Agriculture and farming

Forests comprise the greatest storage of carbon on land, provide fuel for millions, are the habitat for most terrestrial biodiversity, and are critical to the economies of many countries.

This volume comprises the proceedings of the First International Rehovot Conference on Modem Agriculture and the Environment, held at the Rehovot Campus of the Faculty of Agriculture, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, 2-6 October 1994.

Systems approaches for agricultural development are needed to determine rational strategies for the role of agriculture in national development.

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Modeling Environmental Policy demonstrates the link between physical models of the environment and policy analysis in support of policy making.

In the last few decades there has been an ever-increasing component in most BSc Zoology degree courses of cell biology, physiology and genetics, for spectacular developments have taken place in these fields.

This proceedings volume has been edited from sixty-nine full text papers of the 132 papers presented to the IUFRO (International Union of Forestry Research Organizations) Conference on Environmental Forest Science, which was jointly organized by IUFRO Division 8, "e;Forest Environment"e;, and Kyoto University in Kyoto, Japan, on 19-23 October 1998.

Environmental Contamination and Remediation Practices at Former and Present Military Bases outlines the different strategies that are useful in the investigation and subsequent remediation of military bases, Particular attention is paid to the pollution of groundwater.

`Are the Great Lakes getting better or worse?

The International Society of Root Research sponsored the Symposium "e;Root Demographics and Their Efficiencies in Sustainable Agriculture, GrassLands and Forest Ecosystems,"e; July 14-18, 1996, at the Madren Conference Center, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA.

Diazotrophic bacteria convert atmospheric nitrogen to plant-useable form and this input of nitrogen through biological fixation is of great agronomic importance.

Until the late 1970s, most commercial power plant operators outside the United States adopted a spent fuel management policy of immediate reprocessing and recycling of recovered products.

Introduced to the technical aspects of forestry aerial spraying in the mid-1970's, we were immediately impressed by the complexity of the process of delivering pesticide to foliage.

The study of soil nitrogen has long been an active field, but it was generally pivoted on agricultural and forestry production, and animal husbandry.

Shallow lakes differ from deep ones in many aspects of nutrient dynamics, biotic structure and interactions of various trophic levels.

In this study, an overview is presented of agricultural policies on manure and minerals, relating to the Nitrate Directive to remedy excessive surface- and groundwater contamination from intensive agricultural practices.

Agricultural pollution (with nitrates and pesticides) is one of the biggest threats to drinking water resources.

This is the second volume in the series Nutrients in Ecosystems.

Rice is the major staple food in Asia, and food security means rice security for most Asians.

Co-utilization or blending of residuals offers a unique opportunity to develop products with particular characteristics that are able to target specific customer needs.

The Rhizobiaceae, Molecular Biology of Model Plant-Associated Bacteria.

Students in Technical and Agricultural faculties spend only a limited amount of time on general economics, environmental economics and resource economics.

Agrochemical products and adjuvants are of vital importance in agriculture, to protect food and fibre crops from weeds, insect pests and diseases, in order to feed and clothe the growing world population.

The arid frontier has been a challenge for humanity from time immemorial.

The appearance of this Second Edition has been encouraged by the favorable reception of the first.

In an lUlffianaged woodland, forest development follows a succession of periods of undisturbed natural growth, interrupted by intermediate loss or damage of trees caused by fire or wind or other natural hazards.

Genetic Resources of Mediterranean Pasture and Forage Legumes is a comprehensive review of grassland improvement in Mediterranean areas using legume species.

The quality of human life has been maintained and enhanced for generations by the use of trees and their products.

This book addresses current global and regional issues concerning the world's forests, societies and the environment from an independent and non-governmental point of view.

Concentrations of pollutants in the atmosphere have increased dramatically over the last century and many of these changes are attributable to anthropogenic activities.

Inputs of nitrogen to terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems have increased several-fold over the last one hundred and fifty years, with the steepest increases during the last four decades.

In 1996 a major six-year research programme, 'Economic Optimisation of Multiple-Use Forestry and Other Natural Resources' was implemented at Department of Economics and Natural Resources, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University (KVL), Copenhagen.

Plant molecular biology has produced an ever-increasing flood of data about genes and genomes.

Many areas of Eastern Europe have been polluted to an extent unknown in the West.

Among the many technological and legal efforts being made to restore our environment, electrostatic technologies may well hold the solution to the cleaning of air, water and soil.

Fungi are among the most versatile and diverse groups of organisms in their morphology, life cycles, and ecology.

A comprehensive source book for anybody interested in the potential of remote sensing and GIS technology for the Eastern Europe countries in transition, and less developed countries in general.

The monitoring of point sources by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the states, and the tribes has documented and helped reduce the levels of chemical stressors affecting our ecosystems.

Environmental stresses represent the most limiting factors for agricultural productivity worldwide.

The rapidly growing human population has increased the dependence on fossil fuel based agrochemicals such as fertilizers and pesticides to produce the required agricultural and forestry products.

Interfaces between media, whether air-water or sediment-water interfaces or organisms themselves, pose considerable problems to marine organisms attempting to live at these boundaries.

These proceedings of a NATO Advanced Research Workshop on "e;Environmental Reconstruction in Headwater Areas"e; provide a landmark in the evolution of a distinctive movement, perhaps an emerging new philosophy, within the practice of headwater management.

It is only with the ending of the Cold War that the issue of environmental hazards at many former nuclear testing sites around the world has attracted international scientific interest.

In its present condition, the dam of the tailings pond is less stable than is recommended by international practice.

Mangroves are salt-adapted plants that are found along many of the world's tropical and sub-tropical coastlines.

Regional development is intrinsically related to the way in which the land is used.

Agriculture is a crucial component of the economies of many of the countries in transition from a centrally-planned to a market economy and the sector is by no means immune to the environmental and socioeconomic problems confronting the countries as a whole.