Agriculture & Farming

Tree nuts such as almonds, walnuts and pistachio have long been grown for consumption and as a food ingredient. It is estimated that 4 million metr...

The instant no. 2 Sunday Times bestseller!Join the Nicholson family for this heartwarming journey through a typical springtime on their South Yorks...

This book provides a comprehensive review of key advances in the use of robots in agriculture.Chapters summarise developments in location and guida...

Temperate fruits include stone/drupe fruits (such as peach), pome fruits (such as apple) and berries (such as strawberries). Like other crops, cult...

Temperate fruits include stone/drupe fruits (such as peach), pome fruits (such as apple) and berries (such as strawberries). Like other crops, cult...

With the current trend for the replacement of the fishmeal content of aquaculture feeds, the issue of antinutrients contained in plant-based materi...

This collection features five peer-reviewed literature reviews on nematode pests in agriculture.The first chapter assesses the value and impact of ...

The South African government has prioritized a reduction of poverty and increased food security in rural parts of South Africa through agrarian tra...

The tough and touching tale of a real Yorkshire family farm.In the 60 years that Yorkshire farmer Roger Nicholson has lived at Cannon Hall Farm nea...

The growing urgency, complexity and wickedness of sustainability problemsfrom climate change and biodiversity loss to ecosystem degradation and per...

'An important book on several levels... Read a few sentences out loud, wherever you are.' Rosamund YoungEverybody thinks they know what sheep are l...

This specially curated collection features four reviews of current and key research on mastitis in dairy cattle. The first chapter reviews the indi...

Potatoes are one of the worlds key food crops. Their nutritional value, and the fact that they can be grown with relatively few inputs in a wide ra...

Longleaf pine forests are an iconic forest of the southeastern United States. Although these forests were often called pine barrens by early explor...

Despite bananas being the worlds most exported and valuable fruit, banana production faces a number of challenges, primarily the extremely narrow g...

This collection features four peer-reviewed literature reviews on improving piglet welfare.The first chapter reviews the main welfare challenges fa...

This book presents an inclusive, and resilient solution to Africa'ss wide-ranging food security challenges, particularly in fragility, conflict, an...

The livestock sector is facing increasing pressure to develop more climate-smart methods that can be used to prevent the onset of major diseases, w...

All three volumes of Achieving sustainable production of milk should be considered as a wholeOver more than 1200 pages, the authors review all fiel...

This specially formulated collection features 3 reviews of current topics and key research in sweetpotato.The first chapter examines the origin and...

a well-curated collection of chapters that provides a broad state-of-the-art survey of how roots contribute to plant crop performance and edaphic s...

This book is what a review should bea complete book on a hugely relevant topicIt is a preview of a new era in agricultural development that brings ...

This book discusses the biology, breeding, care, and management of camels, with a focus on camels from Pakistan. The book provides a sound understa...