Agribusiness and primary industries

This book addresses the major policy, economic and financial issues encountered in global forest carbon.

In The Southern Appalachian Region: A Survey, published by the University Press of Kentucky in 1962, Rupert Vance suggested a decennial review of the region's progress.

'Life-changing' DAVINA McCALL'A must-read' Dr RUPY AUJLA'Fascinating' NIGELLA LAWSON'Empowering' LIZ EARLE**THE BOOK THAT INSPIRED THE FOOD FOR LIFE COOKBOOK**Food is our greatest ally for good health, but the question of what to eat in the age of ultra-processed food has never seemed so complicated.

A dairy is a commercial business concentrated around the harvesting of animal milk for human consumption.

This is a classic guide to farm machinery, with a special focus on machinery used for producing grain.

This book contains a wealth of classic material on the subject of dairy farming.

This vintage book contains a collection of classic articles on selecting a goat for the farm, with information on breeds, characteristics, signs of health, and many other related aspects.

The development of farming machinery revolutionised agriculture, allowing for far greater yields with less manpower.

This volume deals with the production of asparagus, offering the reader historical details before exploring every aspect from planting to cropping and beyond.

This book contains a comprehensive guide to the use and maintenance of traditional farm machinery.

This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before.

This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before.

This delightful text encompasses a collection of designs of various barns and out-buildings, such as apiaries, stables, play-houses.

This volume contains a comprehensive guide to farm management, with a particular focus on the financial side of running a farm and including information on borrowing, hire purchase, and returns.

As an entrepreneur, the farmer combines labour and capital in the hope of profits, but always with the risk of losses.

"e;The Dog - Breeds of the British Isles"e; is an essay by David Low, published as part of the "e;Domesticated Animals of the British Islands"e; series.

"e;The Horse - Breeds of the British Isles"e; is an essay by David Low, published as part of the "e;Domesticated Animals of the British Islands"e; series.

"e;The Sheep - Breeds of the British Isles"e; is an essay by David Low, published as part of the "e;Domesticated Animals of the British Islands"e; series.

"e;The Hog - Breeds of the British Isles"e; is an essay by David Low, published as part of the "e;Domesticated Animals of the British Islands"e; series.

"e;The Ox - Breeds of the British Isles"e; is an essay by David Low, published as part of the "e;Domesticated Animals of the British Islands"e; series.

"e;The Goat - Breeds of the British Isles"e; is an essay by David Low, published as part of the "e;Domesticated Animals of the British Islands"e; series.

This fascinating essay by David Low explores in detail what divides members of the animal kingdom, as well as the concept of "e;external form"e;.

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 book investigates the range of conflicts over land and other natural resources in contemporary Zimbabwe, considering the different forms these conflicts take, and the ensuing outcomes.

This book compiles, discusses, and explains the key concepts in land politics in an easy-to-navigate A-Z format.

This book reveals how pro environmental actions can boost individuals' and communities' psychological, social, and emotional wellbeing, resulting in positive environmental changes.

In the nineteenth century, nearly all Native American men living along the southern New England coast made their living traveling the world's oceans on whaleships.

In the weeks and months after the end of the Spanish-American War, Americans celebrated their nation's triumph by eating sugar.

The third edition of the Construction Project Manager's Pocket Book continues to guide and educate readers on the broad range of essential skills required to be a successful construction project manager.

Publication Date: July 2006The Confucian civilization is thoroughly examined and explained in this volume, historically, philosophically and psychologically, by its two most prominant examples (Chinese and Japanese cultures), after a multi-year research effort, with ground breaking findings and analyses not available elsewhere.

This book provides an interdisciplinary exploration of how the humanities, social sciences, and health sciences can contribute to addressing the pressing challenges of the Anthropocene.

Reinforced Concrete Design (RC) is performed mostly by the limit state method throughout the world.

Microwave Technology: A Powerful TechniqueThe first book to combine microwave-assisted heating technology and concrete technology (covering production, demolition, and recycling), Microwave-Assisted Concrete Technology: Production, Demolition and Recycling explains the underlying concepts and fundamentals involved in the microwave-assisted heating of concrete.

An Insiders' Guide to Inspecting, Maintaining, and Operating BridgesSuspension bridges are graceful, aesthetic, and iconic structures.

Guidance on Protecting and Extending the Life of Suspension BridgesSuspension bridges are graceful, aesthetic, and iconic structures.

Written to Eurocode 7 and the UK National AnnexUpdated to reflect the current usage of Eurocode 7, along with relevant parts of the British Standards, Pile Design and Construction Practice, Sixth Edition maintains the empirical correlations of the original-combining practical know how with scientific knowledge-and emphasizing relevant principles an

Concrete is by far the most common building material- accounting for twice the volume of all other such materials combined.

Improve the Quality of Concrete, Improve the Quality of ConstructionQuality measurement is not prevalent in the concrete industry and quality investment is not seen as potentially generating a positive return.

One way of improving performance attributes of building structures is to use a new class of materials-polymer composites.

Plane and Geodetic Surveying blends together theory and practice, conventional techniques and satellite-based methods, to provide the ideal book for students of surveying.

Successful recovery following a disaster depends upon transcending the disciplinary divides of architecture, engineering, and planning and emphasizing the importance of community perspectives in the post-disaster reconstruction process.

One of the most pressing problems facing the construction industry globally is the deterioration of major concrete infrastructure in marine and other chloride-containing environments.

Practical Project Management for Building and Construction covers the 14 knowledge areas of project management that are essential for successful projects in the construction industry.

This second edition of Concrete Pavement Design, Construction, and Performance provides a solid foundation for pavement engineers seeking relevant and applicable design and construction instruction.

Although the construction industry is one of the largest enterprises in the United States, widely accepted management principles, such as those contained in PMI's Standard for Program Management are still not widely implemented.

Supplementary cementing materials (SCMs), such as fly ash, slag, silica fume, and natural pozzolans, make a significant difference to the properties of concrete but are rarely understood in any detail.

This English translation of the successful French edition presents the conception and design of steel and steel-concrete composite bridges, from simple beam bridges to cable supported structures.

Microwave Technology: A Powerful TechniqueThe first book to combine microwave-assisted heating technology and concrete technology (covering production, demolition, and recycling), Microwave-Assisted Concrete Technology: Production, Demolition and Recycling explains the underlying concepts and fundamentals involved in the microwave-assisted heating of concrete.

Physico-mechanical rock properties are significant in all operational mining activities.

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