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This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the application level for various agricultural biotechnologies across Sub-Saharan Africa. The authors examine the capacity available as well as the enabling environment, including policy and investments, for...

This book is a platform for anyone who wishes to explore Artificial Intelligence in the field of agriculture from scratch or broaden their understanding and its uses. This book offers a practical, hands-on exploration of Artificial Intelligence, machine...

Recent Advances in Freshwater Crustacean Biodiversity and Conservation focuses on minor crustacean groups and regionally endemic groups, all from freshwaters. Chapters in this book cover crustaceans such as Maxillopods, Mysids, Cumaceans, Isopods,...

There is an ever-increasing demand for more food but one of the stumbling blocks to achieving this goal is quality and quantity losses due to various pests and pathogens and the mycotoxins synthesized by these harmful biotic entities.Thus far, strategies...

First published in 1987, this two-volume set is an exhaustive compilation of the most recent data on economically important crops. Volume I presents information on genetics, botany and growth of crop plants, while Volume II covers the production of Crops...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781927330210Author Rhona McAdamFormat HardbackPage Count 168Imprint Rocky Mountain Books,CanadaPublisher Rocky Mountain Books,CanadaWeight(grams)...

Here it is, everything you always wanted to know about Ford farm toys! This colorful book contains detailed information on Ford toys from the early 1900s through the present day, manufactured by companies in the United States as well as abroad including...

This book discusses the causes and effects of crisis and conflict within an agricultural and rural context. It explores issues such as competition over resources, and looks at how crisis and conflict impact upon developing country agriculture for both...

It is believed that the major countries of the former Soviet Union-specifically Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine (KRU region)-are the part of the world with the most potential to increase food supplies and strengthen world food security. This book...

In this invaluable book, leading agronomic researchers provide in-depth reviews of present conservation tillage practices in a wide variety of temperate agroecosystems. Each chapter characterizes how conservation tillage has been developed and adapted or...

Originally published in 1999. The theme running through this collection of essays is that food quality and human health, the welfare of animals and the methods of farming, and the quality of the environment, go hand-in-hand. This theme continues along...

Good animal husbandry practices and animal health are vital for people living in poorer countries. This practical learning manual is a realistic guide for those who are responsible for training farmers in poor countries, taking into account traditional...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781682868539Author Adriana WinklerFormat HardbackPage Count 230Imprint Syrawood Publishing HousePublisher Syrawood Publishing HouseWeight(grams) 771g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641162647Author Toby HernandezFormat HardbackPage Count 219Imprint Callisto ReferencePublisher Callisto ReferenceWeight(grams) 803g

Soils play a central role in the conversion of organic matter and element fluxes because of the large number of microorganisms present in the soil. In this book the more important processes that are driven by microbiological activity are discussed. It...

First published in 1990, this new handy guide book is a "quick reference" to a variety of topics pertaining to soils, and to the production and use of plants and animals. Emphasis has been devoted to basic considerations in plant adaptation,...

Pesticide handlers have never had an easy time keeping abreast of the regulations that affect them, but it is getting even more difficult as public pressure adds more layers of new rules. At the same time, there's a trend toward making the individual...

Biotreatment of Agricultural Wastewater is based on a symposium held in Lake Arrowhead, California in 1986, supported by a coalition of federal, state, and local agencies, and sponsored by the engineering firm of Swanson/Oswald Associates (Lafayette,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780891183532Author Amitava ChatterjeeFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint American Society of AgronomyPublisher American Society of AgronomyWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780891183648Author Ole WendrothFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint American Society of AgronomyPublisher American Society of AgronomyWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780891183556Author DelgadoFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint American Society of AgronomyPublisher American Society of AgronomyWeight(grams) 666g

According to standard economic theory and modelling, liberalizing agriculture will result in important welfare gains. Because of price volatility, an alternative model, based in general disequilibrium in the Wicksellian tradition, provides much less...

Interacting Processes in Soil Science focuses on coupled processes in soil. Topics covered in this important volume include the effects of inorganic salts upon water flow, modeling of sorption, transport and transformation of organic solutes, and the...

The newest volume of the eclectic biannual anthology from Greenhorns, a grassroots network for recruiting, promoting, and supporting new American farmers. The New Farmer's Almanac Volume VI: Adjustments and Accommodations seeks to recognize our own...

The application of fractals and fractal geometry in soil science has become increasingly important over the last few years. This self-contained and timely book was designed to provide detailed and comprehensive information on the current status of the...

This important, interdisciplinary contribution to the 'greening' business debate looks at one of the most environmentally controversial industries - the chemical pesticide industry. If that sector can be put on to an environmentally sustainable footing,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780891189688Author Jose A. AmadorFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint American Society of AgronomyPublisher American Society of AgronomyWeight(grams) 666g

The Global Politics of Pesticides explores the varied, and often conflicting, interests involved in the formulation of international policies on chemical pesticide manufacture and use in each of the main areas of environmental pollution, trade,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789350560907Author H. ShivannaFormat HardbackPage Count 236Imprint Discovery Publishing HousePublisher Discovery Publishing House

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789240733Author Peter NuthallFormat HardbackPage Count 290Imprint CABIPublisher CABIWeight(grams) 774g

To cope with the abiotic stress-induced osmotic problems, plants adapt by either increasing uptake of inorganic ions from the external solution, or by de novo synthesis of organic compatible solutes acting as osmolytes. Of the osmoregulants and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781569024263Author Yebio WoldemariamFormat PaperbackPage Count 302Imprint Red Sea Press,U.S.Publisher Red Sea Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 534g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641163057Author Oliver AdamsFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Callisto ReferencePublisher Callisto ReferenceWeight(grams) 794gDimensions(mm) 276mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641723442Author Maximus StanleyFormat HardbackPage Count 231Imprint Larsen and Keller EducationPublisher Larsen and Keller EducationWeight(grams) 621g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780891183778Author Harold E. Gene GarrettFormat HardbackPage Count 576Imprint American Society of AgronomyPublisher American Society of...

World population is set to increase by a third in the next 25 years, with no corresponding increase in global rainfall. About seventy per cent of the world's abstracted water is used in farming and therefore the economics of irrigation is becoming an...

Wasteful over-consumption (by some) in the developed countries and the continuing, in some cases worsening, hunger of millions in the Third World is a dramatic indication that food problems are urgent. Anger is not enough and this book, which comes from...

Low external-input technology (or LEIT) is an increasingly prominent subject in discussions of sustainable agriculture. There are growing calls for self-sufficient agriculture in an era experiencing diminishing returns from reliance upon expensive...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635490176Author Cade DohertyFormat HardbackPage Count 299Imprint Larsen and Keller EducationPublisher Larsen and Keller EducationWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780891186335Author H. Thomas StalkerFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint American Society of AgronomyPublisher American Society of AgronomyWeight(grams)...