This book is intended to provide a detailed perspective on techniques and challenges in detecting urban materials using hyperspectral data including a systematic perspective on the spectral properties of the materials and methods.
While current methods used in ecological risk assessments for pesticides are largely deterministic, probabilistic methods that aim to quantify variability and uncertainty in exposure and effects are attracting growing interest from industries and governments.
Explore the Relationship between Crop and ClimateAgricultural sustainability has been gaining prominence in recent years and is now becoming the focal point of modern agriculture.
Con este libro se pretende brindar una experiencia que sumerja al lector en cada una de las particularidades, características e interacciones de las actividades relacionadas con la producción de panela vistas a través de las labores aprendidas en el saber-hacer y en el arraigo cultural de los productores asociados a Asocamp.
Make sure your beef harvest, production, and processing methods meet the highest standards Handbook of Beef Safety and Quality is a comprehensive guide to the impact and importance of pre-harvest/production, harvest, and further processing controls, methods and practices on safety and qualitywith commodity beef as the target market.
¿Por qué estudiar los procesos de crianza agrocultural, partiendo de prácticas e imaginarios de la cosmovisión indígena misak y desde el diálogo de saberes andinos en el resguardo Piscitau, municipio de Piendamó?
Medicinal and aromatic crops (MACs) are high-value crops since the natural products obtained from them are low-volume high-value commodities that have numerous applications in various sectors such as the food, beverage, food supplement, flavor and fragrance, perfumery and cosmetics, pharmaceutical and aromatherapy industries.
A 2017 IACP Award FinalistA beautifully photographed, innovative guide to edible seaweed and sea vegetables with vegan recipes-for your health and the planet's "e;One of the world's most sustainable and nutritious crops,"e; according to The New Yorker, "e;seaweed could be a miracle food.
The demands of producing high-quality, pathogen-free food rely increasingly on natural sources of antimicrobials to inhibit food spoilage organisms, foodborne pathogens, and toxins.
The demands of producing high-quality, pathogen-free food rely increasingly on natural sources of antimicrobials to inhibit food spoilage organisms, foodborne pathogens, and toxins.
The Complete Practical Guide to Growing Vegetables Year-Round in Northern Climates for Local MarketsMANY SMALL FARMS shut down during the dark winter months.
This book highlights the underlying principles and outlines some of the key hi-tech practices and technology interventions required to achieve enhanced productivity.
Nanotechnology has the potential to drastically transform the agri-food sector with its significant applications to improve agricultural productivity and the efficiency of agrochemicals.
Producing enough food is a basic human priority and a critical challenge in the face of a growing population and the deteriorating ecological health of the planet.
Esta publicación aporta a la comprensió n de los procesos productivos agropecuarios del municipio de El Retorno (Guaviare), así como a entender las dinámicas sociales de la ruralidad y su interacción con las ciudades.
Nanopesticides, Nanoherbicides, and Nanofertilizers: Formulations and Applications demonstrates the potential for nanomaterials to revolutionize modern agriculture to become more sustainable.
This book provides a unique blend of data on insect life spans, physiology, enzymology and other molecular features associated with digestion and nutrient absorption to enrich the knowledge on insects and to disclose putative molecular targets for the development of new insect control technologies and for improving insect raising procedures to be used as food and feed.
This textbook on the applied aspects of soil physics covers introduction to soil physical properties and processes, and their evaluation and management in relation to plant growth.
Breeding Disease-Resistant Horticultural Crops is a complete and comprehensive resource for understanding the concept of breeding disease resistant crops, especially horticultural crops.
This landmark volume presents the results of a comprehensive and coherent in-depth assessment of Ethiopian agriculture and draws lessons from it to generate actionable recommendations that will inform policy decisions and priority setting for agricultural transformation across Africa.
The Complete Practical Guide to Growing Vegetables Year-Round in Northern Climates for Local MarketsMANY SMALL FARMS shut down during the dark winter months.
This book is the first comprehensive compilation of deliberations on botany, genetic resources and diversity, classical genetics and traditional breeding, genetic transformation, and detailed enumeration on molecular maps and mapping of economic genes and QTLs, whole genome sequencing and comparative genomics in watermelon, and elucidation on functional genomics.
A rapid growth in global industrialization and population has triggered intense environmental pollution that has led to a water crisis, resulting in the decay in the quality of human life and economic losses.
This book comprehensively examines the development of Brazilian agriculture by focusing on the crops which evolved from national products to international commodities on a massive scale.
This book provides a unique blend of data on insect life spans, physiology, enzymology and other molecular features associated with digestion and nutrient absorption to enrich the knowledge on insects and to disclose putative molecular targets for the development of new insect control technologies and for improving insect raising procedures to be used as food and feed.
Climate change and human activities are impacting the environment around the world and there is a great need to update our knowledge of natural resources in order to sustain the livelihoods of rural communities and urban dwellers.
Advances in Agronomy, Volume 182, the latest release in this leading reference on agronomy, contains a variety of updates and highlights new advances in the field, each written by an international board of authors.
Advances in Agronomy, Volume 182, the latest release in this leading reference on agronomy, contains a variety of updates and highlights new advances in the field, each written by an international board of authors.
The Apicomplexa is a globally prevalent group of parasitic protozoa that cause disease, from malaria in humans to livestock diseases such as coccidiosis, babesiosis (Red Water, Tick Fever) and East Coast Fever.
The edited volume focuses on modern agro-technologies for achieving climate smart agriculture in China and meeting the UN sustainable development goals (especially SDGs 2, 13, and 15).
Nanopesticides, Nanoherbicides, and Nanofertilizers: Formulations and Applications demonstrates the potential for nanomaterials to revolutionize modern agriculture to become more sustainable.
A partir de la experiencia en Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación del grupo de investigación Nutrifaca, relacionada con evaluación de forrajes, manejo del suelo, el agua como factor de producción y manejo ambiental y emisión de gases de efecto invernadero, nace este libro para la orientación de aspectos acordes al manejo del frágil agroecosistema de bosque seco tropical.
This book is a comprehensive and up-to-date reference work that provides a detailed exploration of the key issues related to soil fertility, management, and conservation in agricultural settings.
Algae, macroalgae and microalgae can be valuable biological resources in a new, more environmentally friendly form of agriculture known as agrobiology.
