Sustainable agriculture

Healing Appalachia is a practical guide for environmentally conscious residents of Appalachia and beyond.

Increasing evidence of the irreparable damage humans have inflicted on the planet has caused many to adopt a defeatist attitude toward the future of the global environment.

Rocky outcrops are landscape features with disproportionately high biodiversity values relative to their size.

This is the first complete guide to the collection, processing and storage of wild collected seed.

“This well-illustrated case study .

Healing Appalachia is a practical guide for environmentally conscious residents of Appalachia and beyond.

This comprehensive work examines the fundamentals required for reclaimed water schemes to deliver sustainable farming operations that achieve the yield and quality of produce necessary for acceptance in the market.

A companion to 'Urban Pest Management', this book builds on the issues of insect pests in urban settings to discuss control strategies that look beyond products.

New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceAn unsettling journey into the disaster-bound American food system, and an exploration of possible solutions, from leading food politics commentator and former farmer Tom Philpott.

Design and build a hoophouse or polytunnel, and grow abundant produce year-round in any climate The Year-Round Hoophouse is the comprehensive guide to designing and building a hoophouse and making a success of growing abundant, delicious fresh produce all year, whatever your climate and land size.

This IPCC Special Report provides a comprehensive, up-to-date scientific assessment of the interactions between climate change and land.

Community-based initiatives to preserve and protect our food supply Historically, seed companies were generally small, often family-run businesses.

Agriculture and Energy consists of the proceedings of a conference held at Washington University, St.

Consumption of goods and services represents a growing share of global economic activity.

This comprehensive guide to wetland weeds covers both native and introduced species, ranging from minor or localised environmental problems to those that should not be tolerated in any situation.

Conserving and enhancing native biodiversity on farms brings many benefits as well as providing many challenges.

Plant-parasitic nematodes are one of multiple causes of soil-related sub-optimal crop performance.

For thousands of years, Ethiopia has depended on its smallholding farmers to provide the bulk of its food needs.

Sustainable Utilization of Carbon Dioxide in Waste Management addresses all aspects of sustainable use of carbon dioxide in waste management processes and provides best practices and process improvements for carbon sequestration in the management of a variety of waste types, including carbide lime waste, construction waste, and reject brine effluents, amongst others.

Alternative methods of disease control such as natural products and compounds derived from biological origins, provide an effective alternate to the use of chemical products or a means to minimize their use.

Learn how to use natural no-till systems to increase profitability, efficiency, carbon sequestration, and soil health on your small farm.

How the dirt below our feet can save us from extinction.

Presents the methodology of the Human-Environment Regional Observatory project (HERO), which developed infrastructure for monitoring and understanding local dimensions of global change.

The countries that make up the MENA region display wide diversity.

Following on from the CGIAR study by Evenson and Gollin (published by CABI in 2003), this volume provides up-to-date estimates of adoption outcomes and productivity impacts of crop variety improvement research in sub-Saharan Africa.

It is known that conventional agriculture with the use of inputs and agrochemicals is not sustainable in time, causing numerous problems such as contamination of food, people and environment.

Transgenic Plants, Volume 86, the latest release in the series Advances in Botanical Research, brings together information needed by many teachers, researchers and managers who have to consider biotechnology from a scientific or legal point-of-view.

Invasive species are among the greatest challenges to environmental sustainability and agricultural productivity in the world.

This book emphasis the role of farm level adaptation as a key in developmental pathways that are challenged by climate risks in the semi-arid tropics of Asia and Africa.

How to raise rabbits for a steady source of meat and income Rabbits are one of the most sustainable, nutritious, and economic meat sources available.

There can be little doubt that there are truly colossal challenges associated with providing food, fibre and energy for an expanding world population without further accelerating already rapid rates of biodiversity loss and undermining the ecosystem processes on which we all depend.

An authoritative review of the implementation of new crop breeding technologies and their role in feeding an increasing global population.

Evolution and Trends of Sustainable Approaches: Latest Development and Innovations in Science and Technology Applications provides different trends and approaches within the sustainability framework to assess their impact and offer possible solutions to problems facing the global sustainability paradigm.

Scientific knowledge alone will not help countries achieve sustainable management of land, water and biota.

Genetic research in some fundamental crops, together with the use of chemicals as pesticides and fertilizers, opened the way in the 1950s and 1960s to great changes in methodology in agriculture - with astonishing results in the tropics.

For thousands of years, Ethiopia has depended on its smallholding farmers to provide the bulk of its food needs.

Distinct practices of eating are at the heart of many of the world's faith traditions-from the Christian Eucharist to Muslim customs of fasting during Ramadan to the vegetarianism and asceticism practiced by some followers of Hinduism and Buddhism.

Vertical vegetable gardening isn't intuitive.

Water-Energy-Food Nexus Narratives and Resource Securities: A Global South Perspective provides a knowledge synthesis on the water-energy-food(WEF) nexus, focusing primarily on the global south.

This book enhances our understanding of biological control, integrating historical analysis, theoretical models and case studies in an ecological framework.

Offers an interdisciplinary exploration of resilience in agriculture, and implications for producers seeking to adapt to change and uncertainty.

A broad view of plant-pathogen interactions illustrating the fundamental reciprocal role pathogens and hosts play in shaping each other''s ecology and evolution.

Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change is a fundamental resource for primary industry professionals, land managers, policy makers, researchers and students involved in preparing Australia’s primary industries for the challenges and opportunities of climate change.

A guide to making good decisions about wildlife management and biodiversity conservation against a backdrop of socio-environmental change.

Both agriculture and forestry produce a large amount of biomass waste.

Presents the methodology of the Human-Environment Regional Observatory project (HERO), which developed infrastructure for monitoring and understanding local dimensions of global change.