Sustainable Agriculture

Perfect for readers of James Rebanks, Wendell Berry and Thomas Piketty, A Small Farm Future is a refreshingly new outlook on the way forward for so...

A global movement to take back our food is growing. The future of farming is in our hands-and in our cities. This book examines alternative food s...

The rapidly changing nature of animal production systems, especially increasing intensification and globalization, is playing out in complex ways a...

While there have been numerous developments and advances in biodynamic agriculture methods since Ehrenfried Pfeiffer first introduced readers to it...

Crop wild relatives (CWR) are plant species which are more or less closely related to crops. They are a vital resource by providing a pool of genet...

Crop wild relatives (CWR) are plant species which are more or less closely related to crops. They are a vital resource by providing a pool of genet...

A prerequisite to improving the sustainability of agriculture are reliable methods to identify and quantify types of environmental impact. This col...

Tree nuts such as almonds, walnuts and pistachio have long been grown for consumption and as a food ingredient. It is estimated that 4 million metr...

This book provides a comprehensive review of key advances in the use of robots in agriculture.Chapters summarise developments in location and guida...

Temperate fruits include stone/drupe fruits (such as peach), pome fruits (such as apple) and berries (such as strawberries). Like other crops, cult...

This collection features five peer-reviewed literature reviews on nematode pests in agriculture.The first chapter assesses the value and impact of ...

This specially curated collection features four reviews of current and key research on mastitis in dairy cattle. The first chapter reviews the indi...

Potatoes are one of the worlds key food crops. Their nutritional value, and the fact that they can be grown with relatively few inputs in a wide ra...

Despite bananas being the worlds most exported and valuable fruit, banana production faces a number of challenges, primarily the extremely narrow g...