Agriculture category: 3369 books
Agroecology
Simplified and Explained
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2019
This book presents the core elements that underwrite agroecology. Expressed across twelve chapters, the universality of the core is the essence of agroecology. This alone would be of interest to researchers, students, and academics. Furthermore, the book contains a long, detailed, and inclusive glossary...
Sustainability of Agricultural Environment in Egypt: Part I
Soil-Water-Food Nexus
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2018
This volume discusses the sustainability of Egypt’s agriculture and the challenges involved. It provides a comprehensive review and the latest research findings, and covers a variety of topics under the following themes:
· Applicability of sustainable agriculture in Egypt
· ...
Sustainability of Agricultural Environment in Egypt: Part II
Soil-Water-Plant Nexus
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2019
This volume discusses the sustainability of Egypt’s agriculture and the challenges involved. It provides a comprehensive review and the latest research findings, and covers a variety of topics under the following themes:
· Integrated natural resources management for sustainable...
by Hainzelin Etienne
Language: French
Release Date: February 18, 2013
Language: French
Release Date: February 18, 2013
Comment la biodiversité végétale cultivée peut-elle contribuer à la transformation, et à « l’écologisation» de l’agriculture des pays du Sud ? Issues de nombreux travaux de terrains dans les pays du Sud, des avancées scientifiques multiples sont présentées dans tous les domaines qui...
Agriculture biologique et environnement (ePub)
Des enjeux convergents
Language: French
Release Date: February 15, 2011
Restauration de la qualité de l?eau, préservation de la biodiversité et des paysages, fertilité des sols, émissions de gaz à effet de serre? Comment ces défis peuvent-ils devenir des opportunités pour le développement de l?agriculture biologique ? Ce livre illustré synthétise des résultats...
by Collectif
Language: French
Release Date: March 28, 2011
Language: French
Release Date: March 28, 2011
Les États-Unis sont l’un des plus importants producteurs de produits agricoles du monde. Ils disposent d’un très vaste marché intérieur et sont le premier exportateur mondial de produits agricoles. En effet, la part de la production qui est exportée est plus de deux fois plus élevée dans...
Politiques agricoles des pays de l'OCDE 2009
Suivi et évaluation
Language: French
Release Date: September 28, 2009
Ce rapport constitue une source unique d’estimations récentes du soutien à l’agriculture et fournit un panorama du soutien à l’agriculture dans la zone de l’OCDE, complété par des chapitres sur l’évolution des politiques agricoles dans chaque pays de l’OCDE. Le soutien global accordé...
by Collectif
Language: French
Release Date: March 15, 2010
Language: French
Release Date: March 15, 2010
L’agriculture est le principal utilisateur d’eau dans la plupart des pays. Ce secteur est également confronté à l’énorme défi d’augmenter la production de produits alimentaires de presque 50 % d’ici 2030 et de la faire doubler d’ici 2050. Ceci devra probablement être réalisé en...
The Fate of Food
What We'll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2019
In this fascinating look at the race to secure the global food supply, environmental journalist and professor Amanda Little tells the defining story of the sustainable food revolution as she weaves together stories from the world's most creative and controversial innovators on the front lines of food...
Consulting the Genius of the Place
An Ecological Approach to a New Agriculture
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
A call to agricultural revolution from a locavore and author who is one of “the most prominent and effective advocates of American environmental thought” (Prairie Fire Newspaper).
For years, Wes Jackson has made it his mission to raise Americans’ awareness about where their food comes...
by Wes Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
A ringing cry to forge a meaningful connection to the land by a leading voice in the sustainable agriculture movement: “A small book rich in ideas” (New York Times).
The New World―this empty land dazzlingly rich in forests, soils, rainfall, and mineral wealth―was to represent a new...
Myanmar
Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Environment Initial Sector Assessment, Strategy, and Road Map
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
This sector assessment, strategy, and road map highlights the Government of Myanmar's plans and strategies for addressing priority needs for the agriculture, natural resources, and environment sector and identifies possible preliminary areas of international assistance. It assesses key sector development...
Persistent Progressives
The Rocky Mountain Farmers Union
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2015
Persistent Progressives tells the story of the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union’s evolution from an early movement against monopolists and wholesalers to a regional trailblazer for agriculture ideologies built on social democracy, the family farmer, and cooperative enterprises. As a continuing advocate...
by Donald L. Sparks
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 1994
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 1994
Advances in Agronomy increased its publication frequency to three volumes per year in 1993, and will continue this trend as advances in the field dictate. Volume 53 contains four excellent reviews which cover an international spectrum of advances in the crop and soil sciences. One of the most important...