Agriculture and farming

Nanobiotechnology for the Livestock Industry: Animal Health and Nutrition delivers a multidisciplinary reference of nanobiotechnology applications in various sectors, including farming practices, healthcare and breeding practices, market and economic analysis/benefits, biosafety, regulation, and more.

Mediterranean Marine Mammal Ecology and Conservation, the latest edition of the Advances in Marine Biology series providing in-depth and up-to-date reviews on all aspects of marine biology since 1963, presents the latest information on Mediterranean marine mammal ecology and conservation.

The book describes how nanobiostimulants, which are nanoscale materials that can enhance plant growth and productivity, have the potential to revolutionize sustainable agriculture practices.

'My hope is that people can grow to appreciate this sector - its challenges and opportunities, but most importantly, the role agriculture can play in improving South Africa's rural economy, creating jobs and bringing about much-needed transformation (or inclusive growth).

Continuing in the tradition of its bestselling predecessor, the Handbook of Ecological Indicators for Assessment of Ecosystem Health, Second Edition brings together world-class editors and contributors who have been at the forefront of ecosystem health assessment research for decades, to provide a sound approach to environmental management and sust

During the last thirty years, most increases in agricultural production were achieved through high input agrieulture in areas with fertile soils and sufficient water.

By the author of the acclaimed The Complete Bushfire Safety Book, the latest edition of Joan Webster OAM’s Essential Bushfire Safety Tips has been revised and updated.

Our nation's grandest enterprise is our agricultural industry.

This timely and much-needed book focuses on the phenomenon often referred to as "e;holiday hunger"e; in the United Kingdom.

This book collates traditional and modern applications of remote sensing in aquatic ecosystem monitoring.

Tropical Africa escaped from the glaciers that covered the temperate parts of the world during the Ice Age.

Describing a field that has been transformed by the recent availability of data from a new generation of space and airborne systems, the authors offer a synthetic geometrical approach to the description of synthetic aperture radar, one that addresses physicists, radar specialists, as well as experts in image processing.

Clean and environmentally sound disposal of animal waste in the quantities that Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) produce can only be described as a challenge.

For anyone concerned about the health, safety, affordability, diversity, and sustainability of their food - and the peace of our planet.

Referred to as the 'Spiny Crayfishes' due to impressive arrays of spines on their hard armoured shells, Euastacus crayfish are the largest of the 10 genera of Australian freshwater crayfish.

Vegetation Dynamics and Crop Stress: An Earth-Observation Perspective focuses on vegetation dynamics and crop stress at both the regional and country levels by using earth observation (EO) data sets.

Wild Edible Underutilized Plants explores the role of wild plants in human nutrition-a topic that continues to take precedence in various fields of research.

,At last a really useful book telling us how all the rhetoric about ecosystem approaches and sustainable forest management is being translated into practical solutions on the ground, CLAUDE MARTIN, WWF INTERNATIONAL ,For too long, foresters have seen forests as logs waiting to be turned into something useful.

Enhanced analytical capabilities and separation techniques, improved detection limits, and accessibility of instrumentation have led to massive strides in the use of isotopes to assess microbial processes in surface and subsurface sediments.

There is little question today that processes of globalization affect national and local economies, governance processes, and conditions for economic competitiveness in the major urban regions of the world.

Horticulture has a special significance for the economic development.

During his years as a scientist working for the British government in India, Sir Albert Howard conceived of and refined the principles of organic agriculture.

The animals loosely termed fish constitute more than half of all known vertebrate species.

First Published in 1988, this set offers a comprehensive insight into controlling diseases in plants.

The genetic improvement of fish for aquaculture and related fisheries has seen huge advances over recent years.

Environmental considerations are playing an increasingly important role in determining management strategies for soil and land.

This book employs different parametric and non-parametric panel data models which have been used in history of developed panel data efficiency measurement literature.

This book is intended for students and soil scientists who want to know about the state of the art in soil sciences in Chile.

Research on decomposer communities of terrestrial ecosystems for a long time has focussed on microbial biomass and gross turnover parameters.

Sustainable Recovery and Reutilization of Cereal Processing By-Products addresses topics associated with the sustainable management of cereal manufacturing.

Americans have never been more concerned about their food's purity.

Seed testing is performed in dedicated laboratories by trained and usually certified analysts.

Soil is a complex system of inorganic and organic materials, living organisms, water, and air.

Sacred Cows and Hot Potatoes challenges many of the assumptions of current agricultural policies-such as equating "e;farm"e; with "e;rural,"e; high farm prices with high farm incomes, or farm programs with food programs-and examines the agrarian roots of these policies.

Volume III of Geospatial Information Handbook for Water Resources and Watershed Management discusses water and watershed issues such as water quality, evapotranspiration, water resource management, and ecological services.

This book addresses the ability of market-based instruments to improve the sustainable provision of environmental services.

This book titled, Agricultural Science and Engineering provides readers with an introduction to agricultural science and engineering.

Plantations are playing an increasingly important part in the development and the economies of the South.

This book reports the proceedings of the symposium, "e;Chinese Rural Development: Strategies and Experience,"e; organized by the China Com-mittee of the American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA) and held in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on July 30, 1989.

Animals are biological transformers of dietary matter and energy to produce high-quality foods and wools for human consumption and use.

Water pollution control has been a top environmental policy priority of the world's most developed countries for decades, and the focus of significant regulation and public and private spending.

This is a completely revised edition of the previously titled Solute Movement in the Soil-Root System.

Global Tea Breeding: Achievements, Challenges and Perspectives provides a global review on biodiversity and biotechnology issues in tea breeding and selection.

This book, by way of a comparative analysis of the main economic viewpoints of the Chinese and Western traditions, shows that the theories of the Physiocrats originated, in a significant way, from ancient Chinese economic thought.

Raising cattle in the 21st century can be a complicated process.

Agricultural Policies in a New Decade was written in preparation for the 1990 Farm Bill in the United States in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Committee of the National Planning Association.

The book contains papers presented at a meeting by eucalyptus experts, scholars, consultants and company managers from different countries and regions.

Authored by world-class scientists and scholars, The Handbook of Natural Resources, Second Edition, is an excellent reference for understanding the consequences of changing natural resources to the degradation of ecological integrity and the sustainability of life.

The future of agriculture strongly depends on our ability to enhance productivity without sacrificing long-term production potential.