Agribusiness and primary industries

An illustrated history of Britain's coal mines and the lives of the miners who worked in them.

This is a guide to finding tree-roosts.

This is a guide to finding tree-roosts.

The continent of Africa is rich in minerals needed by Western economies, but rather than forming the basis for economic growth the mining industry contributes very little to African developmentInvestigating the impact of the 2003 Extractive Industries Review on a number of African countries, the contributors find that a key dimension of the problem lies in the regulatory frameworks imposed on the African countries by the IMF and World Bank.

Abuses and slavery at sea are largely missing from narratives of work and environmental exploitation in the mainstream.

Abuses and slavery at sea are largely missing from narratives of work and environmental exploitation in the mainstream.

The world's food system is broken, and today's peasant societies are at a crossroads.

The world's food system is broken, and today's peasant societies are at a crossroads.

This seminal work tells the story of Ghana's gold miners, one of the oldest and most militant groups of workers in Africa.

This seminal work tells the story of Ghana's gold miners, one of the oldest and most militant groups of workers in Africa.

This is the narrative of a harpooner in the whale-ship Charles W Morgan, whose four-year voyage in 1849-1853 took him from New Bedford, Massachusetts, to the South Pacific and on around the world.

This is a unique archive of childrens hopes, fears, views and memories during times when political shifts affected and risked educational potential, performance and aspiration.

This is a unique archive of childrens hopes, fears, views and memories during times when political shifts affected and risked educational potential, performance and aspiration.

Part One includes an overview of early disasters, multiple fatalities, from 1710.

Britain's year-long miners' strike against the Thatcher administration is vividly recounted in this diary of one of its most vocal leaders.

Part One includes an overview of early disasters, multiple fatalities, from 1710.

Lancashire Mining Disasters chronicles the effects, death and grief of the local ming communities in Lancashire, through colliery accidents and explosions from the early 1830s through to 1910.

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

Negative environmental events make the headlines.

In the period that we now call the Industrial Revolution mining disasters wrecked the lives of thousands of South Yorkshire families and devastated entire communities.

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.

Agricultural futures and options has been written for the potential and actual users of agricultural futures markets but should also provide a useful introduction to the more academic students of the subject.

Mediterranean agriculture is by and large envisaged as a landscape of small farms of high nature value producing worldwide recognisable quality food products that make up the basis of the famous Mediterranean diet and shape Southern European cultures.

This history of fishing families in Great Britain "e;an excellent book .

Blending scholarship with an original approach, this new introduction to Confucianism is an informative and intriguing guide to China's ancient philosophical tradition.

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There has been growing attention paid to urban agriculture worldwide because of its role in making cities more environmentaly sustainable while also contributing to enhanced food access and social justice.

There has been growing attention paid to urban agriculture worldwide because of its role in making cities more environmentaly sustainable while also contributing to enhanced food access and social justice.

Regenerating Forests and Livelihoods in Nepal: A New Lease on Life documents the success story of an innovative rural development programme in the Himalayan foothills, Nepal.

Regenerating Forests and Livelihoods in Nepal: A New Lease on Life documents the success story of an innovative rural development programme in the Himalayan foothills, Nepal.

Farming is a complex job with many unique challenges, but can also be a rich and rewarding career that is full of opportunities.

Forests cover approximately 26% of the world's land surface area and represent a distinct biotic community.

Forests cover approximately 26% of the world's land surface area and represent a distinct biotic community.

Following the author's Farm Business Management series, this new textbook takes the core principles and techniques and distils them into an accessible student resource.

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.

This book explores the most important aspects of the biology, ecology and management of what is one of the world's worst weeds.

The fastest growth in tourism is the culinary sector.

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

Following on from the CGIAR study by Evenson and Gollin (published by CABI in 2003), this volume provides up-to-date estimates of adoption outcomes and productivity impacts of crop variety improvement research in sub-Saharan Africa.

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

An authoritative update of forest tree biotechnology and genomics methodologies, this book covers procedures and accomplishments from basic biological science to applications.

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

Following on from the CGIAR study by Evenson and Gollin (published by CABI in 2003), this volume provides up-to-date estimates of adoption outcomes and productivity impacts of crop variety improvement research in sub-Saharan Africa.

This book explores structural changes in India's agrifood systems during the next ten to twenty years.

This book explores structural changes in India's agrifood systems during the next ten to twenty years.

In 1944 Lady Park Wood (45 hectares of woodland in Gloucestershire and Monmouthshire, UK) was set aside indefinitely by the Forestry Commission so that ecologists could study how woodland develops naturally.

In 1944 Lady Park Wood (45 hectares of woodland in Gloucestershire and Monmouthshire, UK) was set aside indefinitely by the Forestry Commission so that ecologists could study how woodland develops naturally.

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

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