Agribusiness and primary industries

The challenge of global hunger is now high on the agenda of governments and international policy-makers.

The global spread of transnational mining investment, which has been taking place since the 1990s, has led to often volatile conflicts with local communities.

In the 1960s, the farming industry of Britain had been transformed and modernised to the point where output per person was the highest in Europe.

Fuel Flexible Energy Generation: Solid, Liquid and Gaseous Fuels provides updated information on flexible fuel energy generation, the process by which one or more fuels can be combusted in the same boiler or turbine to generate power.

Invasive arthropods cause significant damage in agricultural crops and natural environments across the globe.

When relations are facilitated by communication technologies such as e-business, food supply networks can improve efficiency, flexibility and effectiveness.

Freeze-drying is an important preservation technique for heat-sensitive pharmaceuticals and foods.

Activity in the gold markets has focused investors' attention on this unique commodity.

For a food product to be a success in the marketplace it must be stable throughout its shelf-life.

This is a comprehensive guide the wool industry and the trading mechanisms involved in this vital business.

Written for those involved in the markets who have always found that there was never one central source on which to on for a comprehensive treatment of the international rice market.

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

Whaling has become one of the most controversial environmental issues.

Working with prestigious archives of contemporary photographs, the authors chart the history of Britain's farming heritage with 120 rarely seen photographs.

Working with prestigious archives of contemporary photographs, the authors chart the history of Britain's fishing heritage with 120 rarely seen photographs.

Geomechanical Aspects of Abandoned Room and Pillar Mines and Remediation Measures addresses the occurrence, prediction, and control of subsidence issues encountered in room and pillar mining, including creep, degradation, and seismic aspects.

Concise, problem-oriented, and accessibly designed, the Pocket Handbook focuses on the essentials of medicine and surgery of the dog and cat.

The first comprehensive guide to the petrography of geomaterials, making the petrographers specialist knowledge available to practitioners, educators and students worldwide interested in modern and historic construction materials.

Chronic pain is unlike acute pain, it lasts beyond the time necessary for healing and resists normal treatment.

This full color atlas illustrates a range of features not attempted in any general textbook and is designed as a laboratory manual to keep beside the microscope, as an aid to identifying grain types and textures in carbonates.

The importance of processing and packaging food items so that they are safe for the consumer cannot be underestimated.

The importance of processing and packaging food items so that they are safe for the consumer cannot be underestimated.

The use of spectroscopy in food analysis is growing and this informative volume presents the application of advanced spectroscopic techniques in the analysis of food quality.

The use of spectroscopy in food analysis is growing and this informative volume presents the application of advanced spectroscopic techniques in the analysis of food quality.

In food product development, as in all new product development, time is money.

The Polar North is known to be home to large gas and oil reserves and its position holds significant trading and military advantages, yet the maritime boundaries of the region remain ill-defined.

The Polar North is known to be home to large gas and oil reserves and its position holds significant trading and military advantages, yet the maritime boundaries of the region remain ill-defined.

To be human is to wonder.

'The perfect festive read!

For a food product to be a success in the marketplace it must be stable throughout its shelf-life.

The concept of natural resource sustainability has taken on new importance in today's world, and community participation in the conservation of forest resources is essential for generating innovative sustainability solutions.

The book is an exhaustive assessment of the innovative farmer producer companies or co-operative companies in India based on 23 case studies of such companies, including all-women member PCs, across four states of India.

Updated and revised, this fifth edition incorporates recent developments in the environment in which agriculture operates.

Updated and revised, this fifth edition incorporates recent developments in the environment in which agriculture operates.

Genética cuantitativa y selección en el mejoramiento forestal es una obra que logra organizar desde los conceptos hasta la utilización de los métodos y procedimientos de la mejora genética moderna, con énfasis en el mejoramiento de especies forestales, pero de aplicación general en el campo agroforestal.

To understand the catastrophic processes of forest fire danger, different deterministic, probabilistic, and empiric models must be used.

Intelligent Agriculture: Developing a System for Monitoring and Controlling Production examines the development of Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) technology designed to monitor and control agriculture production.

Intelligent Agriculture: Developing a System for Monitoring and Controlling Production examines the development of Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) technology designed to monitor and control agriculture production.

Our understanding of the historical ecology of European forests has been transformed in the last twenty years.

Risk and uncertainty are inescapable factors in agriculture which require careful management.

This practical book provides an updated resource for the identification of bacteria found in animals inhabiting the aquatic environment, illustrated with colour photos.

This book is a guide for the identification of the indigenous forest trees of Uganda.

This book is a guide for the identification of the indigenous forest trees of Uganda.

It is believed that the major countries of the former Soviet Union-specifically Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine (KRU region)-are the part of the world with the most potential to increase food supplies and strengthen world food security.

Investing in agriculture is one of the most effective ways of reducing hunger and poverty, promoting agricultural productivity and enhancing environmental sustainability.

Invasive arthropods cause significant damage in agricultural crops and natural environments across the globe.

Poplars and willows form an important component of forestry and agricultural systems, providing a wide range of wood and non-wood products.

The fastest growth in tourism is the culinary sector.

Gene flow is a natural process that occurs spontaneously and enables the evolution of life.

This book provides industry insights and fresh ideas for the advancement of the most vital global industry - food.