Agribusiness and primary industries

Here is an abundance of valuable information on different sensing techniques for fruits and vegetables.

This book, based on travel notes of the author and conversations and correspondence with tomato scientists, attempts to put together in a single volume useful information about tomatoes in the tropics.

This book covers nearly all the aspects of duck rearing system with various duck genetic resources of India, their nutritional requirements, care management, diseases and prevention, slaughter, grading, packaging of meat, nutritional importance of meat & egg and integrated farming.

Originally published in 1969, the contributors to this volume examine the natural and social environments of selected areas in Africa and study in detail some particular problems and their solutions.

This book discusses the role of inclusive innovation for development in rural India.

This book provides a genealogical study of Australian agricultural restructuring, focusing on the case study of wheat export market deregulation.

China's agriculture and rural society has undergone rapid changes in recent years.

Contains the papers presented at the fourth International Seminar "e;Numerical Analysis of Weldability"e; held in September 1997 at Schloss Seggau near Graz, Austria.

After securing popularity in home aquariums, zebrafish have also become an essential animal for biomedical research.

Mine Design, Planning and Sustainable Exploitation in the Digital Age covers mine planning, design and exploitation taking cognizance of new developments, especially those associated with the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the positive influence that it has, and will have, on the mining industry.

This volume brings together information on the available and newly emerging technologies related to using plant compounds that have a beneficial role in food production.

Conus is the largest genus of animals in the sea, occurring throughout the world's tropical and subtropical oceans and contributing significantly to marine biodiversity.

Collaborative working and partnering between the public and private sectors has been fairly standard practice in some form or other for over 100 years, but it is only in recent years that it has become more prevalent.

Radiation-Processed Polysaccharides: Emerging Roles in Agriculture is the first book to focus exclusively on this emerging and important option for reducing the overuse and negative impact of agrochemicals in agriculture.

Analysis of Pavement Structures brings together current research and existing knowledge on the analysis and design of pavements and introduces load and thermal stress analyses of asphalt and concrete pavement structures in a simple and step-by-step manner.

Commerce is inherently complex and the sums of money involved can be astronomical, so it is no surprise that conflicts and disputes are all too common.

Rural Development in the Digital Age explores current theoretical and policy developments in EU rural policy during the 4.

This book examines complex challenges in managing major strategic economic and social infrastructure projects.

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Understanding ExtrACTIVISM surveys how contemporary resource extractive industry works and considers the responses it inspires in local citizens and activists.

This book discusses the biological control of weeds using arthropods, providing ecological management models for use across the tropical world.

Bread Making: Improving Quality quickly established itself as an essential purchase for baking professionals and researchers in this area.

In the seven years since the publication of the first edition of Sustainable Practices in Geoenvironmental Engineering, the combination of population growth and increased exploitation of renewable and non-renewable natural resources has added increased stresses on the quality and health of the geoenvironment.

Medicinal Plants in the Asia Pacific for Zoonotic Pandemics provides an unprecedented, comprehensive overview of the phylogeny, botany, ethnopharmacology, and pharmacology of more than 100 plants used in the traditional systems of Asia and Pacific medicine for the treatment of microbial infections.

The mining industry has experienced important improvements with regard to its safety record and work environment.

This book offers a solutions-based approach to climate change problems which potentially impinge on human beings within the tropics.

This book uses a multimethod approach to examine local experience of contemporary mining development in the Peruvian Andes, creating an understanding of the transformations that rural societies experience in this context.

The world production of citrus fruit has risen enormously, leaping from forty-five million tons a year to eighty-five million in the last 30 years.

This book provides a comprehensive guide for the analysis and design of anchor systems used for mooring offshore floating structures.

This book explains forest and woody biomass harvest, harvesting machines, systems, logistics, supply chain management, best management practices, harvest scheduling and carbon sequestration.

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

This book explores construction digitalisation, particularly in developing countries.

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Biosurfactants are the surface-active biomolecules produced by a wide range of microorganisms.

This book deals with recent and upcoming technologies of breeding freshwater ornamental fish.

This book discusses various climate smart agro-technologies, their technical and economic feasibility across heterogeneous agro-climatic conditions, assessing farmers' willingness to adopt those technologies, impact of climate smart technology in agricultural production and possible policy and investment opportunities to upscale it.

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

This comprehensive technical book on highwall mining covers theory and practice coupled with practical examples and design aspects.

This book aims to present an alternative based on natural processes and an environmental approach to post-excavation site management, e.

Following the successful first edition, this revised and greatly expanded edition Tomato Diseases: Identification, Biology and Control is the definitive work on the diseases and disorders of the tomato.

Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834) was a leading figure in the British classical school of economics, best-known for extending the insights of Adam Smith at a time of revolutionary improvements in agriculture and industry.

Integrate the best building envelope construction methods, materials science, and structural principles in your work using this book as a resource to help you.

South America has one of the greatest riches in the world in terms of biodiversity.

Around the world, on average, four coal miners die for each million tons of coal recovered.

This book examines the social inequalities relating to food insecurity in the UK, as well as drawing parallels with the US.

This book captures how industrial crops can be used in conventional agriculture and greener biopharming for pharmaceutical industries.

This volume contains the papers presented at the 9th International Symposium on Rock Fragmentation by Blasting, held in Granada, Spain, 13-17 August 2009.

This volume is intended for reference by the commercial sugar cane grower.

Information Economics with Real Estate Applications provides the reader with an academic toolkit to understand strategic interactions of individuals and companies in a world of scarce resources and asymmetric information.