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Interest in biochar among soil and environment researchers has increased dramatically over the past decade. Biochar initially attracted attention f...

There is now widespread agreement that fish stocks are severely depleted and fishing activity must be limited. At the same time, the promise of the...

Environmental laws and regulations are extremely complex and difficult to understand. In order to comply with them, they need to be explained in la...

This book explores the possible economic implications of large shifts in the supply of foreign-born, hired farm labour that could result from subst...

Grasslands provide both ecological and economic benefits. The importance of grasslands lies not only in the areas they cover, but also in the diver...

Growth in corn dry-mill ethanol production has surged in the past several years, simultaneously creating a co-product -- distillers'' grains (DDGS)...

Global trade in illegal wildlife is a growing illicit economy, estimated to be worth at least $5 billion and potentially in excess of $20 billion a...

Catch share programs are a fishery management tool that dedicates a secure share of quota allowing individual fishermen, fishing cooperatives, fish...

This book displays various topics related to current issues that seek to improve our understanding and strategies on the present and future of the ...

This book provides an overview of select programs relating to federal agricultural assistance. Topics discussed include the status and issues conce...

Large quantities of oil were discovered in the Albertine Rift Valley in Western Uganda in 2006. The sound management of these oil resources and rev...

Agriculture is one of the defining elements of a nation. This series consists of analyses on a variety of agricultural issues including (but not li...

This informative new volume on the reproduction and development of zebrafish provides a timely and fundamental set of chapters presenting new data ...

This book provides a good mix of both basic and applied topics in the hope that it will be useful and of interest to scientists working on finfish....

Aquaculture is one of the fastest growing sectors of agriculture globally. Production in freshwater and marine fisheries has plateaued or is declin...

Food prices vary across different parts of the United States. One factor that may lead to differences in food prices is the types of stores in a gi...

Sales of locally produced foods comprise a small, but growing, part of U.S. agricultural sales. The U.S. Department of Agriculture(USDA) estimates ...

This book examines projections of two key determinants of food security: food production and import capacity of the countries. Domestic food produc...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Presss mission to seek out and cultivate the b...