Agriculture Animal Husbandry category: 3344 books
by Dennis Minson
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2012
Forage in Ruminant Nutrition is the 12th text in a series of books about animal feeing and nutrition. The series is intended to keep readers updated on the developments occurring in these fields. As it is apparent that ruminant animals are important throughout the world because of the meat and milk...
Sheep Ailments
Recognition and Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2015
Eddie Straiton is the world's outstanding communicator of veterinary procedures and animal care. He earned the title 'TV Vet' from the long series of television programmes in which he brilliantly demonstrated animal husbandry to a wide audience. Following on from his television experience, Eddie became...
by John Carr
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
The crucial role that bees play in the Earth's ecosystem is well known. Over the last decades a dramatic decrease in bee health has been seen on a global scale. This deterioration is seen on a global scale in both domestic and wild bees, precipitating a wider ecological impact. Veterinarians, animal...
Sustainable Agriculture Reviews 33
Climate Impact on Agriculture
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2018
This book presents advanced knowledge on the relationships between climate change and agriculture, and various adaptation techniques such as low tillage, salt-adapted beneficial microbes and closed systems. Climate change is unavoidable but adaptation is possible. Climate change and agriculture are...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2018
Written by leading global experts, including pioneers in the field, the four-volume set on Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Vegetation, Second Edition, reviews existing state-of- the-art knowledge, highlights advances made in different areas, and provides guidance for the appropriate use of hyperspectral...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2015
This comprehensive compilation of official government documents, updated in 2015, provides complete coverage of the threat to pollinator health and the actions of the federal government to address the problem - including the new 2015 Pollinator Health Task Force Report - National Strategy to Promote...
Tales from an Itinerant Agronomist
Learning from people, places and writings for a more equitable, systemic and sustainable world
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2018
An autobiographical, historical account of the author’s agricultural and rural development experiences.
Includes analyses of historical and socio-political contexts of different countries and institutions.
The text is in a relaxed, not strictly academic, style which facilitates easy...
by R. M. Acharya, Puneet Kumar
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2013
This book is a critical analysis of the programs till now on all aspects of Animal Husbandry in India starting from the evolution of different livestock species, their domestication and improvement through selection and management to evolve the breeds a s they exist and function for the best benefit...
Unnaturally Delicious
How Science and Technology Are Serving Up Super Foods to Save the World
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2016
The food discussion in America can be quite pessimistic. With high obesity rates, diabetes, climate change, chemical use, water contamination, and farm animal abuse, it would seem that there wasn't very much room for a positive perspective. The fear that there just isn't enough food has expanded to...
by Ramesh Nandan
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
Livestock play a vital role in the agricultural and rural economies of the developing world. Not only do they produce food directly, they also provide key inputs to crop agriculture. Most farms in the developing world are too small to justify owning or using a tractor, and the alternatives are animal...
by Hans P. Blaschek, Jürgen Scheffran, Thaddeus C. Ezeji
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
Traditional agriculture and emerging biofuels technology produce a number of wastes and by-products, ranging from corn fiber and glycerin to animal manure, that have the potential to serve as the basis for additional sources of bioenergy that includes both liquid biofuels and biogas.
Biofuels...
Seedtime
On the History, Husbandry, Politics and Promise of Seeds
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2014
Scott Chaskey—working farmer, poet, and spiritual father of the community farming movement—considers "the web of biodiversity and resilience at the heart of our cultural inheritance" by masterfully weaving history, politics, botany, literature, mythology, and memoir into a beautiful...
The Carbon Farming Solution
A Global Toolkit of Perennial Crops and Regenerative Agriculture Practices for Climate Change Mitigation and Food Security
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2016
With carbon farming, agriculture ceases to be part of the climate problem and becomes a critical part of the solution
Agriculture is rightly blamed as a major culprit of our climate crisis. But in this groundbreaking new book, Eric Toensmeier argues that agriculture—specifically, the subset...
The Ultimate Guide to Urban Farming
Sustainable Living in Your Home, Community, and Business
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
How to maximize your food production in an urban environment.
The idea of bringing agriculture into the city has been promoted by many on both sides of the political fence: proponents of sustainability and prevention of climate change as well as those who worry about government and social instability....