Agriculture & Farming

First published in 1997, this volume contributes to the knowledge for the trade of vegetables, fruits and tubers (so-called horticultural commoditi...

This book analyzes growth and structural change in Indian agriculture and presents an empirical approach to the underlying economic data and a mult...

This book analyzes the implications of the trend toward increased seller concentration due to mergers and leveraged buyouts that have helped increa...

This book presents the results of a study undertaken by the Economic Council of Canada on the future of the Prairie grain economy in Canada. It dea...

This book offers a full discussion of the issues surrounding bovine somatotropin (BST) and a comprehensive review of research findings on the proba...

Focusing on livestock development in the Maasai society of southern Kenya, this book examines factors hindering the transition of pastoralists from...

This book, based on travel notes of the author and conversations and correspondence with tomato scientists, attempts to put together in a single vo...

The contributors to this volume, based on the Agriculture Research Seminars held annually at the University of Minnesota, examine the role of gover...

Coastal Ecosystem Processes, written by the renowned marine scientist Daniel Alongi, describes how pelagic and benthic food webs, from beaches 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...

Because of the long life of a coconut palm--sixty to eighty years--and the relatively wide spacing the plants require, every coconut grower faces t...

Agricultural trade has become an integral part of world agriculture. During the 1970s, the real growth in world agricultural trade was phenomenal. ...

This book provides the reader with a perspective on past trends and the current financial situation in agriculture. It points out the controversies...

First published in 1997, this volume asks whether Africas future is necessarily rooted in peasant agriculture. The title of this book, Farewell to ...

This book represents the proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Pre-Harvest Sprouting in Cereals. The purpose of this meeting is to r...

Organic Chemicals in the Aquatic Environment draws from the author's experience with a variety of problems dealing with the fate, distribution, and...

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

This book summarizes the major environmental hazards confronted in tropical agriculture and presents specific management options that could be used...

This book deals with the basic principles of husbandry, feeding, housing, health, behaviour, economics and welfare. It explains relevant aspects of...

The book provides in-depth knowledge on the physiology of soybean. It is written lucidly, systematically, and in depth. The book provides recent in...

This book elaborately covers all topics of swine management like breeding, feeding, housing, health management and pork production technology.The b...

Some animals and plants injure or kill millions of people annually, others cause trillions of dollars in property damage and loss. Such harmful spe...

In this book, the information encompasses various researchable biotechnology aspects of sugarcane, its genomic structure, diversity, comparative an...

This book assesses the performance of the agricultural sector and other related areas of the economy of Bangladesh. It identifies positive factors ...