Agricultural engineering and machinery

Knowledge of Africa's complex farming systems, set in their socio-economic and environmental context, is an essential ingredient to developing effective strategies for improving food and nutrition security.

Barley is one of the world's most important crops with uses ranging from food and feed production, malting and brewing to its use as a model organism in molecular research.

Anaerobic digestion has no effect on the quantity of the waste treated, but it affects its quality and its usefulness as fertilizer.

Extrait : "Au milieu des efforts incessants qui se produisent sur tous les points de 'Europe pour découvrir de nouveaux éléments de richesse ; quand on considère l'activité, l'intelligence avec lesquelles mille agents artificiels sont mis en mouvement pour décupler les forces motrices et les agents producteurs, il n'est rien d'aussi pénible que de voir une vaste contrée, à laquelle le ciel a prodigué les faveurs d'un climat chaud et d'une terre féconde.

An essential agricultural text originally published in 1922, Farm Mechanics is exactly that: a detailed but easy-to-understand manual outlining all the important aspects of working the land.

Entdecken Sie die faszinierende Welt der Pferderassen in diesem umfangreichen Nachschlagewerk.

This vintage book contains a detailed handbook of farm machinery, with chapters on everything from general maintenance to the fundamental principles of mechanisation.

This book contains a classic guide to farm machinery, primarily dealing with the operation, mechanics, repair, and maintenance thereof.

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

Este libro es el producto de una investigación desarrollada entre los años 2010 y 2012 con el fin de abordar el problema de la innovación en el ámbito específico del sector agropecuario colombiano; fue cofinanciada por Colciencias y la Red RAET de Universidades, conformada en este caso por: Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Universidad de Medellín, Universidad de Córdoba y Universidad de los Llanos.

This volume contains a detailed guide to wells and well sinking, with a wealth of detailed Information on obtaining and managing a small water supply.

This book contains a classic guide to vintage farming machinery, including detailed descriptions, explanations, and illustrations of the machinery treated.

This volume contains a guide to running a successful and profitable farm, focusing on account keeping.

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.

This antiquarian book contains complete working instructions for the Weir Direct-Acting Feed Pump.

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

This volume offers a detailed treatise on agricultural irrigation, including information on water quantities, sewage, reservoirs, and various methods of irrigation.

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

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

Este manual contiene varias prácticas de laboratorio que fueron realizadas en el Programa de Ingeniería de Alimentos de la Facultad de Ciencias Naturales de la Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano, UJTL.

A wonderful book for anyone interested in starting their own homestead or small farm.

Natural resources like soil, water and air are the key to sustain agricultural productivity with water being most critical these days.