Agriculture Animal Husbandry category: 3344 books
All Flesh Is Grass
Plant-Animal Interrelationships
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2010
This new book takes us through a journey from early life to modern agriculture. The thirty eight authors present current studies on the interrelation of plants-animals. This topic has always fascinated man, as evidenced even by the first chapters of Genesis. The world of aqueous and terrestrial fauna...
Rebels for the Soil
The Rise of the Global Organic Food and Farming Movement
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2010
This book investigates the emergence of organic food and farming as a social movement. Using the tools of political sociology it analyzes and explains how both people and ideas have shaped a movement that from its inception aimed to change global agriculture. Starting from the British Empire in the...
by Donald W. Duszynski, Johnica J. Morrow
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2014
The Biology and Identification of the Coccidia (Apicomplexa) of Turtles of the World is an invaluable resource for researchers in protozoology, coccidia, and parasitology, veterinary sciences, animal sciences, zoology, and biology. This first-of-its-kind work offers a taxonomic guide to apicomplexan...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2011
Crops experience an assortment of environmental stresses which include abiotic viz., drought, water logging, salinity, extremes of temperature, high variability in radiation, subtle but perceptible changes in atmospheric gases and biotic viz., insects, birds, other pests, weeds, pathogens (viruses...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2013
Sustainable agriculture is a rapidly growing field aiming at producing food and energy in a sustainable way for humans and their children. Sustainable agriculture is a discipline that addresses current issues such as climate change, increasing food and fuel prices, poor-nation starvation, rich-nation...
Livestock in a Changing Landscape, Volume 1
Drivers, Consequences, and Responses
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2013
The rapidly changing nature of animal production systems, especially increasing intensification and globalization, is playing out in complex ways around the world. Over the last century, livestock keeping evolved from a means of harnessing marginal resources to produce items for local consumption to...
by A. H. Baker
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2016
This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience. Each publication has been professionally curated and includes all details on the original source material. This particular instalment,...
The World of Organic Agriculture
Statistics and Emerging Trends 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2010
The new edition of this annual publication (previously published solely by IFOAM and FiBL) documents recent developments in global organic agriculture. It includes contributions from representatives of the organic sector from throughout the world and provides comprehensive organic farming statistics...
Advances in Information and Communication Technologies for Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change
Proceedings of the International Conference of ICT for Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change (AACC'17), November 22-24, 2017, Popayán, Colombia
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2017
This book presents novel communication technology solutions to address the effects of climate change and climate variability on agriculture, with a particular focus on those that increase agricultural production. It discusses decision support and early warning systems for agriculture; information...
Farmers Perception of Climate Change and Conservation Agriculture in Western Ethiopia
The case of Guto Gida and Sasiga districts
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2015
Master's Thesis from the year 2013 in the subject Agrarian Studies, grade: A, Wollega University, language: English, abstract: Climate is a primary determinant of agricultural productivity. Ethiopia, one of the developing countries, is facing serious natural resource degradation problems. Adaptation...
Biotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture
Emerging Approaches and Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2017
Biotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture: Emerging Approaches and Strategies is an outstanding collection of current research that integrates basic and advanced concepts of agricultural biotechnology with future development prospects. Using biotechnology with sustainable agriculture effectively contributes...
Livestock in a Changing Landscape, Volume 2
Experiences and Regional Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
The rapidly changing nature of animal production systems, especially increasing intensification and globalization, is playing out in complex ways around the world. Over the last century, livestock keeping evolved from a means of harnessing marginal resources to produce items for local consumption...
by Pat Coleby
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2006
In this comprehensive guide for all breeders of sheep, whether for wool, meat or milk Coleby draws on decades of experience in natural animal husbandry to provide essential information for both organic and conventional farmers. The original edition has been expanded significantly in the areas of breeding...
by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2016
This manual sets out in a systematic way the elements required to achieve an appropriate level of preparedness for any disease emergency in animals. In particular, this manual focuses on the control of transboundary animal diseases. Some of the principles presented may also be helpful in preparing for food safety, zoonotic and even non-infectious disease emergencies.