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In this major new volume, leading scholars demonstrate the importance of archaeobotanical evidence in the understanding of the spread of agriculture in southwest Asia and Europe. Whereas previous overviews have focused either on Europe or on southwest Asia, this volume considers the transition from a pan-regional perspective, thus making a significant contribution to our understanding of the processes and dynamics in the transition to food production on both continents. It will be relevant to students, researchers, practitioners and instructors in archaeology, archaeobotany, agrobotany,

Agriculture, Prehistoric --- Agriculture --- Plants, Cultivated --- Origin of cultivated plants --- Cultivated plants --- Domestication --- Plant introduction --- Plants, Useful --- Origin of agriculture --- Prehistoric agriculture --- Prehistoric peoples --- Origin. --- History --- Food

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Despite the global outcry against the harmful effects of tobacco products, this crop continues to thrive and has become a major source of income for all associated with its production process. This book presents an informative perspective on the impact of tobacco cultivation on the socio-economic fabric of rural Andhra Pradesh. The adoption of commercial crops has created phenomenal opportunities for millions and changed traditional social relationships. Tobacco cultivation differs from that ...

Tobacco workers --- Plants, Cultivated --- Dalits --- Economic conditions. --- Depressed classes (South Asia) --- Harijans --- Scheduled castes (India) --- Untouchables --- Cultivated plants --- Caste --- Ethnology --- Agriculture --- Domestication --- Plant introduction --- Plants, Useful --- Tobacco industry --- Employees

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Both in Ethiopia and in the countries of East Africa, the continuing proliferation and spread of invasive alien species (IAS) is now recognized as a serious problem, which needs to be addressed. While this situation has improved dramatically over the past 10 years, further progress has been hampered by the absence, hitherto, of a comprehensive IAS database for the region. Countries in the region have repeatedly expressed the need for such a database, as a tool to assist in the identification of naturalized and invasive alien plant species, and in understanding their impacts, both existing and potential, while also providing pointers on what can be done to manage such species. This information is seen as essential, not only in enabling countries to develop effective IAS management strategies, but also in helping them to meet their obligations under various international agreements and treaties, including Article 8 (h) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and Target 9 of the 2020 Aichi Biodiversity Targets. In providing such a database, this Guide is intended to give the countries of eastern Africa the information they require, in order to be able to develop effective strategies for combating the growing menace posed by invasive alien plants. It is further hoped that this Guide will foster increased regional collaboration, in responding to the challenges of managing shared invasive plant species. The Guide is based on the findings of extensive roadside surveys, carried out throughout the region, and on a review of the literature pertaining to naturalization and/or invasiveness among alien plants in eastern Africa. By this means, scores of exotic plant species were found to have escaped from cultivation, and to have established populations in the 'wild', to the detriment of natural resources and the millions of people in the region who depend on these resources. Included in the Guide are descriptions of roughly 200 exotic plant species which are either invasive already or which are deemed to have the potential to become invasive in the region. The profiled species include aquatic invasive plants or waterweeds (seven species); vines, creepers or climbers (20 species); terrestrial herbs, shrubs, and succulents (more than 30 species of each), and trees (more than 60 species). Also profiled in this Guide are many exotic plant species which, although their current distribution in the region may still be relatively localized, nevertheless have the potential to become considerably more widespread and problematic. The wide range of habitats and climatic conditions found within Ethiopia and across East Africa make the region as a whole particularly prone to invasions by a host of introduced plant species. Such invasions are being facilitated by increased land degradation, especially through overgrazing and deforestation, and also by climate change.

Plant introduction --- Introduction of plants --- Botany, Economic --- Phytogeography --- Alien plants --- Exotic plants --- Pest introduction --- invasives --- nonindigenous species --- climatic change --- weed control --- aquatic species --- data banks --- aquatic organisms --- exotic species --- weeds --- aquatic plants --- climate change --- invasive organisms --- eukaryotes --- databases --- introduced organisms --- nonindigenous organisms --- Africa --- Plants --- invasive species --- non-native species --- Africa South of Sahara --- invasive alien species --- exotic organisms --- subsaharan Africa --- alien invasive species --- introduced species --- East Africa --- aquatic weeds --- non-indigenous organisms --- non-indigenous species --- non-native organisms

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The Nature of Christianity in Northern Tanzania explores the relationship between the environment and social change on Mt Kilimanjaro and Mt Meru during the German colonial period (1890-1916). The work analyzes the synergy between landscape change, exotic plant introduction, and Christian missionizing, showing how these three types of transformation impacted upon each other as well as the changing African societies to create a new African/German landscape.

Cultural landscapes --- Germans --- Landscape changes --- Missions, German --- Plant introduction --- Plants, Cultivated --- Social change --- Change, Social --- Cultural change --- Cultural transformation --- Societal change --- Socio-cultural change --- Social history --- Social evolution --- Cultivated plants --- Agriculture --- Domestication --- Plants, Useful --- Introduction of plants --- Botany, Economic --- Phytogeography --- Alien plants --- Exotic plants --- Pest introduction --- German missions --- Change, Landscape --- Geomorphology --- Ethnology --- Cultural geography --- Landscapes --- Landscape archaeology --- History. --- Kilimanjaro, Mount, Region (Tanzania) --- Meru, Mount, Region (Tanzania) --- Tanzania --- History

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experimental plant biology --- plant introduction --- plant breeding and selection --- park science --- plant conservation --- Plant introduction --- Botany --- Plant conservation --- Plant introduction. --- Experiments --- Ukraine. --- Introduction of plants --- Botany, Economic --- Phytogeography --- Alien plants --- Exotic plants --- Pest introduction --- Native vegetation conservation --- Plants --- Vegetation conservation --- Nature conservation --- Plants, Protection of --- Endangered plants --- Fungi conservation --- Rare plants --- Botanical science --- Phytobiology --- Phytography --- Phytology --- Plant biology --- Plant science --- Biology --- Natural history --- Conservation --- Extinction --- An Úcráin --- Europe --- I-Yukreyini --- IYukreyini --- Malorosii͡ --- Małorosja --- Oekraïne --- Ookraan --- Oukraïne --- Oykrania --- Petite-Russie --- U.S.R.R. --- Ucrægna --- Úcráin --- Ucraina --- Ucrania --- Ucrayena --- ʻUkelena --- Ukraïna --- Ukrainæ --- Uḳraʼinah --- Ukrainian Council Socialist Republic --- Ukrainian S.S.R. --- Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic --- Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic --- Ukrainio --- Ukrainmudin Orn --- Ukraïnsʹka Radi͡ansʹka Sot͡sialistychna Respublika --- Ukrainska Radyanska Sotsialistychna Respublika --- Ukrainska Sotsialistychna Radianska Respublika --- Ukraïnsʹka Sot͡sii͡alistychna Radi͡ansʹka Respublika --- Ukrainskai͡a Sovetskai͡a Sot͡sialisticheskai͡a Respublika --- Ukrainskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika --- Ukrainujo --- Ukrajina --- Ūkrāniy --- Ukranya --- Ukrayiina --- Ukrayina --- Ukrayna --- Ukuraina --- Ukyáña --- Wcráin --- Yn Ookraan --- Yr Wcráin --- Yukrain --- Ukraine --- Plant conservation. --- Experiments. --- Floristic botany