Agriculture and farming

This important reference book is the first comprehensive resource worldwide that reflects research achievements in date palm biotechnology, documenting research events during the last four decades, current status, and future outlook.

Issues In Agroecology - Present Status and Future Prospectus not only reviews aspects of ecology, but the ecology of sustainable food production systems, and related societal and cultural values.

Millions of trees live and grow all around us, and we all recognize the vital role they play in the world's ecosystems.

Emerging Development of Agriculture in East Africa offers case studies that find promise in many new innovations.

Destruction of habitat is the major cause for loss of biodiversity including variation in life history and habitat ecology.

This book presents a comprehensive overview of the soils of Bangladesh.

Water resources, both in terms of water quality and water quantity, are of critical importance in planning for sustainable development in Central Asia and the Caucasus, as well as in other parts of the world.

The Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding was established in 1941 in recognition of the growing contribution of improved crop varieties to the country's agriculture.

Fisheries genetics researchers will find invaluable the thirty-eight peer-reviewed contributions in this book, presented at the 20th Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium "e;Genetics of Subpolar Fish and Invertebrates,"e; held in May 2002 in Juneau, Alaska.

This book collects most of the contributions prepared for the NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) on Environmental Challenges in the Mediterranean 2000-2050.

Fifteen years have passed since a small group of researchers at the Czech Geo- logical Survey boldly convened a conference called GEOMON, Geochemical Monitoring in Representative Basins, held in Prague in 1987.

The Mekong Delta of Vietnam is one of the most productive agricultural areas in the world.

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.

Human-kind and ecological systems are currently facing one of the toughest challenges: how to feed more billions of people in the future within the perspective of climate change, energy shortages, economic crises and growing competition for the use of renewable and non renewable resources.

Social Forestry: Tending the Land as People of Place is a must-have for anyone wanting to have a reciprocating relationship with their communities, themselves, and most importantly their awe-inspiring forests and landscapes.

A Primer on Nonmarket Valuation is unique in its clear descriptions of the most commonly used nonmarket valuation techniques and their implementation.

The Acid Rain 2000 Conference in Tsukuba, Japan, held 10-16 December 2000, was the sixth such conference in the series, starting with Columbus, Ohio, USA, in 1975, and including Sandefjord, Norway, in 1980, Muskoka, Canada, in 1985, Glasgow, UK, in 1990, and Goteborg, Sweden, in 1995.

It appears that a comprehensive and up-to-date book on the impact of virus diseases on the major crops in developing countries is now much needed, especially as there have been rapid advances in the biological and molecular characterization and detection of the pathogens and possible approaches for their control.

In an effort to implement conservation measures farmers have used a variety of production methods, including the use of reduced or zero tillage and cover crops.

Due to many challenges (i.

Forest biodiversity is crucial to the ecological, economic, and social well-being of earth's civilisations.

Wine has been described as a window into places, cultures and times.

Biocontrol is among the most promising methods for a safe, environmentally benign and sustainable pest control.

This book reviews developments in the molecular biology of plant-nematode interactions that have been driven by the application of genomics tools.

This book gathers review articles that analyze current agricultural issues and knowledge, then propose alternative solutions.

Malformation disease of mango (Mangifera indica) initially noted in patches in India has now turned into a global menace wherever mango is grown.

This book takes a multi-disciplinary and critical look at what has changed over the last ten years in one of the world's most important and dynamic ecosystems, the Amazon floodplain or várzea.

Climate changes will affect food production in a number of ways.

Sustainable agriculture is a rapidly growing field aiming at producing food and energy in a sustainable way for our children.

The entire range of the developmental processes in plants is regulated by a shift in the hormonal concentration, tissue sensitivity and their interaction with the factors operating around them.

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.

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.

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

In recent years packaging technology has developed at a rapid rate that it has become an important area posing health hazards to mankind and an issue of debate for industry and government.

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

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

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

The book, after depicting the global and all India picture on aquaculture, examines the diverse impacts of coastal aquaculture in Orissa where shrimp farming is a leading economic activity.

This book is about the changing character of forests and of livelihood of the forest-dwelling tribal people in India since independence, with particular reference to Gujarat.

Jharkhand and Odisha forests harbour the majority of tribal communities.

The book ';Fundamentals of Biotechnology in Agriculture' details the developments in biotechnology related to food production and processing, including new applications involving food ingredient processing, plant tissue cultures, and genetic engineering.