Agriculture and farming Books

Book SynopsisEach volume in the widely-successful Working Americans series focuses on a particular type of American and illustrates what life was like for that group from the 1800s to the present time. The volumes are arranged into decade-long chapters, each introducing to the reader three individuals or families. Individual profiles examine life at home, life at work, life in the community, family finances and budget, cost of living and amusements. To further the reader's understanding of the time period, profiles are supplemented with national current events, economic profiles, an historical snapshot, news profiles, local news articles and illustrations derived from popular printed materials. Profiles cover a wide range of ethnic groups and span the entire country, providing a thorough examination of all types of Americans in that particular group. From a wealth of government surveys, social worker histories, economic data, family diaries and letters, newspaper and magazine features, these unique volumes assemble a rema

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Book SynopsisAn encyclopaedia of 100s of plants that includes illustrations, definitions and cultivation guidance. It's a truly delightful inventory in digital print. The book is divided into different plant types, including trees, bushes, climbers, bulbs, water plants, perennials, annuals and others such as delicate plants and desert flora.

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Book Synopsis‘Banana Systems in the Humid Highlands of Sub-Saharan Africa: Enhancing Resilience and Productivity’ addresses issues related to agricultural intensification in the (sub)humid highland areas of Africa, based on research carried out in the Great Lakes Region by the Consortium for Improving Agriculture-based Livelihoods in Central Africa.Table of ContentsA: Preface B: Acknowledgements Part I: Musa Germplasm Diversity and Evaluation 1: Plantain Collection and Morphological Characterization in Democratic Republic of Congo: Past and Present Activities and Prospects 2: Musa Germplasm Diversity Status across a Wide Range of Agro-ecological Zones in Rwanda, Burundi and Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo 3: Banana Genotype Composition along the Uganda–Democratic Republic of Congo Border: A Gene Pool Mix for Plantain and Highland Bananas 4: Analysis of Farmer-preferred Traits as a Basis for Participatory Improvement of East African Highland Bananas in Uganda 5: Agronomic Evaluation of Common and Improved Dessert Banana Cultivars at Different Altitudes across Burundi 6: Growth and Yield of Plantain Cultivars at Four Sites of Differing Altitude in North Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Part II: Novel Seed Systems 7: Macropropagation of Musa spp. in Burundi: A Preliminary Study 8: Challenges and Opportunities for Macropropagation Technology for Musa spp. among Smallholder Farmers and Small and Medium-scale Enterprises 9: Impact of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on Growth of Banana Genotypes in Three Different, Pasteurized and Non-pasteurized Soils of Rwanda 10: Indigenous Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Growth of Tissue-cultured Banana Plantlets under Nursery and Field Conditions in Rwanda Part III: Banana Pests and Diseases 11: Development of ELISA for the Detection of Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum, the Causal Agent of BXW: Banana Xanthomonas Wilt 12: Systemicity and Speed of Movement of Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum in the Banana Plant after Garden Tool-mediated Infection 13: Use of DNA Capture Kits to Collect Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum and Banana Bunchy Top Virus Pathogen DNA for Molecular Diagnostics 14: Banana Xanthomonas Wilt Management: Effectiveness of Selective Mat Uprooting Coupled with Control Options for Preventing Disease Transmission. Case Study in Rwanda and Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo 15: Effect of Length of Fallow Period after Total Uprooting of a Xanthomonas Wilt-infected Banana Field on Infection of Newly Established Planting Materials: Case Studies from Rwanda and Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo 16: Distribution, Incidence and Farmer Knowledge of Banana Xanthomonas Wilt in Rwanda 17: Xanthomonas Wilt Incidence in Banana Plots Planted with Asymptomatic Suckers from a Diseased Field Compared with Plots Using Suckers from a Disease-free Zone in North Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Part IV: Banana Intercropping Systems 18: Coffee/Banana Intercropping as an Opportunity for Smallholder Coffee Farmers in Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi 19: The Use of Trees and Shrubs to Improve Banana Productivity and Production in Central Uganda: An Analysis of the Current Situation 20: Effect of Banana Leaf Pruning on Legume Yield in Banana–Legume Intercropping Systems in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo 21: A Comparative and Systems Approach to Banana Cropping Systems in the Great Lakes Region 22: Agronomic Practices for Musa across Different Agro-ecological Zones in Burundi, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda Part V: Banana Use, Postharvest and Nutrition 23: The Beer Banana Value Chain in Central Uganda 24: Contribution of Bananas and Plantains to the Diet and Nutrition of Musa-dependent Households with Preschoolers in Beni and Bukavu Territories, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Part VI: Surveillance, Adoption and Communicating Knowledge 25: Processes and Partnerships for Effective Regional Surveillance of Banana Diseases 26: Adoption and Impact of Tissue Culture Bananas in Burundi: An Application of a Propensity Score Matching Approach 27: Communication Approaches for Sustainable Management of Banana Xanthomonas Wilt in East and Central Africa 28: A Global Information and Knowledge Sharing Approach to Facilitate the Wider Use of Musa Genetic Resources

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Book SynopsisThe book provides an analysis of impacts of climate change on water for agriculture, and the adaptation strategies in water management to deal with these impacts. Chapters include an assessment at global level, with details on impacts in various countries. Adaptation measures including groundwater management, water storage, small and large scale irrigation to support agriculture and aquaculture are presented. Agricultural implications of sea level rise, as a subsequent impact of climate change, are also examined.Table of Contents: Contributors : Preface 1: Climate Change and Agricultural Development: A Challenge for Water Management Chu Th ai Hoanh, Robyn Johnston and Vladimir Smakhtin 2: Adaptation to Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture and Agricultural Water Management – A Review Shreedhar Maskey, Dinesh Bhatt, Stefan Uhlenbrook, Krishna C. Prasad and Mukand S. Babel 3: Global Water Requirements of Future Agriculture: Using WATERSIM Aditya Sood 4: Impacts of Climate Change on Crop Water Requirements in Huang-Huai-Hai Plain, China Qin Liu, Changrong Yan, Jianying Yang, Xu-rong Mei, Weiping Hao and Hui Ju 5: Impacts of Climate Change and Adaptation in Agricultural Water Management in North China Jun Xia, Xingguo Mo, Jinxia Wang and Xinping Luo. 6: Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation in Agricultural Water Management in the Philippines Felino P. Lansigan and Amparo C. Dela Cruz 7: Adaptation Strategies to Address the Climate Change Impacts in Three Major River Basins in India Krishna Reddy Kakumanu, Kuppannan Palanisami, Pramod Kumar Aggarwal, Coimbatore Ramarao Ranganathan and Udaya Sekhar Nagothu 8: Water Management for Agricultural Production in a Coastal Province of the Mekong River Delta under Sea-level Rise : Ngo Dang Phong, Chu Th ai Hoanh, Tran Quang Th o, Nguyen van Ngoc, Tran Duc Dong, To Phuc Tuong, Nguyen Huy Khoi, Nguyen Xuan Hien and Nguyen Trung Nam 9: Aquaculture Adaptation to Climate Change in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta Suan Pheng Kam, Tran Nhuong, Chu Th ai Hoanh and Nguyen Xuan Hien 10: Groundwater for Food Production and Livelihoods – The Nexus with Climate Change and Transboundary Water Management Karen Villholth 11: Irrigated Crop Production in the Syr Darya Basin: Climate Change Rehearsal in the 1990s Oxana Savoskul and Elena Shevnina 12: Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Rice Production through Water-saving Techniques: Potential, Adoption and Empirical Evidence Bjoern Ole Sander,Reiner Wassmann and Joel D.L.C. Siopongco 13: Linking Climate Change Discourse with Climate Change Policy in the Mekong: Th e Case of Lao PDR Jana Prosinger, Diana Suhardiman and Mark Giordano : Index

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Book SynopsisThis book emphasis the role of farm level adaptation as a key in developmental pathways that are challenged by climate risks in the semi-arid tropics of Asia and Africa. It throws light on key issues that arise in farm level impacts, adaptation and vulnerability to climate change and discusses Q2 methodological approaches undertaken in study domains of Asia and Africa. The book systematically describes the perceptions, aspirations as elicited/voiced by the farmers and identifies determinants of adaptation decisions. Chapters identify constraints and opportunities that are translated into indicative intervention recommendations towards climate resilient farm households in the semi-arid tropics of Asia and Africa. Furthermore, it discusses with evidences that contributes to the development of livelihood strategy for poor farmers in Asia (Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam and China) and Africa (Burkina Faso, Niger, Kenya and Ghana).Table of ContentsSection I: Framework for addressing climate change 1: Climate change vulnerability and adaptation strategies with rural farm level perspective: A retrospection 2: Analytical framework and methodologies for analyzing farm-level vulnerability Section II: – Evaluating impacts and adaptation to climate change 3: What’s in store for Asia: Making sense of changes in climate trends? 4: Changing Climate - Responding to the inevitable 5: Climate change and food security in Asia and Africa: Agricultural Futures 6: Evaluating adaption options at crop level to climate change in the tropics of Asia and West Africa 7: Scoping climate change adaptation strategies for small holder farmers in Kenya – A multi-dimensional impact assessment 8. Sustainable land and water management approaches in Sub-Saharan Africa: Farm-level analysis of climate change mitigation and adaptation from Niger 9: Sociological significance: Enhancing resilience to climate change among communities 10: Policy Options Towards Climate Resilience: Agent-based Assessment of Farm Households in West Africa Section III: Looking beyond and planning for the future 11: Moving along adaptation pathways toward grass-root resilience: A synthesis 12: Way forward – Towards climate resilience

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Book SynopsisRisk and uncertainty are inescapable factors in agriculture which require careful management. Farmers face production risks from the weather, crop and livestock performance, and pests and diseases, as well as institutional, personal and business risks. This revised third edition of the popular textbook includes updated chapters on theory and methods and contains a new chapter discussing the state-contingent approach to the analysis of production and the use of copulas to better model stochastic dependency. Aiming to introduce agricultural decision making, probability and risk preference, this book is an indispensable guide for students and researchers of agriculture and agribusiness management.Table of Contents1: Introduction to Risk in Agriculture 2: Decision Analysis: Outline and Basic Assumptions 3: Probabilities for Decision Analysis 4: More about Probabilities for Decision Analysis 5: Attitudes to Risky Consequences 6: Integrating Beliefs and Preferences for Decision Analysis 7: Decision Analysis with Preferences Unknown 8: The State-contingent Approach to Decision Analysis 9: Risk and Mathematical Programming Models 10: Decision Analysis with Multiple Objectives 11: Risky Decision Making and Time 12: Strategies Decision Makers Can Use to Manage Risk 13: Risk Considerations in Agricultural Policy Making

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Book SynopsisThroughout the world cotton is broadly adapted to growing in temperate, sub-tropical, and tropical environments, but growth may be challenged by future climate change. Production may be directly affected by changes in crop photosynthesis and water use due to rising CO2 and changes in regional temperature patterns. Indirect effects may result from a range of government regulations aimed at climate change mitigation. While there is certainty that future climate change will impact cotton production systems; there will be opportunities to adapt. This review begins to provide details for the formation of robust frameworks to evaluate the impact of projected climatic changes, highlight the risks and opportunities with adaptation, and details the approaches for investment in research. Ultimately, it is a multi-faceted systems-based approach that combines all elements of the cropping system that will provide the best insurance to harness the change that is occurring, and best allow cotton industries worldwide to adapt. Given that there will be no single solution for all of the challenges raised by climate change and variability, the best adaptation strategy for industry will be to develop more resilient systems. Early implementation of adaptation strategies, particularly in regard to enhancing resilience, has the potential to significantly reduce the negative impacts of climate change now and in the future.Table of ContentsI: Introduction II: Climate Change Impacts on Major Cotton Production Regions III: Climate Change Impacts on Cotton Growth and Production IV: Management Approaches to Adapt to Impacts of Climate Change V: Role of Research in Modern Cotton Systems Adapting to Climate Change VI: Conclusion

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Book SynopsisFirst survey of one of the most important pre-modern farming systems, and its effects on society and landscape. A landmark volume... essential reading for all those interested in social, agricultural and landscape history, as well as in East Anglia's past. Professor Tom Williamson, University of East Anglia. England in the medieval and early modern periods was farmed under a wide range of agrarian regimes, each of which was both engendered by, and had in turn a determining influence upon, innumerable aspects of society and landscape. Reconstructing the complex history of these systems - how they actually worked on the ground, how and why they first developed and how they evolved over time - is thus crucial for our understanding of the lived experience of past generations and the physical environments which they inhabited. But studies of past agricultural regimes which are detailed enough to highlight their full social, economic and environmental character and implications, are surprisingly thin on the ground. This innovative book dissects the character of one key example - the foldcourse system of East Anglia - from its genesis in the early Middle Ages to its demise in the nineteenth century. It casts a mass of new light on an institution that structured rural life in one region of England, over many centuries. But it also provides important new insights into the nature of early farming systems more generally, and the intricate balance of human agency, and environmental structures, that shaped and sustained them.Trade ReviewThe chronological range and the geographical breadth of this book are impressive, requiring technical competence in a variety of different sources and familiarity with a broad academic literature. In this regard, Belcher exemplifies the very best qualities and attributes of the local historian. [...] The book is well-written, though the subject matter means it not an easy read: it is, however, a most rewarding one.[...] It represents a model of scholarship for any local historian, and an excellent addition to our knowledge of pre-modern farming systems. -- Local Historianthis is an in-depth study into the subject of the foldcourse, drawing on a wealth of examples taken mainly from primary sources to provide a comprehensive understanding of its practice in East Anglia, thereby emphasizing the distinctiveness of East Anglian agricultural practices in the past. -- Agricultural History ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: The Contexts of the Foldcourse Chapter 2: Manors, Rights and Customs of the Foldcourse Chapter 3: The Medieval Foldcourse Chapter 4: The Late-Medieval Evolution of Foldcourse Husbandry Chapter 5: The Agricultural Practice of Foldcourse Husbandry Chapter 6: The Foldcourse and Improvement Conclusions Glossary Bibliography

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Book SynopsisOne of the challenges of our modern society is to successfully reconcile growing energy demand, demographic and food pressure and ecological and environmental urgency.This book offers an update on a rapidly evolving subject, that of modern photovoltaic systems capable of combining the needs of energy and ecological transition. Although photovoltaic solar energy is a well-proven technical solution in terms of energy, its development can compete with agricultural land or natural sites.New solutions are emerging: the installation of photovoltaic parks on industrial wasteland; agrivoltaics, which reconcile agricultural activity and energy production on the same surface; and ecovoltaics, which make it possible to make use of the unused surfaces under solar panels by developing ecological solutions capable of providing services to nature. These innovations are part of the response to the need to preserve terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, halt the decline in animal and plant biodiversity and participate in the development of a new mode of sustainable development and green economy.Table of ContentsForeword by Yvon Le Maho ix Foreword by Thomas Lesueur xiii Introduction xv Chapter 1. Photovoltaics: Concepts and Challenges 1 1.1. Brief description of the different photovoltaic cell technologies 1 1.1.1. Photovoltaic versus thermal solar panels 9 1.2. Different types of photovoltaic installations 9 1.3. Legislation 10 1.4. Advantages of photovoltaics 11 1.5. Disadvantages of photovoltaics 12 1.6. Some figures on the environmental footprint compared to other energy sources 13 1.7. Origin of the silicon needed for the construction of photovoltaic cells 16 1.8. End of life of solar panels 17 1.9. Degree of maturity of material recycling 17 1.10. Location and mode of development of photovoltaics 18 1.10.1. Photovoltaic panels on roofs 18 1.10.2. Ground-mounted photovoltaic panels: creating solar fields on unused industrial wastelands and parking lots 26 1.10.3. Creating solar fields in arid areas 32 1.10.4. Creating photovoltaic parks on water 35 Chapter 2. Photovoltaic Energy Production and Agricultural Activity: Agrivoltaics 37 2.1. Definition–legislation–adaptation and evolution of techniques 38 2.2. Food crops 45 2.2.1. Fish farming 46 2.2.2. Oyster farming 47 2.2.3. Viticulture 49 2.2.4. Arboriculture and fruit production 50 2.2.5. Field crops 53 2.2.6. Market gardening: shades, greenhouses, protective structures for environmental conditions 54 2.2.7. Other crops 55 2.2.8. Pasture and livestock 57 Chapter 3. Innovative Principle of Ecovoltaics 63 3.1. Definition and concept 63 3.2. State of the art: feedback 64 3.2.1. Constraints of the experimental site in Occitanie 64 3.2.2. Planting of species of interest in biodynamic agriculture on the grounds of solar parks 69 3.2.3. Planting of melliferous species 81 3.2.4. Installation of regionally endangered species 88 3.2.5. Installation of medicinal species 89 3.3. Assessment – issues 91 3.3.1. Positive impact on soil quality 91 3.3.2. Positive impact on faunal biodiversity 93 3.4. Perspectives 97 3.4.1. Regulations for the marketing of plants or plant extracts for use in biodynamic agriculture 97 Appendices 103 Appendix 1 105 Appendix 2 113 Appendix 3 115 References 121 Index 135

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Book SynopsisThis book discusses the optimization of supply chains in the agri-food and animal industries, and focuses on the integration of technology and sustainability practices. It explores the use of emerging technologies like IoT, Blockchain and AI in supply chain management, and also addresses the need for resilient supply chains and strategies for risk management. Optimization in the Agri-Food Supply Chain provides an overview of various studies conducted in the field, including topics such as the impact of climate change, sustainable initiatives, inventory management activities and the dynamics of specific supply chain systems. It also discusses the use of underutilized crops, optimization techniques, forecasting methods, circular production and the role of open innovation in the food supply chain. Overall, the book aims to contribute to the knowledge on supply chain optimization and also provide insights and recommendations for enhancing efficiency and susta

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Book SynopsisThis book investigates the experiences and issues involved with extension systems in post-conflict settings; evaluates the impact of different extension policy approaches and practice in such settings; and identifies the key elements needed to effectively rebuild agricultural extension systems and programs in post-conflict contexts. The chapters contain country-specific case studies that provide a descriptive account but also analyze strategies, successes and failures, and lessons learned. A synthesis chapter provides comparative analysis of insights across post-conflict settings. Overall, the book serves as a collective volume for use by governments, practitioners, and academics in extension policy-making and programming, and contributes to post-conflict, political science, and agricultural extension literature.Table of Contents1: Agricultural Extension in Post-Conflict Liberia: Progress Made and Lessons Learned 2: Strengthening Agriculture Extension in Post-War Sierra Leone: Progress and Prospects for Increased Extension Impact 3: Challenges in Rebuilding the Agricultural Extension System in the Democratic Republic of Congo 4: Enhancing Food Security in the World’s Youngest Nation: A Case Study of Agricultural Extension in South Sudan 5: Mozambique: Rebuilding Agricultural Extension in the Post-Conflict Period (1993–2015) 6: Beyond Enabling Livelihoods: Agricultural Extension in Post-War Rebuilding and Reconciliation in the North of Sri Lanka 7: Agricultural Extension in Post-Conflict Myanmar (Burma): Context and Lessons Learned 8: Agricultural Extension in Iraq, 2003–2012: Perspectives of US Partnerships during Conflict 9: Post-Conflict Rebuilding of Afghanistan’s Agricultural Extension System 10: Tajikistan: Creating Agricultural Extension Services in a New Post-Soviet, Post-Conflict State 11: The Development of Extension Services in Post-Soviet, Post-Conflict Georgia 12: Agricultural Extension in Post-Conflict Guatemala: Achievements and Challenges in Building a New National System 13: Synthesis: The Political Economy of an Extension Service Provider on the Frontline of Conflict

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Book SynopsisThe science of nanotechnology, the manipulation, design and engineering of devices at the atomic and molecular scale, is starting to be applied to many disciplines including aspects of agriculture and crop science. This book opens with a brief history of nanotechnology in agriculture. Applications are then examined in detail, including nanopesticides, nanosensors, nanofertilizers, and nanoherbicides. Topics covered include; the biosynthesis of nanoparticles (through microbes, plants and other biotic agents); the ecological consequences of their delivery into the environment (examining effects and toxicity on soil, soil biota, and plants); safety issues; an overview of the global market for nanotechnology products, and the regulation of nanotechnology in agriculture. The book concludes with speculations on what the future holds for the technology. The book has been written by an international group of researchers and experts from over 12 countries with experience across a wide range of issues relating to the industry. This book will be of use to a wide range of researchers and professional scientists in the agricultural sector, academia and industry, including microbiologists, chemical engineers, geneticists, plant scientists and biochemists.Table of Contents1: Rewinding the History of Agriculture and Emergence of Nanotechnology in Agriculture 2: Use of Nanomaterials in Agriculture: Potential Benefits and Challenges 3: Green Nanotechnology for Enhanced Productivity in Agriculture 4: Nanonutrient from Fungal Protein: Future Prospects on Crop Production 5: Multifarious Applications of Nanotechnology for Enhanced Productivity in Agriculture 6: Different Methods of Nanoparticle Synthesis and Their Comparative Agricultural Applications 7: Nanotoxicity to Agroecosystem: Impact on Soil and Agriculture 8: Factors Affecting the Fate, Transport, Bioavailability and Toxicity of Nanoparticles in the Agroecosystem 9: Nanotechnology: Comprehensive Understanding of Interaction, Toxicity and the Fate of Biosynthesized Nanoparticles in the Agroecosystem 10: Global Market of Nanomaterials and Colloidal Formulations for Agriculture: An Overview 11: The Responsible Development of Nanoproducts – Lessons from the Past 12: Nanotechnology Application and Emergence in Agriculture 13: Positive and Negative Effects of Nanotechnology 14: Vanguard Nano(bio)sensor Technologies Fostering the Renaissance of Agriculture 15: Current Trends and Future Priorities of Nanofertilizers 16: Biosafety and Regulatory Aspects of Nanotechnology in Agriculture and Food 17: Implication of Nanotechnology for the Treatment of Water and Air Pollution 18: Role of Nanotechnology in Insect Pest Management

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Book SynopsisThis book contains current knowledge and the most recent developments in the field of halophyte biology, ecology, and potential uses. Halophytes are characterised as plants that can survive and complete their life cycle in highly saline environments. This book explores the adaptive mechanisms and special features of halophytes that allow them to grow in environments that are unsuitable for conventional crops and considers their role as a source of food, fuel, fodder, fibre, essential oils, and medicines. Halophytes and Climate Change includes coverage of: - Special morphological, anatomical, and physiological features of halophytes - Ion accumulation patterns and homeostasis in halophytes - Potential use of halophytes in the remediation of saline soil - Growth and physiological response and tolerance to toxicity and drought - Mangrove ecology, physiology, and adaptation Written by a team of international authors and presented in full colour, this book is an essential resource for researchers in the fields of plant physiology, ecology, soil science, environmental science, botany, and agriculture.Table of ContentsSection I: Ecophysiology 1: Defining Halophytes: a Conceptual and Historical Approach in an Ecological Frame 2: Habitats of Halophytes 3: Intra-habitat Variability of Halophytic Flora of North-west India 4: Halophytic Vegetation in South-east Europe: Classification, Conservation and Ecogeographical Patterns 5: South African Salt Marshes: Ecophysiology and Ecology in the Context of Climate Change 6: Seagrasses, the Unique Adaptation of Angiosperms to the Marine Environment: Effect of High Carbon and Ocean Acidification on Energetics and Ion Homeostasis 7: Ecophysiology of Seed Heteromorphism in Halophytes: an Overview 8: Salt Marsh Plants: Biological Overview and Vulnerability to Climate Change Section II: Mechanisms of Adaptation 9: Ion Accumulation Pattern of Halophytes 10: Morpho-anatomical Traits of Halophytic Species 11: ROS Signalling, and Antioxidant Defence Network in Halophytes 12: Antioxidant Defence in Halophytes under High Salinity 13: Soil Chemical Composition Modifies the Morpho-physiological Responses of Prosopis strombulifera, a Halophyte Native to South America 14: Elimination of Salt by Recretion: Salt Glands and Gland-supported Bladders in Recretohalophytes 15: Synergic Effects of Rhizobacteria: Increasing Use of Halophytes in a Changing World 16: Arsenic Tolerance Mechanisms in Halophytes: the Case of Tamarix gallica 17: Thylakoid Electron Transfer in Salicornia veneta under Different Salinity Levels: a Fluorescence-based Study Section III: Practical Uses 18: Introgression of Halophytic Salt Stress-responsive Genes for Developing Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants 19: Halophytes: Potential Resources of Coastal Ecosystems and their Economic, Ecological and Bioprospecting Significance 20: Practical Uses of Halophytic Plants as Sources of Food and Fodder 21: Use of Halophytes as Medicinal Plants: Phytochemical Diversity and Biological Activity 22: Lipids in Halophytes: Stress Physiology Relevance and Potential Future Applications

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Book SynopsisThis is a hands-on, practical guide to describe physical bunch and oil analysis of oil palm. Bunch and oil analysis laboratories are set up at oil mills to assess production, yield potential of plantations and oil extraction rates relative to targets. The higher the oil yields produced by the planting material, the less land that is needed to achieve a specific level of production, hence helping in the sustainability of the crop. Practical, illustrated steps are given in determining bunch and oil characteristics of oil palm. Promoting green, eco-friendly agriculture, this book covers: An introduction to bunch and oil analysis Health and safety considerations Bunch sampling Physical bunch analysis of stalks, spikelets, fruits and nuts Fruit sampling Nut analysis and measurements of components Oil analysis, oil extraction and measurement Calculation of bunch components and reporting. This is an invaluable manual for oil palm mill managers, oil palm plantation managers, palm oil producers, oil palm breeders, agronomists, oil chemists, oil palm seed producing companies and research institutes across the world (especially tropical zones). It is useful for those starting a career in oil palm production, as a reference guide for managers and for training purposes.Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: Health and Safety Considerations 3: Bunch Sampling 4: Bunch Physical Analysis 5: Fruit Sampling 6: Nut Analysis 7: Oil Analysis 8: Recording, Calculations and Data Checks

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Book SynopsisThis is a hands-on, practical guide to describe field trials in oil palm breeding. Such trials are essential in almost all breeding programmes to select and verify the real expression of different target traits. In oil palm these include yield, tolerance to pests and diseases, oil quality and adaptability to the environment. Breeding success is dependent upon the genetic resources available and the effectiveness of screening amongst these for the desired traits. Many of these screens can now be carried out in the laboratory, particularly with DNA technologies. However, field trialing remains the "acid test" of commercial performance, with location and statistical design being key. Land preparation and the provision of good quality planting material, usually produced from deliberate cross-pollinations, underly the foundations of these trials. This book covers: Pre-trialing considerations and activities Land preparation Material preparation Trial planting Recording Ganoderma trials Pre-trial screening using DNA diagnostics This is an invaluable manual for oil palm breeders and oil palm institute across the world, and particularly tropical zones. It is also useful for those starting a career in oil palm improvement, those developing breeding programmes, as well as a reference guide for plantation managers and for training purposes.Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: Health and Safety Considerations 3: Pre-trialling Considerations and Activities 4: Land Preparation 5: Material Preparation 6: Trial Planting 7: Recording 8: Ganoderma Trials 9: Pre-trial Screening using DNA Diagnostics

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Book SynopsisThis is a hands-on practical guide to the use of Trichoderma as a biocontrol, as part of sustainable disease control measures for Ganoderma disease in oil palm plantations. The manual provides background information on Ganoderma (basal stem rot), the most devastating disease of oil palm in Southeast Asia, as well as on the benefits of Trichoderma fungi in safe guarding yields. The disease is caused by soil-borne fungi, Ganoderma spp, which are found in West Africa and South America, as well as Southeast Asia. Practical information is given on: the use of Trichoderma to manage Ganoderma for research and commercial use health and safety considerations in the laboratory, nursery and field in vitro multiplication of Trichoderma starting from media preparation and culture Ganoderma pathogenicity testing Trichoderma in vitro antagonism screening of Ganoderma Trichoderma screening to protect seedlings scoring Ganoderma response to Trichoderma in selecting aggressive Trichoderma isolates commercial use and application in oil palm plantations This is an invaluable manual for oil palm growers, estate/plantation managers, pathologists and breeders and research institutes across the world (especially tropical zones). It is also useful for those starting a career in oil palm plant protection, and as a reference guide for managers and for training purposes.Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: Health and Safety Considerations 3: Culturing Trichoderma 4: Trichoderma Multiplication 5: Ganoderma Pathogenicity Test 6: In Vitro Trichoderma Antagonism Screening 7: Trichoderma Nursery Screening for Ganoderma Control 8: Scoring Response of Ganoderma to Trichoderma 9: Preparation of Trichoderma for Commercial Application 10: Trichoderma Application in Oil Palm Plantations

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Book SynopsisThis is a hands-on, practical guide to general and specific practices in oil palm nurseries to produce healthy, vigorous and uniform plants ready for field planting. There are two nursery stages, pre-nursery and main nursery. The pre-nursery receives both germinated seeds and tissue culture produced plantlets (ramets) which are planted in a relatively small area in which shade and humidity can be controlled. Once young plants are established they are transferred to the main nursery, potted-on and grown on to produce field-ready plants. Good nursery practices, using sustainable approaches where possible, aim to provide high quality planting materials for both commercial production and field trialling. The book covers: Nursery set up - pre-nursery and main nursery Fertilizer programmes Watering Culling Weeding Pests and diseases Pre-field genotypic screening and selection Quarantine nurseries This is an invaluable manual for commercial seed producers, nursery plant producers, commercial plantation companies and plant breeders, as well as researchers in oil palm. It is useful for those starting a career in oil palm production, and as a reference guide for managers and for training purposes.Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: Health and Safety Considerations 3: Nursery Set-up 4: Pre-nursery Activities 5: Main Nursery Activities 6: Fertiliser Programmes 7: Watering 8: Culling 9: Weeding 10: Pests and Diseases 11: Pre-field Genotypic Screening and Selection 12: Quarantine Nurseries

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a detailed analysis of the economic and environmental impacts of climate change on the tropical ecosystems in Tanzania. Topics covered include agriculture, marine resources, wildlife, and weather forecasting. The analyses concentrate on real and potential impacts of climate change, focusing on changes in temperature and precipitation. Adaptive capacity and strategies for enhancing resilience (such as changing crop types and crop patterns in farming) are described. Particular attention is paid to climate change impacts on vulnerability and resilience in communities and ecosystems with special reference to extreme events such as droughts and flooding. The book: is among the first books to analyse in detail climate change effects in Tanzania, highlighting the unique vulnerability of communities and ecosystems in East Africa from a socio-ecological point of view. discusses potential future threats as well as providing solutions to current problems. examines the application of local knowledge systems when formulating solutions. The book is essential reading for researchers on climate change and socio-economic impacts in tropical rural economies and of broad interest to climate change scientists, tropical ecologists, conservationists and agricultural scientists.Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: Living and Responding to Climate Variability and Change among Coffee and Banana Farmers in the Highlands of Moshi Rural District, Tanzania 3: Cassava as an Adaptation Crop to Climate Variability and Change in Coastal Areas of Tanzania: A Case of Mkuranga District 4: Agro-Ecosystems Resilience and Social-Ecological Vulnerability Index to Climate Change in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania 5: Effects of Conservation Agriculture on Farmers’ Livelihoods in the Face of Climate Change in Balaka District, Malawi 6: A Comparative Cost-Benefit Analysis of Mobile and Sedentary Pastoral Production Systems in Selected Villages in Northern Tanzania 7: Locally Based Responses to Impacts of Climate Change in Pastoral Landscapes of Northern Tanzania 8: Assessment of Socio-Ecological Resilience of Agro-Pastoralists to Climate Change and Variability Impacts in Bariadi District, Tanzania 9: Natural Resource Use Conflicts in a Changing Climate: The Case of the Wetlands of Kilombero and Kilosa Districts in Tanzania 10: The Role of Ecosystem Services in Enhancing Climate Change Resilience to Local Communities: The Case of Ngarambe - Tapika Wildlife Management Area, Rufiji District, Tanzania 11: Effectiveness of Existing Climate Smart Agricultural Practices in Tehuledere District, Northeastern Ethiopia 12: Community Livelihoods and Ecosystem Integrity in Makere Forest Reserve, Western Tanzania 13: Weather Forecasting and Communication in the Upper Great Ruaha Catchment Area 14: Lessons Learnt and the Way Forward for Research on Climate Change in Tanzania

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Book SynopsisThis book unites recent findings from quantitative and qualitative research from across Africa to illuminate how young men and women engage with the rural economy and imagine their futures, and how development policies and interventions can find traction with these realities. Through framing, overview and evidence-based chapters, this book provides a critical perspective on current discourse, research and development interventions around youth and rural development. Chapters are organized around commonly-made foundational claims: that large numbers of young people are leaving rural areas, have no interest in agriculture, cannot access land, can be the engine of rural transformation, are stuck in permanent waithood, and that the rural economy can provide a wealth of opportunity. This book: Engages with and challenges current research, policy and development debates. Considers social difference as a way of examining the category of youth. Is written by authors from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds, providing varied perspectives. This book draws from existing literature and new analysis of several multi-country and multi-disciplinary studies, focusing on gender and other aspects of social difference. It is suitable for researchers, policy makers and advocates, as well as postgraduate students in international development and agricultural economics.Table of Contents1: African youth and the rural economy: points of departure 2: Empirical windows on African rural youth 3: Are Africa’s rural youth abandoning agriculture? 4: Young people and land 5: Mobility and the rural landscape of opportunity 6: Are young people transforming the rural economy? 7: The social landscape of education and work in rural sub-Saharan Africa 8: Are rural young people stuck in waithood? 9: Young people’s imagined futures 10: Young people and the rural economy: synthesis and implications

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Book SynopsisPsocids have become widespread pests of stored products during the last two decades, yet little was known about their biology and management until this change in their pest status. The aim of this book is to synthesize current information on biology and management of these stored-product insect pests. The book covers their identification, biology and ecology, monitoring, chemical and non-chemical control, resistance to insecticides, molecular biology, and the future of stored-product psocid research.This is the first-ever comprehensive book on Psocids infesting stored products and is written by a carefully selected list of experts on these pests. It is essential reading for all those involved in the control of pests in stored products and postharvest systems, students and researchers in applied entomology and pest management practitioners in general.

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Book SynopsisThe year 2018 marked the 90th anniversary of induced mutagenesis in plants. The FAO/IAEA International Symposium on Plant Mutation Breeding and Biotechnology held in 2018 reviewed achievements in crop improvement through mutation breeding in several countries across the globe, and discussed innovations in mutation induction, precision phenotyping and genomics applications. Induced genetic variation is important for crop improvement especially in instances where there is limited variation in existing germplasm pools to achieve desired levels of crop performance, and where techniques such as hybridization cannot be easily applied. Its application becomes further significant as the dual threats of population growth and climate change increasingly challenge global food and nutrition security. Higher production of nutritional food and reduction of crop losses imposed by extreme events like droughts, high temperatures, floods, diseases and pests call for induced novel genetic variation. While recent breakthroughs in whole genome-based mutation detection technologies increase the efficiency and precision of breeding in all crops, in vitro techniques coupled with mutagenesis broaden the genetic base of vegetative and horticultural tree crops and reduce their breeding cycles. In this book an international team of expert authors review achievements, new developments, trends and challenges in the field of plant mutation breeding, across the scientific community and the private sector. Chapters highlight specific challenges, such as emerging transboundary threats to crop production, and assess the overall importance of mutation breeding to food security. Coverage includes: · Contribution and impact of mutant varieties to food security. · Mutation breeding for adaptation to climate change in seed propagated crops. · Mutation breeding for ornamental and vegetatively propagated crops. · Enhancing agro biodiversity through new mutation induction techniques. · New challenges and technologies in plant genomics and breeding. This book is a comprehensive and essential resource for students, researchers and professionals in plant breeding.Table of Contents1: Contribution of Crop Mutant Varieties to Food Security 1: World Food Supply: Problems and Prospects 2: Scandinavian Mutation Research During the Past 90 Years – a Historical Review 3: History of Mutation Breeding and Molecular Research Using Induced Mutations in Japan 4: Soybean Breeding Through Induced Mutation in Vietnam 5: New Mutation Techniques for Crop Improvement in China 6: High-yielding NERICA Mutant Rice for Upland Areas and Hope for Bangladeshi Farmers 7: Impact of Mutant Varieties in Malaysia: Challenges and Future Perspectives for Mutation Breeding 8: Application of Mutation Breeding Techniques in the Development of Green Crop Varieties in Sri Lanka: the Way Forward 9: Mutation Breeding in Rice for Sustainable Crop Production and Food Security in India 2: Mutation Breeding in Crop Improvement and Climate- Change Adaptation 10: Isolation and Characterization of Yellow Rust Resistant Mutants in Wheat 11: Identification of Rice Mutants Tolerant to Cold Stress at the Germination Stage by TILLING 12: Mutation Breeding of Sorghum to Support Climate-Smart Agriculture 13: Production of Haploid Embryos and Plants in Iranian Melon (Cucumis melo L.) Through Irradiated Pollen-induced Parthenogenesis 14: Application of Mutation Breeding to the Improvement of the Under-studied Crop Tef (Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter) 15: Improving Sustainable Cotton Production Through Enhanced Resilience to Climate Change Using Mutation Breeding 16: Development of Climate-Adaptable/ Resilient Crop Varieties Through Induced Mutation 17: Anthracnose Resistance Induction in Chilli by Electron Beam Irradiation

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Book SynopsisMilk is considered a complete food, consumed at all stages of life. It is transformed into numerous products, fermented or not, as well as into a variety of ingredients, in order to preserve it or some of its constituents from a few days to a few years. This book addresses the innovations that deal with milk and the use of gentle techniques that best preserve dairy constituents. This book explores some of the current challenges facing the milk processing industry, namely: i) showing the advances in infant milk formula to best mimic breastfeeding and the in vitro models that study newborn digestion, ii) combining tradition and new consumer expectations on emblematic dairy products, such as yogurt and fermented milk products, iii) defining optimal cheese-making practices to control both cheese quality and yield, iv) outlining the current research approaches to meet consum'actor demands, as well as those dealing with v) the fouling and cleaning of dairy equipment in a context of

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Book SynopsisManagement research has shown successful farmers have quite distinct personal characteristics which most farmers have seldom thought about. Farmers who are less successful tend to have processes and systems which are likely to be biased. The aim of this book is to help all farmers discover more about these personal attributes that impinge on the success of their management, and to show how their attitudes and personal resources can be improved. This book is not a straightforward textbook. Rather, it tells the story of a group of farmers who take part in an expert-guided experiment designed to test approaches to improving management skill. The group meet at each other's farms to learn about their issues and develop solutions to improving what is called their 'management style' with the aim of removing any identified decision system biases. The book covers issues like optimal decision rule systems and how they can become second nature. Each chapter is devoted to one of the common issues defining management approaches. One chapter, for example, has the farmers sorting out issues around succession planning, another covers the vexed problem of farmer anxiety, and still another has the farmers learning skills on self-critiquing. Overall, there are fifteen chapters covering both general and specific issues. The book is designed for all farmers but is also a valuable resource for students of farm management and agribusiness. A strong learning feature of the book are the references to formal theories and explanations provided in addenda to each chapter. These cover and list the main teaching points highlighted in each farmer meeting giving details of where the detailed methods of solving each situation can be found. Exercises and case studies can also be accessed both on line and in other CABI books.Table of ContentsOne: Past and future Two: Planning games Three: Ra ra the team Four: Higher issues Five: Wrong again Six: Not perfect Seven: You can’t have it Eight: Mind games Nine: Culture you reckon Ten: I’m the greatest Eleven: Dark days Twelve: Families at war Thirteen: Agreement … oh yeah! Fourteen: Brain power… seek it if you can Fifteen: You owe it to yourself

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Book SynopsisThis book gathers cutting-edge scholarship on how entrepreneurship, innovation, and inclusive policy can unlock the full potential of rural economies across the Global South. Fourteen rigorously researched chapters chart a panoramic journey: from value-added processing of grain legumes in Zimbabwe and Indonesia's youth-led agribusiness incubators, to women-centred agripreneurship, resilient Farmer Producer Organisations, and fintech platforms that widen digital financial inclusion. Contributors probe the interplay between sustainable agriculture, cultural-heritage tourism and eco-friendly hospitality; dissect the pedagogical hurdles of emergency remote learning in under-resourced universities; and showcase case studies such as Elasticrun's technology-enabled rural supply chains and Cholula's heritage-driven tourism revival. Together, these studies illuminate the virtuous cycles that emerge when local knowledge, appropriate technology, and supportive institutions converge: higher farm profitability, empowered women and youth, greener value chains, and communities resilient to economic shocks. The book blends empirical evidence, comparative analyses, and actionable frameworks, making complex development challenges accessible without sacrificing scholarly depth.

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the relationship between the land use choices of small-scale farmers and the rate of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. Although sustainable agriculture was introduced to the Amazon area about 10 years ago, it has been adopted by only a few farmers. Jill L. Caviglia analyses why this practice has not been more widely adopted and offers policy prescriptions to address this.The major source of deforestation in the Amazon is the use of slash-and-burn agriculture by small-scale farmers. The adoption of sustainable agriculture by these farmers could reduce the rate of deforestation dramatically. The author uses new, original case studies of farms in the area to estimate the probability of the adoption of sustainable agriculture and, once the adoption decision has been made, the intensity of adoption. The author finds that this is influenced greatly by farmer organizations and by providing the farmers with the knowledge that sustainable agriculture is a viable alternative to slash-and-burn practices.This book will be of great interest to scholars and policymakers in the areas of environmental economics, environmental policy and Latin American studies.Trade Review'Caviglia's book is a well-done and relevant piece of work, providing the reader with a clear description of variables and assumptions, thus allowing for evaluation of strengths and limitations of her research. Caviglia's conclusion reinforces her discussion throughout the book, suggesting that market failure (at the local, regional and national levels) is the most significant cause of deforestation in the region. . . . Most importantly, the author's conclusions are extremely relevant and useful for policies aimed at improving the colonist farmers' well-being and productivity, while helping to decrease deforestation rates in one of the most impacted regions of the Brazilian Amazon.' -- Eduardo S. Brondizio, Environmental ConservationTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon 3. Sustainable Agriculture 4. Addressing Market Failure Which Has Led to Tropical Deforestation with Discrete Choice Models 5. Data Collection and Analysis 6. The Economic Model 7. Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisGlobalisation of the world economy portends a wide range of benefits to citizens of all countries. However, this ground-breaking book finds that the impacts of trade liberalisation and globalisation appear to have a negative impact on agricultural sustainability in developing countries.This book explores the proposition that globalisation and trade liberalisation is an international win-win game and finds that there is substantial evidence to suggest that there could be a range of agricultural problems and negative impacts on rural communities and the environment in poorer countries. The authors use cutting-edge research from Brazil, Bolivia, Burkino Faso, Indonesia, The Philippines and Thailand to suggest that special attention needs to be paid to local issues in poor countries in the face of globalisation.Sustainable Agriculture and Environment will prove invaluable to scholars and policymakers in the areas of environmental and ecological economics.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Agriculture and Sustainability 2. Trade Liberalisation Agriculture and Sustainability 3. Conditions for Sustainable Development 4. Economics, Aspects of Ecology and Sustainable Agricultural Production 5. Conservation Farming and Indicators of Agricultural Sustainability 6. Reducing the Costs of Modern Agriculture 7. Towards Sustainable Agricultural Systems 8. Landcare 9. Conservation in Germany’s Agrarian Countryside and the World Economy 10. The Implication of Carbon Dioxide Abatement Policies on Food Prices 11. Co-evolution in Asia 12. The Impact of Globalisation on Agricultural Systems of Traditional Societies 13. Asia’s Livestock Industries 14. Environmental Impacts of the Livestock Industries of Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand 15. Family Farming 16. Trade Liberalisation Impacts for Sustainable Development 17. Development by Linking Small Farmers to Growth Markets 18. Is Trade Liberalisation the Right Policy after a Devaluation? 19. Globalisation, Agriculture and Environment Index

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Book SynopsisNature and agriculture both shape the European countryside and one of the main challenges for the years to come will be to strengthen their interaction for the future development of rural areas. In this valuable and highly topical book, the authors demonstrate how economics and ecology can play a critical role in maintaining and sustaining this relationship.The book identifies the dilemmas facing European agriculture and explores their economic and ecological consequences. The authors believe a better understanding of these problems will be crucial in recognising the potential options for the future role of agriculture and nature policy and will guide the identification of suitable policy instruments. They highlight current threats to the relationship between agriculture and nature - such as abandonment and intensification - and demonstrate how these problems can be resolved by a rational policy mix. The book also provides extensive empirical evidence from four case studies and concludes by scrutinising the major changes in market conditions and the Common Agricultural Policy which could upset this important but fragile balance between agriculture and nature.Providing a state-of-the-art overview of current thinking on the relationship between agriculture and nature in the context of EU policy, this book will be welcomed by policymakers and those studying and working in the fields of agricultural and resource economics, geography, and agri-business.Table of ContentsFull Contents: Preface 1. Agriculture and Nature in Conflict? Part I: Methodology 2. Economics and the Interface between Agriculture and Nature 3. Ecology and the Interface between Agriculture and Nature 4. Agri-environmental Policy Development in the European Union 5. Environmental Valuation Methods in Rural Resource Management Part II: Cases on the Interaction between Agriculture and Nature 6. Water Availability in the Mediterranean Region 7. Agricultural Policy and Nature Conservation in the UK 8. The Pivotal Role of the Agricultural Land Market in the Netherlands 9. Broadening the Sectoral Perspective on Agricultural Policy in Greece Part III: Mitigation and Regulation 10. Marketing Public Goods and Externalities Provided by Agriculture and Forestry 11. Co-operative Agreements to Improve Efficiency and Effectiveness of Policy Targets 12. Integrated Rural Development Part IV: Outlook 13. Agriculture and Nature: Retrospect and Prospect Index

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Book SynopsisLand quality and land degradation affect agricultural productivity and food security, but quantifying these relationships has been difficult. Data are extremely limited and outcomes are sensitive to the choices that farmers make. The contributors to this book - including soil scientists, geographers, and economists - analyse data on soils, climate, land cover, agricultural inputs and outputs, and a variety of socio-economic factors to provide new insights into three key issues: the extent to which differences in land quality generate differences in agricultural productivity across countries how farmers' responses to differences or changes in land quality are influenced by economic, environmental, and institutional factors, and whether land degradation over time threatens productivity growth and food security at local, regional, and global levels. This book can be thoroughly recommended to policymakers, public and private sector researchers, university faculty and graduate students, and non-profit organizations for use in research, education, and decision-making.Trade Review'Action is needed to fight poverty by sustaining the environment and the use of natural resources. Land Quality, Agricultural Productivity, and Food Security explores a range of factors driving food security. The book offers an assessment to link quality of the available land resources with productivity of land and the ability to ensure food security. It offers a mixture of broad-scale assessments across the globe, with detailed case studies, deepening our understanding of economics and decision-making mechanisms. It is recommended to researchers, as well as actors in the private and public domain, who are keen to improve their understanding of the appropriate actions that ensure food security in the decade to come.' -- Floor Brouwer, Agricultural Economics Research Institute (LEI), The Hague, The NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: Overview and Data Part II: Land Quality and Differences in Agricultural Productivity Between Countries Part III: Land Degradation and Changes in Agricultural Productivity Over Time Part IV: Implications for Food Security Part V: Implications for Research and Policy Index

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Book SynopsisIn both regional and multilateral trade negotiations farm trade issues have been by far the most contentious and difficult to conclude. WTO rules for agricultural trade have yet to be brought into line with those for other goods. As a result, legal agricultural trade disputes at the WTO account for about 40 per cent of cases to date, even though agriculture accounts for only seven per cent of international trade and five per cent of global output. This authoritative and timely collection presents the most important published articles on this subject. The WTO and Agriculture discusses the following questions: Why have agricultural markets been noted for relatively high degrees of government intervention and in particular for rising levels of protection? How was agricultural trade treated in the GATT and WTO? Has the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture helped to resolve trade conflicts in world markets? What new opportunities and challenges are on the horizon? This collection will be an accessible reference source not only for economists but also for those readers with a law or political science background.Trade Review'. . . the collection is an interesting mixture and is to be recommended for graduate students and scientists as well as policymakers.' -- Sabine Daude, Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture'Anderson and Josling are world-class experts on the economics of agriculture and its interface with WTO issues. Besides, the dismantling of agricultural trade barriers and subsidies is the next big agenda before the WTO. This book is therefore both topical and hugely instructive. No scholar or policymaker can afford not to read it.' -- Jagdish Bhagwati, Columbia University, US'This collection on the global trading system will be immensely helpful for scholars, students and analysts. The sound basis of trade research over the past three decades presented here highlights the opportunity for progress in economic development through open agriculture trade.' -- Joachim von Braun, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)'The chaotic attempts to bring Food and Agriculture under international trading rules have generated a literature on the subject that is equally unruly. Kym Anderson and Timothy Josling have done a superb job in selecting key historical materials that explain past and present agricultural trade policy, and that provide useful signposts for the future on topics as diverse as state trading and GMOs. Professionals will find these two small volumes worthy substitutes for the hundreds of trade references that now clutter their bookshelves.' -- Walter P. Falcon, Stanford University, USTable of ContentsContents: Volume I Acknowledgements Introduction Kym Anderson and Tim Josling PART I THE GROWTH OF AGRICULTURAL PROTECTIONISM 1. C.P. Kindleberger (1975), ‘The Rise of Free Trade in Western Europe, 1820–1875’ 2. Kym Anderson, Yujiro Hayami and Masayoshi Honma (1986), ‘The Growth of Agricultural Protection’ 3. Peter H. Lindert (1991), ‘Historical Patterns of Agricultural Policy’ 4. Michael Tracy (1989), ‘The Formation of the Common Agricultural Policy’ 5. Anne O. Krueger, Maurice Schiff and Alberto Valdés (1988), ‘Agricultural Incentives in Developing Countries: Measuring the Effect of Sectoral and Economywide Policies’ PART II DOMESTIC POLICIES AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTORTIONS 6. D. Gale Johnson ([1973] 1991), ‘Politics and Economics and Farmers’, ‘New Directions for Agricultural Policy in the Industrial Countries’ and ‘Negotiations for Freer Trade in Agricultural Products’ 7. Gordon C. Rausser (1982), ‘Political Economic Markets: PERTs and PESTs in Food and Agriculture’ 8. Kym Anderson (1995), ‘Lobbying Incentives and the Pattern of Protection in Rich and Poor Countries’ 9. Bruce L. Gardner (1987), ‘Causes of U.S. Farm Commodity Programs’ PART III QUANTIFYING THE EFFECTS OF TRADE-DISTORTING POLICIES PRE-URUGUAY ROUND 10. Alberto Valdés and Joachim Zietz (1980), Agricultural Protection in OECD Countries: Its Cost to Less-Developed Countries 11. Tim Josling and Stefan Tangermann (1990), ‘Measuring Levels of Protection in Agriculture: A Survey of Approaches and Results’ and ‘Panel Discussion’ 12. R. Tyers and K. Anderson (1988), ‘Liberalising OECD Agricultural Policies in the Uruguay Round: Effects on Trade and Welfare’ 13. Vernon O. Roningen and Praveen M. Dixit (1989), How Level is the Playing Field? An Economic Analysis of Agricultural Policy Reforms in Industrial Market Economies 14. Sherman Robinson (1990), ‘Analysing Agricultural Trade Liberalization with Single Country Computable General Equilibrium Models’ PART IV GATT NEGOTIATIONS AND AGRICULTURAL POLICIES PRE-URUGUAY ROUND 15. Kenneth W. Dam (1970), ‘Temperate Agricultural Commodities’ 16. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (1958), ‘Agricultural Protectionism in the Industrial Countries’ 17. T.K. Warley (1967), ‘Problems of World Trade in Agricultural Products’ 18. William J. Davey (1993), ‘The Rules for Agricultural Trade in GATT’ 19. Timothy E. Josling, Stefan Tangermann and T.K. Warley (1996), ‘Trade Rules in Crisis: The GATT Committee on Trade in Agriculture’ Name Index Volume II Acknowledgements An introduction by the editors to both volumes appears in Volume I PART I THE URUGUAY ROUND AGREEMENT ON AGRICULTURE 1. Dale E. Hathaway and Merlinda D. Ingco (1996), ‘Agricultural Liberalization and the Uruguay Round’ 2. William D. Coleman and Stefan Tangermann (1999), ‘The 1992 CAP Reform, the Uruguay Round and the Commission: Conceptualizing Linked Policy Games’ 3. Richard A. Higgott and Andrew Fenton Cooper (1990), ‘Middle Power Leadership and Coalition Building: Australia, the Cairns Group, and the Uruguay Round of Trade Negotiations’ 4. Kym Anderson (2001), ‘Bringing Discipline to Agricultural Policy via the WTO’ 5. Stefan Tangermann (2002), ‘Agriculture on the Way to Firm International Trading Rules’ PART II THE URUGUAY ROUND AGREEMENT ON SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY MEASURES 6. Donna Roberts (1998), ‘Preliminary Assessment of the Effects of the WTO Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Trade Regulations’ 7. Richard H. Snape and David Orden (2001), ‘Integrating Import Risk and Trade Benefit Analysis’ 8. Sallie James and Kym Anderson (1998), ‘On the Need for More Economic Assessment of Quarantine Policies’ PART III GATT/WTO AGRICULTURAL TRADE DISPUTE RESOLUTION 9. Louis L. Snyder (1945), ‘The American-German Pork Dispute, 1879–1891’ 10. T. Josling and S. Tangermann (2003), ‘Production and Export Subsidies in Agriculture: Lessons from GATT and WTO Disputes Involving the US and the EC’ 11. Jean-Christophe Bureau, Stephan Marette and Alessandra Schiavina (1998), ‘Non-tariff Trade Barriers and Consumers' Information: The Case of the EU-US Trade Dispute Over Beef’ 12. Tim Josling (2003), ‘Bananas and the WTO: Testing the New Dispute Settlement Process’ PART IV NEW NEGOTIATIONS AND “NEW” ISSUES FOR AGRICULTURE 13. Stefan Tangermann and Tim Josling (2001), ‘Issues in the Next Round of WTO Agricultural Negotiations’ 14. Philip L. Paarlberg, Maury Bredahl and John G. Lee (2002), ‘Multifunctionality and Agricultural Trade Negotiations’ 15. Kym Anderson (1992), ‘Agricultural Trade Liberalisation and the Environment: A Global Perspective’ 16. Neil McCulloch, L. Alan Winters and Xavier Cirera (2001), ‘Agricultural Trade Reform’ 17. Grant E. Isaac and William A. Kerr (2003), ‘Genetically Modified Organisms and Trade Rules: Identifying Important Challenges for the WTO’ 18. David Blandford, Jean-Christophe Bureau, Linda Fulponi and Spencer Henson (2002), ‘Potential Implications of Animal Welfare Concerns and Public Policies in Industrialized Countries for International Trade’ 19. Peter Holmes and Robert Read (2001), ‘Competition Policy, Agriculture and the WTO’ 20. Tim Josling (1997), State Trading: The Achilles Heel of the WTO? Name Index

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Book SynopsisThe expanding membership of the EU means significant changes for accession countries' international trade relations, affecting imports, exports, tax revenues, government expenditures and domestic regulatory regimes. There are also significant ramifications for the EU budget. This book is a valuable comprehensive tool kit for analysing the economic effect of EU accession, using examples from the most complex sector for both candidate countries and the EU itself - agriculture. The authors provide a complete set of market configurations with which to analyse harmonisation with the Common Agriculture Policy in both the long and short run. It also provides insights into the questions of regulatory harmonisation in areas of food safety, animal and plant health, the environment, animal welfare, technical standards and the protection of intellectual property. Background is provided on the EU and its policies, economic developments in transition economies and the accession process. The book also provides a unique insight into how negotiating positions can be developed.A wide audience will find this book of great value and interest including policymakers and analysts in governments and related think tanks, businesses and consultancy firms trading in the EU. Scholars and researchers of European studies, international trade and agriculture will also find the book invaluable.Trade Review'Gaisford, Kerr and Perdikis provide an in-depth analysis of the complex issues associated with agriculture and the expansion of the EU.' -- Ingrid Fromm, H-Soz-u-KultTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Economic Assessment of the Common Agriculture Policy 3. Harmonizing with the Common Agriculture Policy 4. Technical Capacity – Problems with Meeting EU Standards 5. Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisInositol phosphates are a group of organic compounds found widely in the natural environment. They are important in agriculture because they constitute most of the phosphorus in grain seeds, but they cannot be digested by some animals. As a result, considerable research has been directed towards improving the digestibility of inositol phosphates in animal diets. Inositol phosphates are also abundant in soils and water bodies, yet a clear understanding of their behaviour in the environment remains elusive. This is surprising given the importance of phosphorus in the nutrition of both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Written by leading experts, this book brings together critical reviews on inositol phosphates in agriculture, ecology, and the environment. The sixteen chapters cover a diverse range of topics, including the synthesis and hydrolysis of inositol phosphates, their role in animal nutrition, and their fate in soils and aquatic ecosystems. It will prove valuable to a wide readership in the agricultural and biological sciences, and will serve as a unique reference source on this emerging topic.Table of Contents1: Nomenclature and Terminology of Inositol Phosphates: Clarification and a Glossary of Terms 2: Identification of Inositol Phosphates by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy: Unravelling Structural Diversity 3: High-performance Chromatographic Separations of Inositol Phosphates and Their Detection by Mass Spectrometry 4: Origins and Biochemical Transformations of Inositol Stereoisomers and Their Phosphorylated Derivatives in Soil 5: Isolation and Assessment of Microorganisms That Utilize Phytate 6: Phytate-degrading Enzymes: Regulation of Synthesis in Microorganisms and Plants 7: Phytases: Attributes, Catalytic Mechanisms and Applications 8: Seed Phosphorus and the Development of Low-phytate Crops 9: Phytase and Inositol Phosphates in Animal Nutrition: Dietary Manipulation and Phosphorus Excretion by Animals 10: Environmental Implications of Inositol Phosphates in Animal Manures 11: Ligand Effects on Inositol Phosphate Solubility and Bioavailability in Animal Manures 12: Inositol Phosphates in Soil: Amounts, Forms and Significance of the Phosphorylated Inositol Stereoisomers 13: Abiotic Reactions of Inositol Phosphates in Soil 14: Interactions Between Phytases and Soil Constituents: Implications for the Hydrolysis of Inositol Phosphates 15: Plant Utilization of Inositol Phosphates 16: Inositol Phosphates in Aquatic Systems

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Book SynopsisThe history of humankind is intimately tied to the history of agriculture: powerful societies rose, persisted and waned in parallel with their food supply systems. Describing what crops were grown, the constraints on their production and the foods that were obtained, this book traces the impact of cropping and food preparation in ten societies that were among the most powerful and influential in history, detailing how technology varied and developed as it related directly to agriculture and food production. The book covers the background of agricultural development, early agricultural societies, and the advancement of technology from the ancient Greeks and Romans to the present. It finishes by addressing the implications for the future of agriculture and food supply as grain production moves towards biofuels. A compelling text for all those interested in the history of society and civilisations, global agriculture, and what it means for the future, this text is also an essential reference for students of agriculture, food technology, history and anthropology.Table of ContentsPart I: Background Chapter 1: Why Agriculture? Chapter 2: What Crops to Grow? Chapter 3: Beer and Bread Chapter 4: Human Nutrition and Health Chapter 5: Cropping Requirements Part II: Early Agricultural Societies Chapter 6: Sumerian (~3500 to 2334 BCE) Chapter 7: Egyptian (~3000 to 1070 BCE) Chapter 8: Chinese (206 BCE to 220 CE) Chapter 9: Bantu of Africa (~500 BCE to 300 CE) Chapter 10: Maya (~150 BCE to 910 CE) Part III: Technology Advances in Western Societies Chapter 11: Athenians (550 to 334 BCE) / Romans (509 BCE to 410 CE) Chapter 12: Feudal Europeans (800 to 1347) Chapter 13: British (1700 to 1850) Chapter 14: Development of Science and Technology (1850 to 1950) Chapter 15: Americans (1950 to present) A: Epilogue: Future of Grain Fermentation

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Book SynopsisThe third and final instalment of Peter Nuthall's Farm Business Management series, this volume teaches the practical skills needed to manage a farm, such as risk analysis, budgeting, cost benefit analyses and much more. The key characteristic of this book is its ability to simplify the complex subject of business management into a clear, accessible volume tailored to the topic of farming, by using engaging techniques such as worked examples to fully explain the complex decision making tools necessary for this discipline.Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: The Environment Under Which Farming Systems Exist 3: Decisions Under Non-certainty - Probability, Methods and Models 4: Cost-Benefit Analysis - Recognizing Input-Output Timing 5: More on Decision Making and Utility (Objectives) 6: Farm Surveys - Uses, Procedures and Methods 7: Improving Farming Systems Using Survey Data; and Information Systems 8: Constructing Improved Systems 9: Methods and Models of Income Variability Reducing Techniques 10: Budgeting - The Simplest Form of Farm Systems Analysis 11: Linear Programming - The Farm Model and Finding an Optimal Solution 12: Linear Programming - Using the Solution and Creating Realistic Farm Models 13: Dynamic Programming 14: Systems Simulation 15: The Structure and Analysis of Specific Part-farm Problems 16: Concluding Comments - Review and Summary Appendix 1: A Synopsis of Production Economics Appendix 2: Example of the output from an Individual Farm 'End of Year' Analysis Appendix 3: Solving Linear Programming Problems Appendix 4: An Example of a Schematic LP Matrix for a Simple Lamb-Producing Farm

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Book SynopsisAuthored by an experienced agriculturalist with substantial field experience in developing countries, this book adds to the literature on food security by proposing practical measures for improving plant-based food security in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Covering issues affecting food security, the book discusses ways of measuring farmers' resources, strategies for action, and an analysis of the challenges and problems faced, concluding with a discussion of ways in which stakeholders could work better together.Table of ContentsI: Introduction 1: Defining the Food Security Problem 2: Evaluating the Resources of Small-scale and Subsistence Farmers 3: Alternative Approaches Examined 4: The Need for a Participatory Approach 5: Researching the Situation to Define Strategies 6: Challenges Presented by Natural and Man-made Factors 7: The Competition for Resources for Food Production 8: Monitoring Intervention Strategies in Different Farming Systems 9: Small-scale and Subsistence Farmers' Households and Selected Farming Systems 10: Liaison of International, National and Local Agencies II: Conclusion I: Introduction 1: Defining the Food Security Problem 2: Evaluating the Resources of Small-scale and Subsistence Farmers 3: Alternative Approaches Examined 4: The Need for a Participatory Approach 5: Researching the Situation to Define Strategies 6: Challenges Presented by Natural and Man-made Factors 7: The Competition for Resources for Food Production 8: Monitoring Intervention Strategies in Different Farming Systems 9: Small-scale and Subsistence Farmers' Households and Selected Farming Systems 10: Liaison of International, National and Local Agencies 11: Conclusion

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Book SynopsisGlobal Environmental Change and Agriculture offers a comprehensive perspective on the causes, consequences and possible policy solutions for climatic change as we move into the twenty-first century. It assesses the impact of potential future global climate change on agriculture and the need to sustain agricultural growth for economic development.The book begins by examining the role of international research institutions in overcoming environmental constraints on sustainable agricultural growth and economic development. The authors then discuss how agricultural research systems may be restructured to respond to global environmental problems such as climate change and loss of genetic diversity. The discussion then extends to consider environmental accounting and indexing, to illustrate how environmental quality can be included formally in measures of national income, social welfare and sustainability. The third part of the book focuses on the effects of and policy responses to climate change. Chapters examine the effect of climate change on production, trade, land use patterns and livelihoods. They consider impacts on the distribution of income between developed and developing countries and between different social classes within the developing world, where agriculture remains a major economic activity. Authors take on an economy-wide perspective to draw lessons for agricultural, trade, land use and tax policy.This book will be of special interest to agricultural, development and environmental economists as well as policy analysts in government and at international agencies confronting practical problems of environmental and economic assessment.Trade Review'. . . as a review of the state of knowledge and research on the subject, particularly concerning the agricultural consequences of climate change, it is highly recommended.' -- Clive Potter, EnvironmentTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Part I: Global Environmental Change: Implications for Agricultural Research Systems 2. Research Systems for Sustainable Agricultural Development 3. Agricultural Diversity: Do We Have the Resources to Meet Future Needs? Part II: Environmental Accounting and Indexing 4. Environmental Distortions and Welfare Consequences in a Social Accounting Matrix Framework 5. Environmental Accounting and Agriculture 6. Vulnerability of Crops to Climate Change: A Practical Method of Indexing Part III: Climate Change: Adaptation and Mitigation 7. Assessing Research on the Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture 8. Climate Change and Agriculture: Effects on Developing Countries 9. Climate Change, World Agriculture and Land Use 10. Carbon Abatement: Lessons from Second-Best Economics

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Book SynopsisEngaging account of the fortunes of a farming family during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Proputty, proputty, proputty: Tennyson's "Northern Farmer, New Style" could hear the word in the rhythm of his horse's hooves as he cantered between his fields. The Dixon family built up their estate in Holton-le-Moor, betweenMarket Rasen and Caistor, from a minor purchase in 1741 to the point where they owned the whole parish, with a fine house, a governess for their daughters, and a phaeton in which to ride out. But despite these marks of status, they remained working farmers well into the Victorian era. Even more remarkably, they created and preserved a comprehensive archive, including farming accounts, diaries and correspondence. Dr Richard Olney has known this archive for nearly fifty years, first uncovering the documentary riches at Holton Hall (where manuscripts from the loft had to be lowered in baskets to the study below) and subsequently cataloguing the entire collection in the LincolnshireArchives. In this book he creates a vivid portrait of the building up of a farming estate over several generations, revealing the introduction of agricultural improvements, the use of canals and, later, railways to access wider markets, and the place of "the middling sort" in nineteenth-century English rural society. Richard Olney was an archivist at the Lincolnshire Archives Office from 1969 to 1975, and an Assistant Keeper with the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts from 1976 to 2003. His publications include Lincolnshire Politics 1832-1885 (Oxford 1973) and Rural Society and County Government in Nineteenth-Century Lincolnshire (History of Lincolnshire Committee 1979).Trade ReviewA rich and interesting work of local history. * JOURNAL OF BRITISH STUDIES *Olney's well-structured, immensely readable book is the product of nearly fifty years' association with the Dixon family and their remarkable collection of family and estate papers. * AGRICULTURAL HISTORY REVIEW *Table of ContentsPreface The Rural Context The Grazier: William Dixon (1697-1781) The Tenant Farmer: Thomas Dixon (1729-1798) The Old-Style Farmer: William Dixon (1756-1824) William Dixon (1756-1824) as Philosopher and Philanthropist The Man of Business: Thomas John Dixon (1785-1871), the Early Years The Man of Property: Thomas John Dixon, the Later Years The Ladies of Holton 1871-1906 Farming and Landowning Class and Community Appendix 1: The Dixon Archive Appendix 2: Genealogical tables Principal Sources Index

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Book SynopsisThis book reports thermodynamic investigation, analyses, and options of temperature/humidity control systems and their technologies for agricultural applications including (but not limited to) fruits and vegetable storage, poultry air-conditioning, livestock thermal comfort, and wet market air-conditioning. The optimum temperature and humidity requirements for these agricultural applications are identified. Consequently, energy-efficient heat pump options are explored accordingly. The book helps to understand and to apply the thermodynamic knowledge of the energy-efficient systems for agricultural applications.Table of ContentsCHAPTER 1 (completed) Maisotsenko-Cycle Assisted Desiccant Dehumidification System Configurations for Agricultural Products Storage CHAPTER 2 (completed) Evaporative Cooling and Desiccant Dehumidification Air-Conditioning Options for Livestock Thermal Comfort CHAPTER 3 (completed) Desiccant Dehumidification Evaporative Cooling Systems for Greenhouse Air-Conditioning CHAPTER 4 (completed) Desiccant Dehumidification System for Storage of Fruits and Vegetables CHAPTER 5 (completed) Zero-Energy Cool Chamber for Agricultural Product Storage CHAPTER 6 (completed) Solid Desiccant based Air-Conditioning for Wet-Markets CHAPTER 7 (will be completed soon) Artificial Intelligence for Energy-Efficient Temperature and Humidity Control Systems CHAPTER 8 (will be completed soon) Thermally Driven Humidity Pump Systems for Poultry Houses CHAPTER 9 (will be completed soon) Water Adsorption based Cooling-Cum-Desalination Systems CHAPTER 10 (will be completed soon) Membranes based Sensible and Latent Energy Recovery Ventilators

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Book SynopsisDas erfolgreiche und bewährte Standardwerk von H.-D. Belitz, W. Grosch und P. Schieberle: Studenten der Lebensmittelchemie und benachbarter Fachgebiete schätzen es als Lehrbuch, Praktiker in Industrie, Forschung und bei Überwachungsbehörden als Nachschlagewerk. Die gründlich überarbeitete und ergänzte 6. Auflage (u.a. Kontaminanten, phenolische Verbindungen, alkoholische Getränke, BSE-Nachweis) trägt aktuellen Entwicklungen Rechnung, ohne den Gesamtumfang wesentlich zu verändern. Die Autoren arbeiten die Zusammenhänge zwischen den makroskopischen Eigenschaften von Lebensmitteln und den Strukturen und Reaktionen der Inhaltsstoffe heraus.Trade ReviewAus den Rezenzionen zur 6. Auflage: "Das große Lehrbuch. … Die Spannbreite des 1.100 Seiten starken Lehrbuchs ist enorm. … Last but not least finden sich hier die für den Lebensmittelchemiker unentbehrlichen warenkundlichen Informationen. Fazit: ein rundum überzeugendes Großlehrbuch." (http://www.buchkatalog.de/kod-bin/isuche.cgi) "Umfassendes, handbuchartiges Lehrbuch für Chemiker und Ingenieure in Studium und Praxis. Wurde gegenüber der Vorauflage ... um ca. 60 Seiten erweitert ... und aktualisiert, auch in den Literaturangaben. Nach wie vor ein wichtiges Grundlagenwerk. Ein Kauf dieser Ausgabe ist zu empfehlen …" (Pleuß, in: ekz-Informationsdienst Einkaufszentrale für öffentliche Bibliotheken, 2008, Issue 8) "Dieses Buch informiert sehr detailliert und perfekt strukturiert … Jedes Kapitel … ist in einer sehr verständlichen Art und Weise formuliert und ermöglicht Spaß am Lesen, durch immer wieder auftretende Auflockerungen zwischen den Texten. Durch die klaren Aufteilungen und … Graphiken kann das Buch … auf farbige Darstellungen gut verzichten. Auch die vielen chemischen Formeln und Informationstabellen tragen sehr zum Verständnis bei … ‘Das Lehrbuch der Lebensmittelchemie‘ ist ein zuverlässiges und detailliertes Nachschlagewerk, was dem Studenten den gesamten Stoff für Prüfungen aller Art systematisch darstellt." (in: KVV - Kommentiertes Vorleseverzeichnis, 2008/2009, S. 23) "Ein ‘altes‘ Standardwerk in aktueller Version! Die 6. Auflage ist gründlich überarbeitet und bietet Oecotropholog/-innen in Beruf und Studium reiche lebensmitteltechnologische Nachschlagemöglichkeiten. ... Die Kapitel über Kontaminationen (u. a. Acrylamid), Functional Food, Lebensmittelallergien sind deutlich überarbeitet bzw. neu hinzugekommen und runden das Werk ab. ... Die Neuauflage empfiehlt sich für alle Kolleg/innen, die ein kompaktes - aber dennoch aussagekräftiges - lebensmitteltechnologisches und lebensmittelchemisches Nachschlagewerk im Arbeitsalltag schnell zur Hand haben müssen." (Christiane Schäfer, in: Ernährungs-Umschau, August/2009, Vol. 56, Issue 8, S. 483) “... ein rundum überzeugendes Großlehrbuch. ... Entsprechend der klassischen Systematik werden zunächst die Lebensmittelinhaltsstoffe behandelt ... Nicht nur deren Eigenschaften, auch Gewinnung, Verarbeitung oder Zubereitung werden dargestellt Danach folgt ein zweiter Zugang über wichtige Lebensmittelgruppen. Exotischere lnhaltsstoffe wurder ebenfalls in diesem zweiten Teil untergebracht …“ (www.buchkatalog.de) “... das Buch enthält praktisch alles was für die Lebensmittelchemie wichtig ist. Außerdem ist das Inhaltsverzeichnis weit gefächert und das Stichwortverzeichnis vorbildlich. ... Das Buch ist einzigartig hinsichtlich Aufbau, Ausführlichkeit und Lesbarkeit. Man kann das Werk durchaus auch Studierenden empfehlen ... ein wichtiges Nachschlagewerk zum Vertiefen von Schwerpunkten. Für alle ist es ein Handbuch für das spätere Berufsleben, ganz gleich auf welchem Gebiet der Lebensmittelkunde oder Ernährung man tätig ist.“(Prof. Dr. Helmut.Erbersdobler, in: Ernährung & Medizin, June/2010, Issue 2, S. 98)Table of ContentsWasser.- Aminosäuren, Peptide, Proteine.- Enzyme.- Lipide.- Kohlenhydrate.- Aromastoffe.- Vitamine.- Mineralstoffe.- Zusatzstoffe.- Kontamination von Lebensmitteln.- Milch und Milchprodukte.- Eier.- Fleisch.- Fische, Wale, Krusten-, Schalen- und Weichtiere.- Speisefette und Speiseöle.- Getreide und Getreideprodukte.- Hülsenfrüchte.- Gemüse und Gemüseprodukte.- Obst und Obstprodukte.- Zucker, Zuckeralkohole und Honig.- Alkoholische Getränke.- Kaffee, Tee, Kakao.- Gewürze, Speisesalz, Essig.- Trinkwasser, Mineral- und Tafelwasser.

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Book SynopsisIn diesem essential beschreibt Jan-Uwe Schmidt, wie durch Kiebitzinseln nicht nur dem Kiebitz geholfen wird, sondern auch andere Tier- und Pflanzenarten profitieren können. Durch jährliche Anlage einer Schwarzbrache mit mindestens 2 Hektar Größe lassen sich Nassstellen leicht als Kiebitzbrutplatz einrichten. Landwirte erhöhen so die Nachhaltigkeit der Landnutzung und schaffen außerdem einen sicheren Erlös aus der Vergütung der Agrarumweltmaßnahme. Dieses essential gibt praktische Hinweise zur Planung und Anlage von Kiebitzinseln mithilfe von Luftbildern.Table of ContentsNassstellen in Äckern – Problem oder Chance?.- Zielart Kiebitz.- Anlage einer Kiebitzinsel.- Verwendung von Luftbildern bei der Planung.

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Book SynopsisDieses Buch bietet eine aktuelle und gut lesbare Einführung in die Bioökonomie. Es vermittelt damit grundlegende Kenntnisse zum Verständnis eines Transformationsprozesses, der das 21. Jahrhundert prägen wird und die Integration vieler Disziplinen und Branchen verlangt, die bisher wenig miteinander zu tun hatten. Die Rede ist von dem allmählichen und notwendigen Übergang aus dem Zeitalter fossiler Brennstoffe, das vor rund 200 Jahren begann, in eine weltweite Wirtschaftsform, die auf nachwachsenden Rohstoffen (und erneuerbaren Energien) basiert. Dieses Buch begreift die Verwirklichung von Bioökonomie(n) dabei als eine dreifache Herausforderung – eine naturwissenschaftliche, eine ökonomische und eine ökologische. Woher stammt die Biomasse, die wir vorrangig für die Ernährung der wachsenden Weltbevölkerung wie auch für eine zukünftige energetische und stoffliche Nutzung brauchen? Wie wird sie in Bioraffinerien verarbeitet und welche Rolle kommt der Biotechnologie zu? Welche Gesichtspunkte der Innovationsökonomie gilt es zu bedenken, welche betriebswirtschaftlichen Aspekte der Wertschöpfung, Wettbewerbsfähigkeit und Kundenakzeptanz sind von Bedeutung? Welche Bedingungen muss die Bioökonomie erfüllen, um eine nachhaltige Entwicklung der Erde zu ermöglichen? Darf sie überhaupt auf Wachstumsziele setzen oder sollte sie sich nicht besser am Ideal der Suffizienz orientieren? Indem das Buch diese Fragen aus den nicht widerspruchsfreien Perspektiven ausgewiesener Experten behandelt, gibt es einen interdisziplinären Überblick über ein dynamisches Feld von Forschung und Praxis, der mehr Fragen aufwirft als beantwortet und dennoch eine Lücke schließt. Denn bisher gibt es keine verständliche und fachübergreifende Darstellung der Bioökonomie. Das macht die Lektüre dieses Buches zu einem Gewinn nicht nur für Einsteiger, sondern auch für Fachleute, die über die Grenzen ihres eigenen Fachgebietes hinausschauen wollen.Trade Review“... Das Buch ist logisch aufgebaut und verständlich geschrieben. Ergänzt wird der Text durch viele informative und ansprechende Abbildungen. Zahlreiche Exkurse, in denen z. B. praktische Anwendungen der zuvor vorgestellten Sachverhalte beschrieben werden, bereichern dieses Lehrbuch. ... für Studenten der Naturwissenschaften äußerst interessant und lehrreich, sondern auch für Personen, die die aktuellen gesellschaftlichen und politischen Debatten zu Themen wie z. B. Klimawandel, Energiewende oder Biotechnologie besser verstehen möchten.” (Daniela Scholten, Ralf Dahm, in: Treffpunkt Buch plus, 2018)“... Das Buch gibt einen breiten Überblick über das komplexe Thema. ... Das Buch ist logisch aufgebaut und verständlich geschrieben. Ergänzt wird der Text durch viele informative und ansprechende Abbildungen. ... Zahlreiche interessante Fakten zum Thema regen allerdings zum Reflektieren, Diskutieren sowie zu weiteren Recherchen zum Thema an.” (Daniela Scholten, Ralf Dahm, in: Biologie in unserer zeit, Jg. 48, Heft 5, Oktober 2018)“... für Einsteiger ist es wichtiger, verständlich formulierte Texte und übersichtliche Abbildungen präsentiert zu bekommen. Durch das ganze Buch zieht sich das Motiv, die Bioökonomie interdisziplinär als naturwissenschaftliche, ökologische und ökonomische Herausforderung und Chance zu begreifen. Insofern ist es ein Lehr- und Lesebuch, das auch Experten unterschiedlicher Fachrichtungen helfen könnte, über den Tellerrand hinauszuschauen ...” (transkript, Heft 12, 1. Dezember 2017)“... empfiehlt sich das Buch all den Lesern, die sich für aktuelle Entwicklungen interessieren, die auch Auswirkungen auf die zukünftige Landnutzung haben.” (Hans Joachim Linke, in: fub Flächenmanagement und Bodenordnung, Heft 4, August 2017)Table of ContentsEinleitung.- Die Herkunft der Biomasse.- Nahrungsmittelsicherheit und gesunde Ernährung im Kontext der Bioökonomie.- Die Nutzung von Biomasse zur Herstellung von Treibstoff und Chemikalien.- Die Bedeutung der Biotechnologie für die Bioökonomie.- Die Bioökonomie unter dem Blickwinkel der Innovationsökonomie.- Die Bioökonomie als Kreislauf- und Verbundsystem.- Kriterien für den Erfolg der Bioökonomie.- Die Bedingungen einer nachhaltigen Bioökonomie.- Bioökonomie - Schlüssel zu unbegrenztem Wirtschafts- und Konsumwachstum?.

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Book SynopsisIndigenous knowledge is the collective wisdom of ethnic groups residing in diverse geographical regions throughout the world. This knowledge is based on the practical necessities and instincts of these communities, as well as their observations and curiosity. Over time, this local knowledge becomes socially accepted and validated, eventually becoming a part of the Indigenous Traditional Knowledge (ITK) of the society as a whole. Scientists in the knowledge-based economy recognize the potential value of indigenous knowledge in addressing modern agricultural and environmental challenges. Therefore, there is a need to study and document traditional knowledge in various ecological and cultural contexts. Researchers in different fields of agriculture and allied sectors are working on ITK. There is a demand for a comprehensive book that provides an overview of ITK, including its differences with science, the various tools and techniques used in ITK, its classification, importance, and utilization, as well as recent research on ITK in different regions of India. The aim of this book is to promote the study of ethnic knowledge in agriculture and allied sectors and to raise awareness of the significance of indigenous knowledge in the scientific community. This book will likely be well-received by Agricultural Universities, Animal Husbandry & Fisheries Universities, State Government Agri-allied Departments, Private and Public Sector Institutions, and other organizations involved in training, teaching, research, and extension in the agri-allied sector.

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