The Geography of Black Pepper (Piper Nigrum): The King of Spices - Volume 1

ISBN-13: 9783030528676 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021

Kodoth Prabhakaran Nair

Opis

This book considers all aspects of black pepper from its growth, as a flowering vine, to how the dried fruit (peppercorn) is used as a spice and traded as a commodity. It is the economic mainstay of several India states and, principally, in Kerala State, with the Indian subcontinent being the largest black pepper producer. Indonesia has also emerged as a large producer of black pepper. Black pepper commands a leading position among the spices and has an immense commercial importance to world trade, finding its way onto the dining table of millions around the world, on the European and North American continents, and Japan. The use of black pepper ranges from a simple dietary component and flavour enhancer, to that of a spice with huge pharmacological benefits. 

Spis treści

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: The pepper plant- its botany and chemistry

Chapter 3: Pepper Agronomy

 Chapter 4: The role of “The Nutrient Buffer Power Concept” in the nutrition and fertilizer management in Black pepper

 Chapter 5: Establishing a pepper plantation

 Chapter 6: Pepper pests and their control

 Chapter 7: The processing of black pepper on farm

 Chapter 8: An account of Indonesian pepper processing

 Chapter 9: Industrial processing of black pepper

 Chapter 10: The future of the global pepper economy

 Chapter 11: Pepper economy in India

 Chapter 12: Pepper pharmacopoeia

Chapter 13: Consumer products of black pepper

Chapter 14: Value addition in black pepper

 Chapter 15: Conclusions and a peep into the future of black pepper 

O autorze

Kodoth Prabhakaran Nair is an eminent international agricultural scientist who has worked in Europe, Africa and Asia for more than three decades, during which time he has held a number of prominent academic positions, including the National Chair of the Science Foundation, The Royal Society, Belgium; Professor and Head of the Departments of Agriculture, Soil Sciences and Basic Sciences at The University Center, The Republic of Cameroon; and Senior Professor at the University of Fort Hare, Republic of South Africa – the alma mater of the late Nelson Mandela, and where he began the struggle against apartheid. 

Professor Nair is best known, globally, for developing “The Nutrient Buffer Power Concept”, a revolutionary soil management technique that is changing the face of modern farming in the developing world. The recipient of several national and international awards for developing this concept and currently nominated for the 2020 Volvo Environment Prize, he has authored ten books, including “ISSUES IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURE”, which was launched by India’s great President, the late Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in Raj Bhavan, Chennai. He has received six invitations to contribute invitational chapters to ADVANCES IN AGRONOMY, the magnum opus of agricultural science, a world record. He is also a Senior Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Research Foundation. Currently pursuing global agricultural research, he lives with his wife, Dr Pankajam Nair, a nematologist trained in Europe, in Calicut, Kerala State, India.