Agricultural Science

This book examines Africas current food system and future challenges for food security over the next twenty-five years.Africa is on the rise and by...

The book entitled Nanophytopathology discusses the need for alternative technologies particularly smart nanotechnological tools including nanobiose...

Fifty years after the publication of Eric Wolfs celebrated Peasant Wars of the Twentieth Century, and forty years after the publication of his path...

This book presents a comprehensive overview of a range of concepts, methods, strategies and policies in agriculture and natural resource management...

This book examines suburban development in New Zealand and its conflict with and impact on local horticulture and food security. Drawing on an ethn...

This book utilises a new theoretical approach to understand the dynamics of the peasantry, and peasant resistance, in relation to capitalism, state...

Climate change, increasing population, food-versus-fuel economics, pandemics, etc. pose a threat to food security to unprecedented levels. It has f...

Artificial intelligence and the use of computational methods to extract information from data are providing adequate tools to monitor and predict w...

While the importance of food to health and well-being is clear, the specific ways in which food systems contribute to individual and community heal...

This book comprehensively explores various aspects of food waste management, ranging from understanding the issue to innovative solutions that conv...

This book explores the role of nanofertilizers in sustainable and efficient agricultural practices of the 21st century. It covers the various aspec...

The one thing that really struck me about this book was the calibre of the editorial team and the international range and expertise of the contribu...

Written by leading global experts, including pioneers in the field, the four-volume set on Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Vegetation, Second Editi...

The animal feed sector faces increasingly complex challenges. It needs to improve feed digestibility/efficiency whilst also promoting growth and en...

This book aims to propose a suitable contingency plan that can minimize the negative effects of future health crises while strengthening the resili...

It is likely that Plant genetic resources will become the essential methods manual to facilitate their international exchange and local disseminati...

This contributed volume brings out a comprehensive collection of changes from cellular to molecular levels in medicinal plants under extreme enviro...

This collection reviews current advances in the breeding and cultivation of key tropical and subtropical fruits.Chapters summarise key advances acr...

Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs refer to the UN stipulated road-map for development in 17 defined areas, by 2030. It was built on the previou...

This edited book covers all aspects of Okra and its global status. It includes general characteristics, classification, and description of various ...

This book provides the first comprehensive and systematic account of the multi-level governance system adopted by China in realizing the Dual-Carbo...

This book explores the different conventional and biotechnological techniques for enhancing the productivity of industrial crops. The growth of the...

In recent years, nanotechnology has emerged as a promising tool for combating insect pests in agriculture, public health, and urban environments. N...

This book encompasses updated information as well as future directions for researchers working in the fields of environmental science, water resour...

This book explores the environmental conditions, particularly the climate and soils, of one of the driest regions on earth, the Central-East of the...

This book provides an overview of the state of our understanding regarding the biosynthesis of bioactive compounds from plant and microbial sources...

Specialty crops are defined as fruits and vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, horticulture, and nursery crops including floriculture. The value of...

Hallucinogens have been traditionally used to encourage spiritual growth, heighten perception, inspire personal development, or expand reality. Com...

This edited book addresses various aspects of sustainable land management, including existing policy norms and indigenous knowledge. It focuses on ...

This book explores how the EU externally governs through agriculture and rural development and how this external governance shapes rural spaces in ...

Nature is the most potent source of cure and care. With the advent of the herbal renaissance, the dependence on medicinal plants has increased in a...

This book provides information on the applications of lignocellulosic wastes, aquatic weeds, algal biomass and microbes in biofuel production, clim...

Uganda is home to 1.5 million refugees from DRC, Burundi, South Sudan and other countries. The Uganda political framework is one of the most progre...

Freshwater ecosystems have the greatest species diversity per unit area and many endangered species. This book shows that, rather than being a marg...

A decade after publication of the first edition, Handbook of Venoms and Toxins of Reptiles responds to extensive changes in the field of toxinology...