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100	1		_aKamarck, Andrew M.
245	1	4	_aThe tropics and economic development : _ba provocative inquiry into the poverty of nations / _cAndrew M. Kamarck.
260			_aBaltimore : _bPublished for the World Bank [by] Johns Hopkins University Press, _cc1976.
300			_axiv, 113 p. : _bmaps ; _c24 cm.
500			_aIncludes index.
504			_aBibliography: p. 93-102.
520			_aThe effects of climate on agriculture and exploration for mineral resources, the recent international effort to deal with adverse climatological effects on agriculture, and the impact of disease on tropical economies are analyzed. The hot, humid climate of the tropics reduces the efficiency of workers, cattle, and land, meaning that substantially greater development effortsare needed to achieve results similar to those realized in thenorth. Land erosion of topsoil is much more serious in tropical countries. High rates of evaporation affecting irrigation projects often result in salinization. In response to threats toagricultural and pastoral development, research has been undertaken to develop grazing-management schemes, experiment with fertilizer and plant breeding, and implement land-rotation schemes that combine agriculture and pastoralism. Lack of geophysical and geochemical techniques applicable to the tropics constitutes the central impediment to location of mineral deposits. Finally, the major diseases facing health research efforts include bilharzia, malaria, river blindness, parasitic worms, leprosy, leishmaniasis, yellow fever, dengue, and cholera
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650			_aEconomic history _zDeveloping countries
650			_aTropics
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