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Achieving sustainable cultivation of maize Volume 1

From improved varieties to local applications

de Prof. Joachim Messing, W. Paul Williams, Ms Marilyn Warburton, Zsuzsanna Tóthné Zsubori, Dr Csaba L. Marton, Dr Dharam Paul Chaudhary, Dr Eliab Simpungwe, Paula Robles Bolivar, Elena Lima-Cabello, Dr Jose C. Jimenez-Lopez, Denise E. Costich, Tim J. O'Hare, Prof Glen P. Fox, V. Manyong, A. Menkir, A. Alene, A. A. Akinola, A. S. Bamire, Dr T. Abdoulaye, Carolina Camacho, Remco Mur, J. Stephen Smith, Dr Mariana Wongtschowski, Dr Cheryl Doss, Dr Candice Gardner, R. O. Akinwale, M. A. B. Fakorede, Dr Baffour Bada-Apraku, Prof. Marcelo J. Carena, Yongrui Wu ...

Series Libro 1 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Reviews key challenges and advances in maize breeding methods;Discusses the development of varieties with enhanced nutritional and other properties such as improved protein content and abiotic stress resistance;Summarises key steps being taken to support smallholders growing maize in developing countries ... Leer más

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Reviews key challenges and advances in maize breeding methods;Discusses the development of varieties with enhanced nutritional and other properties such as improved protein content and abiotic stress resistance;Summarises key steps being taken to support smallholders growing maize in developing countries
... Leer más
Transforming food systems

The quest for sustainability

de Dr Dave Watson ...

Series Libro 99 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Sets out the historical context for understanding the current challenges facing food productionGives a unique overview of the range of reformist, progressive and radical solutions to reforming the global food systemProvides a framework for comparing the relative strengths and weaknesses of different solutions ... Leer más

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Sets out the historical context for understanding the current challenges facing food productionGives a unique overview of the range of reformist, progressive and radical solutions to reforming the global food systemProvides a framework for comparing the relative strengths and weaknesses of different solutions
... Leer más
Achieving sustainable cultivation of maize Volume 2

Cultivation techniques, pest and disease control

de Dr Alpha Y. Kamara, Dr Wade E. Thomason, Bee Khim Chim, Mark S. Reiter, Dr Bram Govaerts, Isabelle François, Nele Verhulst, Louis Longchamps, Dr Kaushik Majumdar, Alam Sher, Shamie Zingore, Fernando García, Adrian Correndo, Dr Jagadish Timsina, Adrian M. Johnston, Dr Bao-Luo Ma, Zhigang Wang, Mr Abeya Temesgen, Dr Daniel Rodriguez, Xiaoli Liu, Caspar Roxburgh, Ariel Ferrante, Joseph Eyre, Stuart Irvine-Brown, James McLean, Martin Bielich, Dr Tadele Tefera, Theresa M. Cira, Jincai Li, Prof. T. L. Niblack, Dr Loth S. Mulunga, Dr George Mahuku, Dr P. Lava Kumar, Dr Amaere Ayalew, Martin Kimanya, Limbikani Matumba, Dr Ranajit Bandyopadhayay, A. Menkir, Dr Peter J. Cotty, Dr Youhong Song, Khawar Jabran, Mubshar Hussain, Dr Bhagirath Singh Chauhan, Vasileios P. Vasileiadis, Dr Per Kudsk, Prof. Charles Wortmann, Patricio Grassini, Roger W. Elmore, Dr Peter S. Setimela, Prof. William D. Hutchison, Dr Maurizio Sattin, Shu Fukai, Claire Farnsworth, Dr R. Khosla ...

Series Libro 2 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Summarises current good agricultural practice in maize cultivation, from seed selection to nutrient management, conservation agriculture, rotations and intercropping;Reviews advances in understanding and managing diseases and pests such as viruses, nematodes and weeds;Discusses ways maize cultivation can be made more ‘climate smart’ ... Leer más

$197.99 USD

Summarises current good agricultural practice in maize cultivation, from seed selection to nutrient management, conservation agriculture, rotations and intercropping;Reviews advances in understanding and managing diseases and pests such as viruses, nematodes and weeds;Discusses ways maize cultivation can be made more ‘climate smart’
... Leer más
Pesticides and agriculture

Profit, politics and policy

de Dr Dave Watson ...

Series Libro 67 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Discusses the competitive strategies of the major pesticide companiesIdentifies the main forces driving the pesticides industryExplains the evolution of the pesticide industry as a context for understanding its future development ... Leer más

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Discusses the competitive strategies of the major pesticide companiesIdentifies the main forces driving the pesticides industryExplains the evolution of the pesticide industry as a context for understanding its future development
... Leer más

One Billion Hungry

Can We Feed the World?

de 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 ... Leer más

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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
... Leer más
World Livestock: Transforming the Livestock Sector through the Sustainable Development Goals

de FAOoftheUN ...

The publication is intended to serve as a reference framework for Member States as they move forward to realize livestock's potentially major contribution to the Agenda 2030.For decades, the livestock debate has focused on how to increase production in a sustainable manner. However, the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development has shifted the emphasis from fostering sustainable production per se ... Leer más

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The publication is intended to serve as a reference framework for Member States as they move forward to realize livestock's potentially major contribution to the Agenda 2030.For decades, the livestock debate has focused on how to increase production in a sustainable manner. However, the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development has shifted the emphasis from fostering sustainable production per se
... Leer más
The Economics of Sustainable Food

Smart Policies for Health and the Planet

Edición de Nicoletta Batini ...

Producing food industrially like we do today causes tremendous global economic losses in terms of malnutrition, diseases, and environmental degradation. But because the food industry does not bear those costs and the price tag for these losses does not show up at the grocery store, it is too often ignored by economists and policymakers.The Economics of Sustainable Food details the true cost of ... Leer más

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Producing food industrially like we do today causes tremendous global economic losses in terms of malnutrition, diseases, and environmental degradation. But because the food industry does not bear those costs and the price tag for these losses does not show up at the grocery store, it is too often ignored by economists and policymakers.The Economics of Sustainable Food details the true cost of
... Leer más
Land Use and Food Security in 2050: a Narrow Road

Agrimonde-Terra

de Chantal le Mouël, Marie de Lattre-Gasquet, Olivier Mora ...

Series series Matière à débattre et décider
After a first foresight study on ‘World food security in 2050’ (Agrimonde), CIRAD and INRA have turned their attention to a new foresight exercise on ‘Land use and food security in 2050’ (Agrimonde-Terra). This new study seeks to highlight levers that could modify ongoing land-use patterns for improved food and nutrition security.Agrimonde-Terra proposes a trend analysis on the global context, ... Leer más

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After a first foresight study on ‘World food security in 2050’ (Agrimonde), CIRAD and INRA have turned their attention to a new foresight exercise on ‘Land use and food security in 2050’ (Agrimonde-Terra). This new study seeks to highlight levers that could modify ongoing land-use patterns for improved food and nutrition security.Agrimonde-Terra proposes a trend analysis on the global context,
... Leer más
Sustainable Diets

How Ecological Nutrition Can Transform Consumption and the Food System

de Pamela Mason, Tim Lang ...

How can huge populations be fed healthily, equitably and affordably while maintaining the ecosystems on which life depends? The evidence of diet’s impact on public health and the environment has grown in recent decades, yet changing food supply, consumer habits and economic aspirations proves hard.This book explores what is meant by sustainable diets and why this has to be the goal for the ... Leer más

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How can huge populations be fed healthily, equitably and affordably while maintaining the ecosystems on which life depends? The evidence of diet’s impact on public health and the environment has grown in recent decades, yet changing food supply, consumer habits and economic aspirations proves hard.This book explores what is meant by sustainable diets and why this has to be the goal for the
... Leer más
Achieving sustainable cultivation of wheat Volume 2

Cultivation techniques

de Mukesh Meena, Dr Q. Xue, J. Rudd, J. Bell, T. Marek, S. Liu, Tadesse Dessalegn, Tesfaye Solomon, Tesfaye Gebre Kristos, Abiy Solomon, Prof. Arun Kumar Joshi, Shure Seboka, Yazie Chane, Dr Bhadriraju Subramanyam, Kamala A. Roberts, Fetien Abay, Rizana Mahroof, J. R. Guarin, Dr Brian L. Beres, Vinod Kumar Mishra, Haley Catton, J. M. Clarke, K. Nilsen, D. Khitiri, X. Lin, Prof. C. J. Pozniak, K. Ammar, Dr Tinashe Chiurugwi, Simon Kerr, Simanchal Sahu, Ian Midgley, L. A. Boyd, Johnson Kamwaga, Peter Njau, Terry van Gevelt, Claudia Canales, Max Marcheselli, Dr Rajiv Kumar Sharma, Dr W. Tadesse, A Amri, Prof. Peter J. Gregory, M Sanchez-Garcia, M El-Bouhssini, M Karrou, S Patil, F Bassi, Dr M. Baum, Prof. T. Oweis, Christina K. Clarke, Dr Vijesh Krishna, Alwin Keil, Sreejith Aravindakshan, Dr Reem Aboukhaddour, Dr Senthold Asseng, Professor Thomas Döring ...

Series Libro 6 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Reviews advances in cultivation practice such as seed establishment and more efficient irrigation techniques;Summarises developments in ‘climate smart’ agriculture such as conservation tillage and organic wheat cultivation;Discusses ways of supporting smallholders improve wheat cultivation in North Africa and other regions in the developing world ... Leer más

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Reviews advances in cultivation practice such as seed establishment and more efficient irrigation techniques;Summarises developments in ‘climate smart’ agriculture such as conservation tillage and organic wheat cultivation;Discusses ways of supporting smallholders improve wheat cultivation in North Africa and other regions in the developing world
... Leer más
Advances in Conservation Agriculture Volume 2

Practice and Benefits

de Prof Amir Kassam, Dr Angelica Galieni, Dr Theodor Friedrich, Dr Fabio Stagnari, Dr Fernando Teixeira, Prof Z. R. Khan, Dr A. W. Murage, Dr J. O. Pittchar, Dr C. A. O. Midega, Dr Stephane Boulakia0, Dr Florent Tivet1, Dr Olivier Husson2, Dr Lucien Séguy3, Prof João Carlos M. Sá4, Prof Rattan Lal5, Dr Ademir de Oliveira Ferreira6, Dr Clever Briedis7, Dr Thiago Massao Inagaki8, Dr Daniel Potma Gonçalves9, Dr Laila Kassam0, Dr Jucimare Romaniw1, Mr Scott Day2, Dr Ademir Calegari3, Dr Alessandra Santos4, Dr Marcus Cremonesi5, Dr Lilianne Maia6, Dr Wilian Demetrio7, Dr Marie L. C. Bartz8, Dr Oscar Veroz-Gonzalez9, Dr Muhammad Farooq0, Dr Manuel Morena-Garcia1, Dr Rafaela Ordoñez-Fernandez2, Dr Jesus A. Gil-Ribes3, Dr Julio Roman-Vazquez4, Dr Antonio Holgado-Cabrera5, Dr Gordon Conway6, Dr Saidi Mkomwa7, Dr Paula Triviño-Tarradas8, Dr Antonio Miranda-Fuentes9, Dr Francisco Marquez-Garcia0, Dr Ahmad Nawaz1, Dr Rosa M. Carbonell-Bojollo2, Dr Patrick C. Wall3, Dr Christian Thierfelder4, Dr Peter Hobbs5, Dr Jon Hellin6, Dr Bram Govaerts7, Prof Rafael Fuentes Llanillo8, Dr Tiago Santos Telles9, Dr Dimas Soares Junior0, Dr Sara Kaweesa1, Dr Yashpal Singh Saharawat2, Dr Anne-Marie B. Mayer3, Dr Tom Goddard4, Dr Hongwen Li5, Dr Ivo Mello6, Dr Francis Shaxson7, Prof Telmo Jorge Carneiro Amado8, Dr Carlos Alexandre Costa Crusciol9, Dr Claudio Hideo Martins da Costa0, Dr Otávio dos Anjos Leal1, Dr Luan Pierre Pott2, Dr Timothy Reeves3, Prof Michele Pisante4, Professor Kadambot Siddique5, Professor Gottlieb Basch6, Professor Sjoerd W. Duiker7, Professor Emilio J. González-Sánchez8 ...

Series Libro 62 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Summarises current research on optimising CA system practices and their ecological, economic and social benefits.Elaborates on how CA systems make efficient use of production inputs such as water, nutrients, energy and addresses challenges in such areas as weed, insect pest and disease management.Reviews the central issues of improvement in yield, profitability and ecosystem services as well as ... Leer más

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Summarises current research on optimising CA system practices and their ecological, economic and social benefits.Elaborates on how CA systems make efficient use of production inputs such as water, nutrients, energy and addresses challenges in such areas as weed, insect pest and disease management.Reviews the central issues of improvement in yield, profitability and ecosystem services as well as
... Leer más
Science and Innovations for Food Systems Transformation

Edición de Joachim von Braun, Kaosar Afsana, Louise O. Fresco, Mohamed Hag Ali Hassan ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This Open Access book compiles the findings of the Scientific Group of the United Nations Food Systems Summit 2021 and its research partners. The Scientific Group was an independent group of 28 food systems scientists from all over the world with a mandate from the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations.The chapters provide science- and research-based, state-of-the-art, solution-oriented ... Leer más

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This Open Access book compiles the findings of the Scientific Group of the United Nations Food Systems Summit 2021 and its research partners. The Scientific Group was an independent group of 28 food systems scientists from all over the world with a mandate from the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations.The chapters provide science- and research-based, state-of-the-art, solution-oriented
... Leer más

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