Agriculture, agribusiness and food production industries

When relations are facilitated by communication technologies such as e-business, food supply networks can improve efficiency, flexibility and effectiveness.

The ancient counties surrounding the Weald in the SE corner of England have a strongly marked character of their own that has survived remarkably well in the face of ever-increasing population pressure.

The ancient counties surrounding the Weald in the SE corner of England have a strongly marked character of their own that has survived remarkably well in the face of ever-increasing population pressure.

The world's food system is broken, and today's peasant societies are at a crossroads.

The world's food system is broken, and today's peasant societies are at a crossroads.

Agricultural futures and options has been written for the potential and actual users of agricultural futures markets but should also provide a useful introduction to the more academic students of the subject.

Mediterranean agriculture is by and large envisaged as a landscape of small farms of high nature value producing worldwide recognisable quality food products that make up the basis of the famous Mediterranean diet and shape Southern European cultures.

There has been growing attention paid to urban agriculture worldwide because of its role in making cities more environmentaly sustainable while also contributing to enhanced food access and social justice.

There has been growing attention paid to urban agriculture worldwide because of its role in making cities more environmentaly sustainable while also contributing to enhanced food access and social justice.

Farming is a complex job with many unique challenges, but can also be a rich and rewarding career that is full of opportunities.

Following the author's Farm Business Management series, this new textbook takes the core principles and techniques and distils them into an accessible student resource.

It is believed that the major countries of the former Soviet Union-specifically Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine (KRU region)-are the part of the world with the most potential to increase food supplies and strengthen world food security.

The fastest growth in tourism is the culinary sector.

Following on from the CGIAR study by Evenson and Gollin (published by CABI in 2003), this volume provides up-to-date estimates of adoption outcomes and productivity impacts of crop variety improvement research in sub-Saharan Africa.

Investing in agriculture is one of the most effective ways of reducing hunger and poverty, promoting agricultural productivity and enhancing environmental sustainability.

Following on from the CGIAR study by Evenson and Gollin (published by CABI in 2003), this volume provides up-to-date estimates of adoption outcomes and productivity impacts of crop variety improvement research in sub-Saharan Africa.

This book explores structural changes in India's agrifood systems during the next ten to twenty years.

This book explores structural changes in India's agrifood systems during the next ten to twenty years.

Sweet and sour cherries (Prunus avium and Prunus cerasus) are important fruit crops for which demand is high and growing.

Sweet and sour cherries (Prunus avium and Prunus cerasus) are important fruit crops for which demand is high and growing.

This book demonstrates a successful and sustainable model for value addition to millets from production to consumption.

This book demonstrates a successful and sustainable model for value addition to millets from production to consumption.

Agricultural entrepreneurs in conflict and post-conflict regions face special challenges; not just everyday personal risks, but also the difficulties of building small businesses when real or threatened violence can disrupt business growth cycles and economic security.

Agricultural entrepreneurs in conflict and post-conflict regions face special challenges; not just everyday personal risks, but also the difficulties of building small businesses when real or threatened violence can disrupt business growth cycles and economic security.

Risk and uncertainty are inescapable factors in agriculture which require careful management.

Agriculture Reimagined: Harnessing the Power of AI for a Greener FutureIn a world where technology touches every facet of life, AI-Powered Agriculture: The Next Green Revolution promises to be a game-changer.

Over the past few years, large-scale land acquisitions in Africa have stoked controversy, making headlines in media reports across the world.

Chocolate - the very word conjures up a hint of the forbidden and a taste of the decadent.

The exploding global consumption of meat is implicated in momentous but greatly underappreciated problems, and industrial livestock production is the driving force behind soaring demand.

The exploding global consumption of meat is implicated in momentous but greatly underappreciated problems, and industrial livestock production is the driving force behind soaring demand.

Wayne Roberts puts under the microscope a global food system that is under strain from climate change and from economic disaster.

A New York Times Book Review Summer Reading Selection';Delves into not only what we eat around the world, but what we once ate and what we have lost since then.

"e;With this valuable book, you can pawpaw your own food forests, restoring the diversity, abundance, and climate we all need.

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The Franchise Fix helps franchisees set up their food franchise business for success.

James Beard Award-winning journalists expose food industry secrets in "e;the Kitchen Confidential of the big-ticket catering world"e; (New York Times).

"e;An intriguing, comprehensive, often suspenseful, and sometimes hilarious account of the unlikely courtship dance between Bordeaux and China.

Describe un mundo donde las papas a la francesa que usted come están registradas como un pesticida.

An agricultural revolution is sweeping the land.

Make no mistake: the US government's hundred-year-old war on marijuana isn't over.

Drawing on unparalleled access to sources including lawyers, The Weed Runners is both journalistic expose and adventure story.

North American Guild of Beer Writer Award Recipient Goose Island opened as a family-owned Chicago brewpub in the late 1980s, and it soon became one of the most inventive breweries in the world.

Satisfy Your Hunger for SuccessCatering to a new generation of foodies looking for quick and unique specialties, the mobile food business is booming with new opportunities for eager entrepreneurs like you.

This companion to the documentary Cowspiracy explores the devastating environmental impacts of animal agriculture—and new paths to sustainability.

Before the invention of the combine, the binder was an essential harvesting implement that cut grain and bound the stalks in bundles tied with twine that could then be hand-gathered into shocks for threshing.

Ed Blanchard was best known for making spurs that fit a cowboy's boots.

Throughout the latter half of the 20th century, the number of small farms operating in the United States dropped by more than 75 percent according to the US Department of Agriculture.