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Book SynopsisAuthor Megan Giller invites fellow chocoholics on a fascinating journey through America’s craft chocolate revolution. Learn what to look for in a craft chocolate bar and how to successfully pair chocolate with coffee, beer, spirits, cheese, or bread. This comprehensive celebration of chocolate busts some popular myths (like “white chocolate isn’t chocolate”) and introduces you to more than a dozen of the hottest artisanal chocolate makers in the US today. You’ll get a taste for the chocolate-making process and understand how chocolate’s flavor depends on where the cacao was grown — then discover how to turn your artisanal bars into unexpected treats with 22 recipes from master chefs.

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Book Synopsis"Practical, well written, and comprehensive. . . . Read this book cover to cover, or keep it handy as a reference for all aspects of goat care."—Sarah Flack, author of The Art and Science of Grazing This one-of-a-kind guide will empower even novice goat owners, offering expert guidance on maintaining a healthy herd—whether they are dairy, meat, fiber, or pet goats Goats have provided humankind with essential products for centuries; indeed, they bear the noble distinction of being the first domesticated farm animal. From providing milk and meat for sustenance and fiber and hides for clothing and shelter to carrying packs and clearing brush, there isn’t much that goats cannot do. Managing goats successfully requires an understanding of how nature designed them to thrive, including nutritional and psychological needs, as well as how to identify a problem and intercede before it’s too late. For more than a decade, Gianaclis Caldwell and her family have operated Pholia Farm Creamery, an off-grid, raw milk goat cheese dairy. In Holistic Goat Care, Caldwell offers readers a comprehensive guide to maintaining a healthy herd of goats, whether they are dairy goats, meat goats, fiber goats, or pet goats. Holistic Goat Care will empower even novice goat owners to confidently diagnose and treat most of the ailments that goats might experience. For the experienced goat farmer, the book offers a depth of insight and approaches to treatment not found in any other book. Caldwell places special emphasis throughout on holistic, natural, and alternative approaches to caring for goats, including information on: Handling and managing goats using their natural instincts as an asset Developing good farm management practices such as appropriate housing and fencing systems and manure and mortality management Making feeding decisions based on understanding goats’ ruminant digestive system and their evolutionary needs Growing forage and garden crops as feed and utilizing wild browse Troubleshooting health problems based on assessing symptoms Implementing advanced health procedures such as pain control, fecal testing, and transplanting rumen microbes from healthy to sick goats Diagnosing, treating, and preventing more than 75 common goat ailments Whether your herd is two or two hundred, this first-of-its-kind, comprehensive book will help you keep your goats healthy, safe, and productive and give you a deep and enjoyable insight into the wondrous creature that is the goat.Trade Review“In Holistic Goat Care, Gianaclis Caldwell demonstrates that modern, practical, holistic, small-farm methods are the true state of the art. Her unique understanding of goat care—connecting science, real-world farming, and the healing arts—comes alive through her clear and inspiring writing. This much-needed book gifts goat owners with a ready, reliable reference for whatever nature sends their way.”—Fred Walters, editor, Acres U.S.A. magazine“Holistic Goat Care is a rare and refreshing synergy of commonsense goat lore and sound holistic principles—worthy of a place in every goat owner’s library. I am impressed with the book’s layout, as well as the content.”—Richard J. Holliday, DVM, holistic veterinarian; coauthor of A Holistic Vet’s Prescription for a Healthy Herd“Holistic Goat Care is practical, well written, and comprehensive. Giancalis Caldwell covers everything from browse to barns, breeding to birthing, vitamins to vaccination, and parasites to pizzle rot, in an easy-to-read format. The book reflects both her hands-on experience with goats and her extensive knowledge of their physiological needs and their sometimes idiosyncratic behavior. The examples of goat farms in various climates and countries make the information broadly applicable to many regions. With a light touch of humor and a hearty helping of practical advice, Gianaclis shares her depth of knowledge and her appreciation of the role and value of goats in agriculture both currently and historically. Read this book cover to cover, or keep it handy as a reference for all aspects of goat care.”—Sarah Flack, author of The Art and Science of Grazing“The next best thing to learning about goat keeping through years of experience is to read Holistic Goat Care. Gianaclis Caldwell not only provides all the essential details, she frankly describes unhappy events along with successes, to save readers the anguish of making similar mistakes and to demonstrate that sometimes bad things happen even to the most conscientious goat keeper. Rather than dictating a single rigid approach to holistic goat management, Caldwell offers numerous natural and alternative options to help you develop practices that best suit your goals and your herd’s specific needs.”—Gail Damerow, author of The Backyard Homestead Guide to Raising Farm Animals“Holistic Goat Care is far and away the most complete guide to goat keeping I’ve ever seen. Gianaclis Caldwell handles basic care and advanced subjects, such as on-farm necropsies, cud transplants, and scur removal, with equal aplomb. Whether you have two goats or two hundred, you need this book!”—Sue Weaver, author of The Backyard Goat“I wish this book had been around when I started raising goats. Gianaclis Caldwell has a friendly, clear style of writing that makes a huge subject much less daunting. I highly recommend that beginners read Holistic Goat Care before starting out on their own goat adventure. Experienced goat owners will definitely find this book a useful reference as well. As a firm believer in providing holistic and humane care for all my animals, I am pleased to finally find a book that covers this slant for goats.”—Molly Nolte, founder, Molly’s Herbals and FiasCoFarm.com“Holistic Goat Care is an excellent resource for raising healthy goats. Gianaclis Caldwell stresses the importance of preventative medicine, which is a critical aspect of raising goats. The information in this well-written book will be very beneficial for beginners, agriculture-oriented students, veterinary students, and veterinarians. The author stresses the importance of early recognition of conditions and diseases. She also discusses treatment through conventional medicine and alternative or integrative medicine, as well as the use of complementary therapies such as herbal and homeopathic if needed. All sixteen chapters are very informative, and the text is referenced to excellent resources in goat medicine. I believe this book will be an excellent source of information in raising goats.”—Lionel J. Dawson, BVSc, MS, DACT, professor, Center of Veterinary Health Sciences, Oklahoma State University

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Book SynopsisAfter the American Civil War, agricultural reformers in the South called for an end to unrestricted grazing of livestock on unfenced land. Shawn Kantor asserts that this conflict was centered on anticipated benefits from fencing livestock rather than on class, cultural or ideological differences.

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPART 1. Introduction 1. Why plant factories with artificial lighting (PFALs) are necessary 2. Terms related to PFALs 3. Role and characteristics of PFALs 4. Contribution of PFALs to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Beyond PART 2. Basics 5. Photonmetric quantities and their application 6. LED product terminology and performance description of LED luminaires 7. Photon efficacy in horticulture: turning LED packages into LED luminaires 8. Balances and use efficiencies of CO2, water and energy 9. Hydroponics 10. Aquaponics 11. Plant responses to environments PART 3. Applications 12. Productivity: Definition and application 13. How to integrate and optimize productivity 14. Emerging economics and profitability of PFALs 15. Business models and cost performance of downtown mini-plant factories 16. Indoor production of tomatoes SECTION 4. Advanced Research in PFALs and Indoor Farms 17. Toward an optimal spectrum for photosynthesis and plant morphology in LED-based crop cultivation 18. Indoor lighting effects on plant nutritional compounds and mineral elements 19. Indoor Production of Ornamental Seedlings, Vegetable Transplants, and Microgreens 20. Molecular breeding of miraculin-accumulating tomatoes with suitable traits for cultivation in PFALs and the optimization of cultivation methods 21. Environmental control of PFAL 22. Human-Centered Perspective on Urban Agriculture 23. Towards commercial production of head vegetables in plant factories with artificial lighting (PFALs) 24. Concluding remarks

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPart I: Introduction 1. Role of neglected and underutilized crops in global food security and biodiversity 2. Production of neglected and underutilized crops - challenges and opportunities Part II: Cereal and Pseudocereal Crops 3. Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) 4. Pendant amaranth (Amaranthus caudatus) 5. Canihua (Chenopodium pallidicaule) 6. Fiindi (Digitaria exilis) 7. Indian Barnyard millet (Echinochloa frumentacea) 8. Finger millet (Eleusine coracana) 9. Teff (Eragrostis tef) 10. Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) 11. Proso millet (Panicum miliaceum) 12. Little millet (Panicum miliare) 13. Kodo millet (Paspalum scrobiculatum) 14. Foxtail millet (Setaria italica) 15. Triticale Part III: Food Legume Crops 16. Ground bean (Kerstingiella geocarpa) 17. Lablab-bean (Lablab purpureus) 18. Pearl lupin (Lupinus mutabilis) 19. Horse gram (Macrotyloma uniflorum) 20. Winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus) 21. African yam bean (Sphenostylis stenocarpa) 22. Moth bean (Vigna aconitifolia) 23. Adzuki bean (Vigna angularis) 24. Ground-bean (Vigna subterranea) 25. Ricebean (Vigna umbellata) 26. Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranean) Part IV: Oil Seeds 27. Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) 28. Sesame (Sesamum indicum) 29. Spurge (Euphorbia lagascae) 30. Wild hazel (Simmondsia chinensis) 31. Camelina (Camelina sativa)

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Book SynopsisShort food supply chains (SFSCs) rely primarily on local production and processing practices for the provision of food and are, in principle, more sustainable in social, economic and environmental terms than supply chains where production and consumption are widely separated.This book reviews and assesses recent initiatives on this topic from an interdisciplinary perspective. In theoretical terms it draws on and advances two key concepts, namely, place (particularly embeddedness in local economic networks and communities) and governance (particularly in addressing sustainability concerns in an inclusive and socially just manner). Empirically, the book examines a diverse set of SFSCs such as small-scale entrepreneurship, farmersâ markets, community supported agriculture and grassroots and solidarity networks. The main examples discussed are from Europe and North America, but the issues are applicable in a global context.The book is of interest to advanced students, researchers and professionals in food studies, sociology, geography, planning, politics and environmental studies.Table of Contents1. Introduction Part I Innovative Local Agrifood Governance 2. The Rise of Municipal Food Movements 3. Grassroots responsible innovation initiatives in SFSC 4. Food localization and agency: The Cases of Regionalwert AG and Luzernenhof in Freiburg, Germany Part II Local Agrifood Systems 5. The long and the short of it: Motivations and realities for food hub actors in Ontario, Canada 6. "New" micro agrofood initiatives in crisis-hit Greece and beyond: a promising alternative or business as usual? 7. Synergies between Localized Agri-food Systems and Short Supply Chains for Geographical Indications in Italy 8. Re-embedding Greek Feta in localities: Cooperation of small dairies as a territorial development strategy Part III Alternative Agrifood Market Channels 9. The fairness of alternative food retailers in the Netherlands 10. Social justice on the market place. The renewal of peri-urban open-air food markets around Montpellier, France 11. Protection of a 'place': Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) in Germany 12. Conclusions

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a categorized and visualized overview and presents microscopic observations, systematic mineralogy, chemistry, geology, stability, paragenesis, occurrence and use in petrology of 137 minerals. Structural formula calculations are included in the appendix. Consists of a set of book and downloadable resources for students and practically-oriented researchers and professionals in geology, geological, mining, and mineral resources engineering who need a reference of mineralogy, applied to petrology.The downloadable resources contain 384 color plates with mineral microscopic visuals under various circumstances.Table of ContentsUse of the CD –ROM1. Rocks and minerals2. Observations with the Petrographic Microscope3. Systematic mineralogy3-1. Major tectosilicates: quartz – feldspars – feldspathoids3-2. Major ferro-magnesians minerals : micas, chlorites, amphiboles, pyroxenes, olivines3-3. Aluminous minerals3-4. Calcic, magnesian and calc-magnesian minerals3-5. Accessory minerals3-6. Minerals of sedimentary rocks and alteritesAppendix - Calculation of the structural formula of a mineralA selection of booksReferences bibliographiquesSites webIndex

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Book SynopsisLivestock production worldwide is increasing rapidly, in part due to economic growth and demand for meat in industrializing countries. Yet there are many concerns about the sustainability of increased meat production and consumption, from perspectives including human health, animal welfare, climate change and environmental pollution. This book tackles the key issues of contemporary meat production and consumption through a lens of political ecology, which emphasizes the power relations producing particular social, economic and cultural interactions with non-human nature. Three main topics are addressed: the political ecology of global livestock production trends; changes in production systems around the world and their implications for environmental justice; and existing and emerging governance strategies for meat production and consumption systems and their implications. Case studies of different systems at varying scales are included, drawn from Asia, Africa, the AmeTrade Review"In a world where food has become the focal point of environmental politics, it’s high time for an unflinching survey of meat. From the economy of farmed fish and livestock genetics to the politics of rainforest ranching and Halal slaughter, Emel and Neo’s superlative collection has something to surprise and engage everyone: researchers, activists and consumers." – Paul Robbins, Director of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA and author of Lawn People and Political Ecology. "With meat squarely on the public agenda, this book could not come at a better time. Constituting a range of case studies on the many dimensions of industrial meat production, this book pushes beyond the simple debates of meat or no meat and asks readers to think more deeply of how we as human animals want to live with our non-human animal co-inhabitants." – Julie Guthman, University of California – Santa Cruz, USA and author of Agrarian Dreams: the Paradox of Organic Farming in California and Weighing In: Obesity, Food Justice and the Limits of Capitalism. "If the project of animal geography is to make non-humans and our relations with them visible and accountable in our socio-spatial understanding, then this excellent volume does just that, placing the industrialised lives and deaths of farmed livestock, without alibi, at the centre of a critical bio-political ecology." – Henry Buller, University of Exeter, UK, appointed member of the Farm Animal Welfare Committee (FAWC) and Chair of the FAWC/Defra Welfare at Killing group."By broaching topics of systematic exploitation and injustice within the livestock industry, the book brings a multitude of environmental, political, and economic contradictions into the spotlight. Perhaps exposure is the first step towards advocacy." – Heide K. Bruckner, University of Graz, AustriaTable of ContentsForeword Alice J. Hovorka 1. Introduction Jody Emel and Harvey Neo Part 1: The ‘Livestock Revolution’: Geographies and Implications 2. Evolution of a Revolution: Meat Consumption and Livestock Production in the Developing World Ian MacLachlan 3. Cattle ranching development in the Brazilian Amazon: Looking at Long-term Trends to Explore the Transition towards Sustainable Beef Cattle Production Pablo Pacheco and Rene Poccard-Chapuis 4. The Political Ecology of Factory Farming in East Africa Elizabeth Waithanji 5. A Changing Environment for Livestock in South Africa Emma R.M. Archer van Garderen, Charles L. Davis and Mark A. Tadross Part 2: Environmental Justice and Meat Production/Consumption 6. Meat and Inequality: Environmental Health Consequences of Livestock Agribusiness Ryan Gunderson 7. Can’t Go to the Fountain No More: Pigs, Nitrates and Spring Water Pollution in Catalonia David Sauri and Hug March 8. Environmental Injustice in the Spatial Distribution of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations: A Case Study from Ohio, USA Julia Lenhardt and Yelena Ogneva-Himmelberger 9. Neoliberal Governance and Environmental Risk: ‘Normal Accidents’ in North Carolina’s Hog Industry Elizabeth Stoddard Part 3: Biopolitics, Knowledge, and the Materialism of Meat 10. Breed Contra Beef: the Making of the Piedmontese Cattle Annalisa Colombino and Paolo Giaccaria 11. Biopower and an Ecology of Genes: Seeing Livestock as Meat via Genetics Lewis Holloway 12. Cows, Climate and the Media Keith Lee, Joshua P. Newell, Jennifer R. Wolch and Pascale Joassart Marcelli 13. The Political Science of Farm Animal Welfare in the US and EU Connie Johnston 14. Battling the Head and the Heart: Constructing Knowledgeable Narratives of Vegetarianism in Anti-meat Advocacy Harvey Neo Part 4: The Governance of Meat Production Systems 15. Producing Halal Meat: the Case of Halal Slaughter Practices in Wales, UK Mara Miele and Karolina Rucinska 16. Roundtabling and the Greening of the Global Beef Industry: Lessons from the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) Adrienne Johnson 17. Contesting Urban Agriculture: the Politics of Meat Production in the License-Buy-Back Scheme (2006-2007) in Hong Kong Kin Wing Chan 18. Complications and Implications of Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Livestock Chris Rosin and Mark H. Cooper 19. Domestic Farmed Fish Production: An Overview of Governance and Oversight in the US Aquaculture Industry Paula Daniels and Colleen McKinney 20. Conclusion Jody Emel and Harvey Neo

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Book SynopsisThe contents of your pint glass have a much richer history than you could have imagined. Through the story of the hop, this book connects twenty-first century beer drinkers to lands and histories that have been forgotten in an era of industrial food production.Trade Review"Peter Kopp digs into the history and agriculture of growing hops for beer. He begins with the ancient development of the vine, explores how it came to be used to preserve beer and how it has grown into the craft beer flavor factor to the nth degree... Fascinating." OnMilwaukee.comTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Defining Hoptopia 1 * Wolf of the Willow 2 * Valley of the Willamette 3 * Hop Fever 4 * Hop-Picking Time 5 * Hop Center of the World 6 * Th e Surprise of Prohibition 7 * Fiesta and Famine 8 * Aft er the Hop Rush 9 * Cascade 10 * Hop Wars Epilogue: Hoptopia in the Twenty-First Century Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAn innovative concept, smart structural systems have proven to be extremely effective in absorbing damaging energy and/or counteracting potentially devastating force, thus limiting structural collapse and subsequent injury. As this technology rapidly evolves, there is an ever-increasing need for an authoritative reference that will allow those in the field to stay abreast of the very latest advances.Smart Structures: Innovative Systems for Seismic Response organizes current research and technology to provide researchers and practicing engineers, as well as advanced students, with the means to learn about and apply the very latest smart structure innovations. Key features includeâ Complete mathematical formulations and numerical procedures for topics presentedNew technologiesDesign guidelines and examples based on current official codesConsideration of smart structures on a variety of foundationsDiscussion of the use of smart Table of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements. About the Authors. Basic Concept of Smart Structure Systems. Base Isolation Systems. Damping Systems. Smart Seismic Structures Using Active Control Systems. Smart Seismic Structures Using Semiactive and Hybrid Control Systems.Sensing and Data Acquisition Systems for Smart Seismic Structures. Optimal Device Placement for Smart Seismic Structures. Active Control Considering Soil-Structure Interaction. Active Control Considering Soil-Structure Interaction. Hybrid Control of Structures on Shallow Foundation with Existing and Generated Earthquakes. Appendix A: MATLAB. Appendix B: Green’s Function. Appendix C: Element Stiffness and Mass Coefficients.

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Book SynopsisBased on an international symposium and workshop to be hosted by the University of Hull International Fisheries Institute, this reference includes expert reviews of the advantages and shortcomings of all current techniques and management strategies used in assessment of freshwater fish stocks, worldwide.Table of ContentsPreface.. I: Survey Methods. 1. Fish population survey methods: a synthesis (P. Hickley). 2. Electric fishing for the assessment of fish stocks in large rivers (J. Harvey and I.G. Cowx). 3. The use of resistivity fish counters in fish stock assessment (M. Aprahamians, S. Nicholson, D. McCubbing and I. Davidson). 4. Evaluation of a low disturbance methods for estimating population densities of juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) and trout (Salmo trutta L.) juveniles in chalk streams (D.J. Bird, G.W. Lightfoot and A.P. Strevens). 5. Assessment of the deep water trawl fisheries of the South East Arm of Lake Malawi using exploratory surveys and commercial catch data (M. Banda, T. Tomasson and D. Tweddle). 6. Selectivity of Breder traps for sampling fish fry (J. Kubecka). 7. Estimation of migrant yellow eel stock in large rivers through the survey of fish passes: a preliminary investigation in the River Meuse (Belgium) (E. Baras, J-CI, Philippart and B. Salmon). II: Catch Effort Methods. 8. Catch census of coarse anglers in England and Wales (R. Steel, K. O'Hara and P.A. Smith). 9. Log books as a mechanism for assessing long-term trends in the salmonid fisheries, with particular reference to the sea trout stocks of the River Tywi (D.M. Evans). 10. Estimating historical trends of migratory fish runs into rivers without counters (I. Small). 11. Interpreting trends in adult Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) Populations from angling records: an analysis of catch and effort data from the River Spey (G.W. SMith, R. Laughton and S.J. Dora). 12. Catch and effort data and the management of the commercial fisheries of Itaipu reservoir in the upper Parana river, Brazil (E.D. Okada, A.A. Agostinho and M. Petrere Jr.). III: Hydroacoustic Assessment. 13. Use of horizontal dual-beam sonar for fish surveys in shallow waters (J. Kubecka). 14. Application of a hydroacoustic sampling technique in a large wind-exposed, shallow lake (P.J. Mous, J. Kemper). 15. A hydroacoustic assessment of a rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) population in a deep oligotrophic lake (M. Cryer). 16. Stock assessment of the Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) Population in Loch Ness, UK (C.W. Bean, I.J. Winfield and J.M. Fletcher). 17. Estimating fish production and biomass in the pelagic zone of Lake Malawi?Niassa: a comparison between acoustic observations and predictions based on biomass size-distribution theory (E.H. Allison). IV: Population Models. 18. A length-structured matrix population model used as a fish stock assessment tool (W. Dekker). 19. Uncertainty in fish stock assessment based on bottom trawl surveys in Lake Ijsselmeer (A.D. Buijse and W. Dekker). 20. Technical Interactions in tropical floodplain fisheries of south and south-east Asia (D.D. Hoggarth and G.P. Kirkwood). 21. Estimation of Atlantic salmon (Samo salar L.) and sea trout (Salmo Trutta L.) run size and angling exploitation on the Welsh Dee, using mark-recapture and trap indices (I.C. Davidson, R.J. Cove, N.J. Milner and W.K. Purvis). 22. Population dynamics of steelhead trout in a coastal stream, the Keogh River, British Columbia (B.R. Ward). 23. Mark-recapture experiment in a sea trout (Salmo trutta L.) ranching stream: catch effort and sample size for a confident population estimate through the season (H.Kristiansen). V: Case Studies - Lakes and reservoirs. 24. Stock assessment considerations in large lakes and reservoirs (E. Allison). 25. Stock assessment in Sri Lankan reservoirs: A review (U.S. Amarasinghe). 26. Progress and problems in the stock assessment of Lake Tanganyika sardines (B.E. Marshall). 27. Limitations of catch and effort data collection methods used for inland fisheries in the SADC region, with particular references to Zimbabwe (J.J. Mandima). 28. Trout yield Lake Taupo, New Zealand: anglers' eldorado or just another fishery? (M. Cryer). 29. Assessment and prediction of whitefish stock (Coregonus lavaretus) of Lake Constance (Bodensee) (H. Loffler). 30. The use of depletion fisheries data in fish stock assessment in Lake Wolderwijd, The Netherlands (J.J. G.M. Backx). VI: Case Studies - Rivers. 31. Stock assessment considerations for riverine fisheries (D. C. Jackson). 32. Growth and mortality rates of an endangered species, Synodontis Victoriae, in Sondu/ Miriu River, Kenya (J. Muli and W. OjWang). 33. Stock assessment fisheries population dynamics in Spanish mountain streams (D. Garcia Dejolan, M. Mayo and F. Hervella). 34. Stock assessment of European eel Anguilla anguilla L. (B. Knights, E. Withe and I.A. Naismith). 35. Exploitation of Alosa Pontica in the Danube Delta, Romania (I. Navodaru). 36. Age and growth of Petenia splendida Gunther in the San Pedro River (Southern Mexico) (J-L. Noiset and J-CI. Micha). VII: Fisheries Management. 37. Maximization of yields from African Lakes (G.F. Turner). 38. Community-based management in inland fisheries: case studies from two Malaysian fishing communities (A.B. Ali). 39. The integration of fish stock assessment into fisheries management (I.G. Cowx). Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book examines a diverse range of community food initiatives in light of their everyday practices, innovations, and contestations. While community food initiatives aim to tackle issues like food security, food waste, or food poverty, it is a cause for concern for many when they are framed as the next big solution to the problems of the current industrialised food system. They have been critiqued for being too neoliberal, elitist, and localist; for not challenging structural inequalities (e.g. racism, privilege, exclusion, colonialism, capitalism); and for reproducing these inequalities within their own contexts. This edited volume examines the everyday realities of community food initiatives, focusing on both their hopes and their troubles, their limitations and failures, but also their best intentions, missions, and models, alongside their capacity to create hope in difficult times. The stories presented in this book are grounded in contemporary theoretical debateTrade Review"Now, more than ever, we need to recognise and support just and sustainable community food initiatives. This book brings important issues of maintaining hope while staying with the trouble of enacting community food initiatives in a fair and just manner. It opens up our attention to matters of justice around food including as well as beyond procedural and distributional issues to essential matters of reparation."Anna R. Davies, FTCD, MRIA, Professor of Geography, Environment & Society, Director Environmental Governance Research Group, Department of Geography, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland"How do the stories we tell about community food initiatives highlight or narrow their multiple ways of making culture and transforming political possibilities? This wide-ranging and comprehensively edited volume offers a variety of case studies that demonstrate the transformative work that community food initiatives envision and enact without shying away from acknowledging the ways that racial capitalism, hetero-patriarchy and neoliberalism constrain their approaches. This book reminds us that community food initiatives have much to offer as we combat the intersecting and inextricable social, environmental, and public health crises that shape this precarious moment."Alison Hope Alkon, Professor of Sociology, University of the PacificTable of ContentsChapter 1. A critical reparative approach towards understanding community food initiatives: Acknowledging hopes and troubles Part 1: CFIs addressing social injustices and inequalities in urban food Chapter 2. Caring in unequal worlds: tracing the hopes and troubles of Community Food Initiatives in Sydney Chapter 3. Understanding vulnerability and resilience of urban food initiatives in Morocco Chapter 4. Spaces of hope and realities beyond the fence: Experiences of urban food providers in South Africa Chapter 5. Good Food for All? Navigating tensions between environmental and social justice concerns in urban community food initiatives Part 2: Cooperatives, cooperation, and concerns in CFIs Chapter 6. Constraint and autonomy in the Swiss ‘local contract farming’ movement Chapter 7. Sustainability conventions in a local organic consumer cooperative in Norway: Hope and trouble of participants Chapter 8. The moral economy of community supported agriculture – hopes and troubles of farmers as community makers Part 3: Commensality, social gatherings and food knowledge in CFIs Chapter 9. White natures, colonial roots, walking tours, and the everyday Chapter 10. Eating (with) the other: Staging hope and trouble through culinary conviviality

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This comprehensive guide to agricultural robots is the ideal companion for any student or professional engineer looking to understand and develop autonomous vehicles to use on the modern farm.With world hunger one of the modern era's most pressing issues, autonomous agricultural vehicles are a key tool in tackling this problem. Smart farming can increase total factory productivity through designing autonomous vehicles based on specific needs, in addition to implementing smart systems into day-to-day operations. This book provides step-by-step guidance, from the theory behind autonomous vehicles, through to the design process and manufacture. Detailing all components of an autonomous agricultural vehicle, from sensors, controlling algorithms, communication and controlling units, the book covers topics such as artificial intelligence and machine learning. It also includes case studies, and a detailed guide to international policymaking in recent years.Suitable fo

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Book SynopsisInternational institutions (United Nations, World Bank) and multinational companies have voiced concern over the adverse impact of resource extraction activities on the livelihood of indigenous communities. This volume examines mega resource extraction projects in Australia, Bolivia, Canada, Chad, Cameroon, India, Nigeria, Peru, the Philippines.Trade Review"Indispensable reading for anyone working at the fraught intersection of extractive industry and indigenous peoples." - Stuart Kirsch, University of Michigan, USA and author of Mining Capitalism "Scrutinizing the intricate and complex politics of resource extraction involving indigenous communities, multinational corporations, and domestic and multilateral government institutions across the globe, this well-crafted edited volume brings together case studies from around the globe. Each narrative of indigenous struggles with extractive industries and state hegemonies featured in this collection tells a common and sad story of indigenous marginalization, disadvantage, and plight. The breadth and scope of this piece of work will not only provoke thought and stimulate insights but will spur indigenous activism. It is indeed a compelling read." - Alberto G. Gomes, La Trobe University, AustraliaTable of ContentsTransnational Governmentality in the Context of Resource Extraction; S.Sawyer & E.T.Gomez On Indigenous Identity and a Language of Rights; S.Sawyer & E.T.Gomez State, Capital, Multinational Institutions and Indigenous Peoples; S.Sawyer & E.T.Gomez Indigenous Rights, Mining Corporations and the Australian State; J.Altman Extracting Justice: Natural Gas, Indigenous Mobilization and the Bolivian State; T.Perreault The Broker State and the 'Inevitability' of Progress: The Camisea Project and Indigenous Peoples in Peru; P.Urteaga-Crovetto Development, Power and Identity Politics in the Philippines; R.D.Rovillos & V.Tauli-Corpuz The Nigerian State, Multinational Oil Corporations and the Indigenous Communities of the Niger Delta; B.Naanen Identity, Power and Development: The Kondhs in Orissa, India; V.Xaxa Public-Private Partnership and Institutional Capture: The State, International Institutions and Indigenous Peoples in Chad and Cameroon; K.Horta Identity, Power and Rights: The State, International Institutions and Indigenous Peoples in Canada; M.Davis Attending to the Paradox: Public Governance and Inclusive International Platforms; S.Sawyer & E.T.Gomez Appendix 1: International Conventions and IFI Policies on Indigenous Rights Appendix 2: Cross-Section of Domestic Legislation Pertaining to Indigenous Rights Appendix 3: Legal Institutions and Authorities for the Enforcement of Indigenous Rights

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Book SynopsisThis book will take an in-depth look at the technologies, processes, and capabilities to develop and produce next generation energetic materials for both commercial and defense applications, including military, mining operations, oil production and well perforation, and construction demolition. It will serve to highlight the critical technologies, latest developments, and the current capability gaps that serve as barriers to military fielding or transition to the commercial marketplace. It will also explain how the processing technologies can be spun out for use in other non-energetics related industries.Trade Review"This book is an excellent collection of current technical strategies in the field of energetic materials. Its writers and editors are leaders in the EM community. The preface provides good background on the current state and need of the field, while each chapter narrates current strides, goals and difficulties." — Jena McCollum, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, USA"This book is unique in so far as it does not only describe the synthesis of (new) energetic materials, but also discusses thermodynamic aspects, physical properties and diagnostics of such materials. Another equally important feature that makes this book highly valuable is its inclusion of the discussion of the transition from laboratory scale to industrial production. I am sure this book is going to become a "must" for all researchers in the field of energetic materials – whether they are academic or industrially-based people."— Thomas M. Klapötke, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany "This book is set apart from all others in the related field. It meshes a good bit of technical aspects with the program management of how business is done as it related to the energetic materials enterprise."— Scott Iacono, US Air Force Academy, Chemistry Research Center, USA"Excellent review. This book should find a place in the shelves of researchers in this area, administrators and law makers involved in funding research in this area."— Dabir S. Viswanath, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA and University of Texas at Austin, USA "By expertly discussing long-standing grand challenges to EM research, development, and production -in one text- this book serves as a Rosetta Stone; it enables our researchers, managers, and government officials to clearly understand each other’s language, constraints, and priorities. The broad reaching scope of this book will help make possible the necessary retooling of administrative and EM manufacturing infrastructures including the introduction of science-based principles into the energetic materials enterprise. In short, Energetic Materials: Advanced Processing Technologies for Next-Generation Materials is an essential business and PLM guidebook for modernizing the energetic materials industry."— Joseph M. Zaug, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, USA"This book (290 pages in total) is unique in so far as it does not only describe the synthesis of (new) energetic materials but also discusses thermodynamic aspects, physical properties, and diagnostics of such materials. Another equally important feature that makes this book highly valuable is that it includes a discussion of the transition from laboratory scale to industrial production.In summary, I am sure this book is going to become a "must" for all researchers in the field of energetic materials – whether they are academic- or industrially-based scientists."—Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics 2018Table of ContentsEnergetic Materials Capabilities in the United States. Science and Research. Prototyping and Development. Production. National Studies and Assessments. Critical Science and Technologies in the Life Cycle of Energetic Materials. Thermodynamic Solubility Modeling of Organic Energetic Materials. Chemical Synthesis and Reaction Schemes. Crystallization of Energetic Particles. Mixing and Coating Operations. Rheological Behavior of Energetic Gels and Suspensions. Continuous Processing and Shaping of Energetic Formulations. Loading, Assembly, and Packout (LAP). New Diagnostic Tools for Characterization of Energetic Materials. Characterizing Energetic Material Reactivity Using Experimental Diagnostics. Printed Energetics: The Path Toward Additive Manufacturing of Munitions. Combined Flame and Solutions Synthesis of Novel Energetic Nanomaterials. The National Technology and Industrial Base of the Future. The Nascent National Energetic Materials Consortium. Integration of U.S. Capabilities and Resources through Public-Private Partnerships. Transition from Laboratory Innovation to Production and Military Fielding. Index.

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Book SynopsisFace the challenge of change in the global agricultural trade market!This insightful book presents a comprehensive overview of the trade situation facing agriculture in the 21st century. This esteemed collection of the field?s foremost researchers evaluates anticipated changes to the agricultural trade market and the competitiveness of commodities and products resulting from existing and potential international policies. Agricultural Trade Policies in the New Millennium provides an in-depth understanding of multilateral trade negotiations (past, present, and future) and the impact of regionalism on agricultural trade. It also analyzes trade issues specific to individual commodities, such as rice, wheat, and cotton.Agricultural Trade Policies in the New Millennium consolidates essential trade research into a one-of-a-kind reference source for economists, academics, and agriculture professionals. The book provides a detailed overview of current and potential trade situations, divided into three concise sections: key issues influencing trade negotiations from the perspective of developed and developing countries and the environment; commodity trade and trade policy issues concerning competitiveness and the international policy environment for coarse grains, cotton, rice, sugar, and wheat; and general issues related to multilateral and regional trade agreements, including policy tools within the World Trade Organization, anti-dumping actions, regionalism, price volatility, and the macroeconomic effects of trade liberalization. Agricultural Trade Policies in the New Millennium examines: key issues influencing trade negotiations commodity trade and trade policy issues issues and concerns related to multilateral and regional trade negotiations challenges facing trade policy prospects for the agricultural sector in the new millennium With international policy issues like the WTO’s Millennium Round and the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) in negotiation and a new United States farm bill pending, Agricultural Trade Policies in the New Millennium provides much-needed textbook analysis by expert researchers. This vital book will keep you in touch with current trade negotiations and policy decisions that are certain to hold major implications for the agricultural sector.Table of ContentsAbout the Editors , Contributors , Preface , Chapter 1. Issues and Obstacles for Agricultural Trade Policy in the New Millennium , Issues and Perspectives for Future Trade Agreements , Scope of This Volume , Part I: Key Issues Influencing Agricultural Trade Negotiations , Chapter 2. Progress in Agricultural Trade Negotiations , Introduction , Policy Harmonization and Side Agreements , State Trading Enterprises (STEs) and the WTO , Keeping the Borders Open , The Green Box , R&D and Trade , Multinationals and Vertical Market Structures , Gainers and Losers , Future Directions , Conclusion , Chapter 3. Issues in the WTO Agricultural Negotiations: An Overview , Introduction , Building on the Uruguay Round , The Agenda for the Agricultural Negotiations , Market Access , TRQ Expansion , Curbing Export Subsidies , Domestic Support , Health, Safety, and Environmental Issues , The Timing of the Negotiations , Chapter 4. Obstacles to Progress in Multilateral Agricultural Trade Negotiations: The European Viewpoint , EU Agricultural Policy Prior to the Uruguay Round Negotiations , EU Policy and the Uruguay Round Agreement , EU Perspectives on Future Agricultural Policy , Implications for the Trade Negotiations , Conclusion , Chapter 5. One Perspective on U.S. Policy and Agricultural Progress in World Trade Organization Negotiations , General Obstacles to Progress in Current WTO Negotiations in Agriculture , The Negotiating Position of the United States and Progress in the Current WTO Round , Trade and Agricultural Policies of the United States As Obstacles to Progress in the Current WTO Round , Concluding Remarks , Chapter 6. Agricultural Negotiations in the Cont

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Book SynopsisCurrent Techniques in Small Animal Surgery, Fifth Edition provides current information regarding surgical techniques from the perspective of clinicians who are performing specific procedures on a regular basis. It is intended to be concise, well illustrated, and reflective of the writer’s experience, both good and bad. The emphasis with this volume is technique. The pathophysiologic priniciples and applications are covered in the companion volume, Mechanisms of Disease in Small Animal Surgery, Third Edition. These two books are regarded by most practitioners and students as being a two-volume set.Trade Review"The long-awaited fifth edition of 'the' reference in surgery is out! This collective work (I counted more than 70 contributors!) provides the veterinary practitioner with the latest surgical knowledge. The various authors go beyond scalpel techniques: analgesia, bandaging, microsurgery, laser surgery, or diagnostic tests, to name only a few, are detailed and clearly explained in the 1163 pages. They are also backed up by numerous references. Nice drawings and a few black and white photographs illustrate the key points. No doubt your fourth edition surgery bible is well worn, so get the new one. You’ll use it for many years."—Vets Now: Book Review, October 2015"This book has over the past months rapidly become my go to reference when I need to quickly read up on general procedure or the basic options available for a condition… As the authors intended this book is perfect for a student or general practitioner who wants to be able to review and perform common surgical procedures that may be routinely in general practice" – Chris Allen, Veterinary Supplies Magazine"The long-awaited fifth edition of 'the' reference in surgery is out! This collective work (I counted more than 70 contributors!) provides the veterinary practitioner with the latest surgical knowledge. The various authors go beyond scalpel techniques: analgesia, bandaging, microsurgery, laser surgery, or diagnostic tests, to name only a few, are detailed and clearly explained in the 1163 pages. They are also backed up by numerous references. Nice drawings and a few black and white photographs illustrate the key points. No doubt your fourth edition surgery bible is well worn, so get the new one. You’ll use it for many years."—Vets Now: Book Review, October 2015Table of ContentsPart 1: Soft Tissue. Section A. Surgical Principles. Section B. Nervous System and Organs of Special Sense. Section C. Digestive System. Section D. Respiratory System. Section E. Urogenital System. Section F. Endocrine System. Section G. Hernias. Section H. Integument. Section I. Cardiovascular and Lymphatic. Section J. Exotic Species. PART II BONES AND JOINTS. Section K. Axial Skeleton. Section L. Fracture Fixation Techniques and Bone Grafting. Section M. Appendicular Skeleton – Thoracic Limb. Section N. Appendicular Skeleton – Pelvic Limb. Section O. Orthopedic Bandaging and Splinting Techniques.

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Book SynopsisThis new volume is a rich and comprehensive resource of the basic information and latest developments and research efforts on tropical and subtropical fruits. It presents an extensive overview of crop production techniques, processing, marketing, breeding efforts, harvesting, postharvest handling, pest and disease management, and more of banana, citrus, durian, grapes, guava, jackfruit, litchi, mango, and papaya.Table of Contents1. Banana 2. Citrus 3. Durian 4. Grapes 5. Guava 6. Jackfruit 7. Litchi 8. Mango 9. Papaya

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Book SynopsisThe fastest growth in tourism is the culinary sector. Covering farmers markets, taste tours, agri-entertainment, glamping, restaurants, farm shops and more, food tourism has become both an important part of holidaying and a purpose in itself. With growth occurring in most developed countries and tourists searching out culinary tourism throughout the world, this book provides an overall direction to the development of food tourism and a section on the future of this trend.Table of Contents-: Foreword -: Preface Part I: Food Tourism And The Tourist 1: Introduction 2: The Changing Tourist Part II: Farm Produce And Agritourism 3: On-Farm Marketing and Activities 4: Off-Farm Marketing and Retailing 5: Agri-Entertainment or Agri-Tourism 6: Accommodation Part III: Food Tourism – The Wider Picture 7: Independent Garden Centres and Nurseries 8: The Food Offer Part IV: Marketing And The Future 9: Marketing 10: The Future of Food tourism Appendix 1: Culinary, Retail and Tourism Terms Appendix 2: 51 Ways to Promote Your Culinary Business to the Local Community

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Book Synopsis"Overall, this new Burleigh Dodds text, Ensuring Safety and Quality in the Production of Beef, is a breath of fresh air. It covers a mountain of factors that can contribute to beef demand. It assembles a truly remarkable set of authors; scientists that have spent a career on their specific topics. This text is a “must read”!!Meat ScienceConsumer expectations of sensory and nutritional quality have never been higher. Drawing on an international range of expertise, this book reviews research in understanding and improving the quality of beef. Part 1 reviews how breeding and growth affect carcass composition. Part 2 discusses aspects of husbandry affecting meat quality such as nutrition, metabolic modifiers and handling of cattle. The book then goes on to discuss factors affecting flavor, color and tenderness, as well as grading, packaging and methods for measuring sensory quality.Ensuring safety and quality in the production of beef Volume 2: Quality will be a standard reference for animal and food scientists in universities, government and other research centres and companies involved in beef production. It is accompanied by Volume 1 which reviews safety issues in beef production.Trade Review"Overall, this new Burleigh Dodds text, Ensuring Safety and Quality in the Production of Beef, is a breath of fresh air. It covers a mountain of factors that can contribute to beef demand. It assembles a truly remarkable set of authors; scientists that have spent a career on their specific topics. This text is a “must read”!!Meat ScienceTable of ContentsPart 1 Breeding and growth1.Biological types of cattle: carcass and meat quality: M. A. Price, University of Alberta, Canada; 2.Traditional animal breeding of cattle to improve carcass composition and meat quality: Matt Spangler, University of Nebraska, USA; 3.Muscle fibre types and beef quality: Thierry Astruc and Annie Vénien, INRA, France; 4.Factors affecting fat content and distribution of fat in cattle and carcasses: Stephen B. Smith, Texas A&M University, USA; Part 2 Management of cattle5.Beef cattle nutrition and its effects on beef quality: Christopher J. Richards, Oklahoma State University, USA and and Michael E. Dikeman, Kansas State University, USA; 6.Effects of metabolic modifiers on beef carcass composition and meat quality: John M. Gonzalez, Sara M. Ebarb, Kelsey J. Phelps and Michael E. Dikeman, Kansas State University, USA; 7.Understanding the effects of handling, transportation, lairage and slaughter on cattle welfare and beef quality: Michael S. Cockram, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada; 8.The effects of carcass chilling and electrical stimulation on visual beef quality and palatability: Phillip E. Strydom, Agricultural Research Council and University of Stellenbosch, South Africa; Part 3 Quality traits9.Beef colour development and variation: Ranjith Ramanathan, Oklahoma State University, USA and Richard A. Mancini, University of Connecticut, USA; 10.Beef carcass grading and classification: Michael E. Dikeman, Kansas State University, USA; 11.Branded beef programmes: B. N. Harsh and D. D. Boler, University of Illinois, USA; 12.Ageing, physical and chemical methods for improving tenderness and palatability of beef: D. L. Hopkins, NSW Department of Primary Industries, Centre for Red Meat and Sheep Development, Australia; 13.Factors affecting flavour development in beef: Chris R. Kerth, Texas A&M University, USA; 14.Packaging systems for beef retailers and their effects on visual quality and palatability: J. W. S. Yancey, University of Arkansas, USA; 15.Measuring and assessing beef quality and sensory traits for retailers and consumers: Derek A. Griffing and Christy L. Bratcher, Auburn University, USA; 16.The role of beef in human nutrition and health: Chunbao Li, Nanjing Agricultural University, China; Part 4 Emerging trends17.The future of DNA technologies for improving beef quality: marbling, fatty acid composition and tenderness: Elly Ana Navajas, Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria, Uruguay; 18.The sustainability and ‘carbon footprints’ of conventional and alternative beef production systems: Jude L. Capper, Livestock Sustainability Consultancy, UK; 19.Controversies surrounding the impact of the fat content of beef on human health: Jennifer Fleming and Penny Kris-Etherton, Penn State University, USA;

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Book SynopsisIn an area of growing interest to veterinarians, this is a rapid reference to the practical clinical aspects of small animal dentistry. The text is arranged to reflect the clinician’s thinking and approach to problems: background information, clinical relevance, key points, differential diagnoses, diagnostic tests, and management. Some 400 top-quality illustrations—color photos, imaging and diagrams—provide a critically important complement to the text.The color handbook, now with revised text and references, offers real-life insights into the progression of oral disease and has been welcomed as a working resource by veterinary practitioners and students, and as a valuable review by more advanced veterinary dentists.Trade ReviewPraise for the Previous Edition:...a very good canine and feline dentistry and oral surgery resource... In general the photographs and images of radiographs are of good quality... The illustrations were excellent, detailed, and informational... the text provides an excellent visual resource and has the opportunity to improve and add photographs in future editions... allows the reader to quickly learn a large amount of information on a particular topic in just a few pages; the arrangement is relatively unique for a veterinary dental textbook and provides the reader with a concise, informative, and clinically relevant synopsis of the condition discussed. The handbook is easy to read and the reader can quickly learn about particular pathologies in the oral cavity. It is a textbook that should be included on reading lists for veterinary students, technicians, and in the library of general practitioners. The US list price of the book is a good value and would be an important resource for any small animal hospital library. It is a quality color and photographic resource for the practicing veterinarian to help identify pathology found in the oral cavity. It offers a quick resource with condensed information for a practitioner challenged with a busy practice schedule.—Kevin S. Stepaniuk, Journal of Veterinary Dentistry, June 2010Useful not only for general practitioners, but also for veterinary residents, specialists, and students...This high quality book is a useful addition to the limited number of veterinary dental textbooks currently available. The pictorial guide is a useful tool for those with limited dental background and the information on each lesion is broad. (3 stars)—Mary Buelow, DVM, University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, Doody's Review ServiceTable of ContentsAnatomy and Physiology. Oral Examination. Veterinary Dental Radiology. Pathology in the Pediatric Patient. Pathologies of the Dental Hard Tissue. Problems with the Gingiva. Pathologies of the Oral Mucosa. Problems with Muscles, Bones and Joints. Malignant Oral Neoplasia. Pathologies of the Salivary System. Appendices. References.

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Book Synopsis Sugar was the single most valuable bulk commodity traded internationally before oil became the world’s prime resource. From the sixteenth to the eighteenth century, cane sugar production was pre-eminent in the Atlantic Islands, the Caribbean, and Brazil. Subsequently, cane sugar industries in the Americas were transformed by a fusion of new and old forces of production, as the international sugar economy incorporated production areas in Asia, the Pacific, and Africa. Sugar’s global economic importance and its intimate relationship with colonialism offer an important context for probing the nature of colonial societies. This book questions some major assumptions about the nexus between sugar production and colonial societies in the Caribbean and Southeast Asia, especially in the second (post-1800) colonial era.Trade Review “The book is an invaluable contribution to the study of the political economies of these regions and offers fresh perspectives on metropolis-colony interactions. It challenges the Euro/US-centric historiography…[it] introduces the reader to a variety of archival sources.” · The Newsletter of the International Institute for Asian StudiesTable of Contents Chapter 1. Introduction Sidney W. Mintz Chapter 2. Sugarlandia Revisited: Sugar and Colonialism in Asia and the Americas, 1800 to 1940, An Introduction Ulbe Bosma, Juan Giusti-Cordero and G. Roger Knight Chapter 3. Technology, Technicians and Bourgeoisie: Thomas Jeoffries Edwards and the Industrial Project in Sugar in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Java G. Roger Knight Chapter 4. An Anatomy of Sugarlandia: Local Dutch Communities and the Colonial Sugar Industry in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Java Arthur van Schaik and G. Roger Knight Chapter 5. Sugar and Dynasty in Yogyakarta Ulbe Bosma Chapter 6. Hybridity, Colonial Capitalism and Indigenous Resistance: The Case of the Paku Alam in Central Java Sri Margana Chapter 7. ‘A Teaspoon of Sugar ...’: Assessing the Sugar Content in Colonial Discourse in the Dutch East Indies, 1880 to 1914 Joost Coté Chapter 8. Sugar, Slavery and Bourgeoisie: The Emergence of the Cuban Sugar Industry Manuel Barcia Chapter 9. The Spanish Immigrants in Cuba and Puerto Rico: Their Role in the Process of National Formation in the Twentieth Century (1898 to 1930) Jorge Ibarra Chapter 10. Compradors or Compadres? ‘Sugar Barons’ in Negros (The Philippines) and Puerto Rico under American Rule Juan Giusti-Cordero Notes on Contributors Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe best oils are made by authentic artist-craftsmen, who marry centuries-old agricultural wisdom with cutting-edge extraction technology, and now produce the finest oils in history. However, these producers are being steadily driven from the market: extra-virgin olive oil is difficult and expensive to make, yet alarmingly easy to adulterate. Skilled oil criminals are flooding the market with low-cost, faux extra-virgins, reaping rich profits and undercutting honest producers, whilst authorities in Italy, the US and elsewhere turn a blind eye.From the feisty pugliese woman of sixty struggling to keep the family business afloat to her industrialist neighbour who has allegedly grown wealthy on counterfeit oil, to Benedictine monks in Western Australia and poker-playing agriculture barons in northern California who make this ancient foodstuff in New World ways, Mueller distils the passions and life stories of oil producers, and explores the conflict, culinary vitality and cultural importance of great olive oil.Trade ReviewThis fascinating investigation shows there's no trade more slippery than olive oil * Guardian *An eye-opening and brilliantly researched expose of the olive oil industry * Sunday Times *Tom Mueller is, in turn, chemist, explorer, scholar and bard, infusing the narrative with a sense of wonder * Times Literary Supplement *

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Book SynopsisKey Clinical Topics in Sports and Exercise Medicine offers an indispensable revision guide for Sports and Exercise Medicine trainees. Designed to provide rapid access to over 100 core topics, this book reflects the latest developments in this highly relevant and evolving specialty. Edited by leading Consultants, Sports and Exercise Medicine provides the essential resource for exam revision and quick reference at the point of care. • Over 100 topics presented in alpha order, from abdominal injuries, to urinary injuries • Arranged in a consistent, standardised manner to facilitate ease and speed of use • Includes illustrations to improve understanding of key concepts • Contributions from experienced specialists to ensure authoritative, accurate contentTable of Contents1. Abdominal injuries in sport 2. Achilles tendon and calf 3. Ageing and sport 4. Altitude 5. Ankle - persistent problems following sprains: lateral ankle instability 6. Ankle - persistent problems following sprains: other injuries 7. Ankle - persistent problems following sprains: overview 8. Back pain - discogenic 9. Back pain - lumbar strains and sprains 10. Back pain - overview 11. Back pain - spondylolysis 12. Biomechanics 13. Cervical spine - cervical cord neuropraxia 14. Cervical spine - cervical disc injuries and herniations 15. Cervical spine - cervical ligament and muscle injuries 16. Cervical spine - fracture dislocation 17. Cervical spine - nerve root/brachial plexus injuries 18. Cervical spine injuries – overview 19. Chest injuries (Chest Wall and Intrathoracic) 20. Cold - hypothermia 21. Compartment pressure syndromes 22. Diabetes and exercise 23. Disability and sport - classification 24. Disability and sport - equipment 25. Disability and sport - medical problems 26. Disability and sport - overview 27. Diving, breath-holding and scuba 28. Drugs in sport - anabolics 29. Drugs in sport - blood doping, erythropoietin and altitude training 30. Drugs in sport - overview 31. Drugs in sport - the administrative framework: doping control procedures 32. Ear, nose, throat conditions in athletes 33. Elbow - instability 34. Elbow - lateral and medial epicondylitis (tennis elbow) NOW TWO TOPICS) 35. Elbow - throwing injuries 36. Epilepsy and exercise 37. Event doctor 38. Exercise and health 39. Exercise physiology - circulatory and respiratory systems 40. Exercise promotion 41. Eye injuries in sports 42. Fatigue 43. Female athlete - exercise during pregnancy 44. Female athlete - the triad 45. Fitness Testing 46. Forearm and wrist conditions 47. Gender verification 48. Gene doping 49. Groin pain 50. Hand injuries 51. Head injury 52. Heel pain 53. Imaging of sports injuries - computed tomography (CT) 54. Imaging of sports injuries - isotope bone scan 55. Imaging of sports injuries - magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) 56. Imaging of sports injuries - plain radiograph (plain X-ray) 57. Imaging of sports injuries - ultrasound (USS) 58. Infection and sport 59. Knee - acute injuries 60. Knee - anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries 61. Knee - cartilage conditions 62. Knee - MCL and LCL injuries 63. Knee - meniscus injuries 64. Knee - multiligament injuries 65. Knee - other injuries 66. Knee - overuse injuries 67. Knee - patello femoral conditions & Anterior Knee pain 68. Knee - posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) injuries 69. Maxillofacial injuries in sport 70. Muscle properties relevant to sports and exercise 71. Nerve entrapment syndromes - lower limb 72. Nerve entrapment syndromes - upper limb 73. Nerve injury - overview of peripheral nerve injuries 74. Osteoarthritis and sport 75. Paediatrics - osteochondrosis (osteochondritis) 76. Paediatrics - sports injuries 77. Paediatrics - sports medicine 78. Physiotherapy - acute injury management 79. Physiotherapy - general principles 80. Physiotherapy - rehabilitation 81. Physiotherapy - the team physiotherapist 82. Prevention of sports injuries 83. Psychology - performance enhancement 84. Psychology - sports injuries 85. Pulmonary disorders and exercise 86. Risk of sudden death in athletes 87. Shin pain 88. Shoulder - acromioclavicular joint injuries 89. Shoulder - acute dislocation 90. Shoulder - impingement syndrome/rotator cuff disease 91. Shoulder - instability 92. Shoulder - long head of biceps lesions 93. Shoulder - SLAP lesions 94. Shoulder and overhead throwing athlete 95. Skin infections in athletes 96. Stress fractures 97. Team physician 98. Tendinopathy 99. Thermoregulation and fluid balance in hot conditions 100. Thigh - muscular contusions and myositis ossificans 101. Thigh pain (anterior) - quadriceps muscle injuries 102. Thigh pain (posterior) - hamstring strains 103. Training 104. Unexplained underperformance syndrome 105. Urinary tract injuries

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Book SynopsisWhat does the proliferation of food festival tell us about rural areas? How can these celebrations pave the way to a better future for the local communities? This book is addressing these questions contributing to the ongoing debate about the future of rural peripheries in Europe.The volume is based on the ethnographic research conducted in Italy, a country internationally known for its food tradition and one of the European countries where the gap between rural and urban space is most pronounced. It offers an anthropological analysis of food festivals, exploring the transformational role they have to change and develop rural communities. Although the festivals aim mostly at tourism, they contribute in a wider way to the life of the rural communities, acting as devices through which a community redefines itself, reinforces its sociality, reshapes the perception and use of the surrounding environment. In so doing, thus, the books suggests to read the festivals not just as celebrations driven by food fashion, but rather fundamental grassroots instruments to contrast the effects of rural marginalization and pave the way to a possible better future for the communityTable of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction: Rural marginality and its development.- Chapter 2: Food festivals and the Italian foodscape.- Chapter 3: Food festivals as identity devices.- Chapter 4: Food festivals as political devices.- Chapter 5: Food festivals as economic devices.- Chapter 6: Conclusions: Food festivals as development devices.

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Book SynopsisThis book applies an economic and environmental perspective to the history of landscape and the rural economy, highlighting their inter-connections through specific case studies. After explaining how the author made his discoveries and when they started, it analyses relations between documentary and landscape evidence. It is based on exceptional first-hand observation of a dozen sites and close consideration of topics in the ecological and economic history of southern England. They range from reclaiming chalk down-land, occupying low-lying heaths and reconstructing parkland, to wool-stapling and the manufacture of gunstocks for the African slave trade. Additional themes include the tension between ecology and institutions in decisions about the location of economic activity; the decay of communal farming ahead of enclosure; and other interesting puzzles in rural economic history. This book offers an original approach to questions in economic history through its synthesis of different types of evidence. It will be of interest to a diverse range of readers because it addresses how economic change was registered in the landscape, and how that change was influenced by landscape. It is a book with highly original features, contributing simultaneously to economic, agricultural, environmental, and landscape history. Table of ContentsPart 1. Preliminaries.- Chapter 1. Strategic Locations.- Chapter 2. Sources: Artefacts.- Chapter 3. Sources: Documents.- Chapter 4. Post-war Time Shift.- Part Two: Localities.- Chapter 5. Chalk Downs.- Chapter 6. Heathland.- Chapter 7. Lot Meads.- Chapter 8. Drove Roads.- Chapter 9. Colonising the Hill Country.- Chapter 10. Parkland.- Chapter 11. Resources: Fodder.- Chapter 12. Resources: Wool & Wood.- Chapter 13. Conclusions.

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Book SynopsisThis textbook addresses the core issues facing economists concerning price determination in commodity markets, especially food and agricultural commodities. This book hones in on the conceptual basis of the various relationships, with special emphasis on market interrelationships, both horizontally and vertically. This book covers key concepts such as consumer demand theory; quality, heterogeneous goods, and cross section demand; derived demand, marketing margins, and relationship between output and raw material prices; retail-to-farm demand linkages, imperfect competition, and short-run price determination; dynamic consumer demand; and dynamic models of the firm.What makes this textbook of particular use to students is its focus on bridging the gap between theory and empirical analysis. Going from theory to empirics requires that we have data—time series or cross section—that match the theoretical constructs. Often the data match is not perfect, either by definition or how the data are computed. In addition to problems of matching data with theoretical constructs, students and researchers need to know how to specify, estimate, and interpret results within the context of imperfect and often incomplete data. This textbook uses several data sets to illustrate how one might address problems in real-world settings. Furthermore, with exercises at the end of each chapter, students are able to test themselves on their ability to bring theory to life.Table of Contents1. Introduction.- 2. Consumer Demand: Theory.- 3. Consumer Demand: Separability and Commodity Aggregation.- 4. Consumer Demand: Empirical Analysis I.- 5. Consumer Demand: Empirical Analysis II.- 6. Quality, Heterogeneous Goods, and Cross Section Demand.- 7. Derived Demand, Marketing Margins, and Relationship between Output and Raw Material Prices.- 8. Retail-to-Farm Demand Linkages, Imperfect Competition, and Short-Run Price Determination.- 9. Dynamic Consumer Demand.- 10. Dynamic Models of the Firm.

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Book SynopsisThis open access book is the result of an expert panel convened by the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and Nature Sustainability. The panel tackled the seventeen UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030 head-on, with respect to the global systems that produce and distribute food. The panel’s rigorous synthesis and analysis of existing research leads compellingly to multiple actionable recommendations that, if adopted, would simultaneously lead to healthy and nutritious diets, equitable and inclusive value chains, resilience to shocks and stressors, and climate and environmental sustainability.Table of Contents1:- Panel Members.- 2:- Socio-technical Innovation Bundles for Agri-food Systems Transformation.- 3;- The State of Agri-food Systems and Agri-food Value Chains in 2020.- 4:- Key External Drivers of Change to 2070.- 5;- Envisioning Four Design Objectives for 2045–70.- 6;- Getting from Here to There.- 7:- A Profuse Pipeline of Promising Options.- 8:- Socio-technical Innovation Bundles Tailored to Distinct Agri-Food Systems.- 9:- Impact Pathways.- 10:- Towards Co-creation of AFS Innovations by AVC Actors.- 11:- Technical Appendix.- References.

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Book SynopsisThis book uses simple economic theories to explain how China's agricultural economic phenomena exists in reality. It also helps the reader to get a clear understanding of economic phenomena, insight into the "hog cycle" and "food safety," as well as other economic and social phenomena. The language of this book is not only easy to understand, but also uses ancient poetry and humor to make the subject interesting, as it speaks to the history and current situation of Chinese agriculture. It also opens a window for the people to read about agriculture. This is a unique book on agricultural science that fills an important gap in works on agricultural science and agricultural economics.Table of ContentsChapter 1　Does China Have Enough to Eat.- Chapter 2　The Problem of Food Safety.- Chapter 3　Rural Land System and Rights.- Chapter 4　Can Farming Make Money.- Chapter 5　Who Will Till the Land and How Will They Till It.

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Book SynopsisThis open access book seeks effective strategy to realize a rice Green Revolution in sub-Saharan Africa based on more than ten years of research team’s inquiries into determinants and consequences of new technology adoption in rice farming in seven countries in this region. Rigorous statistical analyses are carried out by using valuable household data of rice farmers. The book is actually sequel to the two earlier books on the same subject published by Springer and edited by K. Otsuka and D.F. Larson, An African Green Revolution published in 2013 and In Pursuit of an African Green Revolution in 2016. The main message of the first book was that rice is the most promising cereal crop in SSA because of the high transferability of Asian rice technology, whereas that of the second book was that rice cultivation training programs are effective in significantly increasing rice yield in SSA. This third book has wider coverage in terms of topics, study periods, and study sites. It continues to show the significant impacts of rice cultivation training on productivity and newly demonstrates the high sustainability of the productivity impact of the training and the existence of spillover effects from trainees to other farmers by using panel data. We newly assess the important role of mechanization in intensification of rice farming, high returns to large-scale irrigation schemes, and the critical role of rice millers in improving the quality of milled rice. Based on these studies, this book provides clear pathways toward full-fledged Green Revolution in rice farming in sub-Saharan Africa.Table of ContentsPrefacePART I: EXTENSIFICTION, INTENSIFICATION, AND REVOLUTION Chapter 1: Issues of Rice Green Revolution in sub-Saharan Africa Keijiro Otsuka, Yukichi Mano, and Kazushi Takahashi 1-1. Failure in the Past 1-2. Prospects in Future 1-3. Structure of the Book Chapter 2: Role of Extension for Green Revolution Kazushi Takahashi and Keijiro Otsuka 2-1. Role of Extension in Dissemination of New Technology 2-2. Impact of Rice Cultivation Training 2-3. Missing Issues Chapter 3: Mechanization and Irrigation for Intensification of Rice Farming Hiroyuki Takeshima and Yukichi Mano 3-1. Role of Mechanization in SSA 3-2. Role of Irrigation in SSA 3-3. Missing Issues PART II: IMAPCT OF RICE CULTIVATION TRAINING Chapter 4: The Case of Tanzania Yuko Nakano 4-1. An Overview 4-2. From Key Farmers to Ordinary Farmers 4-3. Impact of Rice Intensification Program Chapter 5: The Case of Uganda Yoko Kijima 5-1. An Overview 5-2. Sustainability of Rice Cultivation Training Program Chapter 6: The Case of Cote d’Ivoire Kazushi Takahashi, Yukichi Mano, and Keijiro Otsuka 6-1. An Overview 6-2. Extension from Treated to Controlled Farmers Chapter 7: The Case of Mozambique Kei Kajisa 7-1. An Overview 7-2. An Impact Assessment of Rice Cultivation Training PART III: MECHANIZATION AND INTENSIFICATION Chapter 8: The Case of Cote d’Ivoire Yukichi Mano, Kazushi Takahashi, and Keijiro Otsuka Chapter 9: The Case of Tanzania E.F. Magezi, Yuko Nakano, and Takeshi Sakurai PART IV: RETURN TO LARGE-SCALE IRRIGATION INVESTMENT Chapter 10: The Case of Kenya Masao Kikuchi, Yukichi Mano, Timothy Njagi, D. Merrey and K. Otsuka Chapter 11: The Case of Senegal Takeshi Sakurai Part V: RICE MILLERS AND RICE QUALITY Chapter 12: The Case of Kenya Yukichi Mano, Tim Njagi, and Keijiro Otsuka Chapter 13: The Case of Ghana Tetsuya Ogura, Joseph A. Awuni, and Takeshi Sakurai PART VI: CONCLUSION Chapter 14: Towards Full-Fledged Rice Green Revolution in SSA Keijiro Otsuka, Yukichi Mano, and Kazushi Takahashi

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Book SynopsisThis open access book provides a clear holistic conceptual framework of CISS-F (competitiveness, inclusiveness, sustainability, scalability and access to finance) to analyse the efficiency of value chains of high value agricultural commodities in India. It is based on the understanding that agriculture is an integrated system that connects farming with logistics, processing and marketing. Farmer’s welfare being central to any agricultural policy makes it very pertinent to study how a value chain works and can be strengthened further to realize this policy goal. This book adds value to the existing research by studying the value chains end-to-end across a wide spectrum of agricultural commodities with the holistic lens of CISS-F. It is not enough that a value chain is competitive but not inclusive or it is competitive and inclusive but not sustainable. The issue of scalability is very critical to achieve macro gains in terms of greater farmer outreach and sectoral growth. The research undertaken here brings out some very useful insights for policymaking in terms of what needs to be done better to steer the agricultural value chains towards being more competitive, inclusive, sustainable and scalable. The value chain specific research findings help draw very nuanced policy recommendations as well as present a big picture of the future direction of policy making in agriculture. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Evaluating Agricultural Value Chains on CISS-F Framework.- Chapter 3: Decoding Value Chains of Tomatoes, Onions and Potatoes (TOP).- Chapter 4: Towards an Efficient Banana and Mango Value Chains in India.- Chapter 5: Analysis of Grapes and Pomegranates Value Chain.- Chapter 6: Towards Creation of an Efficient Dairy Value Chain.- Chapter 7: Poultry Value Chain in India.- Chapter 8: Pulses in India: A Value Chain Analysis.- Chapter 9: Developing Agricultural Value Chains in India- the Way Forward.

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Book SynopsisIn an effort to promote agro-enterprises and agro-industries as viable forms of inclusive development, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and The Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development (CIIFAD) in collaboration with the International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE), organized an international symposium on the topic “Innovative Institutions, Public Policies, and Private Strategies for Inclusive Agro-Enterprise Development”, as part of the Triennial Meetings of the IAAE held in Foz do lguaçu, Brazil, in August 2012.This book contains the major papers presented at the symposium, which feature a wide range of country and regional experiences and examine the influence of markets and technology transfer to agro-enterprises on food security, poverty, and economic growth. The contributions also identify alternative market access strategies for sustainable economic development. This volume will enrich existing knowledge of agro-enterprises as a channel for promoting inclusive growth and reducing poverty levels across developing and emerging markets.

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Book SynopsisScottish Arctic Whaling brings to light a previously little-known but important Scottish industry. The author's extensive use of original sources such as log-books and diaries shows that hundreds of whaling vessels, sailing variously from sixteen east-coast Scottish ports, harvested more than 20,000 bowhead whales at East Greenland, Davis Strait and Baffin Bay during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. And they did so under almost unimaginably demanding and hazardous conditions. More than 110 ships were lost, while others were often detained within the pack-ice, causing the whale men to suffer starvation, disease, scurvy, frostbite and death. In 1836 alone, more than 100 whalers on the Advice and Thomas, Dundee, and Dee of Aberdeen perished when they became entrapped at Davis Strait. Nevertheless, by the second half of the nineteenth century, through hard work, skill and perseverance, Scotland had a virtual monopoly on Arctic oil and bone, until seriously depleted stocks and the outbreak of the First World War brought the industry to a close.

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Book SynopsisPeasant Politics of the Twenty-First Century illuminates the transnational agrarian movements that are remaking rural society and the world''s food and agriculture systems. Marc Edelman explains how peasant movements are staking their claims from farmers'' fields to massive protests around the world, shaping heated debates over peasants'' rights and the very category of peasant within the agrarian organizations and in the United Nations.Edelman chronicles the rise of these movements, their objectives, and their alliances with environmental, human rights, women''s, and food justice groups. The book scrutinizes high-profile activists and the forgotten genealogies and policy implications of foundational analytical frameworks like moral economy, and concepts, such as food sovereignty and civil society. Peasant Politics of the Twenty-First Century charts the struggle of agrarian movements in the face of land grabbing, counter agrarian reform, and

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