Agriculture Animal Husbandry category: 3344 books
What is Biodynamic Wine?
The Quality, the Taste, the Terroir
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2012
Nicolas Joly is responsible for producing some of the finest and most highly esteemed wines of France at his CoulÉe de Serrant vineyard. Practising the biodynamic method of agriculture - sometimes referred to as ‘premium organic’ - he is at the forefront of a movement to return to the concept...
Advancing Biological Farming
Practicing Mineralized, Balanced Agriculture to Improve Soil & Crops
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015
One of the leading authorities on biological farming, Gary Zimmer is recognized for improving farming by restoring soils. Arguing that an optimally productive soil contains a balance of inorganic minerals, organic materials and living organisms, he relies less on modern improvements than on "the...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2012
This unique ebook compilation, formatted for flowing-text reading, provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of biogas, methane, farm recovery processes, manure digesters and processing, the AgSTAR program, landfill methane gas, and the Global Methane Initiative.
AgSTAR is focused on livestock...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
The humid highlands in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are characterized by high population densities and require intensification. The Consortium for Improving Agriculture-based Livelihoods in Central Africa (CIALCA) has set up a research for development platform in various mandate areas in DR Congo, Burundi,...
by FrancisJ. Pierce
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
Advances in Soil and Water Conservation provides an in-depth, scholarly treatment of the most important developments and influences shaping soil and water conservation in the last 50 years. The book addresses the technological developments of erosion processes, methods for their control, policy and...
Vexing Nature?
On the Ethical Case Against Agricultural Biotechnology
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Agricultural biotechnology refers to a diverse set of industrial techniques used to produce genetically modified foods. Genetically modified (GM) foods are foods manipulated at the molecular level to enhance their value to farmers and consumers. This book is a collection of essays on the ethical dimensions...
GMOs Decoded
A Skeptic's View of Genetically Modified Foods
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2019
The debate over genetically modified organisms: health and safety concerns, environmental impact, and scientific opinions.
Since they were introduced to the market in the late 1990s, GMOs (genetically modified organisms, including genetically modified crops), have been subject to a barrage...
by A.T. McGowan
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Tea Planting in the Outer Himalaya, written in 1861, is a discussion of tea plantations in India and the prospect for further development of agriculture in India.
Agricultural Policies in OECD Countries 2010
At a Glance
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
This report is a unique source of up-to date estimates of support to agriculture. It provides an overview of agricultural support in the OECD areas, complemented by individual chapters on the development of support in all OECD countries. Agricultural Policies in OECD Countries: At a Glance is published...
Agricultural Policies in Emerging Economies 2009
Monitoring and Evaluation
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
This report analyses policy agricultural developments during 2006-08 in seven economies: Brazil, Chile, China, India, Russia, South Africa and Ukraine. This period was marked by a significant increase in world prices for most, but not all, agricultural commodities. Policy responses to rising food...
Working the Garden
American Writers and the Industrialization of Agriculture
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2003
In 1860 farmers accounted for 60 percent of the American workforce; in 1910, 30.5 percent; by 1994, there were too few to warrant a separate census category. The changes wrought by the decline of family farming and the rise of industrial agribusiness typically have been viewed through historical,...
Integrated Pest Management
Current Concepts and Ecological Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2013
Integrated Pest Management: Current Concepts and Ecological Perspective presents an overview of alternative measures to traditional pest management practices using biological control and biotechnology. The removal of some highly effective broad-spectrum chemicals, caused by concerns over environmental...
by Erik Berrevoets
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
While the benefits of Steiners research into agriculture and education are increasingly recognized, his research into the nature of bees has had limited impact on beekeeping practices and on our general understanding of nature. Wisdom of the Bees examines Steiners insights and research into the nature...
Innovation Africa
Enriching Farmers' Livelihoods
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
Agricultural research, extension and education can contribute greatly to enhancing agricultural production in a sustainable way and to reducing poverty in the developing world, but achievements have generally fallen short of expectations in Africa. In recent years, growing economic and demographic...