Agriculture and farming Books
Springer Verlag, Singapore SeaOasis: Floating Aquaculture for Smallholders'
Book SynopsisThis book highlights a research-based design proposal which has the purpose of relieving from lack of global food supply. Due to the current overuse of land, it suggests an extension of aquatic food production with floating devices onto the sea. These devices are called SeaOasis because they function as an oasis as closed-loop systems and are therefore highly sustainable. Best geographic conditions for an extension from agriculture to aquaculture by SeaOasis match with coastal areas with serious or alarming hunger index. The low complexity, low-cost construction and the manageable size of the design is ideal for smallholders to support food security in terms of accessibility, affordability, and diversity of diet. Various configurations are described and coupled with expected revenues for potential seed-funded demonstration projects. The book presents the entire process from problem statement to design development and the preparation of its implementation. It showcases therefore also the benefits of aquatectural design as an interdisciplinary combination of aquatic architectural design, marine engineering and biology, sociology and economyTable of Contents1. Introduction; role of smallholders; opportunities for sustainable development 2. Closed loop system; sustainable resource use; strategic siting 3. Low-cost production and revenue; SeaOasis modules; fractal up-scaling 4. Configurations; communities and implementation; impact and sustainability 5. Result
£23.74
NUS Press Agriculture in the Malaysian Region
Book SynopsisCovering Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei, Agriculture in the Malaysian Region, originally published in 1982, presents a detailed description of the region's agro-systems, including shifting cultivation, wet rice production, smallholder tree-crop and mixed forms cultivation, plantation systems, and intensive market-gardening with livestock production. For this edition, the author has updated the original text while retaining the original framework of analysis, setting major developments in agriculture against the backdrop of cultural change affecting the region's economy as a whole. Singapore has seen a shift from highly labour intensive production to very capital intensive and specialised forms of production. Capital intensity has also increased in Malaysia, which now faces the problem of increasing labour costs. The book concludes with an attempt to identify likely changes in the agricultural sector in the medium term.
£25.16
Nova Science Publishers Inc Computational Intelligence for Sustainable
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£163.19
Nova Science Publishers Inc Agricultural Research Updates. Volume 42
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£177.59
Nova Science Publishers Inc Jute: Cultivation, Properties and Uses
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£67.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc Agricultural Research Updates. Volume 43
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£177.59
Nova Science Publishers Inc A Critical Appraisal of India's Self-Reliance in
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£163.19
Nova Science Publishers Inc Olive Oil: Production, Properties and Health
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£58.39
Nova Science Publishers Inc Endophytic and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and
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£113.59
Nova Science Publishers Inc Agricultural Research Updates. Volume 44
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£177.59
Goodheart-Wilcox Publisher Natural Resources Systems
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£150.71
Nova Science Publishers Inc Agricultural Soils: Agronomic Management
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£113.59
Nova Science Publishers Inc Agricultural Soils: Impacts on the Environment
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£113.59
Nova Science Publishers, Inc. Biofertilizers Agricultural Uses Management and
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£113.59
Nova Science Publishers, Inc. Global Horizons in Agricultural Extension Education Insights from International Perspectives
£163.19
Nova Science Publishers, Inc. Agricultural Research Updates. Volume 49
£177.59
