Agriculture category: 3369 books

Peanut Agriculture and Production Technology: Integrated Nutrient Management focuses on agricultural techniques and integrated nutrient management of peanuts (Arachis hypogaea L.).Peanuts are the second most important oil crop of India, occupying 5.7 million hectares, with an average production of...

Pour l'auteur, une production agricole abondante est possible... tout en améliorant la qualité de l’environnement. Il présente les différentes spécificités de l’agriculture écologiquement intensive, expose l’évolution du concept et précise les moyens d’amplifier l’usage des fonctionnalités...

With more than a billion people to feed from the same patch of land, we need to develop new standards for agriculture production, which is only possible with proper land evaluation. Land Evaluation for Sustainable Agriculture addresses the issue and helps agriculturalists make better decisions regarding...

Simple genetic engineering has been practised since ancient times. For thousands of years, plant and animal breeders have selected parent stock with certain desirable traits to produce offspring with the same characteristics. Fast dogs could be bred to become faster, sweet corn could be bred to become...

PGPR Amelioration in Sustainable Agriculture: Food Security and Environmental Management explores the growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) that are indigenous to soil and plant rhizosphere. These microorganisms have significant potential as important tools for sustainable agriculture. PGPR enhance...

There has been growing concern that both intensive agriculture in the developed world and rapid expansion of crop cultivation in developing countries is damaging the health of soils which are the foundation of farming. At the same time we are discovering much more about how complex soils are as living...

Quels enjeux et quelles perspectives pour l'agriculture biologique à l'heure d'une demande croissante de la société ? Quels parcours pour les agriculteurs en transition vers l'agriculture biologique, qu'il s'agisse d'installation, de conversion ou de développement ? Quels accompagnements pour...

"Her great virtue as an advocate is that she is not a reductionist. Her awareness of the complex connections among economy and nature and culture preserves her from oversimplification. So does her understanding of the importance of diversity." -- Wendell Berry, from the foreword Motivated...

Once known as the "Great American Desert," Nebraska's plains and native grasslands today make it a domestic leader in producing food, feed and fuel. From Omaha to Ogallala, Nebraska's founding farmers, ranchers and agribusiness leaders endured hardships while fostering kinships that have lasted generations....

Get Everything You Need To Know To Get Started With Helping The Earth And Going Green With Food! Is the fact that you would like to learn how to be more concious with food and help out Mother Earth but just don't know how to get started making you feel really bad... maybe you have even thought...

Nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in southwestern North Carolina, Cleveland County has long been cultivated. Before the Civil War, self-reliant farms grew and raised a diverse array of vegetables, field crops, and livestock. These small farms relied on family labor, draft animals,...

The potassium solubilizing microorganisms (KSMs) are a rhizospheric microorganism which solubilizes the insoluble potassium (K) to soluble forms of K for plant growth and yield. K-solubilization is carried out by a large number of saprophytic bacteria (Bacillus mucilaginosus, B. edaphicus, B. circulans,...

Cattle raising today is the most widely practiced form of agriculture in Alabama and ranks second only to the poultry industry in terms of revenue. Brooks Blevins not only relates the development and importance of the industry to agricultural practices but also presents it as an integral component...

To an increasing number of American families the CSA (community supported agriculture) is the answer to the globalization of our food supply. The premise is simple: create a partnership between local farmers and nearby consumers, who become members or subscribers in support of the farm. In exchange...