prosopis tamarugo: fodder tree for arid zones

FAO PLANT PRODUCTION AND PROTECTION PAPER

mario a. habit

with the cooperation of

david contreras t.
and roberto h. gonzález

regional programme for the production of basic foods
regional office for latin america

Originally published in Spanish, 1980, by the FAO Regional Office for Latin America, Santiago, Chile English version published 1981

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AUTHORS

Mario A. Habit:	FAO Regional Plant Production and Protection Officer for Latin America. Much of his life has been devoted to research on fodder and animal production in arid and semi-arid climates. In 1963, as Executive Director of the National Programme for Livestock Development in Chile, he began research on combined forestry and grazing systems with tamarugo in the most northern part of the country.
David Contreras T:	Professor in the Department of Agronomy at the University of Chile, he has done research on the use of fodder shrubs. He is a known ecologist specializing in arid zones. In the capacity of FAO consultant, he prepared a bibliographical study on what is known about tamarugo, which provided the basis for this report.
Roberto H. González:	Professor in the Department of Agronomy at the University of Chile. Former FAO officer in charge of integrated pest control in the Plant Protection Service at FAO Headquarters in Rome. He has made an active contribution by editing this manuscript and, particularly, by revising the chapter on entomology.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation wishes to thank all those who contributed, directly or indirectly, to the achievement of this work. It also wishes to thank the institutions which offered support or technical documents, among which were the Corporación de Fomento de la Producción, the CORFO Sociedad Agrícola Ltda., the Iquique and Antofagasta Branches of the University of Chile, and the Universidad del Norte.

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FOREWORD

INTRODUCTION

PART ONE: BACKGROUND

1. The Genus Prosopis

Floristic description

Prosopis species

Most important species

2. The Tamarugal Pampa of Chile: Launching a Combined Forestry and Grazing Project

Great Northern Chile

The initial project

PART TWO: PROSOPIS TAMARUGO, Phil

3. Description