Agriculture & Farming

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 open access book compiles the latest research on continuous cover forestry in boreal forests, highlighting both the need for additional inform...

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

In Colombia, decades of social and armed conflict and the US-led war on drugs have created a seemingly untenable situation for scientists and rural...

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

Despite population trends toward urbanization, the forest continues to have a strong appeal to the human imagination, and the human preference for ...

Farming is a business, as well as a way of life. Whole Farm Management is a comprehensive guide developed by the Small Farms Program at Oregon Stat...

This hardworking addition to the best-selling Backyard Homestead series offers expert advice on what tasks to do around your farm and when to do th...

Farmers, ranchers, and homesteaders who know how to weld can repair and even fabricate some equipment on their own, saving both time and money. Bas...

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...

In Colombia, decades of social and armed conflict and the US-led war on drugs have created a seemingly untenable situation for scientists and rural...

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

Finalist for the 2020 C. Wright Mills Award from the Society for the Study of Social Problems Since time before memory, large numbers of salmon hav...

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...

This edited book covers the application of modern genomics tools for developing climate-smart oilseed cultivars. The book's prime focus is on utili...

Beth Hoffman was living the good life: she had a successful career as a journalist and professor, a comfortable home inSan Francisco, and plenty of...

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