Agricultural science

This book covers three main types of agricultural systems: the use of robotics, drones (unmanned aerial vehicles), and satellite-guided precision farming methods.

Applied Natural Science: Environmental Issues and Global Perspectives provides the reader with a complete insight into the natural-scientific pattern of the world, covering the most important historical stages of the development of various areas of science, methods of natural-scientific research, general scientific and philosophical concepts, and the fundamental laws of nature.

This new volume in the Innovations and Challenges in Micro Irrigation series covers an array of technologies to estimate evapotranspiration and to evaluate parameters that are needed in the management of micro irrigation, with worldwide applicability to irrigation management in agriculture.

This book discusses the development of useful models and their applications in soil and water engineering.

This book presents several pre- and postharvest strategies that have been developed to modify these physiological activities, resulting in increased shelf life.

This book covers an array of issues on emerging agricultural engineering and technology, featuring new research and studies.

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.

This volume, Plant Secondary Metabolites: Volume 1: Biological and Therapeutic Significance, presents important information on the curative and therapeutic roles of secondary metabolites that are present in different natural food groups.

This second book in the three-volume Plant Secondary Metabolites covers the stimulation, extraction, and utilization of plant secondary metabolites, which are organic compounds that aid in the growth and development of plants but which are not required for the plant to survive by fighting off herbivores, pests, and pathogens.

This third book in the three-volume Plant Secondary Metabolites examines the relationship between environmental stress and the physiology of plants, leading to stimulation of secondary metabolites.

This new book, the fourth volume in the Innovations and Challenges in Micro Irrigation book series, examines the potential of solar energy and other emerging energy technologies in micro irrigation to create sustainable energy sources.

Over the last decade, the study of shark biology has benefited from the development, refinement, and rapid expansion of novel techniques and advances in technology.

Over the last decade, the study of shark biology has benefited from the development, refinement, and rapid expansion of novel techniques and advances in technology.

The term "e;food security"e; does not immediately signal research done in humanities disciplines.

The term "e;food security"e; does not immediately signal research done in humanities disciplines.

In this second edition of a bestseller, authors Paul H.

In this second edition of a bestseller, authors Paul H.

The supply of reliable and safe water is a key challenge for developing countries, particularly India.

The supply of reliable and safe water is a key challenge for developing countries, particularly India.

Wang has gathered contributions from an impressive cohort of the world's most respected experts on longhorned beetles.

Wang has gathered contributions from an impressive cohort of the world's most respected experts on longhorned beetles.

Rapid structural transformation and urbanization are transforming agriculture and food production in rural areas across the world.

Rapid structural transformation and urbanization are transforming agriculture and food production in rural areas across the world.

Food and Cooking Skills Education (FCSE) is a complex mix of policy and practicality, educational theory and pedagogy, classroom and government policy.

Food and Cooking Skills Education (FCSE) is a complex mix of policy and practicality, educational theory and pedagogy, classroom and government policy.

This text reflects the immense current growth in interest in agroecology and changing approaches to it.

This text reflects the immense current growth in interest in agroecology and changing approaches to it.

This work provides a survey and analysis of Mexico's agrarian reform, covering topics such as the agricultural provisions of NAFTA.

This work provides a survey and analysis of Mexico's agrarian reform, covering topics such as the agricultural provisions of NAFTA.

The Welfare of Cattle offers an accurate, detailed account of the ethical and welfare concerns related to the human use of cattle.

The Welfare of Cattle offers an accurate, detailed account of the ethical and welfare concerns related to the human use of cattle.

Forestry today, like many other sectors that traditionally rely on material goods, faces significant global drivers of societal change that are less often addressed than the environmental concerns commonly in the spotlight of scientific, political, and news media.

Forestry today, like many other sectors that traditionally rely on material goods, faces significant global drivers of societal change that are less often addressed than the environmental concerns commonly in the spotlight of scientific, political, and news media.

The Zambezi river is the fourth longest in Africa, crossing or bordering Zambia, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

The Zambezi river is the fourth longest in Africa, crossing or bordering Zambia, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

An increasing number of rural and urban-based movements are realizing some political traction in their demands for democratization of food systems through food sovereignty.

An increasing number of rural and urban-based movements are realizing some political traction in their demands for democratization of food systems through food sovereignty.

Over the last decade there has been renewed interest in food security and the state of the global food system.

Over the last decade there has been renewed interest in food security and the state of the global food system.

This book is the first comprehensive effort to bring together Water, Food Security and Nutrition (FSN) in a way that goes beyond the traditional focus on irrigated agriculture.

The latest edition of Animal Nutrition has been updated thoroughly to provide a clear and comprehensive introduction to the science and practice of animal nutrition.

The latest edition of Animal Nutrition has been updated thoroughly to provide a clear and comprehensive introduction to the science and practice of animal nutrition.

This book presents information on cultivated plants located within 12 different regions throughout the world.

While the importance of food to health and well-being is clear, the specific ways in which food systems contribute to individual and community health are not well understood.

This book opens a window into how two ambitious countries - India and Brazil - are seeking to become knowledge powers in the 21st century.

This book engages in the controversies of the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reforms, demonstrating how these are reiterated by mainstream theoretical approaches in the field.

This book proposes measures to promote regional industrial development in East Asia from the perspective of three industries: agriculture, food, and tourism.

The intricate relationship between food, city and architecture, spanning from ancient civilizations to the present, serves as a focal point for interdisciplinary discourse.

The papers in this book study economic development from the perspective of social justice and economic efficiency; exploring the role of land tenure and productivity in Indian agriculture.