THE BETTER USE OF THE WORLD'S FAUNA FOR FOOD
Written by J.D. Ovington
Published by The Institute of Biology
in 1963
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- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- BIOLOGY
- FARMING
THE BETTER USE OF THE WORLD'S FAUNA FOR FOOD
Written by J.D. Ovington.
Stock no. 553521
1st.
1963.
Hardback.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Symposia of the Institute of Biology No. 11. The possibilities of increasing the supplies of protein to provide an adequate diet for the world's growing population. How the world's wild fauan can be better conserved, managed, harvested and utilized. Edited by Ovington. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xi and 175 pages including index. Text block slightly browned, contents clean. Dustwrapper spine browned and slightly edge-chipped, faint pencil mark to front panel.
Front cover
Contents
- An Assessment of the World's Protein Needs and Supplies
- The Relative Merits of Plant and Animal Proteins
- The Potentialities of Animal Husbandry in West Africa
- A New Development in the Conservation of African Animals
- Exploitation of the Saiga Antelope in the U.S.S.R.
- The Giant African Snail as a Source of Food
- The Processing and Preservation of Meat in Underdeveloped Areas
- Obtaining the Maximum Yield from Traditional Methods of Harvesting
- Sea Fisheries in Tropical Areas
- Improvements and Trends of Development in Marine Fishing Methods and Gear
- Estimation of Marine Resources off the Atlantic Coast of South America
- Fish Culture in Freshwater and Brackish Ponds
- The Culture of Marine Molluscs and Crustacea
- Some Recent Advances in the Processing of Fish
- The Possible Farming of the Seas