Agribusiness and primary industries

Originally published in 1990, Onions and Allied Crops, is a comprehensive account of the edible allium, examined across three volumes.

As the era of thriving, small-scale fishing communities continues to wane across waters that once teamed with (a way of) life, Fiona McCormack opens a window into contemporary fisheries quota systems, laying bare how neoliberalism has entangled itself in our approach to environmental management.

Aphids Unveiled: The Saga of Nature's Most Irritating Insects explores the curious journey of these tiny insects from humble beginnings to becoming the most obnoxious pests for farmers and home gardeners alike.

Each fall and spring, millions of birds travel the Pacific Flyway, the westernmost of the four major North American bird migration routes.

With the advent of GPS/GNSS satellite navigation systems and Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) surveying profession is nowadays facing its transformative stage.

This book is an invaluable resource for information on the clinical presentation, pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of major arthropod-transmitted diseases of dogs and cats.

The history of Science is replete with untold stories and this book is one of these accounts.

Environmental contamination of heavy metals is a major problem, threatening sustainable agricultural production and health of millions of people.

This book examines how different countries across Southeast Asia and Latin America respond to the emergence and expansion of the lucrative, yet controversial palm oil industry, paying attention to how national policy and governance regimes are shaping this global industry.

For more than a decade the trend toward increased mechanization in U.

Compares currently used methods in determining concrete toughness and presents recommended test procedures with theories and models for describing cracking and fracturing phenomena.

With three million intoxications a year, global concern about occupational exposure to pesticides makes it crucial that occupational health professionals be able monitor pesticide exposure.

This book unfolds the story of the indenture system within the British Empire, with India as the ''mother country'' of coolies.

An exclusive collection of papers introducing current and frontier technologies of special significance to the planning, design, construction, and maintenance of civil infrastructures.

Intensified agrarian and industrial activity has led to earth's soil and groundwater resources becoming polluted with hazardous materials.

This reference text establishes linkages between the user industries and the providers of clean technologies and sustainable materials for a rapid transformation of the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

In 1890, more than 100,000 Welsh-born immigrants resided in the United States.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of key aspects of food insecurity, including definitional and conceptual issues, information systems and data sources, indicators, and policies.

This book is an important contribution to our understanding of food in China through an ethnographic case study of an alternative food movement in Shanghai and the surrounding countryside.

This edited volume celebrates the positive stories and small changes happening with respect to gender equality in the field of agriculture.

This book presents an analysis of climate change and agricultural laws in Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa in order to determine whether they adequately addressed the concept of agricultural adaptation.

Phytochemicals are the mainstay of therapeutics of herbal or botanical medicine.

This reference book provides advanced knowledge on sustainable biogenic waste management.

Understanding FIDIC explains in simple and practical terms what is often seen as a very complex range of international engineering and construction contracts.

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

The idea for this book began in Sofia, Bulgaria in September, 1992 when we met to plot a course for our University Affiliations project which had been recently funded by the U.

This book offers comprehensive coverage of all manifestations of resistance in combating infectious diseases and explores advances in antimicrobial resistance in agriculture and their applications in the fight against microbes.

The book covers Indian agricultural development from the colonial to the present period.

This book is the first comprehensive effort to bring together Water, Food Security and Nutrition (FSN) in a way that goes beyond the traditional focus on irrigated agriculture.

This book is intended to be used as a textbook in undergraduate civil engineering and construction courses to introduce cutting edge mechanical, electrical, and computer science topics that are needed for civil and construction engineers to collaborate in inter-disciplinary automation projects.

Tilapia are a group of cichlid fish endemic to tropical freshwater in Africa, Jordan and Israel, that are extremely nutritious and in high global demand.

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Advanced Algorithms for Mineral and Hydrocarbon Exploration Using Synthetic Aperture Radar is a research- and practically-based reference that bridges the gap between the remote sensing industry and the mineral and hydrocarbon exploration industry.

This book focuses solely on the issues of agricultural productivity analysis with advanced modeling approaches bringing solutions to food-insecure regions of the world, especially in south and southeast Asia and in Africa.

Solomon, the legend goes, had a magic ring which enabled him to speak to the animals in their own language.

A work that focuses on the relentless drive for maximum food production at rock-bottom cost.

Despite carefully constructed conservation interventions, deforestation in Indonesia is not being stopped.

Social Value in Practice offers the reader a simple, accessible guide for considering, creating, and delivering social value in projects and within their organisation.

Regulatory Governance and Risk Management will be the first book addressing the diffusion of risk-based governance in the coal mining industry from a health and safety standpoint.

Conservation was the first nationwide political movement in American history to grapple with environmental problems like waste, pollution, resource exhaustion, and sustainability.

Rapid structural transformation and urbanization are transforming agriculture and food production in rural areas across the world.

Ecological Management of Mining: Achieving Environmental Compliance is a study and comparison - global in scope - of current practices used by mining firms striving for ecological management.

Conceived and edited by Nigel Dent and Ramzan Visanji, Veterinary Clinical Trials form Concept to Completion is designed for both established practitioners and novices, offering alternative ways of conducting studies and ensuring that the studies are guided by Good Clinical Practices and are in compliance with regulations.

Practical production of ordinary and special, high performance concretes and their behaviour and properties when fresh are the main themes of this book.

Based on a detailed investigation of local sources, this book examines the history of the landed estate system in England since the mid-seventeenth century.

This radical book aims to inject new insight and urgency into the discourse on the retrofitting of commercial and residential buildings in the face of the climate emergency.

Food scarcity and insecurity is an alarming issue throughout the world.

Focusing on ethnography and interviews with subsistence food producers, this book explores the resilience, innovation and creativity taking place in subsistence agriculture in America.

This valuable volume highlights biotechnological tools and their utilization for biotic stress management in the tomato plant, one of the world's most important vegetable crops consumed by us in our daily diet and which is vulnerable to over 200 diseases as well as the impact of global climate change.