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  • Declining International Cooperation on Pesticide Regulation

    Frittering Away Food Security

    by May T. Yeung, William A. Kerr, Blair Coomber, Matthew Lantz, Alyse McConnell ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This Palgrave Pivot investigates barriers to international agricultural trade caused by a lack of standardized maximum residue levels (MRL) for pesticides. Given the preponderance of pesticide use in food production and the increasing disruptions to trade, a better understanding of the reasons for the decline in international cooperation, the trade impacts, and potential solutions is critical. ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

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  • The Fertile Earth – Nature's Energies in Agriculture, Soil Fertilisation and Forestry

    Volume 3 of Renowned Environmentalist Viktor Schauberger's Eco-Technology Series

    by Viktor Schauberger ...
    Translated by Callum Coats ...
    How does nature work? When one looks closely at the enormously complex web of life, it is impossible not to be caught by the wonder of how all living things – including rocks and crystals – are interconnected. Just as there is thought behind action, so there is energy behind matter. The Fertile Earth, the third volume of the Eco-Technology series which presents the original, passionate and ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Australia's Role in Feeding the World

    The Future of Australian Agriculture

    Edited by Blagrove, Hundloe, Ditton ...
    Earth's human population currently exceeds 7 billion, and by the year 2050 our planet will have at least two billion more mouths to feed. When faced with providing food for so many people, the idea is often advanced that Australia will become the 'food bowl' of Asia. Australia currently grows enough food to feed about three times its population and agricultural exports are important to our economy ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • The Economics and Organization of Brazilian Agriculture

    Recent Evolution and Productivity Gains

    by Fabio Chaddad ...
    The Economics and Organization of Brazilian Agriculture: Recent Evolution and Productivity Gains presents insights on Brazilian agriculture and its impressive gains in productivity and international competitiveness, also providing insightful examples for global policymakers. In Brazil, as in many countries, many economists and policymakers believe that agriculture is a traditional, low-tech sector ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • Feedpads for Grazing Dairy Cows

    by John Moran, Scott McDonald ...
    This book is the first detailed and comprehensive guide to the use of feedpads in the dairy industry, from planning and construction to day-to-day management, written especially for farmers. With ongoing droughts and access to water driving up the cost of conserved forages and feeding concentrates, feedpads offer flexible and efficient systems to maximise returns on feeding expensive supplements ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • A Very Different Land

    Memories of Empire from the Farmlands of Kenya

    by Hilary Sunman ...
    In this book, Hilary Sunman considers the day-to-day experience of her father, Owen, who served in the Colonial Agricultural Service from 1928-1950. Weaving together a human and family story, she combines her father's work with her own experience as a development economist to discuss colonial policy. Focusing on themes such as All the the 'White Highlands', race, colonial leadership, and the rise ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Plant Biotechnology and Agriculture

    Prospects for the 21st Century

    Edited by Arie Altman, Paul Michael Hasegawa ...
    As the oldest and largest human intervention in nature, the science of agriculture is one of the most intensely studied practices. From manipulation of plant gene structure to the use of plants for bioenergy, biotechnology interventions in plant and agricultural science have been rapidly developing over the past ten years with immense forward leaps on an annual basis. This book begins by laying ... Read more

    $186.29 USD

  • The Quest for Subsidy Reforms in the Middle East and North Africa Region

    A Microsimulation Approach to Policy Making

    Edited by Paolo Verme, Abdlekrim Araar ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book is an analysis of energy and food subsidies in the MENA region between 2010 and 2014. Using the World Bank’s proprietary SUBSIM model, the book studies the distribution of subsidies and the simulation of subsidy reforms across eight countries within in a partial equilibrium framework. The distributional analysis of subsidies provides information on who benefits from existing subsidies, ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Sustainable Food Security in the Era of Local and Global Environmental Change

    Edited by Mohamed Behnassi, Olaf Pollmann, Gabrielle Kissinger ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This volume discusses a broad range of vital issues encompassing the production and consumption of food in the current period of climate change. All of these add up to looming, momentous challenges to food security, especially for people in regions where malnutrition and famine have been the norm during numerous decades. Furthermore, threats to food security do not stop at the borders of more ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Cow Talk

    Understanding Dairy Cow Behaviour to Improve Their Welfare on Asian Farms

    by Rebecca Doyle, John Moran ...
    The aim of this manual is to improve the welfare of dairy cattle in tropical developing countries, and by doing so, optimise cow and herd performance. It gives the stockmen and farmers directly concerned with the cattle a better understanding of animal behaviour and the ways cattle communicate their comfort or distress. The book discusses normal cattle behaviour and shows how domestication and ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Agricultural Biomass Based Potential Materials

    Edited by Khalid Rehman Hakeem, Mohammad Jawaid, Othman Y. Alothman ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Agricultural biomass is abundant worldwide and it can be considered as alternative source of renewable and sustainable materials which can be used as potential materials for different applications. Despite this enormous production of agricultural biomass, only a small fraction of the total biomass is utilized for different applications. Industry must be prepared to take advantage of the situation ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Proceeding of the 1st International Conference on Tropical Agriculture

    Edited by Alim Isnansetyo, Tri Rini Nuringtyas ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    The proceeding of tropical agriculture is a proceeding of papers presented at the International Conference on Tropical Agriculture. Sustainability of agriculture production system is an important issue in the world, which includes all aspects of sustainable criteria, such as technical, socio-economic, and ecological aspects.This book covers sustainable tropical agriculture, sustainable tropical ... Read more

    $188.99 USD