Agriculture & Farming

Orchids are fascinating ornamental flowers having a huge market both as cut flowers and potted plants, but they are also used in the traditional me...

Drawing on political economy and economic pluralism, this book explores issues in sustainable economic development from a macro perspective.In cont...

A volume in the Remote Sensing Handbook series, Remotely Sensed Data Characterization, Classification, and Accuracies documents the scientific and ...

For more than a decade the trend toward increased mechanization in U.S. agriculture has been the source of farm worker protests, legislative hearin...

Readers will find in this book a comprehensive text on the intersection of genetic and agriculture, addressing the different levels at which DNA is...

The Third Edition of Acoustics of Wood offers a comprehensive overview of advanced acoustical techniques for wood characterization and assessment. ...

In recent years, the pervasive presence of microplastics in the environment has emerged as a pressing global concern. As we grapple with the comple...

This book provides the administrator with a basic reference for assessing the stage of development of the seed program, identifying needs, developi...

This book explores the resource and environmental constraints on sustainable growth in agricultural production into the middle of the twenty-first ...

This textbook provides an introduction to the socioeconomics of food. Aimed mostly at students of economics and related social sciences, it explain...

This first detailed ethnographic account of the Pahang Malay people of peninsular Malaysia focuses on the society's traditional agricultural system...

Most scientists and many of the world's farmers have abandoned traditional farming practices and systems in an effort to increase production and to...

Sweet potato, Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam., is the seventh most important food crop world-wide. Of all root and tuber crops, it is second in importanc...

Interested in keeping bees in a way that's beneficial for both you and the bees? Experienced but dissatisfied with commercial beekeeping, chemical ...

Restoration of agricultural ecosystems involves a concerted effort to revive and sustainably manage soil health, nutrient cycles, and carbon dynami...

There has been a surge in critical situations threatening human welfare during the last decade such as malnutrition, agricultural productivity, vir...

This book highlights some agriculturally important plants and their associated arthropod complexes with a biological, as well as an agricultural, p...

Tropical root cropsbasic staples for millions of peopleare highly perishable, and tremendous losses occur after harvest because of the lack of stor...

Over the last twenty-five years, a healthy international business has developed in isolated soy protein food ingredients. Today, isolated soy prote...

Funny and heartwarming stories from a Northland country vet In the rolling green hills of Kaipara, Scottish vet Rory Dean and his two fox terriers,...

This book presents an overview of different data collection methods and approaches that have been used to identify and analyse institutions associa...

This book, Smart Agriculture: Harnessing Machine Learning for Crop Management, is a comprehensive guide designed to explore the various facets of i...

Endlessly fascinating, unpretentiously educational, thoughtfully accessible and beautifully presented - Alex Tattersall, award-winning underwater p...

Dieses Sachbuch ist eine populär gestaltete, aber fachlich anspruchsvolle, reich bebilderte Übersicht der allgemeinen, speziellen und der angewandt...

It has been suggested that agriculture may account for up to 24% of the greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) contributing to climate change. At the same...

The impacts of population growth, climate change, and water scarcity and variability on a country's economy or society, in addition to the sheer ne...

Holistic approach to the herbal aspects of nutraceuticals and their implementation in the health and agriculture sectors Herbal Nutraceuticals: Pr...

Each chapter provides an overview of current knowledge on the topic in question, accompanied by an outline of advances in both scientific and appli...

The welfare of farmed animals such as cattle is an increasing concern for consumers and regulatory agencies. This book explores the science behind ...

This book stands as a significant milestone in the realm of agricultural research and innovation, representing the comprehensive efforts of the RUC...

This book provides comprehensive overview of scorpion biology and the medical implications of their venoms. It presents the taxonomic classificati...

This book offers a comprehensive guide to discovering, assessing, and utilizing consortia of beneficial microbes for crop protection and enhanced c...

Hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition are major challenges in many parts of the world. Soil degradation and increased water stress worldwide are...

This comprehensive exploration delves into the pivotal role of bacteria in soil health, elucidating their mechanisms in organic matter decompositio...

Presents the latest findings on past changes in structure, the factors that lead to structural change, its effect on societal welfare and what will...

This book reports the proceedings of the symposium, Chinese Rural Development: Strategies and Experience, organized by the China Com-mittee of the ...

This contributed volume dives into the critical intersection of climate adaptation, vulnerability to hazards, and the imperative of decarbonization...

Biochar for Mitigating Abiotic Stress in Plants provides a unique and leading resource for utilizing biochar to address specific plant health chall...

Plant Pathology (For University Students) is a valuable, much-needed resource in plant pathological science. In a world where agriculture sustains ...

Humans have influenced the landscapes and forests throughout the temperate and boreal zones for millennia. Restoration of Boreal and Temperate Fore...

HPLC is the principal separation technique for identification of the pesticides in environmental samples and for quantitative analysis of analytes....

Based on principles of the conservation and optimization of biodiversity and of equity and sustainability, this book focuses on the ecology of the ...

As textbooks go, this is one of the few that I may actually choose to read in a spare moment, not just when madly researching what could possibly b...

Algae have been used since ancient times as food, fodder, fertilizer and as source of medicine. Nowadays seaweeds represent an unlimited source of ...

This book provides a novel approach to governance relating to biodiversity and human well-being in complex tropical landscapes, including forests a...