Agriculture & Farming

This book explores the developments, issues and research outlook of global agriculture. Topics discussed include classifying and measuring agricult...

Plants whose DNA is modified using genetic engineering techniques are known as transgenic plants. In most cases the aim is to introduce a new trait...

Monoculture farming is nowadays a widespread practice throughout the world. In order to meet the food demand of rapidly increasing populations, the...

This four-volume study analyses and interprets what an unusual eighteenth-century female diarist has to tell us about rapid change and the response...

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To meet the challenges and constraints of the 21st century, the livestock sector requires appropriate institutions, research, development intervent...

This book brings up-to-date information on different topics about the pear tree cultivation. The book was organised by Alberto Ramos Luz, Technolog...

This book compiles research summaries from a number of different focuses in the important field of environment and agriculture.

This book compiles research summaries from a number of different focuses in the important field of environment and agriculture.

Farmers and ranchers have had to adjust to significant changes in the structure and business methods of the livestock and meat sectors in recent de...

The agriculture sector is a source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, which many scientists agree are contributing to observed climate change. Agri...

Dairy co-operatives as a group are the most prominent among farmer co-operatives in terms of sales revenue and the important roles they play in the...

Globally, wheat is the leading source of vegetable protein in human food. This book presents current research in the genetics, crop and food produc...

U.S. agricultural trade generates employment, income and purchasing power in both the farm and non-farm sectors. This new book examines past trends...

Officials continue to assert that the U.S. food supply, including the portion imported, is among the safest in the world. One challenge has been th...

Governments of every sugar-producing nation intervene to protect their domestic industries from fluctuating world market prices. Such intervention ...

Ratoon cropping is growing a fresh crop from the stubbles or suckers of the plant crop without replanting. It is also referred to as stubble croppi...

About 717,000 farms in the U.S. went out of business, or exited, between 1992 and 1997, but the total number of farms declined by just 13,400 becau...

This book looks at the success of the U.S. agricultural industry that agricultural research provides. U.S. consumers have the safest, least expensi...

Soil fertility refers to the amount of nutrients in the soil, which is sufficient to support plant life. Soil fertility is critical in sustainable ...