丁仁展、楊雅雲編著的《世界作物園（英文版）
》概述了全球六個動植物多樣性和馴化中心。詳細說
明栽培作物和牲畜起源的重大歷史事件，植物和動物
物種的擴散，特有的植物和動物，主要作物在各地區
和被忽視和未充分利用的物種。本書還論述了社會文
化特征、經濟貿易、農業和農村發展，挑戰自然資源
退化（土壤、水），減少生物多樣性，水資源的日益
匱乏和競爭，影響氣候變化與全球變暖和途徑提出了
應對這些挑戰，實現農業可持續發展和糧食安全的建
議和對策。

Charpter 1 Origin of agriculture in the Middle East and its role
1.1 Background
1.2 Agriculture origin in the Middle East and its role
1.3 Challenges and perspectives
1.4 Discussion
Reference
Charpter 2 Origin of Agriculture in the South Asia and its Role
2.1 Overview of South Asia
2.1.1 Countries, land area and population
2.1.2 Ctirnate
2.1.3 Agriculture
2.2 History of plant and animal agriculture
2.3 Origin of Agricultural Species in South Asia
2.3.1 Origin of plant species
2.3.2 Origin of animal species in SouthAsia
2.3.3 Details of ancient species and nowadays species
2.3.4 The roles of original and introduced species in South Asia
2.4 Challenges and perspectives
2.4.1 Climate change
2.5 Conclusion
References
Charpter 3 Origin of agriculture in Africa and its role
3.1 Background
3.2 Origin of agricultural species in Africa and their roles
3.2.1 Origin of agricultural species in Africa
3.2.2 Role of agriculture in Africa
3.3 Challenges and perspectives
3.3.1 Climate changes
3.3.2 Some ofunderutilized crops can help Africa
3.3.3 The respective of agriculture in Africa
3.4 Conclusion
References
Charpter 4 Origin of agriculture in China, Southeast Asia and its role
4.1 Background
4.2 Origin of agriculture in China and Southeast Asia
4.2.1 Agriculture origin in China
4.2.2 Agriculture origin in Southeast Asia
4.3 The role of agriculture in China and Southeast Asia
4.3.1 The role of agriculture in China
4.3.2 The role of agriculture in Southeast Asia
4.4 Challenges and perspectives in Southeast Asia and China
4.5 Conclusion
Reference
Charpter 5 Origin of agriculture in Oceania and its role
5.1 Background
5.1.1 Overview of Oceania
5.1.2 History of Oceania
5.1.3 Climate and agriculture in Oceania
5.2 Origin of agricultural species in Oceania and their roles
5.2.1 Origin of agricultural species in Oceania