Agricultural science

This conference proceedings volume presents advanced methods in time series estimation models that are applicable various areas of applied economic research such as international economics, macroeconomics, microeconomics, finance economics and agricultural economics.

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

This book features influential scholarly research and technical contributions, professional trajectories, disciplinary shifts, personal insights, and a combination of these from a group of remarkable women scholars within precision agriculture.

Agroecosystems in a Changing Climate considers the consequences of changes in the atmosphere and climate on the integrity, stability, and productivity of agroecosystems.

From a country plagued with chronic food shortage, the Green Revolution turned India into a food-grain self-sufficient nation within the decade of 1968-1978.

Soil Mapping and Process Modeling for Sustainable Land Use Management is the first reference to address the use of soil mapping and modeling for sustainability from both a theoretical and practical perspective.

Our capacity to maintain world food production depends heavily on the thin layer of soil covering the Earth's surface.

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Despite food being safer, more affordable and more available than at any time in human history, consumers are increasingly skeptical and critical of today's food system.

From the first vague idea to use Konrad Hagedorn's 60th birthday as an inspi- tion for taking stock of his vibrant academic contributions, this joint book project has been a great pleasure for us in many ways.

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

This book discusses the impact of climate change on rural forest areas.

Originally published in 1999.

With numerous real-world examples, Modelling and Quantitative Methods in Fisheries, Second Edition provides an introduction to the analytical methods used by fisheries' scientists and ecologists.

This book presents research on precipitation partitioning processes in vegetated ecosystems, putting them into a global context.

This book presents cutting-edge findings that draw on the use of AI, the Industrial Internet of Things, Blockchain, and Co-Analytics for the development of Circular Economy (CE) models to make organizational activities more sustainable.

In the 1970's, agriculture in the United States seemed to be booming.

Contract farming has received renewed attention recently as developing economies try to grapple with how to transform the agricultural sector and its associated value chains.

This volume of 18 chapters is the work of more than 30 authors, many of whom are natives of the Central Asian region or are researchers who have dedicated a large part of their working lives to studying the development dynamics in this vast and fascinating region.

When first published in 2009, Nature's Matrix set out a radical new approach to the conservation of biodiversity.

Recent developments in computer science, data mining and big data analytics have resulted in new operational frameworks in agriculture, food and the environment, which in fact, share a strong link between them.

In the dynamic realm of digital agriculture, the integration of big data acquisition platforms has sparked both curiosity and enthusiasm among researchers and agricultural practitioners.

From the start of the AIDS epidemic there have been calls for greater solidarity between affected groups and communities, and public health services.

The book provides reader with a comprehensive up-to-date overview of various aspects of soil pollutants manifestation of toxicity.

With over 820 million people facing hunger in today's world, the need of the hour is the design of plant varieties with high yield, improved traits, and resistance properties in order to mitigate the detrimental impacts of biotic and abiotic stress conditions on food crops.

More than 20 years after the ban of DDT and other organochlorine pesticides, pesticides continue to be detected in air, rain, soil, surface water, bed sediment, and aquatic and terrestrial biota throughout the world.

This book deals with ways and means of managing food and water security in various agroclimatic environments through the integration of R & D, training, people participation, agronomic practices, economic instruments, and administrative policies.

Ecology is cross-disciplinary field involving many different aspects of science.

Traffic-related pollutions, apart from the emissions from other anthropogenic sources, significantly decrease the air quality in cities.

This book presents ecological principles and applications of managing biodiversity in agriculture to decrease pesticide use and produce safe food.

The importance of low temperature stress physiology research has become increasingly apparent in agriculture for productions of food, fibre and ornamental plants.

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

This book provides a comprehensive explanation of rainfed farming, dryland agriculture, and watershed management concepts.

"e;Transforming Agricultural Management for a Sustainable Future: Climate Change and Machine Learning Perspectives"e; is an essential read for anyone interested in the future of agriculture and the role that technology can play in mitigating the impact of climate change.

This textbook aims to describe the role of minerals in plant life cycle; how these nutrients are absorbed, distributed, stored; what functions each mineral plays and the disorders that their excess or absence may cause.

This edited book addresses various aspects of sustainable land management, including existing policy norms and indigenous knowledge.

This book describes the current state of international grape genomics, with a focus on the latest findings, tools and strategies employed in genome sequencing and analysis, and genetic mapping of important agronomic traits.

This book contains 33 papers, presented at the meeting "e;Integrated Crop protection in Cereals"e;, on recent developments in research into integral control of invertebrate pests, diseases and weeds, together with economic appraisals of applying such research to model farming systems.

Policy analysis is a dynamic process of discovery rather than a passive exercise of memorizing facts and conclusions.

This insightful book explores the relationship we have with gardens and with the act of gardening, considering in detail the psychological, social and health benefits.

High-value crops are non-staple plants that give much higher return per unit area than staple crops.

"e;Zoo animals"e; as a population are a diverse array of species from all around the globe.

Compared with forces occurring in soil mechanics problems in civil engineering, the forces that are applied to soil in farming operations generally have a short duration, less than a few seconds, a small loaded area, no more than a few square decimeters, and small intensities, 10 bar being a high value.

Shelving Guide; Environmental ScienceThis is a groundbreaking and innovative book now in its fourth edition.

This book explores the most recent advances in medicinal plant conservation and improvement through genetic transformation.

Seed inoculation is the practice of effectively introducing a high number of nitrogen-fixing bacteria (Rhizobium or Bradyrhizobium) on the surface of legume seeds prior to planting.

Environmental pollution resulting from widespread pesticide application has become a serious worldwide problem.