Agribusiness and primary industries

For over two hundred years, the Catskill Mountains have been repeatedly and dramatically transformed by New York City.

This book covers the major findings of almost all types of innovation in agriculture that includes product and process innovation, marketing and organizational innovation, and extended to institutional changes and social welfare in agricultural innovation in Asia.

The importance of a complementary approach to animal health is highlighted in this book, with core themes encompassing reviews of traditional veterinary medicine for common diseases afflicting livestock, as well as local practices in different areas of the world.

This book examines how different countries across Southeast Asia and Latin America respond to the emergence and expansion of the lucrative, yet controversial palm oil industry, paying attention to how national policy and governance regimes are shaping this global industry.

The only book to cover the use of special inorganic cements instead of standard Portland cement in certain specialist applications, such as oil well drilling or in a high temperature location.

Lentils: Potential Resources for Enhancing Genetic Gains describes the evolutionary aspects and agronomic potential of this important pulse with emphasis placed on wide hybridization, including molecular aspects and future breeding strategies.

First Published in 1999: The Bridge Engineering Handbook is a unique, comprehensive, and state-of-the-art reference work and resource book covering the major areas of bridge engineering with the theme "e;bridge to the 21st century.

Originally published in 1973, this book tells the story of the English countryside and its inhabitants between 1560 and 1760; the time when British agriculture became the wonder and envy of the world.

Originally published in 1994, this book examines the importance of family agricultural systems in both the developed and the developing worlds.

The mood of the international grain market changed remarkably in the decade before this book was originally published in 1986.

Nano-Fertilizer Synthesis and Types discusses the production of a variety of nano-fertilizers, including biological, chemical, and mechanical types.

"e;A perfect book for any Hospitality program, excellent instructor support, and a good resource for students.

Numerical simulation models are used in all engineering disciplines for modeling physical phenomena to learn how the phenomena work, and to identify problems and optimize behavior.

The increase in global population compels growers to use excessive fertilizers to enhance agricultural production.

The subject of food security and land issues in Africa has become one of increased importance and contention over recent years.

Natural soft soils are very complex materials.

In the early 1990s, the northern cod populations off the coast of Newfoundland had become so depleted that the federal government placed a moratorium on commercial fishing.

This book forms the proceedings of the international workshop to be held in Essen, Germany.

This book provides readers with an understanding of various concepts, benefits, and practices that the adoption of Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technolo>gies can bring when working towards sustainable construction goals.

Fundamentals of Building Performance Simulation pares the theory and practice of a multi-disciplinary field to the essentials for classroom learning and real-world applications.

This study is an independent scholarly analysis of the economics of the grain futures contracts of the Chicago Board of Trade.

In this study, Olberding proposes a new theoretical model for reading the Analects.

Landslides and slope failure are common in the US and rest of the world.

The Sung Neo-Confucian synthesis is one of the two great formative periods in the history of Confucianism.

This book addresses strategies for food security and sustainable agriculture in developing economies.

Originally published in 1991, the focus of the contributions in this book is the relationships between rurality and small-scale production, particularly in Europe.

Commodity Derivatives: A Guide for Future Practitioners describes the origins and uses of these important markets.

Reservoir Characterization of Tight Gas Sandstones: Exploration and Development is essential reading for those working in oil and gas exploration (both in industry and academia) as it contains chapters that help them further understand all aspects of tight gas reservoirs.

Developed by leading authors in the field, this book offers a cohesive and definitive theorisation of the concept of the 'good farmer', integrating historical analysis, critique of contemporary applications of good farming concepts, and new case studies, providing a springboard for future research.

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.

Nano-Fertilizer Synthesis and Types discusses the production of a variety of nano-fertilizers, including biological, chemical, and mechanical types.

Legislation, Technology and Practice of Mine Land Reclamation contains the proceedings of the Beijing International Symposium on Land Reclamation and Ecological Restoration (LRER 2014, Beijing, China, 16-19 October 2014).

Discusses the role of endophytes in food security, forestry and health.

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

This book details the various approaches to the production of hydrogen in petroleum refining.

Cereal Grains: Assessing and Managing Quality, Second Edition, provides a timely update to this key reference work.

The success of modern-day agriculture lies in the digitalization of agricultural systems.

Underground Ventilation contains the proceedings of the 19th North American Mine Ventilation Symposium held at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology (South Dakota Mines) in Rapid City, South Dakota, June 17-22, 2023.

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Prepared foods, for sale in streets, squares or markets, are ubiquitous around the world and throughout history.

This book covers a wide range of topics relating to the health and wellbeing of the construction workforce.

This book provides a categorized and visualized overview and presents microscopic observations, systematic mineralogy, chemistry, geology, stability, paragenesis, occurrence and use in petrology of 137 minerals.

The performance of ground support as a scheme is essential to constrain failures occurring at the rock surfaces of deep or highly stressed excavations.

This text covers the use of computer applications in the mineral industries, encompassing topics such as the use of computer visualization in mining systems and aspects such as ventilation and safety.

Focusing on ethnography and interviews with subsistence food producers, this book explores the resilience, innovation and creativity taking place in subsistence agriculture in America.

This second edition of Precast Concrete Structures introduces the conceptual design ideas for the prefabrication of concrete structures and presents a number of worked examples that translate designs from BS 8110 to Eurocode EC2, before going into the detail of the design, manufacture, and construction of precast concrete multi-storey buildings.

Plant Stress Tolerance: Molecular Mechanisms and Breeding Strategies, Volume Two explores methods of precise management of biotic stressors including pests and pathogens.

At the global level, international actors have repeatedly expressed their desire to end hunger and food insecurity.

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

Enhancing Interoperability and Automation of Construction Waste Quantification outlines the construction waste quantification (CWQ) modelling that supports data-driven decision-making in the built environment.