National security, nutritional security, environmental security and energy security are inter-related and energy security at present has become a national issue.
The Book will be found of great value to the practical agriculturist as well as to the scientific investigator, who looks or should look, farther afield.
Bamboo is considered one of the most sustainable and versatile building materials, driving the development of multiple techniques for its study and utilization.
This book is an attempt to compile different aspects of citrus pathology to provide an overall knowledge to those who are interested in it, so that they may identify the bottlenecks to improve it further.
The book Remote Sensing Applications in Brackish Water Fisheries: A Socio-Economie Study, accounts for an unique case where socio-economic inputs, integrated with remote sensing data, were attempted for development for the marginalised groups in country side.
Asia grows most of the world's rice output and 90 per cent of rice is produced by small farmers who depend on it for their livelihood and food security.
This book contains forty one chapters which have further been grouped into twelve thematic areas (Insight into commercial agriculture, Mechanization for breaking barriers, Production management agro-techniques, Balancing nutrition, Managing water - the vital input, Combating pests, weeds and insects, Resource conservation, Alternate agro-enterprises, Livestock based farming systems, Harnessing advanced technologies, Promoting agro-industry and Socio-economic and climatic facets) for systematic and easy understanding of the subject.
The book discusses the immediate outcome of recent reforms in the irrigation sector in Andhra Pradesh in India and critically evaluates the emerging trends.
This book, based on field research undertaken in the agriculture belts of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, provides a synthesis picture of development, urbanization and pollution in India.
In the modern medicine also plants occupy a very significant birth as a raw materials for some important drugs, although synthetic drugs and antibiotics brought about a revolution in controlling different diseases.
Agronomy deals with all aspects of soil, water and crop management to increase the productivity in space and time and has made it possible to generate appropriate technologies for varied agro-climatic situations.
The book is divided into seven parts of introduction to management, agribusiness, functions of management, functional areas of management, Management Information System, Getting started, Government Policies and Programs for management.
Food, Gastronomy, Sustainability, and Social and Cultural Development analyzes the relationship between gastronomy and sustainability from a sociocultural perspective.
This country sector assessment shows how rapid economic growth and climate change are impacting Bangladesh's agriculture, natural resources, and rural development sector, and outlines ways the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is helping foster greater food security.
Advances in Marine Biology, Volume 94, the latest release in this series that highlights new advances in the field, presents interesting content written by an international board of authors.
Wine Folly: Edición Magnum, ganador del James Beard Award en 2019 al mejor libro del mundo en la categoría de Bebidas y traducido a más de 20 idiomas, es la guía definitiva para orientarse en el mundo de la enología.
Forest gardening is a way of working with nature which is not only productive and requires minimal maintenance, but also has fantastic environmental benefits.
Agriculture is one of the oldest and most global human enterprises, and as the world struggles with sustainable practices and policies, agricultural chemistry has a clear role to play.
Agriculture is one of the oldest and most global human enterprises, and as the world struggles with sustainable practices and policies, agricultural chemistry has a clear role to play.
This book entitled, The Pearl Millet Genome, is the first comprehensive compilation of deliberations on history, domestication, genetic and genomic resources, traditional breeding, genetic diversity, molecular maps and mapping of important biotic stress as well as nutritional quality traits, whole genome sequencing and comparative genomics, functional genomics, genetic transformation.
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are considered enormously important in contemporary agriculture and horticulture due to their important role in nutrient, biotic and abiotic stress management apart from enhancing plant health and soil fertility.
This book brings together the latest information on almond genomics and transcriptomics, with a particular focus on cutting-edge findings, tools, and strategies employed in genome sequencing and analysis with regard to the most important agronomic traits.
This book brings together the latest information on almond genomics and transcriptomics, with a particular focus on cutting-edge findings, tools, and strategies employed in genome sequencing and analysis with regard to the most important agronomic traits.
The use of medicinal plants in herbal and modern medicine has gained popularity over the last few decades due to consumers taking more natural approaches to medicine.
Considers the impact of dietary background and availability of key nutrients and micronutrients on poultry meat quality Reviews the key quality defects associated with poultry muscle development, including dorsal cranial myopathy (DCM), pale soft exudative (PSE) and intramuscular connective tissue (ICMT) Provides a detailed assessment of the individual quality traits consumer expectations are driven by (colour, texture and flavour)
Para la Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá (2005) y CORPOICA (2005) la producción de las hortalizas y los frutales cultivados bajo esquemas ecológicos y limpios, ha adquirido gran importancia en el mercado nacional e internacional.
Osteobiographies: The Discovery, Interpretation and Repatriation of Human Remains contextualizes repatriation, or the transfer of authority for human skeletal remains from the perspective of bioarchaelogists and evolutionary biologists.
Osteobiographies: The Discovery, Interpretation and Repatriation of Human Remains contextualizes repatriation, or the transfer of authority for human skeletal remains from the perspective of bioarchaelogists and evolutionary biologists.
The Farm Labor Problem: A Global Perspective explores the unique character of agricultural labor markets and the implications for food production, farm worker welfare and advocacy, and immigration policy.
'A charming little book for anyone who wants a gentle introduction to the world of honeybees' Ken Thompson, author of No Nettles Required The lives of bees are interwoven with our own, but how much do you know about them?
Desde 2010 Descorchados viene ofreciendo la más completa de las radiografías de la escena argentina de vinos, una foto en gran angular y en HD de lo último que se debe saber de los vinos del país.
Here is a comprehensive resource on the devastating effect of locust outbreaks on crop production along with valuable coverage of traditional as well as new and emerging control and mitigation strategies.
This reference text addresses the importance of smart crop management for increasing yield and presents a framework for smart monitoring and regulation of crop observation.
