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Cloning After Dolly: Who's Still Afraid? by Gregory E. Pence 9780742534087
RRP: $52.50$43.20As the #1 topic in bioethics, cloning has made big news since Dolly's announced birth in 1998. In a new book building on his classic Who's Afraid of Human Cloning?, pioneering bioethicist Gregory E. Pence continues to advocate a reasoned view of cloning... -
Microbes for Restoration of Degraded Ecosystems by D.J. Bagyaraj 9781032653808
RRP: $96.58$85.11Remediation of contaminants caused by growing human civilization and industrialization is a serious environmental issue. Recent research has shown that soil microorganisms play an important role in remediating and improving disturbed ecosystems. This... -
Microbes for Plant Stress Management by D.J. Bagyaraj 9781032653792
RRP: $96.58$85.11It is predicted that the world population will reach about 9.7 billion by the year 2050 and to feed this population the food production has to be increased proportionately. Further we are all concerned about climate which in turn results in abiotic... -
Biodiversity by Christian Leveque 9780470849576
RRP: $132.20$114.32The title provides an overview of the current knowledge about the diversity of the living world and the various problems associated with its conservation and sustainable use. Covering both the fundamentals of the subject, along with the latest research,... -
Essential Mathematics and Statistics for Science by Graham Currell 9780470694497
RRP: $220.40$191.58This book is a completely revised and updated version of this invaluable text which allows science students to extend necessary skills and techniques, with the topics being developed through examples in science which are easily understood by students... -
Tropical Forest Conservation and Industry Partnership: An Experience from the Congo Basin by Dr. Connie J. Clark 9780470673737
RRP: $220.40$191.58Historically, the conservation of forests and wildlife has focused on the creation of national parks and reserves. However, only 9% of protected areas are larger than 14,000 hectares, likely making them too small to conserve ecosystem services and... -
Decision Making in Natural Resource Management: A Structured, Adaptive Approach by Michael J. Conroy 9780470671757
RRP: $243.50$212.48This book is intended for use by natural resource managers and scientists, and students in the fields of natural resource management, ecology, and conservation biology, who are confronted with complex and difficult decision making problems. The book... -
Small Farm Development: Understanding And Improving Farming Systems In The Humid Tropics by Richard R Harwood 9780367302856
RRP: $83.98$73.63This book analyses several aspects of small farm production systems that increase efficiency when the farmer's production resources are limited. It is concerned with the goals of the individual farmer and his immediate family.Book InformationISBN... -
Arctic Pleistocene History And The Development Of Submarine Permafrost by Michael E. Vigdorchik 9780367171674
RRP: $83.98$73.63This book is about the regional distribution, composition, structures, thermophysical characteristics, and dynamics of temperature changes of submarine permafrost based on Eurasiatic shelf data. It discusses a proposed new hypothesis of complete... -
Livestock Development In Kenya's Maasailand: Pastoralists' Transition To A Market Economy by Phylo Evangelou 9780367169930
RRP: $83.98$73.63Focusing on livestock development in the Maasai society of southern Kenya, this book examines factors hindering the transition of pastoralists from a principally subsistence way of life to greater involvement in market economies and discusses... -
Farmer Participation And Irrigation Organization by Bradley W. Parlin 9780367169480
RRP: $58.78$50.99This book elaborates a perspective that can be used to democratize, decentralize, and privatize irrigation organizations. It uses case examples to illustrate the interrelationships between project performance, irrigation organization, and farmer... -
Hair Sheep Of Western Africa And The Americas: A Genetic Resource For The Tropics by H. A. Fitzhugh 9780367169121
RRP: $83.98$73.63This book provides a general description of hair sheep and production systems in Western Africa and the Americas, summarizes performance statistics, and makes suggestions for improved breeding, management, and research.Book InformationISBN... -
Animal Agriculture: Research To Meet Human Needs In The 21st Century by Wilson G. Pond 9780367168438
RRP: $83.98$73.63First published in 1980. Animal agriculture serves human needs. Three-fourths of the protein, one-third of the energy, most of the calcium and phosphorus and substantial amounts of essential vitamins and other minerals in the American diet are from... -
Financial Policies And Management Of Agricultural Development Banks by Carlos Pomareda 9780367167073
RRP: $83.98$73.63This book develops a multiperiod linear programming portfolio model and applies it to the case of the Agricultural Development Banks (ADBs) of Panama. It analyzes the institutional design of ADBs and their financial policies, the management of the loan... -
Managing Pastures And Cattle Under Coconuts by Donald L. Plucknett 9780367167554
RRP: $83.98$74.47This book provides important insights into a form of economic development that utilizes existing natural resources to increase productivity of the land, and thereby improves incomes for the large number of people who own and manage coconut groves.Book... -
Expert Systems In Developing Countries: Practice And Promise by Charles K. Mann 9780367166502
RRP: $58.78$50.99This book focuses on the pioneering applications of an expert system in development relate to agriculture in many of the developing countries, introducing the reader to some of the key concepts underlying most expert systems.Book InformationISBN... -
Beyond The Large Farm: Ethics And Research Goals For Agriculture by Paul B. Thompson 9780367166113
RRP: $58.78$50.99This book examines the rationale for emphasizing productivity as the dominant goal of agricultural research and challenges in the form of alternative goals that scientists might seek in performing agricultural research. It presents bibliographic essays... -
Macroeconomics, Agriculture, And Exchange Rates by Philip L Paarlberg 9780367164546
RRP: $83.98$74.47This book is an outcome of the conference on the linkages between macroeconomics and agricultural trade in 1986. It establishes some of the fundamental influences on the exchange rate. The book develops linkages between the macroeconomy and agriculture... -
Issues In Indian Agricultural Development by M. Zarkovic 9780367163969
RRP: $58.78$50.99This book analyzes growth and structural change in Indian agriculture and presents an empirical approach to the underlying economic data and a multi-disciplinary approach to the ramifications of agricultural growth. It focuses on efforts to develop the... -
Gender Issues In Farming Systems Research And Extension by Susan V. Poats 9780367163907
RRP: $83.98$74.47This book is the product of an international conference hosted by the Women in Agricultural Development (WIAD) Program at the University of Florida in 1986. The purpose of WIAD program is to promote an understanding of gender and its relevance for... -
Food, Policy, And Politics: A Perspective On Agriculture And Development by George Horwich 9780367162870
RRP: $83.98$73.63This book addresses the issues surrounding food policy with an emphasis on the roles played by the U.S. family farm, markets, government subsidies, Third World politics, and international economy. It discusses the nature of the agricultural problems and... -
Elasticities In International Agricultural Trade by Colin Carter 9780367161958
RRP: $83.98$74.47This book addresses a number of issues related to the estimation and application of elasticities in international agricultural trade. It is the outgrowth of renewed interest by researchers, traders, and others in quantifying those factors that affect... -
Industrial Organization And Trade In The Food Industries by Ian Sheldon 9780367161910
RRP: $83.98$74.47This book is the outcome of a conference on 'Empirical Studies of Industrial Organization and Trade in the Food Industries' in Indianapolis. The conference placed an emphasis on empirical applications of new methods linking industrial organization and... -
Competitive Strategy Analysis For Agricultural Marketing Cooperatives by Ronald W Cotterill 9780367158989
RRP: $83.98$73.63This book explores the evolution of agricultural marketing cooperatives within the framework of competitive strategy analysis. It also explores issues of horizontal and vertical integration and product differentiation by discussing new strategic... -
Management Of Pests And Pesticides: Farmers' Perceptions And Practices by Joyce Tait 9780367158590
RRP: $58.78$50.99This book discusses pesticide production, distribution, and use; the problems caused by pests and pesticides; and the role of integrated pest management in minimizing these problems. It addresses the relationship of the farmers' practices and attitudes... -
Ecological Interactions and Biological Control by David A. Andow 9780367161699
RRP: $83.98$74.47This book addresses issues of ecological theory and practice in the fields of entomology, plant pathology, and weed science. It suggests ways to integrate theory and practice to contribute to the future development of biological control of plant pests. ... -
Emerging Technology And Management For Ruminants by Frank H Baker 9780367155766
RRP: $83.98$73.63Emerging Technology and Management for Ruminants focuses on pasture, range, and forages; on advanced technologies of reproduction and genetics; and on production and management of small ruminants.Book InformationISBN 9780367155766Author Frank H... -
Modeling Farm Decisions For Policy Analysis by Kenneth H Baum 9780367169732
RRP: $83.98$74.47This book focuses on the potential of economic and behavioral models at the micro level to depict the complex nature of growth and adjustment decisions by farm firms in response to various policy and regulatory environments.Book InformationISBN... -
Land, Food And Rural Development In North Africa by M. Riad El-Ghonemy 9780367157869
RRP: $83.98$73.63This study of rural development in six North African nations addresses the issues surrounding poverty and landlessness. Providing an Islamic perspective on policy-making, the author describes the influence of Islam on development in these countries, and... -
Shallow Foundations and Soil Constitutive Laws by Swami Saran 9780367781613
RRP: $96.58$84.27The book offers a systematic analysis of footings (i.e. shallow foundations) in a realistic way, using constitutive relationships of the soil. The aim of the book is to deal with the theme holistically, involving the determination of the constitutive law... -
East-west Agricultural Trade by James R Jones 9780367158453
RRP: $83.98$73.63This book contains recent findings of economists who have examined the decision making processes and the trends that relate to agricultural trade with the West by Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union, and China.Book InformationISBN 9780367158453Author James... -
Fermented Meat Products: Health Aspects by Nevijo Zdolec 9780367782849
RRP: $96.58$84.27This book presents recent developments on the health and safety of fermented meat products. It discusses health aspects of select topics in fermented meat microbiology, veterinary public health, chemistry, technology, biotechnology, nutrition,... -
Intelligent Transportation Systems: From Good Practices to Standards by Paolo Pagano 9780367782825
RRP: $113.38$98.43Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) are the way forward for sustainable growth of mobility at all levels (local, regional, national, transnational). The book reviews the current status of Research & Development. It includes connected (and autonomous)... -
Fermented Foods of Latin America: From Traditional Knowledge to Innovative Applications by Ana Lucia Barretto Penna 9780367782795
RRP: $96.58$84.27Due to the indigenous knowledge of pre-Colombian indigenous tribes and the new methods introduced by the immigrants arriving from Europe and other continents, a wide variety of fermented foods are produced in Latin America. In this book, we have... -
Design, Fabrication, Properties and Applications of Smart and Advanced Materials by Xu Hou 9780367782962
RRP: $96.58$84.27This book introduces various advanced, smart materials and the strategies for the design and preparation for novel uses from macro to micro or from biological, inorganic, organic to composite materials. Selecting the best material is a challenging task,... -
Post-Earthquake Fire Analysis in Urban Structures: Risk Management Strategies by Behrouz Behnam 9780367782719
RRP: $96.58$84.27Post-earthquake fire is one of the most complicated problems resulting from earthquakes and presents a serious risk to urban structures. Most standards and codes ignore the possibility of post-earthquake fire; thus it is not factored in when determining... -
Microbial Enzyme Technology in Food Applications by Ramesh C. Ray 9780367782566
RRP: $96.58$84.27The aim of food processing is to produce food that is palatable and tastes good, extend its shelf-life, increase the variety, and maintain the nutritional and healthcare quality of food. To achieve favorable processing conditions and for the safety of... -
Biodeterioration of Concrete by Thomas Dyer 9780367782122
RRP: $96.58$84.27Awareness of the importance of ensuring durability of concrete has been a growing concern of engineers, and there is now considerable understanding of the mechanisms, which cause its deterioration, and means of limiting such damage through the use of... -
Rolling of Advanced High Strength Steels: Theory, Simulation and Practice by Jingwei Zhao 9780367782115
RRP: $96.58$84.27Advanced high strength steels (AHSSs) for auto-making are primarily produced by rolling, plus heat treatment technologies if necessary. However, due to the metallurgical complexity of AHSSs, it is impossible to roll all of the AHSS grades in a rolling... -
Joining Technology of gamma-TiAl Alloys by Sonia Luisa dos Santos Simoes 9780367782092
RRP: $96.58$84.27The book covers the development of new technologies for the joining of TiAl alloys that result in sound bonds obtained in less demanding conditions. It discusses joint processing, microstructural and mechanical characterization, and summarizes...