Agribusiness and primary industries

Comprehensive exploration of how land use interacts with the atmosphere and carbon cycle, for advanced students, researchers and policy makers.

Cotton Trading Manual (CTM) is the first work to provide a comprehensive reference source to the conduct of the complex international cotton market.

Tools to Safeguard New Buildings and Assess Existing OnesNonlinear analysis methods such as static pushover are globally considered a reliable tool for seismic and structural assessment.

India is the fastest growing and the world's third-largest economy in terms of GDP in PPP terms.

st t At the dawn of the 21 century, the impact of human beings on the environment continues to provide cause for concern.

This edition of "e;Ice Cream"e; is a full revision of previous editions and includes an updating of the areas that have been affected by changes and new technolo- gy.

Plant Biotechnology comprehensively covers different aspects of the subject based on the latest outcomes of this field.

A practical reference for geoscientists and engineers in the petroleum and geothermal industries.

This book explores the interrelations between food, technology and knowledge-sharing practices in producing digital food cultures.

This book comprehensively examines the development of Brazilian agriculture by focusing on the crops which evolved from national products to international commodities on a massive scale.

Training and Promotion in Nationalised Industry (1951) is the results of a study made into the personnel department and into certain aspects of personnel policy in the nationalised coal, electricity, gas, transport and airways industries in postwar Britain.

This book examines why and how colonial fishermen and fish merchants mobilized for the American Revolution, underscoring the pivotal maritime efforts that secured American independence.

Food security is a pressing concern in the Caribbean.

This text provides an introduction for graduate students, as well as engineering geologists and geotechnical engineers.

An overview of ecosystem-based management of fisheries, with contributions from some of the world''s leading fisheries scientists, managers and conservationists.

Recurring and worsening flood incidence around the world has necessitated the understanding and strengthening of community-based flood risk management from an international perspective.

This book provides an in-depth overview of marine greens and their environmental and biotechnological applications.

This book explores the transformative impact of artificial intelligence on material science and construction practices in the Industry 4.

This book explores the role of private mining rights in the utopian imaginary of space colonisation.

Gewirth's theory of human rights has made a major contribution to philosophy.

Originally published in 1986, Coping with Hunger demonstrates that effective agricultural development in resource-poor regions must be based in a respect for the indigenous farmer's understanding of the environment.

As a consequence of the Grenfell Tower fire, a building safety revolution is underway for construction and property professionals.

This book looks at current knowledge on management of pastures and rangelands for sheep production, of problems, of practical solutions where possible, and of priority areas for research.

Hall's work takes the measure of Christian belief and doctrine explicitly in light of North American cultural and historical experience.

This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to matrix methods of structural analysis, framed within a discrete modeling approach that is well-suited for digital computation.

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Proceedings of the 3rd International Seminar of the International Federation for Heat Treatment held in Melbourne, in 1991 with the special focus on 'Quenching and Carburising'.

The Appalachian Trail, a thin ribbon of wilderness running through the densely populated eastern United States, offers a refuge from modern society and a place apart from human ideas and institutions.

The application of mixed methods research design in the built environment discipline by students and academics has continued to grow exponentially.

The application of fracture mechanics to cementitious materials allows the investigation of many important factors relating to the durability of these materials.

This general treatise on precast concrete reflects Maurice Levitt's extensive experience in the construction industry and as a researcher and consultant.

Hedges and field margins are important wildlife habitats and deliver a range of ecosystem services, and their value is increasingly recognised by ecologists.

The construction enterprise is being transformed by visual modelling.

Incorporating Sustainable Practice in Mechanics of Structures and Materials is a collection of peer-reviewed papers presented at the 21st Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials (ACMSM21, Victoria, University, Melbourne, Australia, 7th , 10th of December 2010).

Building Systems in Interior Design takes an entirely new approach to teaching this essential topic for Architects, Designers and Building Engineers.

This book explores the most important aspects of the biology, ecology and management of what is one of the world's worst weeds.

Howard Zahniser (19061964), executive secretary of The Wilderness Society and editor of The Living Wilderness from 1945 to 1964, is arguably the person most responsible for drafting and promoting the Wilderness Act in 1964.

Engaging conventional arguments that the persistence of plantations is the cause of economic underdevelopment in the Caribbean, this book focuses on the discontinuities in the development of plantation economies in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic in the early twentieth century.

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

Well-being is topic of perennial concern.

The complexities of designing piles for lateral loads are manifold as there are many forces that are critical to the design of big structures such as bridges, offshore and waterfront structures and retaining walls.

The intricate relationship between food, city and architecture, spanning from ancient civilizations to the present, serves as a focal point for interdisciplinary discourse.

This title was first published in 2002.

This book looks at food security from a socio-economic perspective.

Across the inland West, forests that once seemed like paradise have turned into an ecological nightmare.

Comparative political theory has grown into a recognized discipline in its own right in the last two decades.

The book covers the various aspects of the use of pesticides, their behavior, degradation, and impacts in wetland ricefields, and presents the results of surveys conducted in the Philippines and Thailand.

For more than two thousand years, the writings of the Confucian philosopher Mengzi have been a source of guidance and inspiration for those set on doing something to improve the state of the world.