Agriculture and farming

This book focuses on more than 100 years of climatic oscillation in Bengal Duars, a unique foothill landscape of the Eastern Himalaya, to discuss the dynamics of life and livelihoods of forest dependent communities towards climate change related impacts.

This book highlights the importance of non-wood forest products (NWFPs) and their crucial role in sustaining the livelihood of rural and indigenous communities in Asia.

This proceedings book focuses on advanced technologies to monitor and model urban soils, vegetation and climate, including internet of things, remote sensing, express and non-destructive techniques.

This book focuses on quinoa, providing background information on its history, summarizing recent genetic and genomic advances, and offering directions for future research.

This book focuses on the effects of industrial effluents, specifically those generated from tanneries, on aquatic life i.

This book offers an overview of geospatial technologies in land resources mapping, monitoring and management.

The book focuses on the principles and practices of tropical maize improvement with special emphasis on early and extra-early maize to feed the increasing population in Sub-Saharan Africa.

 This work gives a multidisciplinary approach to assess and provide solutions to improve food security in Egypt.

The lake charr Salvelinus namaycush is a ubiquitous member of cold-water lake ecosystems in previously glaciated regions of northern continental U.

This book catalogues the multi-scale impact of agronomy and economy on Cardamom, known as the "e;Queen"e; of spices.

This book is a state-of-the-art compilation of the latest information on ecosystem services of agroforestry.

Based on a detailed investigation of local sources, this book examines the history of the landed estate system in England since the mid-seventeenth century.

This book explores different aspects of entrepreneurship from both an academic and a commercial point of view.

The book covers theoretical background and methodology as well as all current applications of Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships (QSAR).

This book discusses different fruit crops and provides first-hand information on the nutritional composition of commercially important, as well as unexplored fruits, which are grown in Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh.

The book investigates the development of community gardens with self-built structures, which have existed as a shared public open space land use form in New York City's low-come neighborhoods like the South Bronx since the 1970s.

This book is the first comprehensive assemblage of contemporary knowledge relevant to genomics and other omics in date palm.

This book offers an assessment of new opportunities available for the agricultural sector and provides technical assistance to the Greek authorities with regards to its rural development and fishery sector.

This book tackles the main feature of water-smart, soil-smart and crop-smart practices and their integration to sustainably enhance food production.

This edited book presents the latest research on cucumber, its genetic resources and diversity, tissue culture and genetic transformation, mapping of economic genes and QTLs, whole genome sequencing, comparative genomics, and breeding strategies.

This volume gathers the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of sustainable and smart agriculture, as presented by leading  researchers at the XI Farm Machinery and Processes Management in Sustainable Agriculture (FMPMSA), held in Bari, Italy on June 13-15, 2022.

The book analyses agricultural economics and food policy in New Zealand, where farming produce has been by far the main export commodity.

In the present economic, political, societal and environmental landscape, which is dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the emergence of challenges and issues that demand immediate and urgent responses is more intense than ever.

This book follows the development of industrial agriculture in California and its influence on both regional and national eating habits.

This book presents the genetics and genomics of Jatropha, which is used for biofuel, and shows how plant genomics can be used to improve plant breeding.

This book paints a wide canvas of the immense global economic potential of ten most important cash generating crops spread over Asia, Africa and Latin America, namely, Arecanut, Cashew Nut, Coconut, Cinchona, Cocoa, Coffee, Tea, Oil Palm, Rubber and Wattle.

This book explores how different corporate governance strategies affect community mobilization and the scope for influence when an area's population is faced with the arrival of the extraction industry.

This book will provide the state-of-the-art on most of the topics involved in the ecology and conservation of birds of prey.

This volume presents a comprehensive perspective of the biopesticides Bacillus thuringiensis and Lysinibacillus sphaericus, from their basic biology to agriculture, forestry and public-health applications.

This book reviews advanced nanotechnology in food, health, water and agriculture.

This book investigates the birth and evolution of craft breweries around the world.

This book guides architects, landscape designers, urban planners, agronomists and society on the implementation of sustainable rooftop farming projects.

In this spirit, the ATMSS International Workshop "e;Advances in Laboratory Testing & Modelling of Soils and Shales"e; (Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland; 18-20 January 2017) has been organized to promote the exchange of ideas, experience and state of the art among major experts active in the field of experimental testing and modelling of soils and shales.

Undertaking a journey into the "e;hybrid governance"e; of urban food movements, this book offers an original and nuanced analysis of the urban milieu as epicentre of food activism and food governance.

This book provides in-depth reviews of the effects of nanoparticles on the soil environment, their interactions with plants and also their potential applications as nanofertilizers and pesticides.

During the past 15 years, cellular and molecular approaches have emerged as valuable adjuncts to supplement and complement conventional breeding methods for a wide variety of crop plants.

This book comprehensively describes the major ecosystem services in dryland environments that are provided by typical land use, including forestland, grassland and farmland, using the Loess Plateau, Northwest China as an example.

Based on the understanding that tolerance to pest pressure increases with less crop stress, this book covers all aspects of the molecular mechanisms underlying insect resistance in field crops.

Modern neuroscience has presented new opportunities for exploring the molecular and neural mechanisms controlling specific social responses.

Medicinal plant research is an evergreen subject.

The domestication of grapes dates back five thousand years ago and has spread to nearly all continents.

This book presents cases from different countries with a main focus on the perspectives of using precision farming in Europe.

This book comprises the best potato seed production practices and includes details on potato cultivation, classification, and the main structural elements of the successive stages of potato seed production.

This book provides comprehensive information on the rapidly developing field of urban horticulture for sustainable use of land resources and creating a better environment.

This book provides a unique account of cross-sectoral innovations through efficient partnerships based on the hands-on experience of internationally renowned contributors specialised in the field of Science of Delivery.

This book addresses the impact of soil and water quality on food production, and explores soil and water conservation measures to be applied at farm level for agricultural sustainability.

This book summarizes the latest information and the status quo of radish genome studies to stimulate innovations and improvements in breeding techniques and to promote further advances in the field.

This book discusses inorganic/metallic nanopesticides and fertilizers.

This book considers all aspects of black pepper from its growth, as a flowering vine, to how the dried fruit (peppercorn) is used as a spice and traded as a commodity.

Chocolate is consumed by people of all ages in all segments of society throughout the world.