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Advances in organic dairy cattle farming

by Dr Mette Vaarst, Dr Mette Vaarst, Dr Stephen Roderick, Dr Stephen Roderick, Dr Lindsay Whistance, Dr Lindsay Whistance, Dr Morten Kargo, Dr Morten Kargo0, Dr Hannah Jones1, Dr Hannah Jones2, Dr Gillian Butler3, Dr Gillian Butler4, Dr Kerstin Barth5, Dr Kerstin Barth6, Dr Lisa Morgans7, Dr Lisa Morgans8, Dr Maria Groot9, Dr Maria Groot0, Dr Stig Milan Thamsborg1, Dr Stig Milan Thamsborg2, Dr David Rose3, Dr David Rose4, Dr Will Simonson5, Dr Will Simonson6, Dr Otto Schmid7, Dr Otto Schmid8, Dr Julie Brastrup Clasen9, Dr Margot Slagboom0, Dr Hannah Davis1, Dr Marie Haskell2, Dr Silvia Ivemeyer3, Dr Julie Føske Johnsen4, Dr Catarina Svensson5, Dr Julie Duval6, Dr Ariane Maeschli7, Dr Michael Walkenhorst8, Dr Nadine Ravinet9, Dr Miguel Peña-Espinoza0, Dr Andrew Williams1, Dr Helena Mejer2, Dr Philip J. Skuce3, Dr Juliette Schillings4, Dr Eden Keily-Thurstain5, Dr Hannah Stolz6, Dr Karlotta Koch7, Dr Claudia Meier8, Dr A. Muller9, Dr C. Schader0, Prof. Florian Leiber1, Dr Bernadette Oehen2 ...

Series Book 153 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Highlights the potential role organic dairy farming can play in addressing some of the key challenges facing the dairy sectorConsiders how the one-welfare perspective can be utilised to optimise the welfare of calves, adult cows and the humans that care for themShows how pasture-based production can contribute to improved cattle health and welfare, product quality and sustainability ... Read more

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Highlights the potential role organic dairy farming can play in addressing some of the key challenges facing the dairy sectorConsiders how the one-welfare perspective can be utilised to optimise the welfare of calves, adult cows and the humans that care for themShows how pasture-based production can contribute to improved cattle health and welfare, product quality and sustainability
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Improving organic animal farming

by Dr Mette Vaarst, Dr Alfredo J. Escribano, Dr J. Ryschawy, Prof. Raphael Wahome, Dr Caroline Chepkoech, Dr Silvia Ivemeyer, Anna Bieber, Dr A. Spengler Neff, Prof. Florian Leiber, Dr A. Muller0, Dr Veronika Maurer1, Dr Stephen Roderick3, Dr C. Schader4, Dr Isabel Blanco-Penedo5, Dr José Perea-Muñoz6, Dr Georgios Arsenos7, Dr Angeliki Argyriadou8, Dr Sotiria Vouraki9, Dr Athanasios Gelasakis0, Dr Barbara Frűh1, Dr Mirjam Holinger2, Dr Klaus Horsted3, Dr Timo Stadtlander4, Dr Nicola Bradbear5, Dr Susanne Padel6, Mr L. G. Smith7, Dr A. G. Williams8, Dr K. Ellis9, Dr Lindsay Whistance0 ...

Series Book 46 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Reviews key challenges and solutions in improving the health and welfare of organic farm animalsAddresses how organic livestock farming can build on smallholder systems such as pastoralism and agroforestryIncludes case studies on improving organic farming of dairy and beef cattle, sheep and goats, pig and poultry ... Read more

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Reviews key challenges and solutions in improving the health and welfare of organic farm animalsAddresses how organic livestock farming can build on smallholder systems such as pastoralism and agroforestryIncludes case studies on improving organic farming of dairy and beef cattle, sheep and goats, pig and poultry
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Achieving sustainable production of milk Volume 2

Safety, quality and sustainability

by Dr Ram Pratim Deka, Dr P. Moroni, Dr F. Welcome, M. F. Addis, Dr Bernadette O'Brien, Kieran Jordan, Erastus Kang'ethe, Jagger Harvey, Prof. Pamela L. Ruegg, Dr Réjean Bouchard, Claire Verraes, Helen Dornom, Anne-Charlotte Dockès, Nicole Sillett, Jamie Jonker, Emeritus Prof. Norman R. Scott, Curt Gooch, Ms Sophie Bertrand, Margaret E. Graves, Dr Ralph Martin, Dr J. Upton, Sabine Cardoen, E. Murphy, Dr Laurence Shalloo, M. Murphy, I. J. M. De Boer, Ben Tyson, Liza Storey, Dr Nick Edgar, Jonathan Draper, Christine Unson, Wendie Claeys, Prof. Florian Leiber, Dr A. Muller, Dr Veronika Maurer, Dr C. Schader, Anna Bieber, Dr Alison Bailey, Dr J. P. Hill, Dr John Moran, Dr J. M. K. Ojango, R. Mrode, Dr Lieve Herman, A. M. Okeyo, J. E. O. Rege, M. G. G. Chagunda, D. R. Kugonza, Dr Gidi Smolders, Dr Mette Vaarst, Dr Delia Grace, Silvia Alonso, Dr Johanna Lindahl, Sara Ahlberg, Professor Peter Groot Koerkamp ...

Series Book 9 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Summarises current research on pathogenic risks affecting milk and ways they can be controlled on the farm;Reviews ways of measuring and reducing the environmental impact of dairy farming such as better grassland management;Assesses the wider role of dairy farming and how it can be improved in the developing world ... Read more

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Summarises current research on pathogenic risks affecting milk and ways they can be controlled on the farm;Reviews ways of measuring and reducing the environmental impact of dairy farming such as better grassland management;Assesses the wider role of dairy farming and how it can be improved in the developing world
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Aquaponics Food Production Systems

Combined Aquaculture and Hydroponic Production Technologies for the Future

Edited by Simon Goddek, Alyssa Joyce, Benz Kotzen, Gavin M. Burnell ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This open access book, written by world experts in aquaponics and related technologies, provides the authoritative and comprehensive overview of the key aquaculture and hydroponic and other integrated systems, socio-economic and environmental aspects. Aquaponic systems, which combine aquaculture and vegetable food production offer alternative technology solutions for a world that is increasingly ... Read more

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This open access book, written by world experts in aquaponics and related technologies, provides the authoritative and comprehensive overview of the key aquaculture and hydroponic and other integrated systems, socio-economic and environmental aspects. Aquaponic systems, which combine aquaculture and vegetable food production offer alternative technology solutions for a world that is increasingly
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Evolving Human Nutrition

Implications for Public Health

by Neil Mann, Sarah Elton, Stanley J. Ulijaszek ...

Series Book 64 - Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology
While most of us live our lives according to the working week, we did not evolve to be bound by industrial schedules, nor did the food we eat. Despite this, we eat the products of industrialization and often suffer as a consequence. This book considers aspects of changing human nutrition from evolutionary and social perspectives. It considers what a 'natural' human diet might be, how it has been ... Read more

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While most of us live our lives according to the working week, we did not evolve to be bound by industrial schedules, nor did the food we eat. Despite this, we eat the products of industrialization and often suffer as a consequence. This book considers aspects of changing human nutrition from evolutionary and social perspectives. It considers what a 'natural' human diet might be, how it has been
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Organic Agriculture

A Global Perspective

by Acram Taji, John Reganold ...

With global revenue surpassing twenty-five billion dollars annually, organic agriculture is a highly visible and rapidly growing component of agricultural production. In Organic Agriculture: A Global Perspective, Paul Kristiansen, Acram Taji, and John Reganold, and their international group of contributors scientifically review key aspects of organic agriculture. At the intersection of research, ... Read more

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With global revenue surpassing twenty-five billion dollars annually, organic agriculture is a highly visible and rapidly growing component of agricultural production. In Organic Agriculture: A Global Perspective, Paul Kristiansen, Acram Taji, and John Reganold, and their international group of contributors scientifically review key aspects of organic agriculture. At the intersection of research,
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Looking at Edible Insects from a Food Safety Perspective: Challenges and Opportunities for the Sector

by FAOoftheUN ...

While insect consumption by humans or entomophagy has been traditionally practiced in various countries over generations and represents a common dietary component of various animal species (birds, fish, mammals), farming of insects for human food and animal feed is relatively recent. Production of this 'mini-livestock' brings with it several potential benefits and challenges. The objective of this ... Read more

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While insect consumption by humans or entomophagy has been traditionally practiced in various countries over generations and represents a common dietary component of various animal species (birds, fish, mammals), farming of insects for human food and animal feed is relatively recent. Production of this 'mini-livestock' brings with it several potential benefits and challenges. The objective of this
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Good Beekeeping Practices for Sustainable Apiculture

by FAOoftheUN ...

Bees provide a critical link in the maintenance of ecosystems, pollination. They play a major role in maintaining biodiversity, ensuring the survival of many plants, enhancing forest regeneration, providing sustainability and adaptation to climate change and improving the quality and quantity of agricultural production systems. In fact, close to 75 percent of the world's crops that produce fruits ... Read more

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Bees provide a critical link in the maintenance of ecosystems, pollination. They play a major role in maintaining biodiversity, ensuring the survival of many plants, enhancing forest regeneration, providing sustainability and adaptation to climate change and improving the quality and quantity of agricultural production systems. In fact, close to 75 percent of the world's crops that produce fruits
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Vanishing Bees

Science, Politics, and Honeybee Health

by Sainath Suryanarayanan, Daniel Lee Kleinman ...

Series series Nature, Society, and Culture
In 2005, beekeepers in the United States began observing a mysterious and disturbing phenomenon: once-healthy colonies of bees were suddenly collapsing, leaving behind empty hives full of honey and pollen. Over the following decade, widespread honeybee deaths—some of which have come to be called Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD)—have continued to bedevil beekeepers and threaten the agricultural ... Read more

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In 2005, beekeepers in the United States began observing a mysterious and disturbing phenomenon: once-healthy colonies of bees were suddenly collapsing, leaving behind empty hives full of honey and pollen. Over the following decade, widespread honeybee deaths—some of which have come to be called Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD)—have continued to bedevil beekeepers and threaten the agricultural
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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

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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
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Improving organic crop cultivation

by Prof. Bernhard Freyer, Dr Maike Krauss, Dr Paul Mäder, Dr Joséphine Peigné, Dr Julia Cooper, Dr Peter Sørensen, Dr Luca Bechini, Prof Lars Stoumann Jensen, Prof. Lidia Sas Paszt, Dr Slawomir Gluszek, Dr H. Spieß, Prof. Michael J. Goss, Dr Adrian Unc, Dr Wilfried Ehlers, Prof. M. R. Finckh, Dr S. M. Junge, Dr J. H. Schmidt, Dr O. D. Weedon, Dr Bernhard Speiser, Dr Hans-Jakob Schärer, Dr Lucius Tamm, Dr B. Schmehe, Prof. Paolo Bàrberi, Dr Susanne Padel, Dr A. Muller, Dr M. Meier, Dr C. Schader, Dr A. Gattinger, Dr M. Steffens, Dr Thomas F. Döring, Dr Lukas Pfiffner, Dr Laura Armengot, Dr C. Vollenweider, Dr Kirsten Brandt, Dr R. Onwonga, Dr K. P. Sibuga, Dr H. Nduku, Dr L. Sigsgaard, Dr A. Saria, Dr L. Shechambo, Dr M. Montoro, Dr C. Chepkoech, Dr Q. Genga, Dr Steven P. C. Groot, Prof. Raphael Wahome, Dr N. Halberg, Dr H. Høgh-Jensen, Prof. Victor Olowe, Prof. Sang Mok Sohn, Prof. Roberto Ugás, Dr Maaike H. J. E. Raaijmakers, Prof. C. Watson, Dr E. A. Stockdale, Prof. Peter Von Fragstein und Niemsdorff ...

Series Book 47 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Reviews key advances and best practice in cultivation techniques across the value chain of organic farmingDiscusses ways of monitoring and improving the environmental impact of organic crop productionParticular focus on ways of supporting organic farming in the developing world ... Read more

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Reviews key advances and best practice in cultivation techniques across the value chain of organic farmingDiscusses ways of monitoring and improving the environmental impact of organic crop productionParticular focus on ways of supporting organic farming in the developing world
... Read more
Achieving sustainable cultivation of sorghum Volume 2

Sorghum utilization around the world

by Prof Glen P. Fox, I. D. Godwin, L. Watson-Fox, I. J. C. Hannah, S. L. Norton, M. Djanaguiraman, Prof. P. V. V. Prasad, Prof. Barbara J. Stoecker, Kebede Abegaz, Dr S. R. Bean, Yewelsew Abebe, Dr Scott Staggenborg, Hui Shen, Prof. John H. Sanders, Botorou Ouendeba, Ababacar Ndoye, Niaba Témé, Dr Rafael Augusto da Costa Parrella, Robert Eugene Schaffert, Cicero Bezerra de Menezes, B. P. Ioerger, José Avelino Santos Rodrigues, Jurandir Vieira Magalhães, Cynthia Maria Borges Damasceno, Dagma Dionisia da Silva, Simone Martins Mendes, Aruna C., B. Dayakar Rao, Vilas A. Tonapi, Dr T. G. Nageshwar Rao, Dr Eva Weltzien, J. D. Wilson, H. Frederick Weltzien-Rattunde, T. A. van Mourik, Hakeem A. Ajeigbe, M. Tilley, D. Rhodes, T. J. Herald, Dr F. M. Shapter, A. Crowther, Professor Ignacio Ciampitti ...

Series Book 32 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Discusses latest research on sorghum structure, chemistry and physiologyReviews varied uses of sorghum as a feed and food grain, forage and energy cropIncludes case studies of key challenges facing sorghum cultivation in regions such as Asia, Africa and South America ... Read more

$152.99 USD

Discusses latest research on sorghum structure, chemistry and physiologyReviews varied uses of sorghum as a feed and food grain, forage and energy cropIncludes case studies of key challenges facing sorghum cultivation in regions such as Asia, Africa and South America
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