'This book is an essential tool for farmers who live far from a vet, but also for teachers in rural schools, NGO/or agricultural extension workers who advise farmers on how to look after animals, and also vet assistant and other skilled workers.'
The Courier, Nov 2000

Where There is No Vet is more than just a book on first aid for animals. It is a unique practical manual and reference book covering all aspects of livestock health in the tropics - in particular in Africa, the Indian Sub-continent and South East Asia. It explains in simple words and drawings what you can do to prevent, recognise and treat the most common sicknesses in buffalo, goats, sheep, pigs, horses, mules, donkeys, camels, dogs, rabbits and poultry. The book explains where diseases come from and how they spread. It also gives advice on care and feeding, how to handle animals for treatments, assisting with births and dealing with emergencies. It offers advice on both traditional remedies and modern medicines and how to use them, and gives warnings about any which are dangerous. Throughout there is a strong emphasis on how to prevent and control diseases. This book is suitable for a wide range of practitioners including farmers, vet’s assistants or skilled workers, teachers and trainers, NGO or extension workers.

2003     Paperback     0 333 58899 1

Dryland Farming in Africa
Edited by J. Rowland

Covering the theory and practice of crop production in drylands, this new textbook is suitable for undergraduate and diploma students in the drier regions of the tropics. Subjects covered in detail include multiple cropping, pest and disease control and the cultivation of traditional food crops.

1993     Paperback     0 333 47654 9

Farming for the Future
An Introduction to Low-External In-put and Sustainable Agriculture
C. Reijntjes, B. Haverkort and A.Waters Bayer

A comprehensive examination of appropriate strategies and techniques which lead to LEISA in tropical farming systems. The book includes a thorough exploration of the methods of helping farmers to make their farming systems more productive and reliable, whilst preventing degradation of the resource- base on which they depend.

1992     Paperback     0 333 57011 1

Biotechnology
Building on Farmers’ Knowledge
J. Bunders, Dr B. Haverkort and Dr W. Hiemstra

This is an important and original book which looks at the application of biotechnology to agricultural development. It covers a range of technologies from the simple to the sophisticated, and traditional practices to those more recently developed by specialist scientists. It presents a participatory and interactive methodology for the development of biotechnologies on small-scale farms in the tropics. It builds on farmers' knowledge and makes use of the latest scientific insights.

1997     Paperback     0 333 67082 5

Controlling Crop Pests and Diseases
R. Rappaport

A guide to crop protection methods against pests and diseases, using appropriate intermediate technology. The book is highly illustrated, using a cartoon-story approach.

1992     Paperback    0 333 57216 5

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