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Restoring Heritage Grains: The Culture, Diversity, and Resilience of Landrace Wheat by Eli Rogosa
RRP: $39.88$26.78Including recipes for baking with Einkorn Wheat is the most widely grown crop on our planet, yet industrial breeders have transformed this ancient staff of life into a commodity of yield and profit-witness the increase in gluten intolerance and 'wheat... -
No Monkeys, No Chocolate by Melissa Stewart
RRP: $14.68$10.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsNominated for Arizona Young Readers Award 2017.Book InformationISBN 9781580892889Author Melissa StewartFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S... -
Temperate Agroforestry Systems by Reviewer Andrew M Gordon 9781780644868
RRP: $101.22$95.76Agroforestry is a land use system that allows for the concurrent production of trees and agricultural crops and/or animals from the same piece of land. It has a rich history of development and has been practised in some parts of the world for more than... -
A Colour Atlas of Weed Seedlings by John B. Williams
RRP: $41.98$37.15Early recognition and control of weeds invariably leads to considerable savings in the cost of herbicides used on crops and in gardens. This atlas is an indispensable full colour photographic guide to the 40 most common weeds afflicting arable farmland... -
The Composting Handbook by Robert Rynk
RRP: $205.78$181.06The Composting Handbook provides a single guide to the science, principles and best practices of composting for large-scale composting operations facing a variety of opportunities and challenges converting raw organic materials into a useful and... -
Henkeeping: Inspiration and Practical Advice for Would-be Smallholders by Jane Eastoe
RRP: $16.78$11.36Chickens are back in style with a vengeance: poultry breeders are struggling to cope with the increase in demand and gardens resound to the contented cluck of chickens. Chickens are back in style with a vengeance: poultry breeders are... -
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond 9780393354324
$21.11Why did Eurasians conquer, displace, or decimate Native Americans, Australians, and Africans, instead of the reverse? In this "artful, informative, and delightful" (William H. McNeill, New York Review of Books) book, a classic of our time, evolutionary... -
Agricultural Nanobiotechnology: Biogenic Nanoparticles, Nanofertilizers and Nanoscale Biocontrol Agents by Sougata Ghosh
RRP: $283.50$251.27Agricultural Nanobiotechnology: Biogenic Nanoparticles, Nanofertilizers and Nanoscale Biocontrol Agents presents the most up-to-date advances in nanotechnology to improve the agriculture and food industry with novel nanotools for the controlling of rapid... -
Biodynamic Wine Growing: Understanding the Vine and Its Rhythms by Jean-Michel Florin 9781782506690
RRP: $42.00$30.85Wine growers are converting to biodynamic viniculture in record numbers. Some of the world's best wines are now biodynamic.At its heart, biodynamic viniculture is about understanding the nature of vines and their relationship to the environment. This... -
Tea Gardening for Beginners: Learn to Grow, Blend, and Brew Your Own Tea at Home by Julia Dimakos
RRP: $31.48$20.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781638785736Author Julia DimakosFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Rockridge PressPublisher Rockridge PressWeight(grams) 381gDimensions(mm) 232mm * 186mm... -
Field Management for Horses & Ponies by Sian Evans 9780851318189
RRP: $12.58$10.50Grassland management can be complicated and frustrating. Even with a small paddock there is either too much grass or too much ragwort. Field Management for Horses and Ponies shows you how to analyse your existing pasture in order to maximize the... -
The Hop Grower's Handbook: The Essential Guide for Sustainable, Small-Scale Production for Home and Market by Laura Ten Eyck 9781603585552
RRP: $57.75$42.61With information on siting, planting, tending, harvesting, processing, and brewing It's hard to think about beer these days without thinking about hops. The runaway craft beer market's convergence with the ever-expanding local foods movement is... -
Stolen Harvest: The Highjacking of the Global Food Supply by Vandana Shiva 9780813166551
$48.24For the farmer, the seed is not merely the source of future plants and food; it is a vehicle through which culture and history can be preserved and spread to future generations. For centuries, farmers have evolved crops and produced an incredible... -
Hybrid: The History and Science of Plant Breeding by Noel Kingsbury
RRP: $39.90$34.86Disheartened by the shrink-wrapped, Styrofoam-packed state of contemporary supermarket fruits and vegetables, many shoppers hark back to a more innocent time, to visions of succulent red tomatoes plucked straight from the vine, gleaming orange carrots... -
Nature of Crops, The: How we came to eat the plants we do by John Warren
RRP: $45.99$43.11Have you ever wondered why we eat wheat, rice, potatoes and cassava? Why we routinely domesticate foodstuffs with the power to kill us, or why we chose almonds over acorns? Answering all these questions and more in a readable and friendly style, this... -
Hop Pickers of Kent & Sussex by Hilary Heffernan 9780752447773
RRP: $31.48$23.69The humble hop cone once offered thousands of underpriviledged Londoners the annual chance to leave the City's smog in August and September, migrate to the healthier countryside and live happily for six or seven weeks in near squalor, whilst sleeping on... -
Emerging Plant Growth Regulators in Agriculture: Roles in Stress Tolerance by M. Naeem
RRP: $283.50$250.43Emerging Plant Growth Regulators in Agriculture: Roles in Stress Tolerance presents current PGR discoveries and advances for agricultural applications, providing a comprehensive reference for those seeking to apply these tools for improved plant health... -
Ninth Revolution, The: Transforming Food Systems For Good by Sayed Nader Azam-ali
RRP: $63.00$56.03We are at a critical point in human history and that of the planet. In this book, a world leader in agricultural research, Professor Sayed Azam-Ali, proposes a radical transformation of our agrifood system. He argues that agriculture must be understood... -
Organic Cereal and Pulse Production: A Complete Guide by Stephen Briggs
RRP: $48.20$39.29Organic Cereal and Pulse Production provides a comprehensive guide to the production of organic pulses and cereals across a range of organic farming systems in northern temperate and maritime regions. It examines the subject of organic farming in... -
Instant Insights: Biofertiliser Use in Agriculture Prof. Lidia Sas Paszt 9781801466752
$80.09This book features five peer-reviewed reviews on biofertiliser use in agriculture.The first chapter examines the role of biofertilisers and consortia of microorganisms to improve the effectiveness of organic fertilisation, before moving on to consider... -
FAO/WFP Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission (CFSAM) to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: Special Report: September 2022 by WFP 9789251368121
RRP: $39.80$32.80The new report warns that an estimated 6.3 million people in Sri Lanka are facing moderate to severe acute food insecurity and their situation is expected to worsen if adequate lifesaving assistance and livelihood support is not provided.Book... -
Wheat: Productivity Enhancement Under Changing Climate by S.S. Singh 9788184871487
RRP: $125.90$118.25Wheat is the most widely grown and consumed cereal in the world and its demand is expected to grow due to increasing population, change in food habits in favour of wheat and nutritional requirements. Despite adverse effects of biotic and abiotic stresses... -
The Coconut: Botany, Production and Uses by Stephen Adkins 9781789249712
RRP: $241.50$226.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789249712Author Stephen AdkinsFormat HardbackPage Count 248Imprint CABI PublishingPublisher CABI Publishing -
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education in the Field: A Proceedings by Board on Agriculture 9780309045780
RRP: $212.10$185.39Interest is growing in sustainable agriculture, which involves the use of productive and profitable farming practices that take advantage of natural biological processes to conserve resources, reduce inputs, protect the environment, and enhance public... -
Wheat and Barley Grain Biofortification by Om Prakash Gupta 9780128184448
RRP: $270.90$239.40Wheat and Barley Grain Biofortification addresses topics associated with the alleviation of malnutrition in globally diverse populations via wheat and barley biofortification. The book synthesizes the current trends of malnutrition across the globe, the... -
Environmental Safety of Genetically Engineered Crops by Rebecca Grumet 9781611860085
RRP: $119.70$90.17Since the mid-1990s, when the technology was first introduced, the cultivation of genetically engineered (GE) crops has grown exponentially. In the U.S. alone, adoption rates for transgenic cotton, corn, and soybeans are between 70 90%. Across the globe,... -
Rice in Malaya: A Study in Historical Geography by R.D. Hill 9789971695774
$65.42Rice is a staple part of the diet of virtually every Malaysian, to the extent that in each of the major languages used in Malaysia, rice means food and food means rice. Drawing on a wide range of sources, Rice in Malaya opens with an examination of the... -
The Story of Corn by Mary Lindeen 9781429679718
RRP: $13.13$9.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781429679718Author Mary LindeenFormat PaperbackPage Count 16Imprint Capstone PressPublisher Capstone PressWeight(grams) 3g -
A Review of the Citrus Greening Research and Development Efforts Supported by the Citrus Research and Development Foundation: Fighting a Ravaging Disease by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 9780309472142
RRP: $111.30$97.27Huanglongbing (HLB) or citrus greening, first observed more than a hundred years ago in Asia, is the most serious disease threat to the citrus-growing industry worldwide due to its complexity, destructiveness, and incalcitrance to management. First... -
Improving Crop Estimates by Integrating Multiple Data Sources by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 9780309465298
RRP: $111.30$97.27The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is the primary statistical data collection agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). NASS conducts hundreds of surveys each year and prepares reports covering virtually every aspect of U... -
Public Engagement on Genetically Modified Organisms: When Science and Citizens Connect: Workshop Summary by Roundtable on Public Interfaces of the Life Sciences 9780309374217
RRP: $77.70$68.59The National Research Council's Roundtable on Public Interfaces of the Life Sciences held a 2-day workshop on January 15-16, 2015, in Washington, DC to explore the public interfaces between scientists and citizens in the context of genetically engineered... -
Feasibility of Using Mycoherbicides for Controlling Illicit Drug Crops by Committee on Mycoherbicides for Eradicating Illicit Drug Crops 9780309221719
RRP: $69.30$61.40The control of illicit-drug trafficking and drug use is a difficult and complex process that involves a variety of prevention, control, treatment, and law enforcement strategies. Eradication strategies for controlling illicit-drug crops are used to... -
Strategic Planning for the Florida Citrus Industry: Addressing Citrus Greening Disease by National Research Council 9780309152075
RRP: $119.70$105.29Citrus greening, a disease that reduces yield, compromises the flavor, color, and size of citrus fruit and eventually kills the citrus tree, is now present in all 34 Floridian citrus-producing counties. Caused by an insect-spread bacterial infection, the... -
Alternative Agriculture by National Research Council 9780309039857
RRP: $86.10$76.61More and more farmers are adopting a diverse range of alternative practices designed to reduce dependence on synthetic chemical pesticides, fertilizers, and antibiotics; cut costs; increase profits; and reduce the adverse environmental consequences of... -
The Impact of Genetically Engineered Crops on Farm Sustainability in the United States by National Research Council 9780309147088
RRP: $115.50$100.86Since genetically engineered (GE) crops were introduced in 1996, their use in the United States has grown rapidly, accounting for 80-90 percent of soybean, corn, and cotton acreage in 2009. To date, crops with traits that provide resistance to some... -
Soil Health and Intensification of Agroecosystems by Mahdi M. Al-Kaisi 9780128053171
RRP: $195.28$172.81Soil Health and Intensification of Agroecosystems examines the climate, environmental, and human effects on agroecosystems and how the existing paradigms must be revised in order to establish sustainable production. The increased demand for food and fuel... -
Vegetable Brassicas and Related Crucifers by Geoffrey R Dixon 9781789249156
RRP: $147.00$107.92The Brassica genus contains diverse and economically important species and crops, for example, Brassica oleracea including cauliflower to kohlrabi, B.rapa including pak choi to mizuna, and aquatic crucifers such as watercress. These provide humankind... -
Trichoderma: Biology and Applications by Prasun K. Mukherjee
RRP: $254.10$240.11Trichoderma spp. are biotechnologically significant fungi, being widely used both in agriculture and industry. These microbes are also a potential drug source of clinical importance. In recent years, driven by advances in genetics and genomics, research... -
Environmental Impact of Invertebrates for Biological Control of Arthropods: Methods and Risk Assessment by Franz Bigler
RRP: $213.68$200.91This book provides an invaluable review of the current methodologies used for assessing the environmental impacts of invertebrate biological agents used to control pests in agriculture and forestry. It explores methods to evaluate post-release effects... -
Inositol Phosphates: Linking Agriculture and the Environment by Benjamin F. Turner
RRP: $213.68$200.07Inositol phosphates are a group of organic compounds found widely in the natural environment. They are important in agriculture because they constitute most of the phosphorus in grain seeds, but they cannot be digested by some animals. As a result,...