Forest gardening is a way of working with nature which is not only productive and requires minimal maintenance, but also has fantastic environmental benefits.
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!
The 2018 edition of The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture emphasizes the sector’s role in achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals, and measurement of progress towards these goals.
Diamonds are a multi-billion dollar business involving some of the world s largest mining companies, a million and a half artisanal diggers, more than a million cutters and polishers and a huge retail jewellery sector.
Microbial Safety of Fresh Produce covers all aspects of produce safety including pathogen ecology, agro-management, pre-harvest and post-harvest interventions, and adverse economic impacts of outbreaks.
Newly updated, Agricultural Medicine: Rural Occupational Health, Safety, and Prevention, Second Editionis a groundbreaking and comprehensive textbook and reference for students and practitioners of public health, and professionals in the field of rural agricultural occupational health and safety.
La pédologie est définie essentiellement par son objet: c'est la science des sols, de même que la géologie est la science des roches constituant la croûte terrestre et la biologie la science des êtres vivants.
From crayons to cough drops, cookies to candles, Beehive Alchemy offers a comprehensive introduction toincorporating the miracle of bees into everyday life.
Hobby Farms Chickens: Tending a Small-Scale Flock for Pleasure and Profit is geared toward the hobby farmer looking to begin his or her own flock of chickens on a small farm or even backyard.
Breeding a Litter: The Complete Book of Prenatal and Postnatal Care is the most up-to-date and inclusive guide to breeding, whelping and placing puppies.
Given Half a Chance is both a snapshot of our world and a call to arms, setting out the most pressing environmental challenges that we face while making a passionate case for why we need to meet them.
ndian cold deserts come under the trans Himalayan zone of Ladakh (Jammu and Kashmir) and Lahaul-Spiti (Himachal Pradesh) which are rich in ethnobotanical wealth and known for their characteristic environment.
A decade ago no one except geologists had heard of tantalum or 'coltan' - an obscure mineral that is an essential ingredient in mobile phones and laptops.
This book contains important definitions, formulas, objectives, various tables related to Animal Nutrition, differences, different rations for different categories of animals.
In 1940 Doreen Wallace, prolific novelist, academic, social campaigner and farmer, wrote a book for Batsford on vegetable growing, as part of the publisher's iconic Home Front Handbook series.
A Plain-language Medical Guide for Horse Owners and TrainersPainful and potentially debilitating tendon and ligament injuries are among the most common and serious physiological problems facing performance horses.
Toxicology is the branch of science which deals with the study of poisons, including their physicochemical properties and adverse effects on living systems, either animal, plant or microbe, diagnosis and treatment of the effects of toxicants on intoxicated organism.
Microbial Safety of Fresh Produce covers all aspects of produce safety including pathogen ecology, agro-management, pre-harvest and post-harvest interventions, and adverse economic impacts of outbreaks.
From seed to plate - the seasons of a remarkable crop Cultivated from sea level to mountaintop, from parched deserts to sodden rain forests, from the rocky Gaspe Peninsula to the plains of Argentina, corn is the grain of the Americas.
A wide range of methods and techniques are used in animal nutrition research and these methods should be well tested ones with adequate precision and reproducibility.
A wide range of methods and techniques are used in animal nutrition research and these methods should be well tested ones with adequate precision and reproducibility.
