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Cambridge University Press After the Famine
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Cambridge University Press The Third Revolution in the Chinese Countryside Trade and Development
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Cambridge University Press Agricultural Revolution in England The Transformation of the Agrarian Economy 15001850 23 Cambridge Studies in Historical Geography Series Number 23
Book SynopsisThis book is the first available survey of English agriculture between 1500 and 1850. It combines new evidence with recent findings from the specialist literature, to argue that the agricultural revolution took place in the century after 1750. Taking a broad view of agrarian change, the author begins with a description of sixteenth-century farming and an analysis of its regional structure. He then argues that the agricultural revolution consisted of two related transformations. The first was a transformation in output and productivity brought about by a complex set of changes in farming practice. The second was a transformation of the agrarian economy and society, including a series of related developments in marketing, landholding, field systems, property rights, enclosure and social relations. Written specifically for students, this book will be invaluable to anyone studying English economic and social history, or the history of agriculture.Trade Review"Overton's book is a model synthesis of current scholarship, superseding all previous work....Overton lays out traditional arguments and their shortcommings, then presents a clear set of criteria for an agricultural revolution....Charts, tables and maps are usually clear and helpful, the guide to further reading is wonderfully annotated, and there is a very complete bibliography. This book is clearly the starting point for all study of the subject." J.J. Butt, ChoiceTable of ContentsPreface; A note on weights, measures, money and boundaries; 1. The agricultural revolution; 2. Farming in the sixteenth century; 3. Agricultural output and productivity, 1500–1850; 4. Institutional changes, 1500–1850; 5. The agricultural revolution reconsidered; Guide to further reading; Bibliography.
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Cambridge University Press The World Food Outlook
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Cambridge University Press Facilitating Sustainable Agriculture
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Cambridge University Press The World Food Outlook
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Cambridge University Press Commerce and Economic Change in West Africa The Palm Oil Trade in the Nineteenth Century 93 African Studies Series Number 93
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Cambridge University Press Agricultural Reform in China
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Cambridge University Press Mastering the Market
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Cambridge University Press Mastering the Market The State and the Grain Trade in Northern France 17001860
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Cambridge University Press Grain Markets in Europe 15001900 Integration and Deregulation 7 Cambridge Studies in Modern Economic History Series Number 7
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Cambridge University Press Success in Agricultural Transformation What It Means and What Makes It Happen
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Cambridge University Press The Political Economy of Agricultural Price Distortions
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Cambridge University Press Trading Fish Saving Fish The Interaction between Regimes in International Law 76 Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law Series Number 76
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Cambridge University Press The Peasant Cotton Revolution in West Africa Cte dIvoire 18801995 101 African Studies Series Number 101
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Cambridge University Press Facilitating Sustainable Agriculture
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Cambridge University Press Fire in the Forest
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Cambridge University Press Fish versus Power
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Cambridge University Press The Worldwide Crisis in Fisheries
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Cambridge University Press Success in Agricultural Transformation What It Means and What Makes It Happen
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Cambridge University Press After the Famine
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Cambridge University Press Commerce and Economic Change in West Africa
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Cambridge University Press Sustainable Natural Resource Management
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Cambridge University Press Empire of Timber Labor Unions and the Pacific Northwest Forests Studies in Environment and History
Book SynopsisThe battles to protect ancient forests and spotted owls in the Northwest splashed across the evening news in the 1980s and early 1990s. Empire of Timber re-examines this history to demonstrate that workers used their unions to fight for a healthy workplace environment and sustainable logging practices that would allow themselves and future generations the chance to both work and play in the forests. Examining labor organizations from the Industrial Workers of the World in the 1910s to unions in the 1980s, Empire of Timber shows that conventional narratives of workers opposing environmental protection are far too simplistic and often ignore the long histories of natural resource industry workers attempting to protect their health and their futures from the impact of industrial logging. Today, when workers fear that environmental restrictions threaten their jobs, learning the history of alliances between unions and environmentalists can build those conversations in the present.Trade Review'We know a lot about the US environmental movement. There is also a considerable body of scholarship that explores the tumultuous past of unions and unionizing. Forging the links between these historiographies has been rare. Add Empire of Timber to that clutch of pathbreaking studies.' Char Miller, Pomona College, California'Empire of Timber represents a major contribution to environmental and forest history, and with its thoughtful thematic combination of work, health, and resource sustainability, it sits at the cutting edge of scholarship in these fields.' Sarah Phillips, Boston UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Industrial nature, working bodies; 2. The battle for the body; 3. Working class forests; 4. The total work environment; 5. Countercultural forest workers; 6. Organized labor and the ancient forest campaigns; Conclusion.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Sea State
Book SynopsisA Recommended Read from: Vogue * USA Today * The Los Angeles Times * Publishers Weekly * The Week * Alma * Lit HubA stunning and brutally honest memoir that shines a light on what happens when female desire conflicts with a culture of masculinity in crisisIn her midthirties and newly free from a terrible relationship, Tabitha Lasley quit her job at a London magazine, packed her bags, and poured her savings into a six-month lease on an apartment in Aberdeen, Scotland. She decided to make good on a long-deferred idea for a book about oil rigs and the men who work on them. Why oil rigs? She wanted to see what men were like with no women around.In Aberdeen, Tabitha became deeply entrenched in the world of roughnecks, a teeming subculture rich with brawls, hard labor, and competition. The longer she stayed, the more she found her presence had a destabilizing effect on the men—and her.Sea State is on the one hand a portrait of an overlooked industry: “offshore” is a way of life for generations of primarily working-class men and also a potent metaphor for those parts of life we keep at bay—class, masculinity, the transactions of desire, and the awful slipperiness of a ladder that could, if we tried hard enough, lead us to security.Sea State is on the other hand the story of a journalist whose professional distance from her subject becomes perilously thin. In Aberdeen, Tabitha gets high and dances with abandon, reliving her youth, when the music was good and the boys were bad. Twenty years on, there is Caden: a married rig worker who spends three weeks on and three weeks off. Alone and in an increasingly precarious state, Tabitha dives into their growing attraction. The relationship, reckless and explosive, will lay them both bare.
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University of Chicago Press Meet Joe Copper Masculinity and Race on Montanas
Book SynopsisDescribes the formation of a masculine ideology in the decades prior to the war, and shows how it thrived - on the job, and through union politics. This title provides a context for our ideas of postwar masculinity and whiteness and finally returns the men of the home front to our reckoning of the Greatest Generation and the New Deal era.Trade Review"Matthew L. Basso's evidence and interpretations regarding the significance of masculinity to the values, actions, and concerns of working-class civilian men in Montana's copper industry substantially revise our understandings of the middle decades of the twentieth century." (Karen Anderson, author of Wartime Women)"
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University of Chicago Press The Western Flyer Steinbecks Boat the Sea of
Book SynopsisWith a timely tale of a boat and the people it carried, of fisheries exploited, and of fortunes won and lost, this book offers an environmental history, a journey through time and across the sea, charting the ebb and flow of the cobalt waters of the Pacific coast.Trade Review"From shrimp in the Sea of Cortez to sardines and Pacific Ocean perch on the West Coast, from salmon to king crab, the story of these fisheries is consistent with the spread of fisheries-and overfishing-in general, from coastal waters near major population centers to areas that are increasingly farther offshore, deeper, and more remote. Along with the effects this approach has had on marine life, The Western Flyer also illuminates the impact it has had on coastal communities. Bailey uses this boat to help people see how we have serially depleted one population of marine life after another, and how we have repeated the rationale justifying it all across time and place without learning from past experiences." (John Hocevar, Oceans campaign director, Greenpeace USA)
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The University of Chicago Press Debt Dispossession Farm Loss in Americas
Book SynopsisThe farm crisis of the 1980s was the greatest economic disaster to hit rural America since the Depression. The crisis gave rise to a social trauma that affects farmers in the 21st century. This is a chronicle of the experience.
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MO - University of Illinois Press Sweet Tyranny
Book SynopsisAmid America's sugar industry, a bitter debate over imperialism and immigrationTrade ReviewWinner of the Richard L. Wentworth/Illinois Award in American History, 2010. "A compelling account of the deeply interconnected worlds created by the emergence of a new cash crop."--American Historical Review“Mapes has uncovered patterns of global trade and labor markets that have had a profound impact on American society from the turn of the twentieth century up to the present day.”--Michigan Historical Review "A very nuanced yet powerful examination of the triumph of industrialism over agricultural America."--The Annals of Iowa“Mapes tells the understudied sugar beet industry’s fascinating story, and links events in Michigan between 1899 and 1940 to the broader national and global considerations. . . . Recommended.”--Choice"A fascinating work that provides important information about the history of agriculture and the construction of the term 'factories in the field' and its connections with the American empire. This book should become a mainstay among works in ethnic studies, agricultural labor, corporate power, and the state."--Gilbert G. Gonzalez, author of Culture of Empire: American Writers, Mexico, and Mexican Immigrants, 1880-1930"Fascinating and beautifully crafted, Sweet Tyranny places growers, workers, and processors at the center of national debates over immigration, imperialism, protectionism, child labor, and a living wage."--Cindy Hahamovitch, author of The Fruits of Their Labor: Atlantic Coast Farmworkers and the Making of Migrant Poverty, 1870-1945
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WW Norton & Co Extra Virginity The Sublime and Scandalous World
Book SynopsisThe sacred history and profane present of a substance long seen as the essence of health and civilization.Trade Review"Starred review. Engrossing history, vivid contemporary reporting and a cogent call to action, expertly blended in an illuminating text." "The New Yorker writer does for his subject what Susan Orlean did for orchids." "... [Extra-Virginity] does for olive oil what Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation did for hamburgers. Mueller traces the history of this valuable product from antiquity to the present, but the really disturbing part is his expose of the inferior quality control and outright fraud among today's' oil producers." "How long have readers been waiting for a book like this? A century? A millennium? Finally, the earth's most poetic food has found its storyteller. Essential, smart, and ridiculously overdue." -- Bill Buford, author of Heat
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W. W. Norton & Company Every Last Fish
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Penguin Putnam Inc Banana
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Required reading.”—New York Post “Ambitious in scope… both fascinating and disturbing... I’ll never walk through the produce aisle the same way again… [Banana] is at once a political and economic treatise, a scientific explication, and a cultural history.”—The Boston Globe “Clear, engaging… admirable… part historical narrative and part pop-science adventure.”—San Francisco Chronicle “[A] brilliant history.”—Seattle Post-Intelligencer “A fascinating and surprising history of our most ubiquitous fruit.”—Edward Humes, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Monkey Girl and Mississippi Mad “The history of oil has nothing on that of the yellow fruit.”—Salon.com
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Basic Books The Way We Eat Now
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Feed Efficiency in the Beef Industry
Book SynopsisFeed efficiency is increasingly seen as an important factor in both the economic viability and environmental sustainability of cattle production. This book provides beef industry professionals and researchers with a thorough yet concise overview of feed efficiency research.Table of ContentsContributors ix Foreword xi Preface xiii Acknowledgments xv Introduction 1Rodney A. Hill Chapter 1 Input Factors Affecting Profitability: a Changing Paradigm and a Challenging Time 7Jason K. Ahola and Rodney A. Hill Chapter 2 Measuring Individual Feed Intake and Utilization in Growing Cattle 21D.H. (Denny) Crews, Jr. and Gordon E. Carstens Chapter 3 Producer Awareness and Perceptions about Feed Efficiency in Beef Cattle 29J.D. Wulfhorst, Stephanie Kane, Jason K. Ahola, John B. Hall, and Rodney A. Hill Chapter 4 Feed Efficiency in Different Management Systems: Cow-Calf and in the Feedyard 47Keela M. Retallick and Dan B. Faulkner Chapter 5 Lessons from the Australian Experience 61Robert M. Herd and Paul F. Arthur Chapter 6 Nutrition and Feed Efficiency of Beef Cattle 75Monty S. Kerley Chapter 7 Genetic Improvement of Feed Efficiency 93Paul F. Arthur and Robert M. Herd Chapter 8 Feed Efficiency and Animal Robustness 105Wendy M. Rauw Chapter 9 Interactions with Other Traits: Reproduction and Fertility 123John A. Basarab, Carolyn Fitzsimmons, C. Scott Whisnant, and Robert P. Wettemann Chapter 10 Feed Efficiency Interactions with Other Traits: Growth and Product Quality 145Rodney A. Hill and Jason K. Ahola Chapter 11 Estimating Feed Efficiency of Lactating Dairy Cattle Using Residual Feed Intake 159Erin E. Connor, Jana L. Hutchison, and H. Duane Norman Chapter 12 Muscle and Adipose Tissue: Potential Roles in Driving Variation in Feed Efficiency 175Cassie M. Welch, Marcus McGee, Theresa A. Kokta, and Rodney A. Hill Chapter 13 Epigenetics and Effects on the Neonate That May Impact Feed Efficiency 199Allison M. Meyer, Joel S. Caton, Bret W. Hess, Stephen P. Ford, and Lawrence P. Reynolds Chapter 14 Hormonal Regulation of Feed Efficiency 225Michael E. Davis, Macdonald P. Wick, and Martin G. Maquivar Chapter 15 Variation in Metabolism: Biological Efficiency of Energy Production and Utilization That Affects Feed Efficiency 251Walter G. Bottje and Gordon E. Carstens Chapter 16 Modeling Feed Efficiency 275Roberto Sainz Index 287
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Cengage Learning, Inc Fast Food Nation
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Penguin Putnam Inc Gastrophysics
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The University Press of Kentucky Sacred Mountains A Christian Ethical Approach to
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MP - University Of Minnesota Press Iron and Water
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Iron and Water provides important information about Minnesota’s early environmental movement from someone who not only talked the talk but walked the walk. Grant J. Merritt’s involvement as a citizen activist, an environmental attorney, and the head of a state environmental agency offers significant insights into the efforts to protect the natural resources that have shaped Minnesota today."—Kevin Proescholdt, author of Glimpses of Wilderness"In this beautifully told and often dramatic story, Grant J. Merritt’s singular voice narrates both a memorable family history and key battles to protect Lake Superior and other resources. Iron and Water is a monumental addition to our environmental literature."—Dave Dempsey, author and senior advisor at FLOW (For Love of Water)"Iron and Water is really about the passionate commitment and valiant effort of a man and his concerned colleagues to ensure that Minnesota’s environment is protected. In that respect, Grant Merritt’s enthralling story is a model for activists everywhere."—Foreword Reviews"Iron and Water is a short book, but it is a wealth of history that many younger Minnesotans might not be aware of. For folks who lived through the stories, it’s a reminder of how things have changed, as Merritt would say, some for the better, some not."—Bulletin"Merritt has a unique perspective."—The Star Tribune"Iron and Water is the absorbing and genial story of a champion of Minnesota’s natural resources. It’s is engaging, funny in spots, frustrating at times, and ultimately inspiring."—Agate MagazineTable of ContentsContentsPrologueThe Merritt Family and the Mesabi Iron RangeThe Mesabi Iron RangeThe Merritts Build into Duluth“What Rockefeller Did to Us”My Early Years in DuluthEntering Politics in the SixtiesEnvironmentalism and the Reserve Mining ControversyWhat Is Being Dumped in Lake Superior?The Stoddard ReportAn Old Fashioned with Robert TraverThe First Earth DayMinnesota DFL PoliticsThe Minnesota Pollution Control AgencyTaconite TailingsEstablishing Environmental PoliciesI’m in Trouble with the LawReserve Mining and AsbestosThe Minnesota Experimental CityWe Defeat Reserve Mining and Save Lake SuperiorCitizen ActivistFrom Public Servant to Private PracticeBattling for the Environment in the SuburbsFighting a Virus in Lake SuperiorParks and TrailsRecognizing Progress—and Staying AlertA Lifetime of Change on Isle RoyaleEpilogueAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex
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Wisconsin Historical Society Press Creating Dairyland How caring for cows saved our
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MP-OSU Oregon State Universi Living Off the Pacific Ocean Floor Stories of a
Book SynopsisIn this authentic account of a seafaring life, Captain George Moskovita offers a highly personal and often humorous look at the career of a commercial fisherman. In a career that spanned more than sixty years, Moskovita met with many maritime adventures, recounted for the reader in a clear, direct, and unsentimental style.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Introduction to the US Food System
Book SynopsisA public health approach to the US food system Introduction to the US Food System: Public Health, Environment, and Equity is a comprehensive and engaging textbook that offers students an overview of today''s US food system, with particular focus on the food system''s interrelationships with public health, the environment, equity, and society. Using a classroom-friendly approach, the text covers the core content of the food system and provides evidence-based perspectives reflecting the tremendous breadth of issues and ideas important to understanding today''s US food system. The book is rich with illustrative examples, case studies, activities, and discussion questions. The textbook is a project of the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future (CLF), and builds upon the Center''s educational mission to examine the complex interrelationships between diet, food production, environment, and human health to advance an ecological perspective in reducing threats to thTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables ix Introduction xvii Acknowledgments xxv About the Editor xxvi Author Affiliations xxvii About the Center for a Livable Future xxxiii Chapter 1 Food Systems 1 Roni A. Neff and Robert S. Lawrence The Food System as a System 2 Focus 1.1. Complex Adaptive Systems 5 Focus 1.2. Food in the Food System 6 Public Health 8 The US Food System: An Overview 9 Perspective 1.1. When Your Boat Rocks, You Want Resilience Not Efficiency 12 Focus 1.3. Principles of a Healthy, Sustainable Food System 14 PART 1 OUTCOMES 23 Chapter 2 Food System Public Health Effects 25 Brent F. Kim and Jennifer L.Wilkins Dietary Health 26 Perspective 2.1. Gut Bacteria, Diets and Inflammation 28 Occupational and Environmental Health 33 Focus 2.1. Pesticides and Children’s Health 35 Focus 2.2. Food System Workers at Risk 39 Food Safety 40 Focus 2.3. Bisphenol-A: A Ubiquitous Food System Contaminant 42 Chapter 3 Ecological Threats to and from Food Systems 51 Molly D. Anderson Status of Natural Resources and Ecosystem Services Essential to Food Systems 53 Focus 3.1. Assessing Ecological Integrity of Food Systems 54 Focus 3.2. Farmland Protection 57 Focus 3.3. Virtual Water and Food Systems 60 Processes Through Which Ecological Health isThreatened 64 Moving Toward More Environmentally Sustainable Practices 68 Perspective 3.1. A Farmer’sThoughts on Defining Sustainable Farming 70 Perspective 3.2. Consumer Perceptions of Environmentally Sustainable Foods 73 Chapter 4 The Food System and Health Inequities 79 Roni A. Neff, Anne M. Palmer, Shawn E. McKenzie, and Robert S. Lawrence Health Inequities and Food Systems in the United States 81 Perspective 4.1. Foodies on a Mission 84 Elaborating the Pathways 85 Perspective 4.2. Realizing Justice in Local Food Systems 90 Perspective 4.3. The People Who Touch Your Food 93 Perspective 4.4. Contract Chicken Farming 94 Perspective 4.5. Food, Equity, and Health: Making the Connections in Public Health Practice 97 Chapter 5 Public Health Implications of Household Food Insecurity 107 Mariana Chilton, Amanda Breen, and Jenny Rabinowich Definition, Distribution, and Determinants of Food Insecurity 108 Perspective 5.1. Witnesses to Hunger: Participation byThose Who Know Poverty and Hunger Firsthand 112 Nutrition Assistance Programs 114 Perspective 5.2. The Wrong Path Forward: Restricting Food Choices in SNAP 118 Perspective 5.3. A Defense of Excluding Foods of Minimal Nutritional Value from SNAP 119 Perspective 5.4. The Public Health Case for Universal Free School Meals 121 Focus 5.1. What Do People Do When They Are Worried about Feeding Their Families? 124 Broader Perspectives 125 Chapter 6 Community Food Security 135 Anne M. Palmer,Wei-Ting Chen, and MarkWinne History and Evolution of CFS 137 Focus 6.1. Food Hubs: Supporting Healthy Farms, Healthy People, Healthy Economy 139 Measuring Community Food Security 141 CFS Policies at Multiple Levels 144 How Does CFS Change Happen? 146 Focus 6.2. Case Study: Iowa Food Systems Council, a Second-Generation Food Policy Council 147 CFS and Public Health 148 Challenges for the CFS Field 148 Perspective 6.1. The City That Ended Hunger 150 PART 2 DRIVERS OF THE FOOD SYSTEM 157 Chapter 7 Food System Economics 159 Rebecca Boehm, Sean B. Cash, and Larissa S. Drescher Economics Boiled Down: Models, Optimization, Equilibrium, and Social Optimality 160 Agriculture and Food Production 163 Food Manufacturing and the Food Supply Chain 168 Focus 7.1. Price Transmission in the Distribution System: Retail Responses to Supply Price Changes 170 Food Consumption 171 Focus 7.2. US Farm Subsidies Do Not Make Americans Fat 174 Focus 7.3. Recent Progress in Private Sector Voluntary Initiatives to Promote Healthy Eating 177 Chapter 8 Policies That Shape the US Food System 185 Mark Muller and DavidWallinga Federal Food System Legislation:The Process 189 Focus 8.1. Turning Policy Ideas into Legislative Realities 190 How Alliances Shape Policy 190 Focus 8.2. A Brief Look at Agenda-Setting, Policy Analysis, and Food Systems 192 The Policy-Making Process and the Role of Stakeholders: The Farm Bill as an Example 193 The History of US Food and Agriculture Policy: An Overview 194 Perspective 8.1. Why America’s Food is Still Not Safe 198 Perspective 8.2. Produce Imports 200 The Politics of Food System Policy:The Farm Bill as an Example 203 How PolicyDrives the Future Food System: The Role of Price 204 State and Local Policy 207 Focus 8.3. Preemption and Local Food and Agriculture Policies 208 Chapter 9 Food, Culture, and Society 215 Sarah Chard and Erin G. Roth Culture and Food 217 Perspective 9.1. Beyond White Bread, a Better Society? 217 Foodways and Identity 219 Food As Ritual 221 Focus 9.1. Food and Faith 222 Food, Healing, and Health Beliefs 225 Food and Gender 226 Food, Power, and Politics: Food Movements 228 Perspective 9.2. Zombies, Food Writing, and Agribusiness Apocalypse 229 Implications For Food Systems 232 Chapter 10 Promotional Marketing: A Driver of the Modern Food System 237 Corinna Hawkes What Are Food Marketing and Promotion? 238 Types of Food Promotion 239 Focus 10.1. “Supermarketing” and the Impact on Food Choice 240 Segmentation and Targeting in Food Promotion 242 Focus 10.2. POP! Point-of-Purchase Nutrition Labels Are Everywhere: Who Benefits? 244 Extent of Food Promotion 245 Where Promotional Marketing Fits Into the Modern Food System 246 Dietary Effects of Promotional Marketing 250 Perspective 10.1. Front Groups: Who is Shaping the Conversation about Health and Wellness? 252 Responses From Government and Industry 253 PART 3 FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN: FROM SEED TO SALES 263 Chapter 11 Crop Production and Food Systems 265 Charles A. Francis History of Farming Systems—From Local to Industrial 266 Traditional Systems in the United States 267 Emergence of an Industrial Agriculture 267 Perspective 11.1. The Relevance of Genetically Engineered Crops to Sustainable Agriculture 269 Industrial Crop Farming: An Overview 271 Focus 11.1. The Proliferation of Corn 273 Farms Producing for Local and Regional Markets 274 Perspective 11.2. A Bright Future for Farmers in the “Middle”? 274 Agroecology and Organic Farming 277 Crop Production—Impacts on Environment, Food Security, Public Health, and Society 278 Chapter 12 Food Animal Production 289 Brent F. Kim, Leo Horrigan, David C. Love, and Keeve E. Nachman Focus 12.1. Seafood Harvest and Production 292 Industrialization of Food Animal Production 294 Perspective 12.1. Husbandry and Industry: Animal Agriculture, Animal Welfare, and Human Health 294 Public Health Impacts of IFAP 300 Focus 12.2. A Case Study in Rural Community Exposures: Yakima Valley, Washington 303 Perspective 12.2. Living in Duplin County 304 Global and Ecological Concerns 307 Agroecological Approaches to Food Animal Production 308 Policy and Dietary Change 309 Focus 12.3. The Pew Commission on IFAP: Policy Recommendations and Barriers to Reform 309 Chapter 13 Food Processing and Packaging 317 George A. Cavender Food Processing 318 Perspective 13.1. Food Technology: Equal Partner for a Healthy Future 321 Perspective 13.2. Ten Food Secrets You Need to Know 323 How Do We Process Foods? 324 Focus 13.1. On the History of Freshness 328 Food Packaging 331 Food Processing and Packaging: Challenges 335 Perspective 13.3. Ultra-Processing and a New Classification of Foods 338 Food Processing and the Environment 340 Chapter 14 Food Distribution 345 EdwardW. McLaughlin and Miguel I. Gómez Primary Segments of the Food Distribution System 348 Evolution of US Food Distribution 352 Perspective 14.1. The Impact of Walmart 353 Perspective 14.2. Walmarting the Food Chain 355 Focus 14.1. The Growth of Private Label Products in the US Supermarket Sector 358 System Trends in Consumer Expenditures 361 Focus 14.2. Regional Food Systems 363 Focus 14.3. Local Food Systems 363 The Future of Retail Food Distribution 365 PART 4 FOOD IN COMMUNITIES AND ON TABLES 371 Chapter 15 Food Consumption in the United States 373 Alanna Moshfegh Changing Eating Patterns 376 Focus 15.1. Methods for Assessing Diets of Individuals 377 Focus 15.2. National Dietary Surveys in the United States 378 Perspective 15.1. The Supersizing of America: A Time for Action 381 Meal Patterns—When We Eat 383 What We Eat 387 Focus 15.3. What about the Food That’s Not Eaten? Food Waste in America and Its Ecological Impacts 392 Chapter 16 Nutrition 399 Courtney A. Pinard, Amy L. Yaroch, and Teresa M. Smith Perspective 16.1. Consumer Perspectives 401 What Is Nutrition? 403 Nutrients 101 403 Focus 16.1. The Science behind Food and Addiction and the Potential Impact on the Food System 405 Other Nutrients 411 Other Considerations: Additives and Naturally Occurring Chemicals In Food; Organic Food 416 Perspective 16.2. Reasonable Certainty of No Harm? 416 Public Health Nutrition Approaches 418 Chapter 17 Healthy Food Environments 425 Patricia L. Truant and Roni A. Neff What Is a Food Environment? 426 Focus 17.1. Measuring the Food Environment 429 Equity 431 Perspective 17.1. Connecting Civil Rights to Contemporary Food Justice 434 Homes, Schools, Workplaces 435 Perspective 17.2. Striving for “Food Service for a Sustainable Future” 439 The Built Food Environment 440 Focus 17.2. Is There a Map forThat? Using GIS Maps to Understand Our Food Systems 441 Focus 17.3. Connecting People andTheir Food Systems: Why Gardens Matter 447 Chapter 18 Intervening to Change Eating Patterns: How Can Individuals and Societies Effect Lasting Change throughTheir Eating Patterns? 457 Linden Thayer, Molly DeMarco, Larissa Calancie, Melissa Cunningham Kay, and Alice Ammerman Designing Successful Dietary Change Interventions 460 Focus 18.1. Framing Public Health Messages to Improve Diet: Taking Measures to Avoid Weight Stigma 463 Case Studies 466 Focus 18.2. Meatless Monday: A Simple Idea That Sparked a Movement 467 Focus 18.3. Real Food Challenge 470 Perspective 18.1. Building a Better Food Environment 473 Future Directions For Dietary Change Interventions 477 Glossary 483 Photo Credits 501 Index 511
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Governance of Marine Fisheries and Biodiversity
Book SynopsisGovernance of Marine Fisheries and Biodiversity Conservation explores governance of the world s oceans with a focus on the impacts of two inter-connected but historically separate streams of governance: one for fisheries, the other for biodiversity conservation.Trade Review“A significant strength of the book is its multidisciplinary approach combined with the contributors’ collective hands-on experience. Together they offer considerable insights and rich descriptions. Each chapter offers new insights in the topic, and no chapter is redundant. Because of the book’s richness of perspectives and its structure, it is excellent for looking up various topics of interest, whether the reader is a newcomer to the field or is knowledgeable in areas of the book. The book is therefore suitable for anyone addressing fisheries governance and/or biodiversity conservation.” (Marine Biology Research, 25 June 2015) 'A significant strengh of the book is its multidisciplinary approach combined with the contributors' collective hands-on experience. (...) Because of the book's richness of perspectives and its structure, it is excellent for looking up various topics of interest, whether the reader is a newcomer to the field or is knowledgeable in areas of the book. (...) the book is an accomplishment in that it has managed to include perspectives from a range of disciplines, providing a unique richness of perspectives and detailed descriptions of management bodies, instruments, frameworks, concepts, ideas, regulations and laws. It is a valuable book for anyone addressing fisheries governance and/or biodiversity conservation and a must for a wide range of libraries.' Kjellrun Hiis Hauge, Marine Biology Research, 2015Table of ContentsNotes on contributors viii Foreword by Bonnie J. McCay xvi Foreword by Árni M. Mathiesen xviii Foreword by Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias xx Preface xxii Acknowledgements xxv List of selected acronyms xxvi Glossary xxx PART I: GOVERNANCE TRENDS AND CHALLENGES 1 1 Governance of marine fisheries and biodiversity conservation: A history 3 S.M. Garcia, J. Rice and A. Charles 2 Governance of marine fisheries and biodiversity conservation: Convergence or coevolution? 18 S.M. Garcia, J. Rice and A. Charles 3 Governance of marine fisheries and biodiversity conservation: the integration challenge 37 S.M. Garcia, J. Rice and A. Charles PART II: GOVERNANCE DIMENSIONS 53 4 Bio-ecological dimensions of fisheries management, biodiversity and governance 55 J. Rice and P. Mace 5 The economic dimension: addressing behaviour, incentives and context for effective governance 68 S. Hanna 6 The social dimension: the challenge of dealing with equity 82 B. Hersoug 7 The global legal dimension: navigating the legal currents of rights and responsibilities 96 A.H. Hoel and D. VanderZwaag 8 Spatial dimensions of fisheries and biodiversity governance 110 R. Kenchington, O. Vestergaard and S.M. Garcia 9 Scientific foundation: towards integration 124 J. Rice, S. Jennings and A. Charles PART III: GLOBAL GOVERNANCE 137 10 Global level institutions and processes: frameworks for understanding critical roles and foundations of cooperation and integration 139 L. Ridgeway 11 Global level institutions and processes: assessment of critical roles, foundations of cooperation and integration and their contribution to integrated marine governance 148 L. Ridgeway 12 Integrative policy and legal instruments, approaches and tools: fisheries and biodiversity conservation 166 B. Kuemlangan, J. Sanders, P. Deupmann and C. De Young 13 Conservation and risk of extinction of marine species 181 P. Mace, C. O’Criodain, J. Rice and G. Sant 14 Parallel initiatives: CBD’s Ecologically or Biologically Significant Areas (EBSAs) and FAO’s Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VMEs) criteria and processes 195 J. Rice, J. Lee and M. Tandstad PART IV: REGIONAL GOVERNANCE 209 15 Regional governance for fisheries and biodiversity 211 R. Warner, K.M. Gjerde and D. Freestone 16 Regional governance: the case of NEAFC and OSPAR 225 K. Hoydal, D. Johnson and A.H. Hoel 17 Regional governance: the Mediterranean cradle 239 F. Simard, M. Camilleri and L. Sbai 18 CCAMLR and Antarctic conservation: the leader to follow? 253 D. Miller and N.M. Slicer 19 Implementation of the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries in the Benguela Current LME area 271 J. Augustyn, S. Petersen, L. Shannon and H. Hamukuaya 20 Governance of marine fisheries and conservation in the context of the European Union 285 S. Beslier and B. Drobenko PART V: NATIONAL GOVERNANCE 299 21 The use of national frameworks for sustainable development of marine fisheries and conservation, ecosystem-based management and integrated ocean management 301 K. Sainsbury, P. Gullestad and J. Rice 22 Small-scale fisheries: importance, vulnerability and deficient knowledge 317 J. Kolding, C. Béné and M. Bavinck 23 Stewardship in tropical small-scale fisheries: community and national perspectives 332 P. Christie, L.M. Campbell and N. Armada 24 Making space for small-scale fishing communities: use and misuse of spatial management instruments 346 M.R. Sowman, R. Rajagopalan, C. Sharma and J. Sunde 25 ENGOs and SIDS: environmental interventions in small island developing states 360 P. McConney, R. Pomeroy and Z. Khan 26 The role of capacity building for improving governance of fisheries and conservation of marine ecosystems 374 J.C. Seijo and S. Salas 27 F ishers’ organizations: their role in decision-making for fisheries and conservation 385 M. Makino, A.S. Cabanban and S. Jentoft 28 The role of courts in fisheries management and marine biodiversity protection: US and EU systems 398 P. Shelley and T. van Rijn PART VI: CONCLUSION 411 29 A tale of two streams: synthesizing governance of marine fisheries and biodiversity conservation 413 A. Charles, S.M. Garcia and J. Rice ANNEXES Annex 1: History of fisheries and biodiversity conservation: A timeline of key events (1850–2012) 429 Annex 2: Key global institutions, bodies and processes: Roles, participation and main focus 461 Index 497
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Hakes
Book SynopsisThe species of hake, making up the genus Merluccius, are commercially important and currently largely over exploited, with many stocks badly depleted and showing only limited signs of recovery. From the end of the 1990s, concepts such as sustainability, ecosystem-based approaches to fisheries management, a code for the responsible conduct for fisheries, governance and others have emerged or have been considered by politicians, stakeholders and society. Moreover, new tools for stock assessment have been developed. But many hake stocks of the genus Merluccius show no sign of restoration. Hakes: Biology and Exploitation brings together a wealth of important information on the biology and exploitation of hake and hoki stocks around the world. Each chapter provides an overview of the fisheries of each species in an ecological and environmental context, looking at stock distribution, characteristics of the environment, life history, reproduction, diet, growth, mortaliTable of ContentsList of contributors ix Preface xvii Acknowledgement xxi 1 European hake (Merluccius merluccius) in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean 1Maria Korta, Dorleta García, Marina Santurtún, Nerea Goikoetxea, Eider Andonegi, Hilario Murua, Paula Álvarez, Santiago Cerviño, José Castro and Arantza Murillas 2 Fisheries, ecology and markets of South African hake 38M. D. Durholtz, L. Singh, T. P. Fairweather, R. W. Leslie, C.D. van der Lingen, C. A. R. Bross, L. Hutchings, R. A. Rademeyer, D. S. Butterworth and A. I. L. Payne 3 Biology and fisheries of the shallow-water hake (Merluccius capensis) and the deep-water hake (Merluccius paradoxus) in Namibia 70M. R. Wilhelm, C. H. Kirchner, J. P. Roux, A. Jarre, J. A. Iitembu, J. N. Kathena and P. Kainge 4 Southern hake (Merluccius australis) in New Zealand: biology, fisheries and stock assessment 101Peter L. Horn 5 The biology, fishery and market of Chilean hake (Merluccius gayi gayi) in the Southeastern Pacific Ocean 126C. Gatica, S. Neira, H. Arancibia and S. Vásquez 6 Biology and fishery of common hake (Merluccius hubbsi) and southern hake (Merluccius australis) around the Falkland/Malvinas Islands on the Patagonian Shelf of the Southwest Atlantic Ocean 154A. I. Arkhipkin, V. V. Laptikhovsky and A. J. Barton 7 The biology and fishery of hake (Merluccius hubbsi) in the Argentinean–Uruguayan Common Fishing Zone of the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean 185María Inés Lorenzo and Omar Defeo 8 Biology and fisheries of hake (Merluccius hubbsi) in Brazilian waters, Southwestern Atlantic Ocean 211André Martins Vaz-dos-Santos and Paulo Ricardo Schwingel 9 Biology, fisheries, assessment and management of Pacific hake (Merluccius productus) 234Owen S. Hamel, Patrick H. Ressler, Rebecca E. Thomas, Daniel A. Waldeck, Allan C. Hicks, John A. Holmes and Guy W. Fleischer 10 Biology and fisheries of New Zealand hoki (Macruronus novaezelandiae) 263Mary E. Livingston, Rosemary J. Hurst, Richard L. O’Driscoll, Andy McKenzie, Sira L. Ballara and Peter L. Horn 11 Biology, fishery and products of Chilean hoki (Macruronus novaezelandiae magellanicus) 294Rubén Alarcún and Hugo Arancibia 12 An overview of hake and hoki fisheries: analysis of biological, fishery and economic indicators 324Arancibia Hugo, Tony Pitcher and Mary Livingston Index 341
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd RFID and Sensor Network Automation in the Food
Book SynopsisRadio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a key technology in the food industry that facilitates real-time visibility of items as they move through the supply chain and on to the end-consumer. Among all the currently available automatic identification technologies, RFID has clear dominance in terms of its ability to support real-time two-way communication, data storage and update, authentication, ambient condition sense and report, batch read without direct line-of-sight, operation in harsh environments and sensor-based applications. RFID and Sensor Network Automation in the Food Industry provides sufficient detail on the use of RFID and sensor networks from `farm to fork? (F2F) to allow the reader to appreciate the myriad possible applications of RFID and associated sensor network systems throughout the entire food supply chain. This includes precision agriculture, the provision of seamless visibility in track and trace applications, reduction of wastage, identificatioTable of ContentsPreface, xiii Acknowledgments, xvii Part I: Introduction 1 Book overview, 3 1.1 General trends, 4 1.1.1 Population growth, 4 1.1.2 Food quality and safety, 6 1.2 Challenges faced by the food industry, 7 1.2.1 Political, economic, and social influences, 8 1.2.2 Global warming, 9 1.3 Traceability in the food industry, 10 1.4 Structure of this book, 13 References, 15 2 RFID, sensor networks, 17 Summary, 17 2.1 History of RFID and relevant technologies, 17 2.1.1 AIDC technologies, 19 2.1.2 Applications, 22 2.2 Technology overview of RFID, 23 2.2.1 Tags, receivers, and information systems for RFID, 23 2.2.2 RFID tag, 24 2.2.3 RFID receiver and information system, 26 2.3 RFID and sensor networks integration in the food industry, 27 2.3.1 RFID and WSN architectures, 27 2.4 RFID implementation challenges, 37 2.4.1 Ownership transfer issues, 37 2.4.2 Cost issues, 40 2.4.3 Privacy/security issues, 41 2.4.4 Back-end system bottleneck, 42 2.4.5 Risk of obsolescence, 43 2.4.6 Read error, 44 2.4.7 Economic disincentives to sharing item-level information, 45 2.4.8 Recent debates, 46 References, 47 Part II: RFID in food production, the supply chain, retailing, and sustainability 3 RFID in agriculture, 53 Summary, 53 3.1 Agricultural production systems, 56 3.1.1 Crop cultivation system, 56 3.1.2 Livestock production systems, 59 3.1.3 Mixed crop and livestock systems, 61 3.1.4 Productivity and potential constraints, 62 3.2 RFID-enabled sensor network automation in agriculture, 63 3.2.1 Environmental monitoring, 63 3.2.2 Precision agriculture, 67 3.2.3 Machinery management, 74 3.2.4 Facility automation, 79 3.2.5 Agricultural traceability, 81 3.3 Standards, challenges, and limitations, 83 3.3.1 Technological implementations, 83 3.3.2 RFID standardization in agriculture, 84 3.3.3 Harsh environment, 85 3.3.4 Read range and accuracy, 85 3.3.5 Data management and information granularity, 86 3.3.6 Cost, 86 3.3.7 Skilled personnel shortage, 87 3.3.8 Integration with chemical sensors, 87 References, 87 4 RFID and sensor network in food processing, 93 Summary, 93 4.1 Automated food-processing technologies, 95 4.1.1 Process control systems and structure, 96 4.1.2 Food-processing stages, 98 4.2 RFID and sensor network automation in food processing, 101 4.2.1 Sensor networks in food processing control, 101 4.2.2 Automation in food processing, 106 4.2.3 Accurate and fuzzy controls, 108 4.3 Case study, 110 4.3.1 Wine bottle traceability at Chateau Louis, 110 References, 111 5 RFID in food supply-chain management, 113 Summary, 113 5.1 RFID and the food supply chain, 114 5.1.1 Globalization of the food supply chain, 114 5.1.2 Contamination incidents, 115 5.1.3 Government regulations, 115 5.1.4 RFID as an indispensable solution, 116 5.1.5 RFID Advantages in the food supply chain, 118 5.2 Food supply chain traceability, 120 5.2.1 Related literature, 121 5.2.2 Examples of traceability, 122 5.2.3 Modeling traceability in the food chain, 124 5.2.4 Intelligent transition model of physical traceability, 125 5.2.5 Data analysis: An example of Bayesian network, 126 5.3 Global food supply chain e-collaboration, 129 5.3.1 EDI in the food industry, 130 5.3.2 RFID’s impact on EDI in the food industry, 132 5.4 Cold-chain logistics with RFID, 133 5.5 Third-party certification (TPC), 135 5.6 Case studies, 141 5.6.1 Nut farming with RFID, 141 5.6.2 RFID for the best tasting beer, 143 5.6.3 RFID in the seafood supply chain, 145 References, 145 6 RFID in food retailing, 149 Summary, 149 6.1 Internationalized food marketing and retailing, 149 6.1.1 The international food retailing trend, 150 6.1.2 Structure of growth, 151 6.1.3 International food retailing in the 2000s, 152 6.1.4 The role of information technologies in global food retailing, 153 6.2 Dynamic food retailing management with RFID, 153 6.2.1 Dynamic item-level pricing framework, 154 6.2.2 Retailing with dynamic item-level pricing, 154 6.2.3 Dynamic pricing, 157 6.2.4 Knowledge-based system performance evaluation, 163 6.3 Multiple-channel retailing of food products, 170 6.3.1 Multiple-channel framework, 170 6.3.2 Consumer preference and consumer-targeted marketing, 173 6.3.3 Recommender systems, 174 6.3.4 Strategic implications, 176 6.4 Food retail inventory management, 182 6.4.1 Shelf life, 182 6.4.2 Perishable food item inventory management, 187 6.4.3 Number of facings, 189 6.5 Loyalty program and customer-relationship management with RFID, 193 6.5.1 Consumer preference mining framework with RFID, 193 6.5.2 Customer service optimization with consumer preference measurement, 198 6.5.3 Functional Analysis with Item-Level Identification, 199 6.5.4 Managerial insights, 203 References, 205 7 Sustainability and green food supply chain, 211 Summary, 211 7.1 CF and LCA, 213 7.2 Challenges associated with CF for food items, 215 7.3 Local food and the food miles concept, 217 7.4 CO2e labels, 219 7.5 Practicality of carbon footprint measurement and credit assignments, 220 7.6 RFID use in carbon label information generation, 221 7.7 Reducing emissions through supply-chain efficiency, 222 References, 223 8 Perishable food and cold-chain management, 227 Summary, 227 8.1 Cold-chain management, 227 8.2 Traceability in cold chains, 229 8.3 Contamination, ePedigree, supply-chain visibility, 231 8.4 Food safety and traceability, 234 8.5 RFID for traceability in cold chains, 235 8.6 Case studies, 239 8.6.1 Milk logistics to discover RFID, 239 8.6.2 RFID Solution, 240 8.6.3 Process and Communication Transparency, 241 References, 241 Part III: Food quality, safety, policy, and future 9 REID for food quality, safety, and security, 245 Summary, 245 9.1 Food quality and safety, 245 9.2 Biosensors for foodborne pathogens, 248 9.3 Food spoilage and foodborne illness, 250 9.3.1 Food spoilage and biological factors, 250 9.3.2 Food spoilage and chemical factors, 251 9.3.3 Food spoilage and physical factors, 251 9.4 Prevention and retardation of food spoilage, 252 9.4.1 Food handling and processing, 253 9.4.2 Food preservation, 254 9.4.3 Food processing equipment, 254 9.4.4 Food packaging and storage, 255 9.4.5 Sources of information, 258 9.5 Microbial detection, GIS, sensor networks, 259 9.5.1 Microbiological detectors for food safety applications, 259 9.5.2 Surveillance with weather-based GIS, 261 9.5.3 Sensor network-enabled automated surveillance, 262 9.6 Case study: RFID helps ensure safety in meat processing, 263 References, 264 10 Big data in the food industry, 267 Summary, 267 10.1 What are big data?, 268 10.1.1 Big data – variety, 269 10.1.2 Big data – velocity, 269 10.1.3 Big data – volume, 270 10.1.4 Challenges, 270 10.1.5 Benefits and practices, 270 10.2 Data analytics, 271 10.2.1 Algorithms and models, 271 10.2.2 Bias-variance, 272 10.2.3 Preprocessing data, 273 10.3 Big data in the food industry, 276 10.3.1 Recipes, restaurants, 276 10.3.2 Help feed nine billion people by 2050, 277 10.4 Big data and the food supply chain, 278 10.4.1 Food supply chain visibility, 279 10.4.2 Intelligent food supply chain, 279 10.4.3 Risk management, 280 10.4.4 Price optimization, perishable inventory management, 281 10.4.5 Barriers, 283 References, 283 11 Food policy and regulations with information technology, 285 Summary, 285 11.1 The role of RFID and sensor networks in food-safety certification, 285 11.1.1 A general perspective on food-chain criticalities, 286 11.1.2 Primary and secondary sources of contamination, 287 11.1.3 Cost constraints of RFID implementation, 288 11.2 The role of RFID and sensor networks in good manufacturing practice compliance, 289 11.2.1 Buildings/facilities and equipment, 290 11.2.2 Personnel and quality assurance, 292 11.2.3 Processes, 294 11.2.4 Products, 295 11.2.5 Role and constraints of RFID in GMP compliance, 296 Index, 299
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Cotton Production
Book SynopsisProvides a comprehensive overview of the role of cotton in the economy and cotton production around the world This book offers a complete look at the world's largest fiber crop: cotton. It examines its effect on the global economyits uses and products, harvesting and processing, as well as the major challenges and their solutions, recent trends, and modern technologies involved in worldwide production of cotton. Cotton Production presents recent developments achieved by major cotton producing regions around the world, including China, India, USA, Pakistan, Turkey and Europe, South America, Central Asia, and Australia. In addition to origin and history, it discusses the recent advances in management practices, as well as the agronomic challenges and the solutions in the major cotton producing areas of the world. Keeping a focus on global context, the book provides sufficient details regarding the management of cotton crops. These details are not limited to the choice of cultivar, soiTable of ContentsList of Contributors xvii 1 An Introduction to Global Production Trends and Uses, History and Evolution, and Genetic and Biotechnological Improvements in Cotton 1Khawar Jabran, Sami Ul‐Allah, Bhagirath Singh Chauhan, and Allah Bakhsh 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Global Production Trends of Cotton 2 1.3 Uses and Products of Cotton 5 1.4 History and Evolution of Cotton 5 1.5 Genetic Improvement in Cotton 8 1.6 Role of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering in Improving Cotton 11 1.7 Biotech Cotton Against Biotic and Abiotic Stresses 12 1.8 Biotech Cotton with Enhanced Resistance Against Abiotic Stress 14 1.9 Conclusions 15 References 16 2 Morphology, Physiology and Ecology of Cotton 23Abdul Rehman and Muhammad Farooq 2.1 Introduction 23 2.2 Morphology of Cotton 24 2.3 Temporal Dynamics of Cotton Leaves, Canopies, and Fiber Development 32 2.4 Physiology of Defoliation in Cotton Production 32 2.5 Physiology of Insect‐Cotton Plant Interaction 33 2.6 Effect of Abiotic Stresses on Cotton Physiology 33 2.7 Agronomic Management of Cotton 37 2.8 Organic Cotton Production 38 2.9 Conclusion 39 References 39 3 Water Management in Cotton 47Avishek Datta, Hayat Ullah, Zannatul Ferdous, Raquel Santiago-Arenas, and Ahmed Attia 3.1 Introduction 47 3.2 Water Uptake in Cotton 48 3.3 Germination and Growth of Cotton in Relation to Water Availability 49 3.4 Water Management Methods 51 3.5 Drought Stress in Cotton: Impacts and Management 54 3.6 Conclusions 56 References 56 4 Nutrient Management in Cotton 61Jingxiu Xiao and Xinhua Yin 4.1 Introduction 61 4.2 Nutrient Deficiency Symptoms in Cotton 62 4.3 Diseases and Cotton Nutrition 66 4.4 Macronutrient Management 67 4.5 Micronutrient Management 70 4.6 Drip Irrigation and Cotton Nutrients 72 4.7 Foliar Fertilization 73 4.8 Conclusion 74 References 75 5 Insect Pest Management in Cotton 85Muhammad Razaq, Robert Mensah, and Habib‐ur‐Rehman Athar 5.1 Introduction 85 5.2 Genetically Modified Cotton: Benefits and Threats 87 5.3 Evolution of Resistance to BT Cotton and Management Strategies 88 5.4 Management of Resistance to BT Crops 89 5.5 Sucking Insect Pests 90 5.6 Impact of Genetically Modified Cotton on Sucking Insect Pests and their Management 92 5.7 Chemical Insecticide Use, Modes of Action, and Resistance 93 5.8 Modes of Action of Insecticides Used on Cotton 94 5.9 Modes of Action and Toxicity 94 5.10 Integrated Pest Management 96 5.11 Avoidance of Pests 96 5.12 Sampling and Monitoring Pest Populations for Effective IPM Programs 98 5.13 Conclusions 101 Acknowledgments 102 References 102 6 Weed Management in Cotton 109Nadeem Iqbal, Asad M. Khan, and Bhagirath Singh Chauhan 6.1 Introduction 109 6.2 Weed Flora of Cotton 110 6.3 Impact of Weeds on Cotton 110 6.4 Herbicide‐resistant Weeds 113 6.5 Preventive Weed Management 114 6.6 Cultural Weed Management 115 6.7 Mechanical Weed Management 118 6.8 Chemical Weed Control 118 6.9 Integrated Weed Management in Cotton 121 6.10 Conclusions 122 References 122 7 Integrated Management of Major Fungal, Bacterial, Viral, and Nematode Diseases of Cotton 127Lily L. Pereg and Tamene T. Tolessa 7.1 General Background 127 7.2 Fungal Diseases of Cotton 128 7.3 Bacterial Diseases of Cotton 138 7.4 Viral Diseases of Cotton 138 7.5 Disease Caused by Nematodes 139 7.6 An Overview of Cotton Disease Management 140 7.7 Conclusions 141 References 141 8 Seed Production, Harvesting, and Ginning of Cotton 145Gautam Majumdar, Suman Bala Singh, and Sujeet Kumar Shukla 8.1 Basic Principles for Seed Production in Cotton 145 8.2 Harvesting 152 8.3 Ginning 161 8.4 Conclusions 171 References 172 9 Cotton Production in China 175Mao Shuchun, Li Yabing, Wang Zhanbiao, Zhi Xiaoyu, Li Pengcheng, and Xue Huiyun 9.1 Introduction 175 9.2 The Development of Cotton Production 175 9.3 Division of Cotton‐Producing Regions and Innovation of the Cotton Farming System 177 9.4 Planting Systems 180 9.5 Cotton Varieties and Genetic Modification 180 9.6 Cotton Genetic Modification 181 9.7 Technologies for Cotton Production 182 9.8 Prospects for Further Cotton Production Development 189 9.9 Conclusion 190 References 190 10 Cotton Production in India 193D. Blaise and K. R. Kranthi 10.1 Introduction 193 10.2 History, Importance, Area, and Production 193 10.3 Land Preparation and Planting 196 10.4 Seed Rate and Spacing 197 10.5 Cotton Based Cropping Systems 198 10.6 Major Production Constraints 199 10.7 Fertilizer Management 201 10.8 Cotton Insect Pests in India and Their Management 203 10.9 Cotton Diseases in India and Their Management 206 10.10 Cotton Weeds in India and Their Management 207 10.11 Harvesting and Yields 208 10.12 Processing and Products 209 10.13 Challenges and Opportunities 210 10.14 Conclusions 211 References 212 11 Cotton Production in the United States of America: An Overview 217Tyson B. Raper, Cristiane Pilon, Vijay Singh, John Snider, Scott Stewart, and Seth Byrd 11.1 History, Production Areas, and Yield 217 11.2 Varieties and Genetic Improvement 219 11.3 Cotton Production Methods 223 11.4 Seedbed Preparation 223 11.5 Planting 224 11.6 Early‐Season Management 225 11.7 Mid‐Season Management 226 11.8 Pre‐Harvest 227 11.9 Harvesting 227 11.10 Crop Nutrition and Pest Management 230 11.10.1 Fertilizer 230 11.11 Weed Management 231 11.12 Insect Management 234 11.13 Major Production Constraints 234 11.14 Irrigation Scheduling 238 11.15 Conclusion 241 References 242 12 Cotton Production in Pakistan 249Muhammad Amjad Ali, Jehanzeb Farooq, Asia Batool, Adil Zahoor, Farrukh Azeem, Abid Mahmood, and Khawar Jabran 12.1 Introduction 249 12.2 History, Importance, Area, and Production 250 12.3 Breeding Methods 258 12.4 Land Marks in History of Cotton Breeding in Punjab, Pakistan 260 12.5 Cotton Production Methods 264 12.6 Weeds of Cotton 267 12.7 Cotton Production Constraints in Pakistan 267 12.8 Challenges and Opportunities 269 12.9 Pest Management 270 12.10 Harvesting and Yields 271 12.11 Processing and Products 272 12.12 Conclusions 272 References 273 13 Cotton Production in Brazil and Other South American Countries 277Lucia Vieira Hoffmann, Ivan Bonacic Kresic, Jorge Gabriel Paz, Diego Alberto Bela, Nydia Elisa Tcach, Fernando Mendes Lamas, and Valdinei Sofiatti 13.1 Introduction 277 13.2 History 278 13.3 Varieties and Genetic Improvement 279 13.4 Cotton‐Based Cropping Systems in Brazil and Argentina 282 13.5 Major Production Constraints 285 13.6 Challenges and Opportunities 285 13.7 Harvesting 290 13.8 Processing and Products 291 13.9 Conclusions 291 References 291 14 Cotton Production in Turkey and Europe 297Huseyin Basal, Emine Karademir, Hatice Kubra Goren, Volkan Sezener, Mehmet Nedim Dogan, Ibrahim Gencsoylu, and Oktay Erdogan 14.1 Introduction 297 14.2 History of Cotton Production and Textile Manufacturing in Turkey 298 14.3 Cotton Production in Turkey 299 14.4 Organic Cotton Production in Turkey 300 14.5 Cotton Based Cropping Systems 302 14.6 Varieties and Genetic Improvement 302 14.7 Cotton Production Methods 304 14.8 Major Production Constraints 304 14.9 Challenges and Opportunities 305 14.10 Cotton Diseases and Control 309 14.11 Weed Control in Cotton Production in Turkey 310 14.12 Harvesting and Yield 312 14.13 Cotton Production in Europe 315 14.14 Cotton Production in Spain 316 14.15 Cotton Production in Bulgaria 316 14.16 Conclusions 316 References 317 15 Cotton Production in Central Asia 323Mahsa Pourali Kahriz, Parisa Pourali Kahriz, and Khalid Mahmood Khawar 15.1 Introduction 323 15.2 History, Importance, Area, and Production 324 15.3 Uzbekistan 325 15.4 Cotton Based Cropping Systems 326 15.5 Varieties and Genetic Improvement: Cotton Production Methods 326 15.6 Major Production Constraints 328 15.7 Fertilizer and Pest Management 329 15.8 Processing and Products 331 15.9 Turkmenistan 332 15.10 Tajikistan 332 15.11 Kazakhstan 333 15.12 Kyrgyzstan 334 15.13 Conclusions 335 References 335 16 Cotton Production in Australia 341Parminder Kaur, Tejinder Bhagria, Navneet Kaur Mutti, Abhimanyu Rinwa, Gulshan Mahajan, and Bhagirath Singh Chauhan 16.1 Introduction 341 16.2 History, Importance, Area, and Production 342 16.3 Varieties and Genetic Improvement 343 16.4 Production Technology 344 16.5 Row Spacing and Plant Population 345 16.6 Crop Development 346 16.7 No‐Till Planting of Cotton into Cereal Stubble 346 16.8 Growth Regulators in Cotton Production 346 16.9 Irrigation 347 16.10 Cotton‐based Cropping Systems 348 16.11 Fertilizer Management 349 16.12 Insect‐pest Management 349 16.13 Weed Management 351 16.14 Major Production Constraints 352 16.15 Challenges and Opportunities 353 16.16 Conclusions 355 References 355 17 Cotton Production in Africa 359Khizer Amanet, Emmanuel Obianuju Chiamaka, Gabriel Willie Quansah, Muhammad Mubeen, Hafiz Umar Farid, Rida Akram, and Wajid Nasim 17.1 Introduction 359 17.2 History, Importance, Area, and Production 360 17.3 Cotton Based Cropping System in African Countries 362 17.4 Varieties and Genetic Improvement of Cotton in Africa 363 17.5 Major Production Constraints in Africa 363 17.6 Challenges and Opportunities 366 17.7 Harvesting and Yields 367 17.8 Conclusion 367 References 367 18 Challenges and Opportunities in Cotton Production 371Mahboobeh Mollaee, Ahmadreza Mobli, Navneet Kaur Mutti, Sudheesh Manalil, and Bhagirath Singh Chauhan 18.1 Introduction 371 18.2 GM Cotton 372 18.3 Conservation Agriculture in Cotton 374 18.4 Cotton Production under Salt Stress and Water Logging 375 18.5 Climate Change and Cotton Production 377 18.6 Cotton Hybrids 378 18.7 Cotton Wastes for Energy 379 18.8 Crop Modeling in Cotton 380 18.9 Organic Cotton Production 380 18.10 Conclusions 382 References 383 Index 391
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St Martin's Press Salmon Wars
Book SynopsisA Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent and a former private investigator dive deep into the murky waters of the international salmon farming industry, exposing the unappetizing truth about a fish that is not as good for you as you have been told.A decade ago, farmed Atlantic salmon replaced tuna as the most popular fish on North America's dinner tables. We are told salmon is healthy and environmentally friendly. The reality is disturbingly different.In Salmon Wars, investigative journalists Douglas Frantz and Catherine Collins bring readers to massive ocean feedlots where millions of salmon are crammed into parasite-plagued cages and fed a chemical-laced diet. The authors reveal the conditions inside hatcheries, where young salmon are treated like garbage, and at the farms that threaten our fragile coasts. They draw colorful portraits of characters, such as the big salmon farmer who poisoned his own backyard, the fly-fishing activist who risked everythi
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Thomas Nelson Publishers Covert Cows and ChickFilA
Book SynopsisThe longtime chief marketing officer for Chick-fil-A tells the inside story of how the company turned prevailing theories of fast-food marketing upside down and built one of the most successful and beloved brands in America.
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Johns Hopkins University Press Born in the Country
Book SynopsisUltimately, he asks whether a distinctive style of rural life exists any longer.Table of ContentsPreface to the Third EditionPreface to the Second EditionPreface to the First Edition1. Rural Europe and Pre-Columbian America2. The Rural Development of English North America3. Maturity and Its Discontents4. Agriculture and Economic Growth in the Young Republic5. Rural Life in the Young Nation6. The Unmaking and Remaking of the Rural South7. Rural America in the Age of Industrialization8. Prosperity and Its Discontents9. From the Best of Times to the Worst10. The New Deal and Rural America11. The Production Revolution and the New Agriculture12. Agriculture and Rural Life in the Twenty-First CenturyNotesSuggestions for Further ReadingIndex
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