Agriculture Animal Husbandry category: 3344 books

Que savons-nous des apports et du potentiel des légumineuses vis-à-vis de la durabilité des systèmes agricoles et alimentaires ? Comment les utiliser pour réduire les dommages et maximiser les bénéfices sur l’environnement, l’agriculture et l’homme ? Si l’on souhaite exploiter leurs...

L'amélioration des plantes, en interaction avec l'agronomie, a déjà beaucoup apporté à la satisfaction des besoins alimentaires de l'homme. Cet ouvrage montre que des progrès importants sont encore possibles afin de nourrir les 9,6 milliards de personnes qui seront présentes sur Terre en 2050. D'un...

Cet ouvrage donne la parole à un petit agriculteur breton. Ardent promoteur et défenseur de l'agriculture durable, l'auteur s'est engagé dès les années 60 dans la lutte des jeunes organisations paysannes sur la voie du progrès. Précurseur en matière de respect de l'environnement, il a appliqué...

The abiotic stresses like drought, temperature, cold, salinity, heavy metals etc. affect a great deal on the yield performance of the agricultural crops. To cope up with these challenges, plant breeding programs world-wide are focussing on the development of stress tolerant varieties in all crop species. Significant...

The book focuses on the principles and practices of tropical maize improvement with special emphasis on early and extra-early maize to feed the increasing population in Sub-Saharan Africa. It highlights the similarities and differences between results obtained in temperate regions of the world and...

Diseases in plants are caused by either non-living environmental factors or living agents. Plant diseases may also be grouped based on the causal agent involved, the plant part affected or the type of symptoms. Understanding the disease cycle is important when considering control options. Learning...

Fertilization is a very important component of plant health care in the landscape. Fertilization is necessary to supplement naturally occurring essential mineral elements in the soil in order to maintain an optimum supply for plant growth. Soil analysis (testing), combined with observations of plant...

A Norfolk farmer's son, Brian played a key role in developing agricultural education in Suffolk from the 1960s onwards. For many years he was the vice-principal of the Otley Agricultural College where he headed the agricultural engineering section. He established the annual 'Power in Action' demonstrations...

The living standards of the rural poor suffered a severe decline in the first half of the nineteenth century as a result of high population growth, changing agricultural practices, enclosure and the decline of rural industries. Allotment provision was the most important counterweight to the pressures....

Se ha pasado de necesitar únicamente información sobre la superficie de los bosques y las existencias en formación, a requerirse otros aspectos clave de la gestión sostenible de los bosques, como el papel de los bosques en la conservación de la biodiversidad y la provisión de otros servicios...

Master's Thesis from the year 2012 in the subject Agrarian Studies, grade: 1.0, Humboldt-University of Berlin (Ressourcenökonomie), language: English, abstract: About two-thirds of the Sierra Leonean population depends on agricultural activities for their livelihood. Agriculture in Sierra Leone is...

Comment la recherche agronomique peut-elle aider à formuler des problèmes de décision ? Comment concevoir des modèles qui intègrent une représentation du processus de décision, développer des outils en anticipant leurs usages et les changements qu'ils induiront ? Comment articuler une démarche...

There are few issues that have greater impact on the life of mankind and the planet as a whole than the management of our most important natural resources water. This has only been realised in detail more recently by the general public as well as by many planners and decision-makers. Around the world...

An in-depth treatment of cutting-edge work being done internationally to develop new techniques in crop nutritional quality improvement Phytonutritional Improvement of Crops explores recent advances in biotechnological methods for the nutritional enrichment of food crops. Featuring contributions...