Sustainable agriculture

Un relato inspirador sobre las actividades de Slow Food y su lucha mundial por revolucionar la forma en que los alimentos se cultivan, se distribuyen y se comen.

Phosphorus is essential to all life.

The illustrated guide to profitable, vibrant and sustainable permaculture-based market gardening Permaculture tends to be very much in the domain of home gardeners and property owners.

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

This book offers a wide, in-depth study of the gender-climate change-agriculture nexus.

This landmark volume presents the results of a comprehensive and coherent in-depth assessment of Ethiopian agriculture and draws lessons from it to generate actionable recommendations that will inform policy decisions and priority setting for agricultural transformation across Africa.

In eastern Australia, grassy eucalypt woodlands have been under severe pressure from agricultural development, with problems of land degradation and species decline being most severe in the cropping lands of south-eastern Australia.

An accessible and comprehensive guide, filled with everything you need to set up your own mini-farm and live more self-sufficiently.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Read this book, then look and wonder' Sunday Times *A TLS Book of the Year*We have to learn to live as part of nature, not apart from it.

This book focuses on cutting-edge advances and applications in tropical agriculture and bioresources.

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.

In this practical guide TV farmer Jimmy Doherty imparts his experience and ideas to show you how to achieve the self-sufficient lifestyle and add to your life whether growing for your own pleasure - or profit!

Farm dams, creeklines, vegetation and rocky outcrops are natural assets that are essential for healthy, sustainable farms.

This book explores how rural gender relations are changing in a globalizing world that fundamentally impacts on the structure of agricultural life in rural areas and urban-rural relations.

Karlotta Stahl wird mit gerade mal 25 Jahren zu einer der jüngsten Staatsanwältinnen Deutschlands berufen.

This book introduces the principles of landscape stewardship in relation to sustainability governance, applying them to a broad range of land-use systems.

*With a foreword by Gabe Brown, bestselling author of Dirt to SoilHow can we learn from our mistakes and pave a way for sustainable, nutritious, local meat?

The agri-food industry creates a vast amount of waste each year.

Minerals, Metals and Sustainability examines the exploitation of minerals and mineral products and the implications for sustainability of the consumption of finite mineral resources and the wastes associated with their production and use.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the state of the art in sustainable dairy production, helping the industry to develop more sustainable dairy products, through new technologies, implementing life cycle analysis, and upgrading and optimization of their current production lines.

Find your route to a more sustainable lifestyle with Dick Strawbridge, of Channel 4's Escape to the Chateau, and his son James.

Focusing on the crucial sustainability challenge of reducing food loss at the level of consumer society, this volume provides an in-depth, research-based overview of this multifaceted problem.

*2022 GardenComm Media Awards Gold Medal of AchievementThe first and only complete guide to sourcing and using woodchip an abundant, inexpensive, and ecologically sustainable material for savvy growers and landscapers at any scale, from farm to garden to greenhouse.

Cities have experienced an unprecedented rate of growth in the last decade.

An accessible and comprehensive guide, filled with everything you need to set up your own mini-farm and live more self-sufficiently.

A work that focuses on the relentless drive for maximum food production at rock-bottom cost.

An analysis of the relationship between green box subsidies and sustainable development goals, which includes options for future reform.

The Complete Practical Guide to Growing Vegetables Year-Round in Northern Climates for Local MarketsMANY SMALL FARMS shut down during the dark winter months.

After the United Nations adopted the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to "e;end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all,"e; researchers and policy makers highlighted the importance of targeted investment in science, technology, and innovation (STI) to make tangible progress.

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.

A practical, systems-based approach for a more sustainable farming operation"e;Ben Hartman has revolutionized his methods, cut down his work hours dramatically, and shrunk the size of his farm, all while making a better income.

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

Attitudes to GM crops continue to generate tension, even though they have been grown commercially for over 20 years.

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

What are the 10 key issues that must be addressed urgently to improve Australia's environment?

"e;Top grossing gardening book of 2019 in the UK.

Row by row - maximize your harvest and feed your soil by developing a customized plan for your garden Everyone loves to prepare a meal with ingredients fresh from their own garden.

This vintage book offers the reader a comprehensive guide to growing hay and pasture crops in arid areas, exploring in detail the various problems and how they can be overcome.

Produce your own milk, cheese, meat, fiber, fertilizer, and more Incorporating dairy goats into a diversified homestead can be the key to greater self-sufficiency.

The use of natural and seeded grass pastures for the feeding of livestock and other unfamiliar uses for the ubiquitous grass family are described in this succinct and beautifully illustrated work.

For more than four decades, the self-described "e;contrary farmer"e; and writer Gene Logsdon has commented on the state of American agriculture.

In order to meet increasing global demand for meat and animal by-products increasingly intensive animal production is necessary.

Across Australia, woodlands are increasingly being planted on formerly cleared or semi-cleared land.

An in-depth exploration of organic mushroom cultivation practices, groundbreaking research and myriad ways to incorporate mushrooms into your life"e;A clear, comprehensive guide that is a gift to amateur as well as professional mushroom growers.

There has been growing attention paid to urban agriculture worldwide because of its role in making cities more environmentaly sustainable while also contributing to enhanced food access and social justice.

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.

This is a multidisciplinary volume on the use of agricultural biotechnology to provide a sustainable food supply.

Author Gene Logsdon-whom Wendell Berry once called "e;the most experienced and best observer of agriculture we have"e;-has a notion: That it is a little easier for gardeners and farmers to accept death than the rest of the populace.

Making IT Sustainable: Techniques and Applications delves into how energy efficiency improvements and renewable energy use in Information Technology (IT) or broader - in Information Communications Technology (ICT) - can contribute to the goal of remediating the impact of climate change.