This monograph represents a major study of Malignant Catarrhal Fever in Indonesia and is based on a collaborative research project between Balitvet and James Cook University, supported by ACIAR. Many of the papers were presented at a workshop on MCF held in Indonesia, being contributions from the district investigation centres and provincial veterinary services, as well as from Balitvet scientists.

Roots crops are a staple food throughout the world's tropical regions

OUT OF PRINT Newcastle disease is the major virus disease of poultry in many countries of Southeast Asia

In this study an economic surplus approach to the assessment of commodity and regional priorities for international support of agricultural research in developing countries is described and employed in an empirical analysis.

Spoilage of grain by pests, high temperatures and/or humidity can be brought under control by the correct use of suitable grain protectants

Grain sorghum is the staple food of lowland farmers in semi-arid tropical areas of Africa and Asia, but crop yields are commonly less than 30% of those in developed countries

  Shifting cultivation is one of the oldest forms of subsistence agriculture and is still practised by millions of poor people in the tropics. Typically it involves clearing land (often forest) for the growing of crops for a few years, and then moving on to new sites, leaving the earlier ground fallow to regain its soil fertility. Some critics have tended to disparage shifting cultivation as unsustainable, however, the book shows that such indigenous practices can be highly adaptive to land and ecology.