Agribusiness and primary industries

This book arises from case studies and two back-to-back workshops held in Cotonou, Benin in November 2001.

Includes full-color isopach and richness maps for each organic-rich and organic-lean oil shale interval within the upper Green River Formation.

New trends of mineral deposits mining in the world consist of intensifying and concentration of mining operations.

Palm Oil: Production, Processing, Characterization, and Uses serves as a rich source of information on the production, processing, characterization and utilization of palm oil and its components.

This book discusses the conflicting discourse around GM crops in India.

Introduction to Modern Infrastructure Construction serves as a pivotal resource for construction management education, focusing primarily on heavy civil construction and the latest technological innovations in the field.

This study focuses on impacts of the environmental and socio-economic transformation on the indigenous people's livelihoods in Vietnam's Central Highlands recent decades since the country's reunification in 1975.

There are some books that target the theory of the finite element, while others focus on the programming side of things.

This book is a study of New Zealand shaking off its quasi-colonial dependence on Britain.

This book explores how the development of innovative urban agricultural businesses is creating social innovation and changing the perception and behavior of urban residents, with a focus on Shanghai, China, a global city that has achieved economic growth amid rapid urbanization.

Communities are rightly concerned about the indiscriminate use of natural resources, environmental pollution, poverty, health, and education, among other social problems.

This book analyzes potential yields of six major food crops - rice, wheat, maize, potato, soybean and rapeseed worldwide using both qualitative and quantitative approaches to study both China's and global food security under climate change.

Dealing with a wide range of non-metallic materials, this book opens up possibilities of lighter, more durable structures.

This book provides a timely analysis and assessment of the potential of organic agriculture (OA) for rural development and the improvement of livelihoods.

This book presents a concise yet detailed analysis of China's agricultural economy and food security in historical perspective.

Using the water footprint concept, this impactful book aids our understanding of how we can reduce water consumption and pollution to sustainable levels.

Originally published in 1989, this book is a unique examination of subsistence farming in the developing world, and its potential for development.

It can be said that all of human history is environmental history, for all human action happens in an environmentin a place.

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

Contains added chapters emphasizing the importance of choosing the correct project and defining project goals.

A Practical Guide to Cost Engineering aims to show you how to work as a cost engineer out in the real world.

A comprehensive resource for understanding the complexities of agricultural finance Agricultural Finance: From Crops to Land, Water, and Infrastructure is a pioneering book that offers a comprehensive resource for understanding the worldwide agriculture markets, from spikes in agricultural commodity prices to trading strategies, and the agribusiness industry generally to the challenges of feeding the planet in particular.

Management process groups along with the processes in the knowledge areas having to do with the principles and concepts used in the development of major construction activities are very important in the overall construction management process.

This book presents the latest research findings of the fast developing applications of fracture mechanics to concrete structures.

Emphasizing the new challenges posed by the data science revolution, digital media, and changing norms, Research Ethics in Applied Economics examines the ethical issues faced by quantitative social scientists at each stage of the research process.

Offers coverage of each important step in engineering cost control process, from project justification to life-cycle costs.

Provides a clear, comprehensive introduction to the subject.

This is a book about the intersection of architecture and security, about effective crime prevention and counterterror using the built form.

Livestock production worldwide is increasing rapidly, in part due to economic growth and demand for meat in industrializing countries.

This book focuses on the contested nature and competing narratives of food system transformations, despite it being widely acknowledged that changes are essential for the safeguarding of human and planetary health and well-being.

This book analyses the interplay of urban agriculture and food sovereignty through the innovative lens of the "e;critical urban food perspective"e;.

Fish have been a major component of our diet and it has been suggested that fish/seafood consumption contributed to the development of the human brain, and this together with the acquisition of bipedalism, perhaps made us what we are.

Thermites, which are generally considered to be reactive mixtures of powdered metals and metal oxides, are an important subset of energetic materials.

This book analyses the political and economic causes, mechanisms and impacts of the industrial tree plantation boom in China.

Oil Spill Occurrence, Simulation, and Behavior provides practical insight into oil spills and their causes, impacts, response and cleanup methods, simple and advanced modeling of oil spill behavior, and oil spill simulation techniques.

Brickwork Level 1 has been adapted from John Hodges's classic Brickwork for Apprentices - the established textbook on brickwork for bricklayers.

Agricultural Productivity: Measurement and Sources of Growth addresses measurement issues and techniques in agricultural productivity analysis, applying those techniques to recently published data sets for American agriculture.

The fastest growth in tourism is the culinary sector.

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.

This book provides a fundamental understanding of cement and concrete, presents an in-depth analysis of mixing and testing methods, and offers minimum coverage of theory.

Advances in Urban Construction and Management Engineering focuses on the research of urban traffic, city engineering, ecological city and management engineering.

Animal products are vital components of the diets and livelihoods of people across sub-Saharan Africa.

Published in 1998.

This book explores the various issues that characterise the African mining sector, drawing examples from different African countries and regional organisations.

The Routledge Handbook of Tea Tourism provides comprehensive and cutting-edge insights into global tea tourism.

This Handbook presents opportunities, best practices, and case studies backed by cutting edge research on the drivers of continuous improvement of health, safety, and wellbeing in the architecture, engineering, construction, and facility management sector.