Sustainable crop production is vital to ensure that supplies of fresh vegetables
and their products are readily available. However, food security still remains a
huge problem in areas of the world, including the tropics and sub-tropics, where
communities rely solely on subsistence farming to meet their day-to-day food
demands. It is evident that food production needs to become more sustainable to
ensure economic stability and poverty reduction. With this in mind, "Tropical
Vegetable Production" addresses the problems surrounding vegetable production in
developing countries. Divided into two parts, this volume discusses first the
principles and practice of tropical vegetable production, from site selection,
security and management to seeds, crop