Agribusiness and primary industries

This book presents the results of a comparison of the quality of food products and raw materials, such as vegetables, fruits and honey, produced in organic and conventional farming systems.

The world population is growing, and it is expected that in 2050 there will be 9.

This book describes the fundamental and theoretical concepts of optimization algorithms in a systematic manner, along with their potential applications and implementation strategies in mining engineering.

Increasingly stringent environmental regulations and industry adoption of waste minimization guidelines have thus, stimulated the need for the development of recycling and reuse options for metal related waste.

With the increasing need and demand for fresh fruits and vegetables, the field of postharvest science is continuously evolving.

This book is an inquiry into the role of law in the contemporary political economy of hunger.

Food fraudsters be warned!

This book forms the Proceedings of the International RILEM Workshop held in Paisley in March 1993.

This book presents a unified framework for assessing the value of potential data-gathering schemes, with a focus on the Earth sciences.

This book aims to provide insights into rethinking pathways in the transition to sustainable built environments in the wake of the pandemic and COP26.

This work provides the fundamental information necessary for the development of weed management strategies for all the major US crops using concepts that can be applied worldwide.

This book is aimed to help us look into the future of mining by defining ultimate operational conditions that will be present in a typical mining operation regardless of how far in the future.

Role of Plant Growth Promoting Microorganisms in Sustainable Agriculture and Nanotechnology explores PGPMs (actinomycetes, bacteria, fungi and cyanobacteria) and their multidimensional roles in agriculture, including their increasing applications in sustainable agriculture.

Mammalian Endocrinology and Male Reproductive Biology provides comprehensive and current coverage of the area of endocrinology and male reproductive biology, covering not just humans, but mammals in general.

Protected cultivation - the safeguarding of crops from the harmful effects of climate change, environmentally toxic agricultural chemicals, and crop pests and diseases - is necessary for improving crop growth conditions.

Jointly published with INRA, Paris.

This cultural history examines the global rise of American-style supermarkets during the Cold War era and how they shaped the way we eat today.

The BDA Guide to Successful Brickwork is the definitive practical guide to obtaining successful results in brickwork construction.

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.

Research from a humanist perspective has much to offer in interrogating the social and cultural ramifications of invasion ecologies.

This book serves as a guide to understanding the intricacies and challenges of managing agribusiness enterprises in the modern era.

Modern highway engineering reflects an integrated view of a road system's entire lifecycle, including any potential environmental impacts, and seeks to develop a sustainable infrastructure through careful planning and active management.

This book presents an extensive study on the extant constructs of corruption in infrastructure-related projects and aims to contribute to the determination and elimination of its incidence and prevalence in infrastructure projects.

From the PrefaceThe Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA) of 1990 significantly affect commercial and industrial combustion devices such as boilers, incinerators, and other burners.

This classic textbook has been reprinted by The Institute of Materials to provide undergraduates with a broad overview of metallurgy from atomic theory, thermodynamics, reaction kinetics and crystal physics, to elasticity and plasticity.

While there has been great progress in the development of plant breeding over the last decade, the selection of suitable plants for human consumption began over 13,000 years ago.

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.

Brewers of all sizes should uphold the value of safety alongside their edgy brands and creative and carefully crafted beers and other beverages.

Dictionary for Managing Trees in Urban Environments is a comprehensive list of terms used in the universal management of urban trees.

A UN report presented to the UN Human Rights Council in 2017 recognized that, "e;although pesticide use has been correlated with a rise in food production, it has had catastrophic impacts"e; on human health and the environment.

In all the diverse industries-from food and agriculture to plastics- where combustibledust exists, the possibility of an explosion looms as an ever-present threat.

Comprehensive resource covering key 'need-to-know' aspects of how to run a food service operation, with unique perspective from restaurant managers Successful Management in Foodservice Operations is a single volume book addressing the overall operation of a successful food service business, including planning for success, ensuring excellence in production and service, and generating optimal levels of operating profits.

This 2-volume book set, Phytochemistry and Pharmacology of Medicinal Plants, introduces and provides extensive coverage of 79 important medicinal plant species.

Mining haul roads are a critical component of surface mining infrastructure and the performance of these roads has a direct impact on operational efficiency, costs and safety.

Five years after the one of the worst nuclear accidents in history, Fukushima now only occasionally headlines national and international media.

The idea that sugar, plantations, slavery, and capitalism were all present at the birth of the Atlantic world has long dominated scholarly thinking.

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

Rising concerns about agricultural productivity and food security in rapidly changing economic and environmental contexts have led to renewed interest in agricultural development.

Building or architectural acoustics is taken in this book to cover all aspects of sound and vibration in buildings.

Originally published in 1999.

Algal secondary metabolites have several biotechnological, pharmaeceutical, industral, cosmetic, and other commercial applications.

The Soviet Economy (1983) examines the long-term prospective growth of the USSR's economy.

Forest Recreation focuses on the increasing consideration of forests as destination for recreation.

Published in 1999, this book explores the emergence of contemporary urban agriculture as well as official attitudes toward this practice.

Climate change and increased climate variability in terms of rising temperatures, shifting rainfall patterns, and increasing extreme weather events, such as severe drought and devastating floods, pose a threat to the production of agricultural and horticultural crops-a threat this is expected to worsen.

Recent ideas and experimental studies suggest that the relationship between parasitism and host behaviour has been a powerful shaping force in the evolution not only of behaviour patterns themselves but, through them, of morphology and population and community dynamics.

European Glacial Landscapes: Maximum Extent of Glaciations brings together relevant experts on the history of glaciers and their impact on the landscape of the main regions of Europe.

Textile reinforced concrete (TRC) has emerged in recent years as an attractive new high performance cement-based composite.

The International Mining Forum is an annual meeting of scientists and professionals specializing in a broad area of mining sciences.