Agriculture category: 3369 books
by Arnold F. Moene, Jos C. van Dam
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2014
Traditionally, soil science, atmospheric science, hydrology, plant science and agriculture have been studied largely as separate subjects. These systems are clearly interlinked, however, and in recent years a great deal of interdisciplinary research has been undertaken to better understand the interactions....
by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
Across the world, forests, trees on farms, and agroforestry systems play a crucial role in the livelihoods of rural people by providing employment, energy, nutritious foods and a wide range of other goods and ecosystem services. They have tremendous potential to contribute to sustainable development...
The Fight Over Food
Producers, Consumers, and Activists Challenge the Global Food System
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2008
“One problem with the food system is that price is the bottom line rather than having the bottom line be land stewardship, an appreciation for the environmental and social value of small-scale family farms, or for organically grown produce.” —Interview with farmer in Skagit County, Washington
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by Erdener Kaynak, Matthew Meulenberg
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
This groundbreaking book is the first to provide state-of-the-art information on the current changes and developments in European food and agricultural marketing. Food and Agribusiness Marketing in Europe contains broad and up-to-date coverage of agricultural and food marketing by experts in a variety...
The Living Land
Agriculture, Food and Community Regeneration in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
The Living Land sets out a new 'stakeholder' vision for rural regeneration in Europe. It integrates three themes: sustainable agriculture, localised food systems and rural community development. All three offer ways of rebuilding natural and social capital, and a large 'sustainability dividend' is...
Montana Women From The Ground Up
Passionate Voices in Agriculture and Land Conservation
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2018
Growing up on the family ranch, Linda Finley fought hard to gain the acceptance and respect as a ranch hand that her brothers took for granted. Arlene Pile barely remembers learning to ride a horse and run machinery--she was so young. She learned to drive on an 8N Ford tractor with a buck rake. Lee...
Bugs in the System
Redesigning the Pesticide Industry for Sustainable Agriculture
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2014
This important, interdisciplinary contribution to the 'greening' business debate looks at one of the most environmentally controversial industries - the chemical pesticide industry. If that sector can be put on to an environmentally sustainable footing, then the same may be possible for virtually...
by Collective
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2010
Improving the environmental performance of agriculture is a high priority in OECD and many non-OECD countries. This will be of increasing concern in the future given the pressure to feed a growing world population with scarce land and water resources. Policy has an important role to play where markets...
Alternative Irrigation
The Promise of Runoff Agriculture
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
An introduction to runoff agriculture - a form of agricultural irrigation - this text describes how the use of surface and subsurface water, often overlooked and wasted, enables both small farmers and commercial agriculturists to improve yields and the security of harvest, even in harsh and remote...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
While a good grasp of the many separate aspects of agriculture is important, it is equally essential for all those involved in agriculture to understand the functioning of the farming system as a whole and how it can be best managed. It is necessary to re-assess and understand rain-fed farming systems...
Factories in the Field
The Story of Migratory Farm Labor in California
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2000
This book was the first broad exposé of the social and environmental damage inflicted by the growth of corporate agriculture in California. Factories in the Field—together with the work of Dorothea Lange, Paul Taylor, and John Steinbeck—dramatizes the misery of the dust bowl migrants hoping to...
Treated Wastewater in Agriculture
Use andIimpacts on the Soil Environment and Crops
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2011
As the world's population increases and the demand for water increases apace there is a rising demand for information concerning the reuse of wastewater, particularly for the irrigation of key food crops worldwide. This important new book addresses in detail the use of treated wastewater in agricultural...
All Flesh Is Grass
Plant-Animal Interrelationships
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2010
This new book takes us through a journey from early life to modern agriculture. The thirty eight authors present current studies on the interrelation of plants-animals. This topic has always fascinated man, as evidenced even by the first chapters of Genesis. The world of aqueous and terrestrial fauna...
The Pesticide Detox
Towards a More Sustainable Agriculture
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012
Since the 1960s, the world's population has more than doubled and agricultural production per person has increased by a third. Yet this growth in production has masked enormous hidden costs arising from widespread pesticide use - massive ecological damage and high incidences of farmer poisoning and...