Primary Industries

This book examines global climate models that predict increases over time in average temperature worldwide, with significant impacts on local patte...

This book fills a gap between theory and practice in the field of the rural communities research. The book consists of fourteen chapters which anal...

Beef cow-calf farms operate in an industry characterised by large numbers of small farms. Many of these farms specialise in beef cattle production,...

In this book, the biosorption process used to produce biological components of fertilisers was examined. For this purpose, the waste biomass obtain...

This book examines the increases in marketing costs of U.S.-produced food commodities which have outpaced increases in the payments farmers have re...

Local and regional food systems generally refer to agricultural production and marketing that occurs within a certain geographic proximity (between...

Sugar is among the most traded commodities with exports accounting for over one quarter of global production. In this book, the authors discuss the...

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs have long supported beginning farmers. USDA generally defines a beginning farmer or rancher as one w...