Agriculture and farming

Originally published in 1990, this volume addresses issues surrounding global ecological changes and sustainability of present patterns of urbanisation and industrialisation.

Originally published in 1990, this volume discusses the broad theme of rural restructuring looking at the nature of rural related responses to global processes of change.

This book presents recent developments involving the role of nanoparticles on stress tolerance.

The book is designed with the following objectives: 1.

This study of the systems framework of the marine foods industry in India offers an intensive analysis of the marine fishery system in India : Its present status and future potential, its subsystems, resources and technological parameters, and the possible methods for the resolution of conflicts among the diverse interest groups involved.

The Fishes of India - Being a natural history of the fishes known to inhabit the seas and fresh waters of India, Burma, and Ceylon.

Inland Fish Marketing in India covers all aspects of this important subject.

Fish are classified in several classes by which its study becomes easier.

Inland Fish Marketing in India covers all aspects of this important subject.

Inland Fish Marketing in India covers all aspects of this important subject.

Inland Fish Marketing in India covers all aspects of this important subject.

Inland Fish Marketing in India covers all aspects of this important subject.

Inland Fish Marketing in India covers all aspects of this important subject.

Inland Fish Marketing in India covers all aspects of this important subject.

Fish is a rich source of animal protein and its culture is an efficient protein food production system from aquatic environment.

This volume contains 22 chapters introducing a wide range of semi-arid and geologic landscapes.

This book focuses on drylands such as arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas where they form the main part of ecosystems, e.

An unparalleled reference resource, the "e;Dictionary Geotechnical Engineering"e; consists of more than 70.

This book presents the proceedings of the 10th Central European Congress on Food (CEFood), held on June 11-13, 2020, in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

This book is the first comprehensive compilation describing the botanical traits, genetic resources, whole genome sequencing, Mitochondrial genome, transcriptomes of different organs with developmental stages, transcription factors, delineating gene evolution of gene family in Bambusoideae, alternative splicing (AS) and polyadenylation, case studies for economically important traits such as internode length, shoot fast growing, flowering, ageing and stress-resistant genes and small RNAs-mediated gene regulation of moso bamboo flowering and other developmental stages.

This book explores the interactions between nanomaterials/nanoparticles and plants and unveils potential applications.

This book deals with the important topic of policies for sustainable agriculture, since food insecurity is a growing concern for policy makers and will affect the quality of life and well-being of generations to come.

This book is centred around various interwoven topics which are fundamental to policy analysis in agriculture.

This edited book brings together comprehensive information on various aspects of the biofortification of staple crops.

The research field of "e;plant speed breeding"e; is promising to meet the future demand for crop improvement in an efficient and effective manner.

This Encyclopedia offers a definitive source on issues pertaining to the full range of topics in the important new area of food and agricultural ethics.

This book preserves and scientifically interprets the African foreknowledge on water resources management.

Sensing Approaches for Precision Agriculture aims to bring together the 'state of the art' of the most popular sensing techniques and the current state of research on the application of sensors in Precision Agriculture (PA).

This volume brings together contributions from world renowned researchers and practitioners  in the field of geotechnical engineering.

This book presents systematic scientific appraisal, classification, genesis and viable technologies for reclamation and management of salt-affected soils and marginal quality waters across India and several other countries.

Sustainable food production is a global challenge with respect to climate change and an ever-increasing world population.

This book explains how a former net food exporting Nepal has become a net food importing country due to a lack of an integrated system-wide approach to planning and governance of agriculture and natural resources.

This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the application level for various agricultural biotechnologies across Sub-Saharan Africa.

This book explores various approaches to reconstruct the spatial and temporal distribution of historical farmland in China.

The research and its outcomes presented here focuses on tropospheric or ground level ozone, in particular due to its surfacing as a major threat to crop productivity around the world.

This book offers a comprehensive and state-of-the-art source reference for understanding the functions and mechanisms responsible for yield and quality determination under a range of conditions.

This work sheds new light on the interplay between the gut, gut microbiota, and host physiological processes in production animals.

This book covers the wider aspects of the microbiology of hot desert soil ecosystems, compiling disparate information from a range of relevant desert soil microbial fields.

This book comparatively examines the etiopathogenetic, clinical-pathological, diagnostic and therapeutic strategies of the main bone tumors of domestic animals.

This book explores the current trends and challenges of sustainable goat meat and milk production in different global contexts, providing valuable insights into this industry in adverse environments like mountain, semiarid and arid regions.

Fungal nanobionics has great prospects for developing new products with industrial, agriculture, medicine and consumer applications in a wide range of sectors.

This contributed volume brings together an inclusive collection of information about the medicinal crop fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum).

Ecology is one of the most challenging of sciences, with unambiguous knowledge much harder to achieve than it might seem.

Braconidae of the Middle East (Hymenoptera): Taxonomy, Distribution, Biology, and Biocontrol Benefits of Parasitoid Wasps provides the latest and most comprehensive knowledge of parasitoid wasp species.

This book aims to develop a broad range of knowledge in the area of apparel machinery.

This volume presents select papers presented at the 7th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics.

This volume presents select papers presented at the 7th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics.

This volume presents select papers presented at the 7th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics.

This book covers more than 40 indigenous goat breeds and several ecotypes around the globe and describes genotypic and phenotype traits related to species adaptation to harsh environments and climate change.