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Climate Change and Agricultural Development: Improving Resilience through Climate Smart Agriculture, Agroecology and Conservation by Udaya Sekhar Nagothu 9781138364080
RRP: £48.99Booksplease Price: £44.37Two of the greatest current challenges are climate change (and variability) and food security. Feeding nine billion people by 2050 will require major efforts aimed at climate change adaptation and... -
Green Skills Research in South Africa: Models, Cases and Methods by Eureta Rosenberg 9781032474984
RRP: £41.99Booksplease Price: £38.37This book proposes transformative, realist methodology for skills research and planning through an analysis of case studies of the changing world of work, new learning pathways and educational system... -
Biochar Systems for Smallholders in Developing Countries: Leveraging Current Knowledge and Exploring Future Potential for Climate-Smart Agriculture by Sebastian M Scholz 9780821395257
Booksplease Price: £21.82Biochar is the carbon-rich organic matter that remains after heating biomass under minimization of oxygen during a process called pyrolysis. Its relevance to deforestation, agricultural resilience,... -
The Economics of Climate-Resilient Development Sam Fankhauser 9781785360305
Booksplease Price: £116.18'An extremely timely book. The Paris Climate Agreement establishes a global goal on adaptation of enhancing adaptive capacity, strengthening resilience and reducing vulnerability to climate change... -
From "Climate-Smart" to "Climate-Just Agriculture”: International Institutions and Challenging False Solutions to our Ongoing Climate Crisis by Anthony Pahnke 9781032760377
RRP: £45.99Booksplease Price: £41.80Combining innovative social theory with ongoing policy discussions on climate change, this book analyzes past and present efforts at challenging global poverty through reforming the dynamics of... -
Climate Change Reviews: 2022-2024 David Hemming 9781800629479
RRP: £131.25Booksplease Price: £118.19Climate change is a reality that affects all aspects of agriculture, and is also impacted by agriculture. This collection of articles looks at a range of topics including: Impact on pollinators, key... -
University Engagement with Farming Communities in Africa: Community Action Research Platforms by Anthony Egeru 9781032481180
RRP: £37.99Booksplease Price: £35.25This book explains and explores how collaborations can be built and strengthened between African universities and farming communities to address real-world contemporary challenges.The book focuses on... -
Sustainable Solutions for Food Security: Combating Climate Change by Adaptation by Atanu Sarkar 9783319778778
Booksplease Price: £113.69This volume is the first centralized source of technological and policy solutions for sustainable agriculture and food systems resilience in the face of climate change. The editors have compiled a... -
Handbook of Circular Bioeconomy David Zilberman 9783032071118
Booksplease Price: £46.28The book aims to facilitate the development of circular bioeconomy education, research, policy, and engineering practices in global communities to benefit undergraduate and graduate students and... -
Working with Smallholders: A Handbook for Firms Building Sustainable Supply Chains by International Finance Corporation 9781464819629
RRP: £44.00Booksplease Price: £41.37This handbook addresses the challenges that agribusiness companies face when working with smallholder suppliers in their value chain.Book InformationISBN 9781464819629Author International Finance... -
Routledge Handbook of Gender and Agriculture by Carolyn E. Sachs 9780367563561
RRP: £46.99Booksplease Price: £42.66The Routledge Handbook of Gender and Agriculture covers major theoretical issues as well as critical empirical shifts in gender and agriculture.Gender relations in agriculture are shifting in most... -
Low-Carbon Development: Opportunities for Nigeria by Raffaello Cervigni 9780821399255
RRP: £20.99Booksplease Price: £17.19The Federal Government of Nigeria has adopted an ambitious strategy to make Nigeria the world's 20th largest economy by 2020. Sustaining such a pace of growth will entail rapid expansion of the level... -
Requiem for America's Best Idea: National Parks in the Era of Climate Change by Michael J. Yochim 9780826363435
RRP: £27.99Booksplease Price: £23.99In his enthusiastic explorations and fervent writing, Michael J. Yochim "was to Yellowstone what Muir was to Yosemite. . . . Other times, his writing is like that of Edward Abbey, full of passion for... -
Requiem for America's Best Idea: National Parks in the Era of Climate Change Michael J Yochim 9780826368195
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £16.68In Requiem for America's Best Idea, Michael J. Yochim explains how climate change is altering the face of America's national parks, focusing on current and projected changes to vegetation, wildlife,... -
Driving Energy-Efficient and Low-Carbon Investments for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises through the Finance Sector by Asian Development Bank 9789292708436
Booksplease Price: £31.52This report presents a comprehensive review of the investment landscape in energy efficiency and climate-smart infrastructure (CSI) technologies in India.The report examines market dynamics for small... -
Agroforestry as Climate Change Adaptation: The Case of Cocoa Farming in Ghana by Mette Fog Olwig 9783031456343
Booksplease Price: £46.28This open access book provides multidisciplinary perspectives on the potential of agroforestry to mitigate the negative impacts of climate change on cocoa production. Against the backdrop of... -
Soil Degradation and Restoration in Africa Rattan Lal (The Ohio State University) 9781032091358
RRP: £50.99Booksplease Price: £46.08Soil degradation is a widespread problem in Africa resulting in decreased agricultural productivity while demand for food continues to increase. Degradation is caused by accelerated erosion,... -
Smart Technologies for Sustainable Smallholder Agriculture: Upscaling in Developing Countries by David Chikoye 9780128105214
RRP: £98.95Booksplease Price: £89.23Smart Technologies for Sustainable Smallholder Agriculture: Upscaling in Developing Countries defines integrated climate smart agricultural technologies (ICSAT) as a suite of interconnected... -
Resilient Agriculture: Expanded & Updated Second Edition: Cultivating Food Systems for a Changing Climate by Laura Lengnick 9780865719507
RRP: £21.99Booksplease Price: £21.80Real world stories from the frontlines of climate change, resilience, and the future of food Practical insights and plenty of examples of how we can reshape our food system to one that is resilient... -
Agroforestry for a Sustainable Future: The Place of Carbon Credits and Markets Nyong Princely Awazi 9783032080516
Booksplease Price: £36.44This book investigates the multifaceted role of agroforestry in promoting sustainability and resilience in agricultural systems, with a particular focus on the potential of carbon credits and markets... -
Reducing the vulnerability of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia's agricultural systems to climate change: impact assessment and adaptation options by William R. Sutton 9781464800436
Booksplease Price: £25.25Agriculture is one of the most climate-sensitive of all economic sectors. In many countries, such as in FYR Macedonia, the risks of climate change are an immediate and fundamental problem because the... -
AI-enhanced Plant Omics Professor Jen-Tsung Chen 9781800628625
RRP: £115.00Booksplease Price: £101.71This book presents methods for the application or integration of AI tools (including machine learning, deep learning, and generative AI) with plant omics approaches (including functional genomics,... -
Building Resilience: Climate Change and Livelihoods in the Global South Nyong Princely Awazi 9783031937903
Booksplease Price: £36.44This book explores the intersection of climate resilience, livelihoods, and sustainability in various sectors - from forestry to fisheries and agriculture - within the global South. The author... -
Structural Change, Productivity, and Climate Nexus in Agriculture: An Eastern European Perspective by Tomas Balezentis 9783030768041
Booksplease Price: £90.72This monograph addresses the methodological and empirical issues relevant for the development of sustainable agriculture, with a particular focus on Eastern Europe. It relates economic growth to the... -
Environmental Economics in Developing Countries: Issues and Challenges by Achiransu Acharyya 9781032384504
RRP: £41.99Booksplease Price: £38.37The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the vulnerabilities of socio-economic systems globally and exposed the risks that natural capital degradation imposes on human health, economy, and society. This... -
Climate Change and Development Thomas Tanner 9780415664271
RRP: £48.99Booksplease Price: £44.67The evidence for human-induced climate change is now overwhelming, the brunt of its impacts is already being felt by poor people, and the case for urgent action is compelling. This book addresses the... -
Sustainable Intensification of Agriculture: Greening the World's Food Economy Jules Pretty 9781138196025
RRP: £41.99Booksplease Price: £38.37Sustainable intensification (SI) has emerged in recent years as a powerful new conceptualisation of agricultural sustainability and has been widely adopted in policy circles and debates. It is... -
Farming Systems and Food Security in Africa: Priorities for Science and Policy Under Global Change John Dixon 9781032082141
RRP: £44.99Booksplease Price: £40.94Knowledge of Africa's complex farming systems, set in their socio-economic and environmental context, is an essential ingredient to developing effective strategies for improving food and nutrition... -
Agroforestry and Climate Change: Issues and Challenges by Manoj Kumar Jhariya 9781771887908
RRP: £124.00Booksplease Price: £110.79This volume provides an abundance of valuable information on emerging eco-friendly technology and its potential role in combating climate change via agroforesty. The volume begins by describing the... -
Ontological Politics in a Disposable World: The New Mastery of Nature Luigi Pellizzoni 9780367336097
RRP: £44.99Booksplease Price: £40.94This book explores the intertwining of politics and ontology, shedding light on the ways in which, as our ability to investigate, regulate, appropriate, 'enhance' and destroy material reality have... -
Agroforestry and Climate Change: Issues and Challenges by Manoj Kumar Jhariya
RRP: £82.99Booksplease Price: £73.14This volume provides an abundance of valuable information on emerging eco-friendly technology and its potential role in combating climate change via agroforesty. The volume begins by describing the... -
Gender, Agriculture and Agrarian Transformations: Changing Relations in Africa, Latin America and Asia by Carolyn E. Sachs 9780367728557
RRP: £46.99Booksplease Price: £42.66This book presents research from across the globe on how gender relationships in agriculture are changing. In many regions of the world, agricultural transformations are occurring through increased... -
Food Security and Development: Country Case Studies by Udaya Sekhar Nagothu 9781138706538
RRP: £54.99Booksplease Price: £49.51The global food system is characterized by large numbers of people experiencing food insecurity and hunger on the one hand, and vast amounts of food waste and overconsumption on the other. This book... -
Water Harvesting in Sub-Saharan Africa by William Critchley
RRP: £52.99Booksplease Price: £47.80Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa is constrained by highly variable rainfall, frequent drought and low water productivity. There is an urgent need, heightened by climate change, for appropriate... -
Climate Change, Politics and the Press in Ireland by David Robbins 9780367606688
RRP: £24.99Booksplease Price: £23.81Media coverage of climate change has attracted much scholarly attention because the extent of such coverage has an agenda-setting effect and because the ways in which the coverage is framed can... -
Climate Change, Politics and the Press in Ireland David Robbins 9781138323872
RRP: £59.99Booksplease Price: £53.80Media coverage of climate change has attracted much scholarly attention because the extent of such coverage has an agenda-setting effect and because the ways in which the coverage is framed can... -
The Good Farmer: Culture and Identity in Food and Agriculture Rob J.F. Burton 9781138727960
RRP: £41.99Booksplease Price: £38.37Developed by leading authors in the field, this book offers a cohesive and definitive theorisation of the concept of the 'good farmer', integrating historical analysis, critique of contemporary... -
The Bioeconomy Approach: Constraints and Opportunities for Sustainable Development by Udaya Sekhar Nagothu
RRP: £44.99Booksplease Price: £40.94This book examines the bioeconomy concept, analysing the opportunities it can generate, the constraints and the potential benefits for society. The main objective of bioeconomy is to promote economic... -
The Politics of Economic Reform in Ghana Richard Aidoo 9780367786366
RRP: £44.99Booksplease Price: £40.94This book explores the significant economic transformation of Ghana over the three decades since the end of the Cold War, focusing on the role of political-economic change and reform. The Politics of... -
Political Agroecology: Advancing the Transition to Sustainable Food Systems Manuel Gonzalez de Molina (Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain) 9781138369221
RRP: £50.99Booksplease Price: £46.08Political Agroecology is the first book to offer a systematic and articulated reflection on Political Agroecology from the Agroecological perspective. It defines the disciplinary field responsible...