Agriculture category: 3369 books
The Culture of Wilderness
Agriculture As Colonization in the American West
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2000
In this innovative work of cultural and technological history, Frieda Knobloch describes how agriculture functioned as a colonizing force in the American West between 1862 and 1945. Using agricultural textbooks, USDA documents, and historical accounts of western settlement, she explores the implications...
by Collective
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2011
As the world has changed during the past 50 years, so has agriculture. And so has agricultural research, which continues to confront new challenges, from food security to ecological concerns to land use issues. Indeed, as Guy Paillotin, the former president of the French National Institute for Agricultural...
Sustainable Intensification in Smallholder Agriculture
An integrated systems research approach
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
Sustainable intensification has recently been developed and adopted as a key concept and driver for research and policy in sustainable agriculture. It includes ecological, economic and social dimensions, where food and nutrition security, gender and equity are crucial components. This book describes...
Deeply Rooted
Unconventional Farmers in the Age of Agribusiness
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2009
Portraits of a Texas dairyman, a New Mexico rancher, and a North Dakota farmer who “embody the future of American agriculture” (Alice Waters).
A century of industrialization has left our food system riddled with problems. For solutions, we look to nutritionists and government agencies, scientists...
by
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2017
Engineering Interventions in Agricultural Processing presents recent advanced research on biological engineering, bioprocessing technologies, and their applications in agricultural food processing, and their applications in agriculture science and agricultural engineering, focusing on biological science,...
Soil Magnetism
Applications in Pedology, Environmental Science and Agriculture
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016
Soil Magnetism: Applications in Pedology, Environmental Science and Agriculture provides a systematic, comparative, and detailed overview of the magnetic characterization of the major soil units and the observed general relationships, possibilities, and perspectives in application of rock magnetic...
Agriculturally Important Microbes for Sustainable Agriculture
Volume I: Plant-soil-microbe nexus
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
This book presents a compilation of case studies from different countries on achieving agricultural sustainability. The book stresses that, in order to meet the needs of our rapidly growing population, it is imperative to increase agricultural productivity. If global food production is to keep pace...
Science, Policy and Politics of Modern Agricultural System
Global Context to Local Dynamics of Sustainable Agriculture
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
This book arises from a 2011 international conference entitled Climate Change, Agri-Food, Fisheries and Ecosystems: Reinventing Research, Innovation, and Policy Agendas for an Environmentally and Socially-Balanced Growth (ICCAFFE2011), organized by the North-South Center for Social Sciences (NRCS)...
by Robert L Zimdahl
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2013
This book addresses herbicides and their use as an important aspect of modern weed management and strives to place them in an ecological framework. Many weed scientists believe agriculture is a continuing struggle with weeds--without good weed control, good and profitable agriculture is impossible....
by
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2010
The relationships between soils, microbes and humans are of crucial relevance in the tropics, where plant stress and microbial activity are exacerbated. This volume of Soil Biology presents the living component of tropical soils, showing how it is shaped by environmental conditions and emphasizing...
by
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2017
The book addresses current public concern about the adverse effect of agrochemicals and their effect on the agro-ecosystem. This book also aims to satisfy and contribute to the increasing interest in understanding the co-operative activities among microbial populations and their interaction with plants....
Conservation Agriculture
An Approach to Combat Climate Change in Indian Himalaya
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
This book showcases a compilation of case studies presented by scientists, teachers and academics and covers contemporary technologies for combating climate change, including sustainable agricultural management practices and conservation agriculture. It highlights the situations that future generations...
Regenerating Agriculture
An Alternative Strategy for Growth
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
For the past 50 years, the main goal of agriculture has been to increase production at any price, using high amounts of fertilizers and pesticides and intensive industrial methods. This has caused damage to the environment and widespread rural depopulation. This study shows that there is a viable...
Rainwater-Smart Agriculture in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas
Fostering the Use of Rainwater for Food Security, Poverty Alleviation, Landscape Restoration and Climate Resilience
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2017
This book introduces state-of-the-art approaches, methods and research, focusing on smart management of rainwater. In addition, it provides an overview of projects from across the world, illustrating how rainwater-smart management has been implemented in drylands. Focusing on the scientific perspective...