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The current situation of tropical and subtropical dry regions, as well as the ways to increase animal production in them is outlined in this book. A system of beef production located in the arid zone of the South American Great Dry Chaco is also described, aiming to contribute to the production of beef in these marginalized regions, helping their sustainable development and preservation. THE AUTHOR Engineer in Agricultural Production. He served for over twenty years as Associate in Arid Lands at the Office of Arid Lands Studies, College of Agriculture, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA; Associate Professor at the College of Agricultural Sciences, State University of Santa Elena, La Libertad, Ecuador, and executive member of the Arid Lands Committee of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington D.C., U.S.A. He has written five books on new crops and forage grasses for arid and semiarid regions published in U.S.A., China, Brazil and Argentina, and 88 papers published in scientific peer review journals. These publications have been sed as support of scientific and technical papers of third parties in 1044 citations in scientific journals on various topics including agriculture, animal production, medicine, chemistry, biochemistry and biology, many of which can be found on the website www.newcrops.org He has received a number of awards and distinctions such as: Encyclopaedia Britannica scholarship (1987), Special Recognition Award from the Association for Advancement of Industrial Crops, USA (1992), Honorary Associate Professor, College of Agriculture, National University of Catamarca, Argentina (1992), Award of the University of Social and Business Sciences, Argentina, in recognition of his contribution to environmental protection and sustainable development (2002), Recognition Award of the Government of Rajasthan State, India (2016). In 2010, the American Chemical Society, USA, cited him as one of the hundred most prominent scientists of the year.

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