Agricultural science

In the years since publication of the first edition of Food Wars much has happened in the world of food policy.

Using a political-economic approach supplemented with insights from human ecology, this volume analyzes the long-term dynamics of food security and economic growth.

Using a political-economic approach supplemented with insights from human ecology, this volume analyzes the long-term dynamics of food security and economic growth.

Rural societies around the world are changing in fundamental ways, both at their own initiative and in response to external forces.

Rural societies around the world are changing in fundamental ways, both at their own initiative and in response to external forces.

Putting food and theatre into direct conversation, this volume focuses on how food and theatre have operated for centuries as partners in the performative, symbolic, and literary making of meaning.

Putting food and theatre into direct conversation, this volume focuses on how food and theatre have operated for centuries as partners in the performative, symbolic, and literary making of meaning.

A key goal of fisheries management is to regulate extractive pressure on a resource so as to ensure social, economic and ecological sustainability.

A key goal of fisheries management is to regulate extractive pressure on a resource so as to ensure social, economic and ecological sustainability.

China's food security has never failed to attract the public's attention.

China's food security has never failed to attract the public's attention.

The concept of Green Exercise has now been widely adopted and implies a synergistic health benefit of being active in the presence of nature.

The concept of Green Exercise has now been widely adopted and implies a synergistic health benefit of being active in the presence of nature.

Forest management auditing is expanding from its traditional focus on forest management, stewardship and Chain of Custody certification to more innovative topics such as ecosystem services, forest carbon credits, Non-Wood Forest Products, wood energy and Fair Trade certification.

Forest management auditing is expanding from its traditional focus on forest management, stewardship and Chain of Custody certification to more innovative topics such as ecosystem services, forest carbon credits, Non-Wood Forest Products, wood energy and Fair Trade certification.

Through the integration of gender analysis into resilience thinking, this book shares field-based research insights from a collaborative, integrated project aimed at improving food security in subsistence and smallholder agricultural systems.

Through the integration of gender analysis into resilience thinking, this book shares field-based research insights from a collaborative, integrated project aimed at improving food security in subsistence and smallholder agricultural systems.

The global food system is characterized by large numbers of people experiencing food insecurity and hunger on the one hand, and vast amounts of food waste and overconsumption on the other.

The global food system is characterized by large numbers of people experiencing food insecurity and hunger on the one hand, and vast amounts of food waste and overconsumption on the other.

Marine systems face a multitude of anthropogenic stressors such as climate change, recreational and commercial fishing, aquaculture practices, pollution, and coastal urbanization.

The concept of food and nutrition security has evolved and risen to the top of the international policy agenda over the last decade.

The concept of food and nutrition security has evolved and risen to the top of the international policy agenda over the last decade.

Animal products are vital components of the diets and livelihoods of people across sub-Saharan Africa.

Animal products are vital components of the diets and livelihoods of people across sub-Saharan Africa.

Haiti is a very poor country with a stagnant economy.

Haiti is a very poor country with a stagnant economy.

Forest tenure reforms are occurring in many developing countries around the world.

Forest tenure reforms are occurring in many developing countries around the world.

Post-reform India has seen a decline in agricultural growth as well as supply-demand imbalance and rising prices.

Post-reform India has seen a decline in agricultural growth as well as supply-demand imbalance and rising prices.

This book describes how local consumption, particularly in urban areas, is increasingly met by global supply chains.

This book describes how local consumption, particularly in urban areas, is increasingly met by global supply chains.

The Amazon region is the focus of intense conflict between conservationists concerned with deforestation and advocates of agro-industrial development.

The Amazon region is the focus of intense conflict between conservationists concerned with deforestation and advocates of agro-industrial development.

Air quality has a direct influence on health, welfare and production performance of livestock as the high concentrations of noxious gases, dust and airborne microorganisms are likely to reduce production efficiency and the general welfare of farm animals.

Air quality has a direct influence on health, welfare and production performance of livestock as the high concentrations of noxious gases, dust and airborne microorganisms are likely to reduce production efficiency and the general welfare of farm animals.

Deforestation in tropical rainforest countries is one of the largest contributors to human-induced climate change.

Deforestation in tropical rainforest countries is one of the largest contributors to human-induced climate change.

Despite population trends toward urbanization, the forest continues to have a strong appeal to the human imagination, and the human preference for forest over many other types of terrain is well documented.

Despite population trends toward urbanization, the forest continues to have a strong appeal to the human imagination, and the human preference for forest over many other types of terrain is well documented.

This book provides an overview of climate change in India using river basin data and analytical and econometric methods.

This book provides an overview of climate change in India using river basin data and analytical and econometric methods.

Decades of research and discussion have shown that the human population growth and our increased consumption of natural resources cannot continue - there are limits to growth.

Decades of research and discussion have shown that the human population growth and our increased consumption of natural resources cannot continue - there are limits to growth.

This book provides a comprehensive review of the state of international law as it applies to transboundary groundwater resources and aquifers.

This book provides a comprehensive review of the state of international law as it applies to transboundary groundwater resources and aquifers.

Recent agri-food studies, including commodity systems, the political economy of agriculture, regional development, and wider examinations of the rural dimension in economic geography and rural sociology have been confronted by three challenges.

Recent agri-food studies, including commodity systems, the political economy of agriculture, regional development, and wider examinations of the rural dimension in economic geography and rural sociology have been confronted by three challenges.

This book examines the detrimental impact of electronic waste on human health, animal welfare, and environmental ecosystems.

Future climatic and agro-ecological changes in Africa are uncertain and associated with high degrees of spatial and temporal variability and this change is differently simulated within divergent climate-crop models and in controlled crop breeding stations.