Agribusiness and primary industries

Postharvest Handling: A Systems Approach introduces a new concept in the handling of fresh fruits and vegetable.

Consideration of the interactions between decisions made at one point in the supply chain and its effects on the subsequent stages is the core concept of a systems approach.

Agricultural Systems: Agroecology and Rural Innovation for Development is a comprehensive source for developing sustainable farming systems.

The irradiation of food is a low cost, highly effective method of ensuring food safety, and extending shelf life.

This is a tale of human obsession, one intrepid tuna, the dedicated fisherman who caught and set her free, the promises and limits of ocean science and the big truth of how our insatiable appetite for bluefin transformed a cottage industry into a global dilemma.

The interaction between smoke and air pollution creates a public health challenge.

What Can Nanotechnology Learn From Biotechnology?

The latest edition of this best-selling title is updated and expanded for easier use by engineers.

Recognizing the increased interest in forest management world wide, this book addresses the current knowledge gap by defining sustainable forest management, clarifying methods by which ecological knowledge can be applied and how traditional silvicultural methods can be improved.

This accessible and authoritive text has been written for students undertaking programs of study in stock and station agency practice, and for practising stock and station agents who will find this an invaluable reference work.

Volume 3 of this series of the Handbooks in Economics follows on from the previous two volumes by focusing on the fundamental concepts of agricultural economics.

Fish and shellfish comprise annually nearly 70-million tons of the world's edible animal protein.

The chapters in this book present a snapshot of the state of knowledge of air pollution effects at the beginning of the 21st century.

The Global Forest Products Model (GFPM) book provides a complete introduction to this widely applied computer model.

Gatorade is an enthralling story, brought to life in bright color and sharp detail in this book as journalist and author Darren Rovell chronicles every astonishing milestone of the company's history.

The media coverage of natural disasters (hurricanes, fires, floods, ice storms, etc.

Fisheries are in a state of crisis throughout the world.

Petroleum Production Engineering, A Computer-Assisted Approach provides handy guidelines to designing, analyzing and optimizing petroleum production systems.

Written by the Shale Shaker Committee of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, originally of the American Association of Drilling Engineers, the authors of this book are some of the most well-respected names in the world for drilling.

Offshore Pipelines covers the full scope of pipeline development from pipeline designing, installing, and testing to operating.

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