Agricultural Science

With the agricultural sector pledging to improve its sustainability, there is an urgent need to move away from linear food production models which ...

This open access book presents an important discussion on the interface between sustainable soil management and climate mitigation and adaptation. ...

Disheartened by the shrink-wrapped, Styrofoam-packed state of contemporary supermarket fruits and vegetables, many shoppers hark back to a more inn...

A collection of the most advanced and authoritative agricultural-economic research in the face of increasing water scarcity. Agriculture has been c...

This collection features three peer-reviewed reviews on improving the welfare of heifers and calves.The first chapter considers optimising reproduc...

This specially curated collection features four reviews of current and key research on supporting cereal production in sub-Saharan Africa.The first...

With increasing temperatures and an escalation in the frequency and severity of extreme weather events, agricultural productivity remains at risk o...

The Welfare of Cattle offers an accurate, detailed account of the ethical and welfare concerns related to the human use of cattle. There is current...

Bananas are a key food source for millions, whilst their production supports the livelihood of farmers across the globe. However, recent research h...

With cities becoming so vast, so entangled and perhaps so critically unsustainable, there is an urgent need for clarity around the subject of how w...

With cities becoming so vast, so entangled and perhaps so critically unsustainable, there is an urgent need for clarity around the subject of how w...

This book presents a practical guide to help businesses navigate the complex topics of sustainability in the food industry.The book takes you on a ...

Emilio Sereni's classic work is now available in an English language edition. History of the Italian Agricultural Landscape is a synthesis of the a...

Environmental Chemicals Desk Reference is a concise version of the widely read Agrochemicals Desk Reference and Groundwater Chemicals Desk Referenc...

The North Carolina Agricultural Chemicals Manual provides extension specialists and agents, researchers, and professionals in the agriculture indus...

The first edition of this important work was the winner of the 2002 Publication of Enduring Quality award by the Association of Environmental and R...

This collection features three peer-reviewed reviews on managing arthropod pests in cereals.The first chapter discusses key arthropod pests of cere...

This book, the third of a series, shows how shifting cultivators, from the Himalayan foothills to the Pacific Islands, have devised ways to improve...

Handbook of Plant Disease Identification and Management presents the fundamentals of plant diseases identification based on symptomology and manage...

Includes a DVD Containing All Figures and Supplemental Images in PowerPointThis new edition of Plant Propagation Concepts and Laboratory Exercises ...

The seventh edition of Environmental Hazards provides a much expanded and fully up-to-date overview of all the extreme environmental events that th...

Using the water footprint concept, this impactful book aids our understanding of how we can reduce water consumption and pollution to sustainable l...

Plant diseases and changes in existing pathogens remain a constant threat to our forests, food, and fiber crops as well as landscape plants. Howeve...

Advances in Food Safety and Environmental Engineering is a compilation of selected papers from the 2022 4th International Conference on Food Safety...

A map projection fundamentally impacts the mapmaking process. Working with Map Projections: A Guide to Their Selection explains why, for any given ...

This edited volume covers all major topics related to agri-food transformation towards sustainability in this era of climate change. The topics cov...