Agriculture and farming

Local, diverse and resilient the new culture of food Long embraced by corporations who are driven only by the desire for profit, industrial agriculture wastes precious resources and spews millions of tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere each year, exacerbating climate change and threatening the very earth and water on which we depend.

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

From commune to ecovillage an in-depth look at the past, present and future of the world's best-known intentional community In the Summer of Love in San Francisco's Haight-Asbury, a charismatic young hippie by the name of Stephen Gaskin launched "e;Monday Night Class"e;a weekly event which drew together an eclectic mix of truth-seekers and flower children.

The most comprehensive, truly practical guide to the cultivation of woodland botanicalsNot all saleable crops are dependent on access to greenhouses or sun-drenched, arable land.

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.

Hatching a sustainable life with heritage poultry Houdan.

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The CAFO Reader is possibly the most powerful indictment of factory farming ever compiled, with essays from 30 of the world's leading experts.

Grow your own cut flowers and you can fill your house with the gorgeous colours and heavenly scents of your favourite blooms, knowing that they haven't travelled thousands of miles - and you can make money while you do it!

This book represents the first comprehensive edition, in English, on the soils of Brazil, in the challenge of illustrating all the biomes of a country of truly continental dimension.

Due to the growth of the world population, food production has increased exponentially as have the agricultural production systems used to produce food.

La historia de los hermanos Arizu constituye uno de los variados casos de éxitos y fracasos económicos a los que dio lugar la inmigración en Argentina y, en particular, en Mendoza.

Guinea fowl, one of the domesticated galliforms birds, is important not only for economic reasons, but also for academic reasons.

This book provides a comprehensive and systematic overview of the recent developments in cotton production and processing, including a number of genetic approaches, such as GM cotton for pest resistance, which have been hotly debated in recent decades.

This book covers the emerging applications of different computational and optimization techniques in order to achieve a sustainable agriculture.

Libro especializado que se ajusta al desarrollo de la cualificación profesional y adquisición del certificado de profesionalidad "AGAF0108 - FRUTICULTURA".

This book will emphasize the physiological and biochemical functions of the plants.

This book covers the emerging applications of different computational and optimization techniques in order to achieve a sustainable agriculture.

Precision agriculture is a next-generation farming management concept that optimizes resource use, productivity, quality, profitability, and sustainability by observing and responding to crop variability.

Plant-Forward Cuisine is a beautifully illustrated book that promotes the environmental and health benefits of a plant-forward diet and will inspire readers with a range of exciting recipes.

Essential oils are simply the volatile oils of plants.

In most developing countries, agriculture has grown from merely an art to a science, but it does not yet maximize its business potential.

As remote sensing data and methods have become increasingly complex and varied - and increasingly reliable - so have their uses in forest management.

Jack has researched 41 of the breeds of cattle which you would be most likely to see grazing Britain's farms.

Legumes are a major constituent of vegetarian diets and alleviate malnutrition because they are protein-rich and easily digestible.

Life on Earth is both challenging and beautiful.

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Aktuelle Probleme der Getreideforschung" verfügbar.

This book encompasses the current knowledge of plant microbiomes and their potential biotechnological application for plant growth, crop yield and soil health for sustainable agriculture.

Historically, whenever tuna was hauled ashore, the sounds of battle were never far away.

This book provides an account of the classical and recent trends in plant sciences, which have contributed for disease management strategies in plants for sustainable agriculture.

Bioinformatics is an integrative field of computer science, genetics, genomics, proteomics, and statistics, which has undoubtedly revolutionized the study of biology and medicine in past decades.

Exploring the dramatic growth and changes in the field of vermicomposting since 1988, this comprehensive review assesses the advancements made in government-funded projects in the U.

Agriculture is the oldest and most traditional of economic sectors, and its business has seen major leaps in innovation over the past century.

This book presents a novel examination of Marine Protected Areas within a security context, bridging science, policy, and geopolitics, and addressing the often-under-emphasized aspect of environmental justice.

The art, fashion and wine industries are currently at various stages in their efforts to embrace and transition towards sustainability.

Discover the history, causes, impacts, and potential future of global food shortages-a problem for all of humanity, not just the developing world.

Essential oils, renowned for their multifaceted properties, have been integral to the tapestry of human history, forging connections to our past by evoking memories of cherished places and the aromatic embrace of grandparents' kitchens.

This book explores how the landscapes in indigenous territories are rapidly changing due to increased global industrial demand.

As the first volume in a unique series concentrating on in-depth discussions of GIS topics, GIS Applications in Agriculture examines ways that this powerful technology can help farmers/firms to produce a greater abundance of crops with more efficiency and at lower costs.

Phyto-pathogens are one of the dominating components which badly affect crop production.

A comprehensive guide to growing, harvesting and processing nuts, written by forest gardening expert Martin Crawford.

Layered materials have attracted much attention in this decade because of their high active surface area and the ability to tune the properties through the formation of layered structures for various applications.

Conflict is a major facet of many environmental challenges of our time.

Banana Peels Valorization: Sustainable and Eco-friendly Applications provides a global overview of world production, physicochemical and microbiological characteristics of Banana Peels and the various pathways for their valorization, considering the advantages, disadvantages and factors impacting on each way of valorization.

Grounded in contemporary landscape architecture theory and practice, Cybernetics and the Constructed Environment blends examples from art, design, and engineering with concepts from cybernetics and posthumanism, offering a transdisciplinary examination of the ramifications of cybernetics on the constructed environment.

This volume encompasses nine chapters that detail advances in agricultural research.

This edited book systematically discusses the advances in biotechnology, agrotechnology, and food technology in shaping sesame production, cultivation and uses to meet the future needs.

Many wild animals in human care live longer than their wild counterparts because of modern care and wellbeing programmes, leading to a growing demographic of ageing animals.