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  • Partners, Sisters, and Twins

    Flourishing Partnerships among Local Congregations around the World

    by Danny Hunter ...
    Series Book 70 - American Society of Missiology Monograph Series
    Congregations are increasingly developing partnerships as a way of engaging directly in global missions. One of the most common ways they do this is forming relationships with congregations in other parts of the world. This book looks at the reasons that churches seek out missions partners, how the partnership phenomenon developed, and what beliefs, concepts, structures, and practices inform the ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Orphan Crops for Sustainable Food and Nutrition Security

    Promoting Neglected and Underutilized Species

    Edited by Stefano Padulosi, E.D. Israel Oliver King, Danny Hunter, M.S. Swaminathan ...
    Series series Issues in Agricultural Biodiversity
    Orphan Crops for Sustainable Food and Nutrition Security discusses the issues, challenges, needs and opportunities related to the promotion of orphan crops, known also as neglected and underutilized species (NUS).The book is structured into six parts, covering the following themes: introduction to NUS, approaches, methods and tools for the use enhancement of NUS, integrated conservation and use of ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Biodiversity, Food and Nutrition

    A New Agenda for Sustainable Food Systems

    Edited by Danny Hunter, Teresa Borelli, Eliot Gee ...
    Series series Issues in Agricultural Biodiversity
    This book examines the challenges and impacts of poor diets and nutrition from current food systems and the potential contribution of biodiversity and ecosystem services in addressing these problems.There is a strong need for a multi-level, cross-sectoral approach that connects food biodiversity conservation and sustainable use to address critical problems in our current food systems, including ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Agrobiodiversity, School Gardens and Healthy Diets

    Promoting Biodiversity, Food and Sustainable Nutrition

    Edited by Danny Hunter, Emilita Monville-Oro, Bessie Burgos, Carmen Nyhria Roel, Blesilda M. Calub, Julian Gonsalves, Nina Lauridsen ...
    Series series Issues in Agricultural Biodiversity
    This book critically assesses the role of agrobiodiversity in school gardens and its contribution to diversifying diets, promoting healthy eating habits and improving nutrition among schoolchildren as well as other benefits relating to climate change adaptation, ecoliteracy and greening school spaces.Many schoolchildren suffer from various forms of malnutrition and it is important to address their ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Diversifying Food and Diets

    Using Agricultural Biodiversity to Improve Nutrition and Health

    Edited by Jessica Fanzo, Danny Hunter, Teresa Borelli, Federico Mattei ...
    Series series Issues in Agricultural Biodiversity
    Currently 868 million people are undernourished and 195 million children under five years of age are stunted. At the same time, over 1 billion people are overweight and obese in both the developed and developing world. Diseases previously associated with affluence, such as cancer, diabetes and cardio-vascular disease, are on the rise. Food system-based approaches to addressing these problems that ... Read more

    $87.99 USD

  • Routledge Handbook of Agricultural Biodiversity

    Edited by Danny Hunter, Luigi Guarino, Charles Spillane, Peter C. McKeown ...
    Series series Routledge Environment and Sustainability Handbooks
    The world relies on very few crop and animal species for agriculture and to supply its food needs. In recent decades, there has been increased appreciation of the risk this implies for food security and quality, especially in times of environmental change. As a result, agricultural biodiversity has moved to the top of research and policy agendas.This Handbook presents a comprehensive overview of ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Food Security and Climate Change

    Edited by Shyam Singh Yadav, Robert J. Redden, Jerry L. Hatfield, Andreas W. Ebert, Danny Hunter ...
    This book looks at the current state of food security and climate change, discusses the issues that are affecting them, and the actions required to ensure there will be enough food for the future. By casting a much wider net than most previously published books—to include select novel approaches, techniques, genes from crop diverse genetic resources or relatives—it shows how agriculture may still ... Read more

    $195.00 USD

  • Crop Wild Relatives

    A Manual of in situ Conservation

    Edited by Danny Hunter ...
    Series series Issues in Agricultural Biodiversity
    Crop wild relatives (CWR) are plant species which are more or less closely related to crops. They are a vital resource by providing a pool of genetic variation that can be used in breeding new and better adapted varieties of crops that are resistant to stress, disease, drought and other factors. They will be increasingly important in allowing crops to adapt to the impacts of climate, thus ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

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  • The Pesticide Detox

    Towards a More Sustainable Agriculture

    Edited by Jules Pretty ...
    Since the 1960s, the world's population has more than doubled and agricultural production per person has increased by a third. Yet this growth in production has masked enormous hidden costs arising from widespread pesticide use - massive ecological damage and high incidences of farmer poisoning and chronic health effects.Whereas once the risks involved with pesticide use were judged to be ... Read more

    $126.99 USD

  • Organic Agriculture for Sustainable Livelihoods

    Edited by Niels Halberg, Adrian Muller ...
    Series series Earthscan Food and Agriculture
    This book provides a timely analysis and assessment of the potential of organic agriculture (OA) for rural development and the improvement of livelihoods. It focuses on smallholders in developing countries and in countries of economic transition, but there is also coverage of and comparisons with developed countries. It covers market-oriented approaches and challenges for OA as part of high value ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Farming with Nature

    The Science and Practice of Ecoagriculture

    Edited by Sara J. Scherr, Jeffrey A. McNeely ...
    A growing body of evidence shows that agricultural landscapes can be managed not only to produce crops but also to support biodiversity and promote ecosystem health. Innovative farmers and scientists, as well as indigenous land managers, are developing diverse types of “ecoagriculture” landscapes to generate cobenefits for production, biodiversity, and local people.Farming with Nature offers a ... Read more

    $39.59 USD

  • One Billion Hungry

    Can We Feed the World?

    by Gordon Conway ...
    Hunger is a daily reality for a billion people. More than six decades after the technological discoveries that led to the Green Revolution aimed at ending world hunger, regular food shortages, malnutrition, and poverty still plague vast swaths of the world. And with increasing food prices, climate change, resource inequality, and an ever-increasing global population, the future holds further ... Read more

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