Agricultural science

A human rights-based agenda has received significant attention in writings on general development policy, but less so in forestry.

It is now well accepted that deforestation is a key source of greenhouse gas emissions and of climate change, with forests representing major sinks for carbon.

It is now well accepted that deforestation is a key source of greenhouse gas emissions and of climate change, with forests representing major sinks for carbon.

This book links the emerging concepts of complexity, complex adaptive system (CAS) and resilience to forest ecology and management.

This book links the emerging concepts of complexity, complex adaptive system (CAS) and resilience to forest ecology and management.

This book traces the economic and biological pattern of forest development from initial settlement and harvest activity at the natural forest frontier to modern industrial forest plantations.

Why have food crises seemingly become more frequent in recent years, compared to the last few decades?

Why have food crises seemingly become more frequent in recent years, compared to the last few decades?

This book traces the economic and biological pattern of forest development from initial settlement and harvest activity at the natural forest frontier to modern industrial forest plantations.

With more than half of the world's population now living in urban areas, it is vitally important that towns and cities are healthy places to live.

With more than half of the world's population now living in urban areas, it is vitally important that towns and cities are healthy places to live.

How best to foster agricultural development in the Third World has long been a subject of debate and from a European perspective the persistent failure to design peasant-friendly technology is puzzling.

How best to foster agricultural development in the Third World has long been a subject of debate and from a European perspective the persistent failure to design peasant-friendly technology is puzzling.

Food security is one of the twenty-first century's key global challenges, and lessons learned from India have particular significance worldwide.

Food security is one of the twenty-first century's key global challenges, and lessons learned from India have particular significance worldwide.

There is an urgent need to increase agricultural productivity in sub-Saharan Africa in a sustainable and economically-viable manner.

There is an urgent need to increase agricultural productivity in sub-Saharan Africa in a sustainable and economically-viable manner.

This book focuses on the rhetoric of food and the power dimensions that intersect this most fundamental but increasingly popular area of ideology and practice, including politics, culture, lifestyle, identity, advertising, environment, and economy.

This book focuses on the rhetoric of food and the power dimensions that intersect this most fundamental but increasingly popular area of ideology and practice, including politics, culture, lifestyle, identity, advertising, environment, and economy.

Honey bees are social insects; they live together in large, well-organized family groups comprising three castes: queen (fertile female), workers (sterile females) and drones (males).

This book explores the environmental conditions, particularly the climate and soils, of one of the driest regions on earth, the Central-East of the Sahara.

According to estimates by the International Land Coalition based at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), 57 million hectares of land have been leased to foreign investors since 2007.

According to estimates by the International Land Coalition based at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), 57 million hectares of land have been leased to foreign investors since 2007.

In this objective, practical and authoritative introductory text the author reveals how the fundamental principles of the human-animal relationship drive the development of animal law.

In this objective, practical and authoritative introductory text the author reveals how the fundamental principles of the human-animal relationship drive the development of animal law.

Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa is constrained by highly variable rainfall, frequent drought and low water productivity.

Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa is constrained by highly variable rainfall, frequent drought and low water productivity.

There are two questions often asked of risk communication: what has been learned from past work, and what is needed to push the field forward?

There are two questions often asked of risk communication: what has been learned from past work, and what is needed to push the field forward?

Combating climate change will increasingly impact on production industries and the workers they employ as production changes and consumption is targeted.

Combating climate change will increasingly impact on production industries and the workers they employ as production changes and consumption is targeted.

Recent claims regarding convergence and divergence between land change science and political ecology as approaches to the study of human-environment relationships and sustainability science are examined and analyzed in this innovative volume.

Recent claims regarding convergence and divergence between land change science and political ecology as approaches to the study of human-environment relationships and sustainability science are examined and analyzed in this innovative volume.

Forty years after the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm, the goal of sustainable development continues via the Rio+20 conference in 2012.

Forty years after the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm, the goal of sustainable development continues via the Rio+20 conference in 2012.

It is increasingly recognized that the economic value of forests is not merely the production of timber.

It is increasingly recognized that the economic value of forests is not merely the production of timber.

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

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

Climate change has become a major international issue and the British Government is committed to meeting ambitious targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions within the present decade and beyond.

Climate change has become a major international issue and the British Government is committed to meeting ambitious targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions within the present decade and beyond.

In this comprehensive book, the critical components of the European landscape - forest, parkland, and other grazed landscapes with trees are addressed.

In this comprehensive book, the critical components of the European landscape - forest, parkland, and other grazed landscapes with trees are addressed.

Globally rainforests are under threat on numerous fronts, including clearing for agriculture, harvesting for timber and urban expansion.

Globally rainforests are under threat on numerous fronts, including clearing for agriculture, harvesting for timber and urban expansion.

The impacts of human-induced climate change are largely mediated by water, such as alterations in precipitation and glacial melt patterns, variations in river flow, increased occurrence of droughts and floods, and sea level rise in densely populated coastal areas.

The impacts of human-induced climate change are largely mediated by water, such as alterations in precipitation and glacial melt patterns, variations in river flow, increased occurrence of droughts and floods, and sea level rise in densely populated coastal areas.

The farming of animals for meat and milk confronts a stark dilemma.

The farming of animals for meat and milk confronts a stark dilemma.

In recent years the issue of food security has become centre stage in the global agenda.