There is increasing awareness of the value of vegetables in maintaining health, particularly in areas where animal protein is scarce and where populations are growing rapidly. This handbook gives a comprehensive account of the current principles and practices used in vegetable growing in the tropics so that students, vegetable growers, extension officers, research workers and administrators in tropical regions can apppreciate the potential for increasing the reproduction of vegetable crops. The text provides the fullest possible information on the cultural and environmental requirements of about 140 crops grown in tropical regions. These include climatic and soil requirements, propagation and establishment, crop density, soil fertility, irrigation, and special treatments such as staking or pruning. The crop details are given under family headings since many crops of the same plant family have physiological as well as structural similarities. Sufficient practical information is given on each crop to enable the grower to raise it successfully, whether on a small scale or as a commercial operation.