If anyone has read this book, I'd appreciate your comments.
Specialty Crops for Pacific Islands by Craig Elevitch
http://www.amazon.com/Specialty-Crops-Pacific-Islands-Elevitch/dp/0970254482/
It's relatively new (July 2011) and I'm very tempted to buy it. It has no reviews yet on Amazon.com but one favorable review on a blog:
http://hawaiihomegrown.net/reports/296-review-specialty-crops-for-pacific-islands
From the Amazon description:
"From Bamboo to Black Pepper, Cacao to Coconut and Tea to Taro Specialty Crops for Pacific Islands provides detailed cultivation, value-added, and marketing information for 26 of the most important specialty crops for Pacific Islands and other tropical locations.
. . . The book provides insights into sustainable cultivation and processing techniques for local and export markets with an emphasis on innovating production methods, postharvest processing, and marketing.
. . . . The book is illustrated with over 940 color images and each chapter highlights a different crop. Specialty Crops for Pacific Islands highlights producers from throughout the Pacific and shares their experience both their challenges and successes.
Specialty Crops for Pacific Islands is a reference book for gardeners and small farmers in the Pacific and throughout the tropics who are interested in new economic opportunities from specialty crops. The new resource book will be released July 2011 and covers 26 important specialty crops, value-added processing, enterprise development, accessing unique markets, sustainable local food production, economic and ecological viability, multi-crop agroforestry systems and local systems with export potential."
Comments? Alternative books on tropical fruit tree propagation and farming?
John
