Agriculture Animal Husbandry category: 3344 books

This book aims at explaining the nature and strength of the links between the families and their farms looking at their diversity throughout the world. To do so, it documents family farming diversity by using the sustainable rural livelihood (SRL) framework exploring their ability to adapt and transform...

Increase in world population, extreme weather conditions, decrease in fresh water supplies, and changes of dietary habits are major issues that affect global food security. We are expected to face the challenges of land use by 2050 because population will reach 9 billion while agricultural productivity...

Agricultural economics originally applied the principles of economics to the production of crops and livestock — a discipline known as agronomics. Agronomics was a branch of economics that specifically dealt with land usage. It focused on maximizing the crop yield while maintaining a good soil ecosystem....

Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2015 in the subject Agrarian Studies, , course: BSc. forestry, language: English, abstract: There is high deforestation and forest degradation estimated to be 400,000ha per annum between 1990 and 2013 in Tanzania forests. This is due to the increase in...

This book examines comprehensively for the first time, the scope and accuracy of indigenous environmental knowledge. It shows that in some spheres, including agriculture, house design, fuel and water manipulation, the high reputation of local observers is well deserved and often sufficiently insightful...

An essential agricultural text originally published in 1922, Farm Mechanics is exactly that: a detailed but easy-to-understand manual outlining all the important aspects of working the land. The guide is broken up into sections that cover every aspect of farm work, from woodworking and cement-laying...

A study of yam domestication practices among smallholders has provided an insight into how farmers exploit wild plant genetic resources so as to adapt them to agriculture. This book describes the domestication operations leading to Dioscorea rotundata yams in Africa. The biodiversity of these yams...

Plantation forests often have a negative image. They are typically assumed to be poor substitutes for natural forests, particularly in terms of biodiversity conservation, carbon storage, provision of clean drinking water and other non-timber goods and services. Often they are monocultures that do...

In this highly entertaining book, mycologist David Moore presents a fascinating and lively guide to the fungal kingdom. He explores their role in food and agriculture and their dual role as infectious agents and providers of the most potent antibiotics. He also explores their fascinating evolutionary...

The development of farming machinery revolutionised agriculture, allowing for far greater yields with less manpower. This volume explores early examples of farm machinery used for dusting and spraying crops, with detailed descriptions and explanations as to how they worked. Highly recommended for...

Les OGM, un impossible débat ? La Société des agriculteurs de France, l'association Débats et échanges sur les biotechnologies en agriculture (DEBA) et la Mission Agrobiosciences ont relevé le défi en organisant un dialogue entre plusieurs contradicteurs. C'est ainsi qu'à l'automne 2009, un...

Synthèse, suivant une démarche originale et attrayante, de ce que des disciplines très diverses peuvent nous dire ensemble sur ce que font les paysans, sur les relations entre techniques agricoles, systèmes de production, organisation sociale et milieux naturels. Abondamment illustré, ce livre...

La présence de nitrate en excès dans les eaux de surface et les nappes phréatiques, due à une fertilisation azotée trop importante et à la production naturelle de nitrate par minéralisation des matières organiques du sol, constitue un double enjeu de santé publique et de protection de l’environnement. L’introduction...

Depuis 2009, des variétés de tournesol et de colza, dites « tolérantes aux herbicides » (TH), font leur apparition en France. Destinées à faciliter le désherbage, ces variétés résistent à un herbicide donné ce qui permet a priori d’appliquer l’herbicide sans risque pour la culture....