Agribusiness

Barons is the story of seven corporate titans, their rise to power, and the consequences for everyone else. Take Mike McCloskey, Chairman of Fair Oaks Farms. In a few short decades, he went from managing a modest dairy herd to running the Disneyland of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorGoh Chun Sheng is Programme Leader for Master in Sustainable Development Management at Sunway University, Kuala Lumpur.Lesley Potter is Visiting Fellow at the...

The Craft and Science of Coffee follows the coffee plant from its origins in East Africa to its current role as a global product that influences millions of lives though sustainable development, economics, and consumer desire. For most, coffee is a...

The politics of food is changing fast. In rich countries, obesity is now a more serious problem than hunger. Consumers once satisfied with cheap and convenient food now want food that is also safe, nutritious, fresh, and grown by local farmers using...

Fully revised and updated for its third edition, this book presents the definitive compilation of current knowledge on all aspects of biochar.Research on biochar continues to accelerate as its importance for soil health, climate change mitigation and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781601730107Author Newman TurnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 239Imprint Acres U.S.A., IncPublisher Acres U.S.A., IncWeight(grams) 416gDimensions(mm) 228mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143119333Author John Paul RathboneFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 287gDimensions(mm) 214mm *...

The stat sheet on hemp sounds almost too good to be true: its fibers are among the planet's strongest, its seed oil the most nutritious, and its potential as an energy source vast and untapped. Its one downside? For nearly a century, it's been illegal to...

Farming is a complex job with many unique challenges, but can also be a rich and rewarding career that is full of opportunities. Following the author's Farm Business Management series, this new textbook takes the core principles and techniques and...

Jane Dolby fell in love with a fisherman - the most dangerous peacetime occupation that exists - leading her to find a place in a traditional British world that many have forgotten. Jane was not expecting to fall in love, but she did with Colin, a local...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996567480Author John SuscovichFormat PaperbackPage Count 116Imprint Emerald Lake BooksPublisher Emerald Lake BooksWeight(grams) 145gDimensions(mm) 216mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Bancroft Prize 2015. Short-listed for Pulitzer Prize (History) 2015.Book InformationISBN 9780375713965Author Sven BeckertFormat PaperbackPage Count 640Imprint...

John Humphrys is passionate about the state of British food, farming, fishing and agriculture. Here, he looks back to the days of organic farming in England when people shared and swapped food and considered the wildlife as well as the farmed animals,...

In its short lifetime of 100 years, the crofting system of landholding has had profound effects upon Scotland. In this book, the author presents vivid descriptions of crofting life, past and present, in a deeply-researched social history.About the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781601730695Author Michel MeuretFormat PaperbackPage Count 446Imprint Acres U.S.A., IncPublisher Acres U.S.A., IncWeight(grams) 716gDimensions(mm) 228mm *...

This book examines the social inequalities relating to food insecurity in the UK, as well as drawing parallels with the US. Access to food in the UK, and especially access to healthy food, is a constant source of worry for many in this wealthy country...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781601730152Author Charles WaltersFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Acres U.S.A., IncPublisher Acres U.S.A., IncWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 228mm *...

The health and profitability of grass-based livestock begins with the food they eat. In Managing Pasture, author Dale Strickler guides farmers and ranchers through the practical and ideological considerations behind caring for the land as a key part of...

In the last half century Brazil's rural economy has developed profitable soy and sugarcane plantations, causing mass displacement of rural inhabitants, deforestation, casualization of labor, and reorganization of politics. Since the early 2000s...

Los Angeles Times Book Prize FinalistWinner of the Willie Lee Rose PrizeWinner of the PROSE Award in United States HistoryHagley Prize in Business History FinalistA Smithsonian Best History Book of the Year"Vaping gets all the attention now, but Milov's...

This best-selling handbook is packed with detailed information on housing, feeding, and fencing dairy goats. It's been the trusted resource on the topic for farmers and homesteaders since it was originally published in 1975, and the new edition -...

This book examines cacao cultivation with a view to improving the sustainable management and production of this crop.Theobroma cacao is an important species originating in the Ecuadorian Amazon and whose product chocolate is consumed worldwide. Cacao...

Ageing is the main reason for most neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD). About 10% of individuals aged 65 years develop AD, which continuously increases with growing age. Medicinal plants have been...

This research anthology explores the concept of food production and supply, from farm gate to plate, bringing together contemporary thinking and research on local, national, and global issues from a stakeholder perspective. A Stakeholder Approach to...

Future Food Systems: Exploring Global Production, Processing, Distribution and Consumption provides an overview of food systems, from farming through to logistics, processing, retail, service and consumption, with the intention of enabling more efficient...

The objectives of this study are to further improve our understanding about the ways in which payments for ecosystem services schemes can be applied to forests, in particular focusing on forest's hydrological functions for the mutual benefit of both...

This SpringerBrief reviews currently applied and potential solutions for improving the efficiency and quality of rural electricity supply in India, a major bottleneck for agricultural development. It provides background on the current state of supply and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789354424656Author Sukhpal SinghFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Orient Blackswan Pvt LtdPublisher Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd

First published in 1987, Agricultural Extension Worldwide presents an international perspective on agricultural extension and highlights extension as an integral function of agricultural development. Agricultural extension is one of the largest nonformal...

The book examines sustainable food procurement policy and practice in the European Union and beyond, exploring the extent to which sustainability objectives have been achieved and evaluating the new developments taking place at both EU and national...

Did Saskatchewan give away the goose that laid the golden egg? When it comes to potash, John Burton claims we did. And he asks, where is the money for the natural resource going now? In Saskatchewan, politics and potash are inextricably intertwined. The...

An essential primer from one of North America's largest urban farms. Urban farming has the power to change diets, economies, and lives. Yet starting an urban farm can seem daunting with skills and knowledge that extend beyond growing to include...

In the dairy aisle of the supermarket, one milk carton features cows grazing on a verdant pasture, backed by a forest and undulating hillside. On another, a cow's wide-eyed face beckons the thirsty drinker. To the casual shopper, such pastoral images...

The public is more interested in agricultural and food issues than ever before, as is evident in the many agricultural controversies debated in the media. Why is it that some people embrace new agricultural technologies while others steadfastly defend...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583671214Format PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Monthly Review Press,U.S.Publisher Monthly Review Press,U.S.

First published in 1946, this historical analysis of Canadian agricultural policy from 1600 to 1930 tests the assumption that agriculture has been Canada's basic industry, central in the economic and political life of the nation. Professor Fowke...

The collapse in commodity prices since 1980 has been a major cause of the economic crisis in a large number of developing countries. This book investigates whether the commodity-producing countries, by joint action, could have prevented the price...

Agricultural Statistics is published each year to meet the diverse need for a reliable reference book on agricultural production, supplies, consumption, facilities, costs, and returns. Its tables of annual data cover a wide variety of facts in forms...

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, more than 80% of world's fish stocks are fully exploited, over-exploited, depleted, or recovering from depletion. Although several international agreements have promoted more...

The agriculture system is under pressure to increase production every year as global population expands and more people move from a diet mostly made up of grains, to one with more meat, dairy and processed foods. This book uses a decade of primary...