Agriculture Animal Husbandry category: 3344 books
Private or Socialistic Forestry?
Forest Transition in Finland vs. Deforestation in the Tropics
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2012
While deforestation continues at an alarming rate around the world, discussions on the range of underlying causes continue. The premise is that studying successful transitions from deforestation to sustainable forestry ex post in Finland can provide novel insights into how deforestation in the tropics...
Farming on the Fringe
Peri-Urban Agriculture, Cultural Diversity and Sustainability in Sydney
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
This volume offers a new perspective to debates on local food and urban sustainability presenting the long silenced voices of the small-scale farmers from the productive green fringe of Sydney’s sprawling urban jungle. Providing fresh food for the city and local employment, these culturally and...
by Donald L. Sparks
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2013
Advances in Agronomy continues to be recognized as a leading reference and a first-rate source for the latest research in agronomy. As always, the subjects covered are varied and exemplary of the myriad of subject matter dealt with by this long-running serial
Maintains the highest impact factor...
Status and Potential for the Development of Biofuels and Rural Renewable Energy
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
This report contains a detailed assessment of the status and potential for the development of biofuels in the Lao People's Democratic Republic and presents a country strategy for biofuels development consistent with the Greater Mekong Subregion Regional Strategic Framework for Biofuel Development....
by Collectif
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2017
This report analyses Philippine agricultural policy. Agriculture provides 30% of total employment in the Philippines and represents 11% of its Gross Domestic Product. The Philippines has had notable recent overall economic success, yet improving agricultural performance remains challenging. Productivity...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2011
The future of agriculture strongly depends on our ability to enhance productivity without sacrificing long-term production potential. An ecologically and economically sustainable strategy is the application of microorganisms, such as the diverse bacterial species of plant growth promoting bacteria...
by Donald L. Sparks
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
Advances in Agronomy continues to be recognized as a leading reference and a first-rate source for the latest research in agronomy. As always, the subjects covered are varied and exemplary of the myriad of subject matter dealt with by this long-running serial.
Maintains the highest impact factor...
by Donald L. Sparks
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2007
Advances in Agronomy continues to be recognized as a leading reference and a first-rate source for the latest research in agronomy. As always, the subjects covered are varied and exemplary of the myraid of subject matter dealt with by this long-running serial.
Volume 92 contains four indespensable...
Rainforest Tourism, Conservation and Management
Challenges for Sustainable Development
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2014
Globally rainforests are under threat on numerous fronts, including clearing for agriculture, harvesting for timber and urban expansion. Yet they have a crucial role in biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation and providing other ecosystem services. As the term is used in this book, rainforests...
Changing Season
A Father, A Daughter, A Family Farm
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
The evolution of a family peach farm
How do you become a farmer? The real questions are: what kind of person do you want to be? Are you willing to change? How do you learn? What is your vision for the future? In this poignant collection of essays, Epitaph for a Peach author David Mas Masumoto...
Innovations as Key to the Green Revolution in Africa
Exploring the Scientific Facts
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2011
Africa can achieve self sufficiency in food production through adoption of innovations in the agriculture sector. Numerous soil fertility and crop production technologies have been generated through research, however, wide adoption has been low. African farmers need better technologies, more sustainable...
Hoptopia
A World of Agriculture and Beer in Oregon's Willamette Valley
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2016
The contents of your pint glass have a much richer history than you could have imagined. Through the story of the hop, Hoptopia connects twenty-first century beer drinkers to lands and histories that have been forgotten in an era of industrial food production. The craft beer revolution of the late...
by Árpád Ambrus, Denis Hamilton
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2017
Pesticides are now accepted as an integral part of modern agricultural production. This book provides analysis of the steps taken by national and international bodies working towards a cohesive global strategy for evaluating the safety of residues in food that result from approved pesticide uses....
by Various
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
This vintage text comprises a detailed treatise on running a farm, with information on costs, stocking, machinery, labour, and many other things conducive to the successful running and management of a profitable farm. This detailed guide contains a wealth of timeless information that will be of considerable...