Agribusiness and primary industries

This book examines how European farmers responded to the economic and political challenges created by the First World War and the Great Depression.

Structured in the form of a dichotomous key, comparable to those widely used in botany, the mineral key provides an efficient and systematic approach to identifying rock-forming minerals in thin-section.

This book is an illustrative introduction to metamorphic rocks as seen in the field, designed for advanced high school to graduate-level earth science and geology students to jump-start their observational skills.

Energy Science and Applied Technology includes contributions on a wide range of topics:- Technologies in geology, mining, oil and gas exploration and exploitation of deposits- Energy transfer and conversion, materials and chemical technologies- Environmental engineering and sustainable development- Electrical and electronic technology, power system

Bringing together some of the world's leading thinkers and policy experts in the area of natural resource governance and management in Africa, this volume addresses the most critical policy issues affecting the continent's ability to manage and govern its precious resources.

Bringing together some of the world's leading thinkers and policy experts in the area of natural resource governance and management in Africa, this volume addresses the most critical policy issues affecting the continent's ability to manage and govern its precious resources.

The rural Midwest is undergoing fundamental changes with increased competition from foreign agriculture; employment shifts from higher-paying manufacturing to lower-paying service industries; the displacement of local small town business by large discount stores and shopping malls; overall population declines that threaten the viability of schools, hospitals, and other public institutions, along with an influx of minority groups that has led to strife in some communities.

The rural Midwest is undergoing fundamental changes with increased competition from foreign agriculture; employment shifts from higher-paying manufacturing to lower-paying service industries; the displacement of local small town business by large discount stores and shopping malls; overall population declines that threaten the viability of schools, hospitals, and other public institutions, along with an influx of minority groups that has led to strife in some communities.

This book is a collection of seven papers originally given at the 1989 meetings of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies.

An analysis of, and factual details on, the economy, natural resources, populations, foreign economic activity, and radical economic reform in the Russian Far East.

Based on an analysis of a 1988 nationwide sample survey of 10,258 households, this book aims to offer insights into issues of rural inequality in China.

Policy analysis is a dynamic process of discovery rather than a passive exercise of memorizing facts and conclusions.

Policy analysis is a dynamic process of discovery rather than a passive exercise of memorizing facts and conclusions.

The development and use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) has been a contentious topic for the last three decades.

The development and use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) has been a contentious topic for the last three decades.

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.

In the recent years, considerable research has been carried out evaluating natural substances as antioxidative additives in food products, leading to novel combinations of antioxidants and the development of novel food products.

Food insecurity and disease are inextricably linked.

Food security and child malnutrition are at the forefront of our attention, both nationally and internationally.

In Pediatric Behavioral Nutrition Factors: Environment, Education, and Self-Regulation, the editor carefully selected each chapter individually to provide a nuanced look at how environment, education, and self-regulation impact pediatric nutrition.

In a world struggling to adapt to seismic social and environmental changes, the time is now for businesses to prioritise creating local conditions of peace.

In a world struggling to adapt to seismic social and environmental changes, the time is now for businesses to prioritise creating local conditions of peace.

Food credence attributes are food features that are difficult to verify even after consumption.

Food credence attributes are food features that are difficult to verify even after consumption.

Politics pervades every link in the food chain from the farm to the fork.

Politics pervades every link in the food chain from the farm to the fork.

Over the last decade there has been renewed interest in food security and the state of the global food system.

Over the last decade there has been renewed interest in food security and the state of the global food system.

This book uses an economic framework to examine the consequences of U.

This book analyzes the impacts of current and possible future GM crop applications and shows that these technologies can contribute substantially to sustainable agricultural development and food security.

The European Union has launched an important debate on the future of the EU budget from 2013.

The European Union has launched an important debate on the future of the EU budget from 2013.

Since the mid-1990s, "e;agricultural industrialisation"e; (AI) has been advocated in China to promote rural development by integrating agriculture with the post-harvest sectors such as agro-processing and marketing.

Since the mid-1990s, "e;agricultural industrialisation"e; (AI) has been advocated in China to promote rural development by integrating agriculture with the post-harvest sectors such as agro-processing and marketing.

This book examines the credit needs and the borrowing behaviour of rural households in China in recent years.

This book examines the credit needs and the borrowing behaviour of rural households in China in recent years.

First Published in 1965.

First Published in 1965.

From being an important centre which attracted a large number of merchants during the feudal period, Shingu, on the northern shores of Kyushu is today a suburb of Fukuoka City.

From being an important centre which attracted a large number of merchants during the feudal period, Shingu, on the northern shores of Kyushu is today a suburb of Fukuoka City.

First Published in 2001.

First Published in 2001.

First published in 1961, this reissue examines the contemporary economic problems of Mauritius alongside those social problems which have a bearing on economic development.

First published in 1961, this reissue examines the contemporary economic problems of Mauritius alongside those social problems which have a bearing on economic development.

First published in 1889, this facsimile edition makes available an important historical work on Japanese industry.

First published in 1889, this facsimile edition makes available an important historical work on Japanese industry.

If you feel you have a disjointed, or unbalanced, view of the global system of demand and supply, you are probably correct.

If you feel you have a disjointed, or unbalanced, view of the global system of demand and supply, you are probably correct.

This book explores the shifting relations of food provisioning in Turkey from a comparative global political economy perspective.