, and for the manufacture of pulp. The leaves and flowers are edible; they are also utilized, along with a gum from the seeds and bark, for traditional medicines. It can easily be grown from seed and nursery seedlings. There are no reports of breeding programmes for the species (the most widely collected of the genus) although most accessions originate from Africa. Germplasm collections are available in Ethiopia, Australia and Hawaii (USA).

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Soil Management in Tropical America

Soil Science Society of America Journal ◽

10.2136/sssaj1976.03615995004000050003x ◽

1976 ◽

Vol 40 (5) ◽

pp. iv-iv

Author(s):

Henry D. Foth

Keyword(s):

Soil Management ◽

Tropical America

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Impact of Sustainability Reporting on Firm Performance of Companies in India

International Journal of Marketing and Business Communication ◽

10.21863/ijmbc/2015.4.3.018 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Priyanka Garg

Keyword(s):

Environmental Sustainability ◽

Rural Livelihoods ◽

Sustainability Reporting ◽

Annual Reports ◽

Marginal Lands ◽

Great Ability ◽

Reporting Practices ◽

Long Run ◽

Short Run ◽

Core Idea

The core idea of sustainability is that current decisions should not impair the prospects for maintaining or improving future living standards (Repetto, 1986). GRI (2006) defined sustainability as meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. The challenges of sustainable development are many and it is widely accepted that organizations have not only a responsibility but also a great ability to exert positive change on the state of the worlds economy, and environmental and social conditions. Further, the issue of environmental sustainability is intertwined with that of poverty and inequity. The causative relationship runs both ways- increased poverty and loss of rural livelihoods accelerates environmental degradation as displaced people put greater pressure on forests, fisheries, and marginal lands. The present study has made an attempt to investigate the relationship between sustainability reporting and financial performance of companies in India. Data have been collected with the help of annual reports of selected companies and Prowess Database. Collected data have been analyzed with the help of SPSS 16.0. The study shows that sustainability reporting practices of companies has improved over the time. Further, research reveals that sustainability reporting practices of a firm impact its performance negatively in short run while positively in long run.

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El Papel de Humbodt en el Origen y Desarrollo de la Geografia Moderna

GEOgraphia ◽

10.22409/geographia2002.48.a13430 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 4 (8) ◽

pp. 7

Author(s):

Héctor F. Rucinque e Wellington Jiménez

Keyword(s):

Key Words ◽

Founding Father ◽

Analytical Methodology ◽

Alexander Von Humboldt ◽

Scientific Exploration ◽

History Of Geography ◽

Tropical America ◽

History Of ◽

Scholarly Production ◽

Modern Geography

RESUMO Por lo general, los historiadores de la ciencia reconocen la importaocia de Alexander von Humboldt en el desarrollo de la geografía moderna, si bien tal contribución especializada no es claramente desglosada de su multifacética producción científica. Con ocasión del bicentenario de su viaje a la América tropical, el papel de Humboldt en la formulación de las bases de una metodología analítica para la investigación geográfica, y su monumental trabajo sustantivo, lo mismo que su penetrante permanencia e inspiración en la tradición geográfica, deben acreditarse como justificación amplia y suficiente para su título de padre fundador de la geografía científica. Epígrafes: Humboldt, historia de la geografía, geografía moderna, metodología geográfica, exploración científica.ABSTRACT Alexander von Humboldt’s contributions to the development of modern geography are generally ackoowledged by historians of science, though not always stated precisely out of his many-sided scholarly production. On the occasion of the Bicentennial of his voyage to tropical America, Humboldt’s role in setting forth the foundation of an analytical methodology for geography as well as for his monumental substantive work, along with his pervasive and inspiring perrnanence in the geographical tradition, must be recognized as ample justification tu his title as founding father of scientific geography. Key words: Humboldt, history of geography, modern geography, geagraphical methodology, scientific exploration.

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