Agribusiness and primary industries

Plant Breeding and Cultivar Development features an optimal balance between classical and modern tools and techniques related to plant breeding.

This book intends to initiate a fresh articulation of need-based infrastructure provisions in rural contexts.

This is the first complete, one-volume English translation of the ancient Chinese text Xunzi, one of the most extensive, sophisticated, and elegant works in the tradition of Confucian thought.

The Competitiveness of Tropical Agriculture: A Guide to Competitive Potential with Case Studies describes and synthesizes existing methodologies for evaluating competitiveness in agriculture, introduces extensions and refinements, and provides a novel approach based on a combination of quantitative and qualitative methodologies.

Is Confucianism a religion?

Since the very beginning, Confucianism has been troubled by a serious gap between its political ideals and the reality of societal circumstances.

What a Confucian constitutional government might look like in China's political futureAs China continues to transform itself, many assume that the nation will eventually move beyond communism and adopt a Western-style democracy.

One of the finest, most compelling accounts of what happened to corporate America and Wall Street in the 1980s.

Economists have described the upcountry Georgia poultry industry as the quintessential agribusiness.

Advances in Rock-Support and Geotechnical Engineering brings together the latest research results regarding the theory of rock mechanics, its analytical methods and innovative technologies, and its applications in practical engineering.

This is a cautionary tale.

Electron Spin Resonance in Food Science covers, in detail, the ESR identification of the irradiation history of food products and beverages to investigate changes that occur during storage, with an aim of improving hygienic quality and extending shelf-life with minimal tempering in nutritional profile.

How a hybrid Confucian-engendered form of governance might solve today's political problemsWhat might a viable political alternative to liberal democracy look like?

"e;A delightful book about America's most popular nut butter and sandwich spread .

Few people in America today live with the dangers and deprivations that Appalachian coal mining families experience.

Compiled by disciples of Confucius in the centuries following his death in 479 B.

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The most complete guide to fishing fliesDescribes every type of fly - freshwater and saltwaterCovers flies from around the worldEvery fly is illustrated with a specially taken photographFlies are tied by some of the world's most famous fly-tiersCollins Fishing Flies is the encyclopaedic guide to the huge range of flies now being used by the modern fly-fisherman, whether they are fishing for the traditional quarry of salmon and trout, chasing bonefish on the tropical flats of the Caribbean, or stalking pike in the cold fens of East Anglia, and everything in between.

Is Confucianism compatible with democracy?

Is Confucianism compatible with democracy?

A fascinating journey into the extraordinary world of the king of fish: the salmon.

Agricultural Extension Reforms in South Asia: Status, Challenges, and Policy Options is based on agricultural extension reforms across five South Asian countries, reflecting past experiences, case studies and experiments.

Education and Training for the Oil and Gas Industry: Localising Oil and Gas Operations, Volume Four in the Getenergy series will set out the case for localising the oil and gas operations within hydrocarbon-producing countries.

Abiotic Stress and Legumes: Tolerance and Management is the first book to focus on the ability of legume plants to adapt effectively to environmental challenges.

What has been the dish of kings, the subject of myths and the traveller of epic and mysterious journeys?

The Offshore Pipeline Construction Industry: Activity Modeling and Cost Estimation in the United States Gulf of Mexico presents the latest technical concepts and economic calculations, helping engineers make better business decisions.

This book serves as an essential guide for understanding the full potential of this remarkable plant.

An elegant demolition of the supermarket miracle, this book charts the impact that supermarkets have had on every aspect of our lives and culture.

Declines in the abundance of salmon in the Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim (AYK) region of western Alaska in the late 1990s and early 2000s created hardships for the people and communities who depend on this resource.

Our nation faces daunting challenges to its food and fiber system and to the condition of our natural resources in the coming decades.

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Coastal farming and ocean ranching of marine fish, shellfish, crustaceans, and seaweed are a major and growing industry worldwide.

The environment is increasingly recognized as having a powerful effect on human and ecological health, as well as on specific types of human morbidity, mortality, and disability.

The Board on Agriculture (BA), in this self-initiated study, reaffirms recommendations it made for the U.

The neem tree, one of the most promising of all plants, may eventually benefit every person on the planet.

How can high-growth areas such as Africa, Asia, and Latin America sustain agricultural production for current and future generations?

In this volume, the National Research Council examines problems arising throughout government-owned, contractor-operated facilities in the United States engaged in activities to build nuclear weapons.

Interest is growing in sustainable agriculture, which involves the use of productive and profitable farming practices that take advantage of natural biological processes to conserve resources, reduce inputs, protect the environment, and enhance public health.

Microlivestock is a term coined for species that are inherently small as well as for breeds of cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs that are less than about half the size of the most common breeds.

This book presents the results of a meeting held by the Board on Science and Technology for International Development.

Houston is struggling with many of the environmental problems that most of the nation's major metropolitan areas are struggling with - transportation, water and air pollution, flooding, and major demographic changes.

This volume explores how the scientific tools of ecology can be used more effectively in dealing with a variety of complex environmental problems.

This book presents state-of-the-art knowledge related to concerns about methylmercury (MeHg) in the soil-rice system.

This book provides new perceptions of rural community development by considering the relationships between communities and individuals.

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This book focuses on innovations in agriculture that is aimed at eliminating global hunger and poverty and promoting sustainable development of global agriculture.

Our nation faces daunting challenges to its food and fiber system and to the condition of our natural resources in the coming decades.