Sustainable agriculture Books
CABI Publishing Climate Change Impact and Adaptation in
Book SynopsisThe focus of this book is future global climate change and its implications for agricultural systems which are the main sources of agricultural goods and services provided to society. These systems are either based on crop or livestock production, or on combinations of the two, with characteristics that differ between regions and between levels of management intensity. In turn, they also differ in their sensitivity to projected future changes in climate, and improvements to increase climate-resilience need to be tailored to the specific needs of each system. The book will bring together a series of chapters that provide scientific insights to possible implications of projected climate changes for different important types of crop and livestock systems, and a discussion of options for adaptive and mitigative management.Table of Contentsa: Introduction 1: Climate projections for 2050 2: Rainfed Intensive Crop Systems 3: Climate Sensitivity of Intensive Rice-Wheat Systems in Tropical Asia: Focus on the Indo-Gangetic Plains 4: Climate Change Challenges for Low Input Cropping and Grazing Systems – Australia 5: Diversity in Organic and Agroecological Farming Systems for Mitigation of Climate Change Impact, with Examples from Latin America 6: UK Fruit and Vegetable Production – Impacts of Climate Change and Opportunities for Adaptation 7: Intensive Livestock Systems for Dairy Cows 8: Climate Change and Integrated Crop-Livestock Systems in Temperate-Humid Regions of North and South America: Mitigation and Adaptation 9: Land Managed for Multiple Services 10: Adaptation of Mixed Crop-Livestock Systems in Asia 11: Enhancing Climate Resilience of Cropping Systems 12: Shaping Sustainable Intensive Production Systems: Improved Crops and Cropping Systems in the Developing World 13: The Role of Modelling in Adapting and Building the Climate Resilience of Cropping Systems 14: Agroforestry Solutions for Buffering Climate Variability and Adapting to Change 15: Channelling the Future? The Use of Seasonal Climate Forecasts in Climate Adaptation 16: Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change: New Approaches to Knowledge and Learning 17: What are the Factors that Dictate the Choice of Coping Strategies for Extreme Climate Events? The Case of Farmers in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia
£88.92
CABI Publishing Sustainable Crop Disease Management using Natural
Book SynopsisAlternative methods of disease control such as natural products and compounds derived from biological origins, provide an effective alternate to the use of chemical products or a means to minimize their use. It is imperative now to look for such sustainable crop disease management approaches, that include routine and alternative methods. Natural products for sustainable crop disease management is an effort in this direction, and deals with immediate concerns in the field of natural and alternative products for disease control, apart from using biocontrol organisms. This book presents up-to-date information on natural products and compounds derived from biological origins and thoroughly discusses their applicability, field use and prospects for adoption under different cropping conditions. This book also validates disease management strategies.Table of ContentsI: Crop disease management by compounds of plant origin 1: Characterization of bioactive compounds from botanicals for the management of plant diseases 2: Essential oils and plant extracts as botanical biopesticides 3: Use of natural plant compounds against post harvest fungal diseases of fruits and grains 4: Potential use of plant essential oils for the management of post harvest diseases of fruits 5: Natural isothiocyanates available in crop plants as an alternative for sustainable control of horticultural products diseases 6: Antifungal compounds from wild plants and its commercial potential 7: Botanical Pesticides: The Novel Chemotherapeutics for Managing Plant Viruses 8: Role of medicinal plants for management of plant pathogens and insect pest II: Crop disease management by sources from marine and microbes 9: Use of seaweed extracts for disease management of vegetable crops 10: Use of fish industry by- products for management of plant diseases - An overview 11: Chitosan and plant disease management- prospects and problems 12: Biocontrol agent formulations for sustainable disease control of plants III: Other alternative ecofriendly approaches 13: Compost tea for the control of plant pathogens 14: Ecofreindly management of mycotoxigenic fungi and myctoxins contamination 15: Use of Silicon Amendments against Foliar and Vascular Diseases of Vegetables Grown Soilless 16: Bioactive natural products for managing Peronosporomycete phytopathogens 17: Potential of compost for controlling plant diseases
£59.31
CABI Publishing Water Dynamics in Plant Production
Book SynopsisWater is the most basic essential for plant growth; an inadequate supply causes severe problems, as plants rely on the water transmitted by soil to meet their physiological and nutritional needs. Since the first edition was published, flooding and droughts throughout the world have made water an even more topical subject, as the importance and instability of our water supplies have been brought to the forefront of daily life. This new edition of Water Dynamics in Plant Production focuses on the dynamics of water through the hydrologic cycle and the associated mechanisms that plants employ to optimize growth and development. It describes the basic scientific principles of water transport in the soil-plant atmosphere continuum, and explains the linkage between transpirational water use and dry matter production. Paying particular attention to the various agronomic strategies for adaptation to climate-driven limitations of water resources, the efficiency of water use in plant production and in achieving an economic yield is presented in detail. This book offers a multidisciplinary introduction to the fundamentals and applications of water dynamics in natural and managed ecosystems. Including text boxes throughout, as well as online supplementary material, it provides an essential state of-the-art resource for students and researchers of soil and plant science, hydrology and agronomy. This book is enhanced with supplementary resources.Table of Contents1: The Role of Water in Plant Life 1.1: Functions of Water in the Plant Box 1.1: Light and water – prerequisites of photosynthesis 1.2: Adaptation Strategies of Plants to Overcome Water Shortage 1.3: Water and Net Primary Production 1.4: Water and Type of Vegetation 2: The Role of Water in Soil 2.1: Soil Genesis and Soil Functions 2.2: Soil Fauna and Vegetation Cover 3: The Interdependence of Soil Water and Vegetation 3.1: The Significance of the Soil for Water Storage 3.2: Transpiration and Seepage of Water with Different Types of Vegetation 4: Properties and Energy State of Water 4.1: Physical–Chemical Properties 4.2: The Concept of Water Potential and the Darcy Equation 5: Water Storage and Movement in Soil 5.1: Fundamentals and Principles Box 5.1: Measuring soil water 5.2: Evaporation 5.3: Infiltration and Water Transport Box 5.2: Soil structure and preferential flow 6: The Root – the Plant’s Organ for Water Uptake 6.1: The Role of the Root in the Plant 6.2: Structure of the Root Tip Box 6.1: Methods of studying roots 6.3: Root Systems 7: The Water Balance of the Plant 7.1: Water Potentials in Plant Cells 7.2: Water Uptake by Roots Box 7.1: Early experiments for determining water suction and water pressure of roots 7.3: Transpiration by Leaves 7.4: The Action of Stomatal Guard Cells 7.5: Water Transport within the Plant 7.6: Water Potentials in Plants Box 7.2: Searching for the cause of sap ascent 8: The Plant as a Link between Soil and Atmosphere:an Overview 8.1: The Soil–Plant–Atmosphere Continuum (SPAC) 8.2: Potential Evapotranspiration Box 8.1: Potential evaporation 8.3: Relations between Potential Evapotranspiration, Soil Water and Transpiration 9: Water Use by Crops 9.1: Growth of Roots and leaves 9.2: Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Transpiration 9.3: Root System Development and Water Uptake 9.4: How Much of the Soil Water is Extractable by Plant Roots? 9.5: Stomatal Control of Water Vapour Loss 9.6: Water Use Throughout the Growing Season 9.7: How to Determine the Components of the Field Water Balance 9.8: Numerical Simulation Box 9.1: How lysimeters work Box 9.2: Measurement of water flow through plants 10: Radiation and Dry Matter Production 10.1: Radiation and Net Photosynthesis of Single Leaves 10.2: Radiation Interception and Dry Matter Accumulation in Crop Stands 11: Water Use and Dry Matter Production 11.1: Relations and their Optimization Box 11.1: The saturation deficit of the air determines transpiration efficiency 11.2: The Transpiration Ratio and a Related Standard 11.3: Water Use and an Estimate of Dry Matter Production 12: Influence of Nutrient Supply on Water Use and Establishment of Yield 12.1: Yield Dependency on Water and Nutrient Supply 12.2: Influence of Nutrient Supply on the Relationship between Water Use and Yield 12.3: Transpiration Efficiency and Fertilizer Application 13: Development of Economic Yield under Inadequate Water Supply 13.1: Physiological Reactions and Assimilate Partitioning 13.2: Economic Yield 13.3: Water Shortage at Different Phenological Stages 13.4: Relation between Water Use and Economic Yield in Principal Crops 14: Water Stress in Plants 14.1: Measuring Water Stress in Plants 14.2: How Plants Perceive Water Stress Box 14.1: Signalling between roots and shoots 15: Climatic Factors Influencing Yield 15.1: Growth-limiting Climatic Factors 15.2: Climate Change 15.3: Plants, Soils and Cropping Pattern in a Changing Environment 16: Breeding for Yield and Water Use 16.1: Comparing Old and New Cultivars 16.2: Future Strategies in Plant Breeding 16.3: Application of Molecular Biology to Improve Crop Performance under Drought 17: Controlling the Soil’s Water Balance by Soil Management 17.1: Which of the Balance Components can be Changed? 17.2: Controlling Infiltration 17.3: Controlling Evaporation 17.4: Increasing the Quantity of Extractable Soil Water Box 17.1: Collection of water south of Sahel: a man, a hoe and barren land 17.5: Conservation Tillage 18: Controlling Water Use by Crop Management 18.1: Crop Rotation 18.2: Choice of Species and Cultivars 18.3: Seeding and Stand Density 18.4: Fertilizer Application 19: Irrigation 19.1: Need, Concerns, Problems 19.2: Tapping Water – the Basis of Early Civilizations 19.3: Water Requirement of Crops 19.4: Timing and Adjusting the Application of Water 19.5: Efficient Water Use 19.6: Irrigation Methods 20: Epilogue
£127.44
CABI Publishing Biological Control of Plant-parasitic Nematodes:
Book SynopsisPlant-parasitic nematodes are one of multiple causes of soil-related sub-optimal crop performance. This book integrates soil health and sustainable agriculture with nematode ecology and suppressive services provided by the soil food web to provide holistic solutions. Biological control is an important component of all nematode management programmes, and with a particular focus on integrated soil biology management, this book describes tools available to farmers to enhance the activity of natural enemies, and utilize soil biological processes to reduce losses from nematodes.Table of ContentsA: Foreword B: Preface Section I: Setting the Scene 1: Ecosystem Services and the Concept of ‘Integrated Soil Biology Management’ Section II: The Soil Environment, Soil Ecology, Soil Health and Sustainable Agriculture 2: The Soil Environment and the Soil–Root Interface 15 3: The Soil Food Web and the Soil Nematode Community 4: Global Food Security, Soil Health and Sustainable Agriculture Section III: Natural Enemies of Nematodes 5: Nematophagous Fungi and Oomycetes 6: Nematodes, Mites and Collembola as Predators of Nematodes, and the role of Generalist Predators 7: Obligate Parasites of Nematodes: Viruses and Bacteria in the Genus Pasteuria Section IV: Plant-Microbial Symbiont-Nematode Interactions 8: Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi, Endophytic Fungi, Bacterial Endophytes and Plant Growth-promoting Rhizobacteria Section V: Natural Suppression and Inundative Biological Control 9: Suppression of Nematodes and Other Soilborne Pathogens with Organic Amendments 10: Specific Suppression of Plant-parasitic Nematodes 11: Integrated Soil Biology Management: The Pathway to Enhanced Natural Suppression of Plant-parasitic Nematodes 12: Biological Products for Nematode Management Section VI: Summary, Conclusions, Practical Guidelines and Future Research 13: Biological Control as a Component of Integrated Nematode Management: The Way Forward 14: A Practical Guide to Improving Soil Health and Enhancing Suppressiveness to Nematode Pests
£132.39
CABI Publishing Temperate Agroforestry Systems
Book SynopsisAgroforestry is a land use system that allows for the concurrent production of trees and agricultural crops and/or animals from the same piece of land. It has a rich history of development and has been practised in some parts of the world for more than 6,000 years. In 1997, CABI published the seminal book on this subject, Temperate Agroforestry Systems, which was a break from the norm as almost all agroforestry texts up to that date were only relevant to tropical areas. The book explored the development of temperate agroforestry and agroforestry systems, concentrating on those areas within temperate zones where the greatest advances, adoptions and modifications had taken place up to that time: North and South America, China, Australia, New Zealand and Europe. This second fully-updated and expanded edition includes additional chapters on India and Chile and, as a result of ongoing advances in the field, separate chapters on the US, Canada, the UK and continental Europe. Today's challenges of climate change, population growth and food security, in concert with the ongoing global requirement for the energy and water needed for a resilient agricultural paradigm, can be met through the wide-scale adoption of agroforestry practices, in both tropical regions and temperate zones. The 2nd edition ofTemperate Agroforestry Systems brings together many examples of temperate agroforestry and will make valuable reading for all those working in this area as researchers, practitioners and policy makers. The book is also of importance to students and teachers of agriculture, ecology, environmental studies and forestry in temperate regions.Table of Contents1: Temperate Agroforestry: An Overview 2: Agroforestry in Canada and its Role in Farming Systems 3: Temperate Agroforestry in the United States: Current Trends and Future Directions 4: Agroforestry in the United Kingdom 5: Temperate Agroforestry: The European Way 6: Agroforestry in the Indian Himalayan Region: An Overview 7: Temperate Agroforestry in China 8: Agroforestry Systems in Temperate Australia 9: Temperate Agroforestry Systems in New Zealand 10: Novel Agroforestry Systems in Temperate Chile 11: Silvopastoral systems in Patagonia, Argentina 12: Temperate Agroforestry: Key Elements, Current Limits and Opportunities for the Future
£45.79
CABI Publishing Tree-Crop Interactions: Agroforestry in a
Book SynopsisThis new edition provides an update on the considerable amount of evidence on tree-crop interactions which has accumulated during the last two decades, especially on the more complex multi-strata agroforestry systems, which are typical of the humid tropics. In addition three new chapters have been added to describe the new advances in the relationship between climate change adaptation, rural development and how trees and agroforestry will contribute to a likely reduction in vulnerability to climate change in developing countriesTable of Contents1: A Framework for Quantifying the Various Effects of Tree–Crop Interactions 2: Mixed Cropping of Annual and Woody Perennial Species: An Analytical Approach to Productivity and Management 3: Modelling Radiation Interception and Water Balance in Agroforestry Systems 4: Principles of Resource Capture and Use of Light and Water 5: Agroforestry and (Micro) Climate Change 6: The Water Balance of Mixed Tree–Crop Systems 7: Competition and Phenology in Agroforestry 8: Root Distribution of Trees and Crops: Competition and/or Complementarity 9: Laboratory and Field Techniques for Measuring Root Distribution and Architecture 10: Adaptation for Climate-sensitive Crops Using Agroforestry: Case Studies for Coffee and Rice 11: Adaptation of Crops to Partial Shade in Mixed Cropping Systems 12: Synthesis: Key Agroforestry Challenges in the Future
£52.15
CABI Publishing Conservation Agriculture for Africa: Building
Book SynopsisTillage agriculture has led to widespread soil and ecosystem degradation globally. This is especially so in Africa where traditional and modern tillage-based agricultural practices have become unsustainable due to severe disturbance and exploitation of natural resources, with negative impacts on the environment and rural livelihoods. In addition, agriculture in Africa today faces major challenges including increased costs of production and energy, the effects of climate change, and the lack of an effective paradigm for sustainable intensification, especially for small- and medium-size holdings. Africa is facing a serious challenge to food security and as a continent has not advanced towards eradicating hunger. In addition, the population is still growing much faster than on most other continents. This pressure has led to the emergence of no-till conservation agriculture as a serious alternative sustainable agriculture paradigm. In Africa, in recent years, conservation agriculture techniques and methods have spread to many countries, as greater development, education and research effort are directed towards its extension and uptake. This book is aimed at agricultural researchers and scientists, educationalists, and agricultural service providers, institutional leaders and policy makers working in the fields of sustainable agriculture and international development, and also at agroecologists, conservation scientists, and those working on ecosystem services. This book: · Focuses on research and development initiatives in Africa aimed at building resilient farming systems based on conservation agriculture principles and practices. · Summarises the status of conservation agriculture in Africa today and prospects for its future development in Africa as a basis for sustainable agriculture intensification. · Describes case studies showing the performance of conservation agriculture in Africa.Table of Contents1: Conservation Agriculture in Africa: An Overview 2: Weather-Proofing Agriculture with Conservation Agriculture 3: Conservation Agriculture: Growing more with less – the future of sustainable intensification 4: Empowering Smallholder Farmers with Profitable and Sustainable Farming using Conservation Agriculture – the Case of East Africa 5: Implementing the Principles of Conservation Agriculture in Malawi: Crop Yields and Factors Affecting Adoption 6: Innovation Systems and farmer perceptions regarding Conservation Agriculture in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique 7: Conservation Agriculture in North Africa: Experiences, Achievements and Challenges 8: How Can We Cover Millions of Hectares with Conservation Agriculture in Africa? 9: Climate-Smart push-pull - A conservation agriculture technology for food security and environmental sustainability in Africa 10: How to Make Conservation Agriculture Ever Green 11: Mechanization of smallholder Conservation Agriculture in Africa: contributing resilience to precarious systems 12: Conservation Agriculture in South Africa: Lessons from Case Studies 13: Extending Conservation Agriculture benefits through Innovation Platforms 14: Summing Up
£99.76
CABI Publishing Gender and Rural Globalization: International
Book SynopsisThis book explores how rural gender relations are changing in a globalized world. It analyses their development in specific places and the effects of the increasing connectedness and mobility of people. It integrates global experiences by discussing mobility, agriculture, gender identities and international development. Each theme is introduced with an overview of the state of the art in that specific area and integrates the case studies that follow. The contributors present empirical work from the global north and south and, more particularly, Sweden, Norway, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, UK, Poland, Greece, Italy, Slovenia, Uzbekistan, India, Africa, Asia, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the USA. The first section explores gender differences in mobility patterns and analyses how mobility affects rural gender identities and relations. The second section focuses on the development of agricultural and rural policies, the response of individuals within farm households, and the implications for gender relations in rural areas. The third section focuses on the construction of identities and the changes occurring in the definition of rural femininity and masculinity as a result of rural transformations. The fourth section examines the role of international development policies in advancing women's well-being in the less developed parts of the world, and some of the unintended consequences of such interventions. The book closes with conclusions and reflections on the position of gender in rural research agendas and in rural academia more generally. Key features: · Empircal work from a wide range of geographical areas · Examines how gender identities are constructed in rural agriculture · Considers how effective development policies are in improving women's well-being This book will be of interest to researchers in rural development and gender issues in the global North and South, and to students of rural sociology, social geography, development studies and gender studies.Table of Contents1: Gender and Rural Globalization: An Introduction to International Perspectives on Gender and Rural Development 2: Gender and Mobility 3: Women’s Migration for Work: The Case of Ukrainian Caregivers in Rural Italy 4: Gender, Migration and Rural Livelihoods in Uzbekistan in Times of Change 5: ‘There is Dignity only with Livestock’: Land Grabbing and the Changing Social Practices of Pastoralist Women in Gujarat, India 6: Gender and Rural Migration in Mexico and the Caribbean 7: Gender and Agriculture 8: The Genderness of Climate Change, Australia 9: Where Family, Farm and Society Intersect: Values of Women Farmers in Sweden 10: Women Farmers and Agricultural Extension/Education in Slovenia and Greece 11: The Agency Paradox: The Impact of Gender(ed) Frameworks on Irish Farm Youth 12: Rurality and Gender Identity 13: Rural Women Leaders: Identity Formation in Rural Northern Ireland 14: Gender Identities and Divorce among Farmers in Norway 15: Merging Masculinities: Exploring Intersecting Masculine Identities on Family Farms 16: Creating ‘Masculine’ Spaces for ‘Feminine’ Emotions – Men and Social Inclusion 17: Gender Desegregation among Village Representatives in Poland: Towards Breaking the Male Domination in Local Politics? 18: Gender and International Development 19: Gender Transitions in Agriculture and Food Systems 20: ‘Glocal’ Networking for Gender Equality and Sustainable Livelihoods 21: Sugar and Gender Relations in Malawi 22: The Role of Gender Indicators in Rural Development Programmes 23: Beneficial for Women? Global Trends in Gender, Land and Titling 24: Conclusions – Future Directions
£96.84
CABI Publishing Plant Stress Physiology
Book SynopsisCompletely updated from the successful first edition, this book provides a timely update on the recent progress in our knowledge of all aspects of plant perception, signalling and adaptation to a variety of environmental stresses. It covers in detail areas such as drought, salinity, waterlogging, oxidative stress, pathogens, and extremes of temperature and pH. This second edition: Presents detailed and up-to-date research on plant responses to a wide range of stresses Includes new full-colour figures to help illustrate the principles outlined in the text Is written in a clear and accessible format, with descriptive abstracts for each chapter Written by an international team of experts, this book provides researchers with a better understanding of the major physiological and molecular mechanisms facilitating plant tolerance to adverse environmental factors. This new edition of Plant Stress Physiology is an essential resource for researchers and students of ecology, plant biology, agriculture, agronomy and plant breeding.Table of ContentsCHAPTER 1: Drought Tolerance in Crops: Physiology to Genomics CHAPTER 2: Salinity Stress: Physiological Constraints and Adaptive Mechanisms CHAPTER 3: Reactive Oxygen Species and Their Role in Plant Oxidative Stress CHAPTER 4: Plant Responses to Chilling Temperatures CHAPTER 5: High Temperature Stress in Plants: Consequences and Strategies for Protecting Photosynthetic Machinery CHAPTER 6: Flooding Tolerance in Plants CHAPTER 7: Adaptations to Aluminium Toxicity CHAPTER 8: Plant Stress under Non-optimal Soil pH CHAPTER 9: Desiccation Tolerance CHAPTER 10: UV-B Radiation: from Stressor to Regulatory Signal CHAPTER 11: Frost Tolerance and Avoidance in Plants CHAPTER 12: Heavy Metal Toxicity in Plants CHAPTER 13: Biotic Stress Signalling: Calcium Mediated Pathogen Defence Programs
£96.84
CABI Publishing Global Urban Agriculture
Book SynopsisThere has been growing attention paid to urban agriculture worldwide because of its role in making cities more environmentaly sustainable while also contributing to enhanced food access and social justice. This edited volume brings together current research and case studies concerning urban agriculture from both the Global North and the Global South. Its objective is to help bridge the long-standing divide between discussion of urban agriculture in the Global North and the Global South and to demonstrate that today there are greater areas of overlap than there are differences both theoretically and substantively, and that research in either area can help inform research in the other. The book covers the nature of urban agriculture and how it supports livelihoods, provides ecosystem services, and community development. It also considers urban agriculture and social capital, networks, and agro-biodiversity conservation. Concepts such as sustainability, resilience, adaptation and community, and the value of urban agriculture as a recreational resource are explored. It also examines, quite fundamentally, why people farm in the city and how urban agriculture can contribute to more sustainable cities in both the Global North and the Global South. Key Features: · One of the first volumes to bring together evidence from urban agriculture in the Global North and the Global South · Explores the contribution of urban agriculture to livelihoods, ecosystems and conservation · Numerous case studies examine a very diverse range of urban agriculture systemsTable of Contents1: Defining and Theorizing Global Urban Agriculture 2: A View from the South: Bringing Critical Planning Theory to Urban Agriculture 3: North American Urban Agriculture: Barriers and Benefits 4: A Survey of Urban Community Gardeners in the USA 5: Gardens in the City: Community, Politics and Place in San Diego, California 6: ‘Growing food is work’: The Labour Challenges of Urban Agriculture in Houston, Texas 7: The Marketing of Vegetables in a Northern Ghanaian City: Implications and Trajectories 8: Hunger for Justice: Building Sustainable and Equitable Communities in Massachusetts 9: Sustainability’s Incomplete Circles: Towards a Just Food Politics in Austin, Texas and Havana, Cuba 10: A Political Ecology of Community Gardens in Australia: From Local Issues to Global Lessons 11: Urban Agriculture as Adaptive Capacity: An Example from Senegal 12: Intersection and Material Flow in Open-space Urban Farms in Tanzania 13: Relying on Urban Gardens for Survival within the Building of a Modern City in Colombia 14: Regreening Kibera: How Urban Agriculture Changed the Physical and Social Environment of a Large Slum in Kenya 15: Farm Fresh in the City: Urban Grassroots Food Distribution Networks in Finland 16: The Appropriation of Space through ‘Communist Swarms’: A Socio-spatial Examination of Urban Apiculture in Washington, DC 17: Urban Agriculture and the Reassembly of the City: Lessons from Wuhan, China 18: The Contribution of Smallholder Irrigated Urban Agriculture Towards Household Food Security in Harare, Zimbabwe 19: Community Gardens as Urban Social–Ecological Refuges in the Global North 20: Global Urban Agriculture into the Future: Urban Cultivation as Accepted Practice
£86.49
CABI Publishing Fair Trade and Organic Agriculture: A Winning
Book SynopsisThe markets for organic and fair trade certified commodities are growing rapidly, with environmentally sound and more equitable certification systems likely to offer benefits for both small-scale farmers and society at large. Despite much debate about their contribution to sustainability, there has been little scientific analysis, so it is vital to assess if it is technically and economically feasible to meet growing consumer demands regarding food safety, quality and ethics through smallholder and marginal producers. Overall, there is a need to explore the potential of these certification systems as emerging areas in research and development cooperation. This book includes: - Worldwide case studies (from the supply side in Asia, Africa, and Latin America; and from the demand side in Europe and North America) to put theory into practice. - Analyses of sustainable development and poverty reduction through organic and fair trade markets. - Insights into the conditions where it is beneficial for developing country smallholder producers to adopt fair trade and organic certification systems. - Investigation into whether consumers will pay more for a product that is both organic and fair trade certified. This book is an important read for researchers and students in agricultural and development economics, and it is also a useful resource for policy makers and practitioners involved in organic and fair trade agriculture.Table of Contents1: An Overview of Organic Agriculture and Fair Trade Systems 2: Organic and Fair Trade Markets at a Glance 3: Organic and Fair Trade Production Worldwide 4: Evolution of Producer Organizations in Fair Trade Coffee Certification 5: Methodological Toolbox 6: Consumer Behaviour in the Organic and Fair Trade Food Market in Europe 7: Multiple Certifications and Consumer Purchase Decisions: a Case Study of Willingness to Pay for Coffee in Germany 8: Consumers’ Information Search and Preferences for Fair Trade Coffee: a Case Study from Germany 9: Gender-equality Chocolate: a Missing Market? 10: Fair Trade Certification on Plantations: Household Wealth and Welfare Implications for Hired Labour 11: Assessing the Benefits of Organic and Fair Trade Production for Small-scale Farmers in Asia 12: The Impact of Certification on Material Input Costs in India 13: Dovetailing Fair Trade and Organic Agro-certifications in Latin America: How the Twins Can Meet? 14: Certifying Coffee Cooperatives in Ethiopia, India and Nicaragua: How Far Do Small-scale Coffee Producers Benefit? 15: The Relevance of Reliability, Reputation and Respect for Producer-level Benefits of Organic and Fair Trade Certification for Smallholders 16: The Way Forward
£84.02
CABI Publishing Sustainable Bamboo Development
Book SynopsisThis book presents over 40 cases of bamboo development across 22 major bamboo-industry countries and explores the knowledge gained from their successes and failures. It synthesises experiences and exchanges with country experts from international training courses and consultations, study tours, and seminars. Each case includes observations and summaries of discussions related to the development of bamboo-based industries in a healthy, sustainable way, and the facilitation of strategic and balanced development of bamboo in different global regions. Industrial and artisanal bamboo growing and processing is expanding worldwide and this book brings together key experiences to help inform future developments. This book provides an analysis of bamboo plant features, including strong renewability, fast-growing, and high biomass production. It also reviews important ecological functions of bamboos, such as water and soil conservation, carbon sink and storage, and adaptation to climate change, as well as addressing the diversified culture of bamboo and key issues affecting the sector. Sustainable Bamboo Development: - Is authored by an internationally recognised leading expert in the growth and use of bamboo - Takes a holistic view, covering technical, socio-economic, policy, cultural and business development - Provides practical knowledge to guide the development of bamboo sectors - Gives a clear idea and rich examples of what has been attempted in many countries - Acts as a roadmap for using bamboo as a poverty reduction and environmental security tool Highly illustrated and in full colour throughout, this book is an essential resource for all those interested in bamboo, from private sector investors to governmental and development agencies, academic researchers and students.Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: The Contribution of Bamboo to Human Beings Is Far More Than Is Imagined 3: Key Issues Affecting the Sustainable Development of the Bamboo Sector 4: Develop or Create a Featured Bamboo Industry According to Local Conditions Annex 1: Abstract of the Development Plan for China’s Bamboo Industries (2013–2020) Annex 2: Report on a Chinese Consultancy for The Bamboo Company in Vietnam
£57.38
CABI Publishing Reorienting Indian Agriculture: Challenges and
Book SynopsisDespite multiple revolutions, daunting challenges face agriculture. How can it address poverty and hunger, including malnutrition? How much is it responsible for degradation of natural resources (soil, water, agrobiodiversity) and climate change? How can agricultural diversification, and secondary and speciality agriculture help in improving productivity, sustainability and farmer income? Can integrated natural resource management (including conservation agriculture, innovative extension, agricultural education and an enabling policy environment) help achieve resilience and faster agricultural growth? This book sketches a journey from green to an evergreen revolution through reorientation of Indian agriculture to address emerging challenges. It covers global agriculture, genetic resource management, crop breeding (including biotechnology), seed production technology, agronomy, innovative extension, motivation of youth (including women), climate change and policy reforms for improving farmers' income. It provides insight into: - India's agricultural scenario, and the strength of agricultural research for development. - Better ways of managing natural resources for sustainable farming systems. - Climate-smart, diversified and resilient agriculture for improved productivity and income. - The need to reorient research, development and related policies concerned with agricultural research and innovation for development (ARI4D) to harness new opportunities This book is for researchers, students and policymakers interested in agricultural policy, increased food production, rural development and natural resource management, especially: general agriculture, genetic resources, crop breeding, seed development, agricultural biotechnology, agronomy, international agriculture, climate change and sustainable agriculture.Table of ContentsPART I: AGRICULTURAL SCENARIO 1: The Indian Agricultural Scenario 2: Agriculture for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals PART II: REVOLUTIONS IN AGRICULTURE 3: Fifty Years of the Green Revolution and Beyond 4: Intensive Efforts for Food and Nutrition Security 5: The White Revolution and Livestock Production 6: Aquaculture Development and the Blue Revolution PART III: REORIENTING AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR INNOVATION 7: Increasing Productivity Growth Rate in Agriculture 8: Reorienting Agricultural Research for Development for Sustainable Agriculture 9: Strategies for Scaling Innovations for Impact on Smallholder Farmers PART IV: IMPROVING PRODUCTIVITY AND PRODUCTION 10: Enhancing Productivity of Foodgrains 11: Horticulture for Food and Nutrition Security 12: Strategies for Enhancing Oilseed Production 13: Accelerating Forage Crop Production PART V: HARNESSING AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY 14: Agricultural Biotechnology for Food and Nutritional Security PART VI: MANAGING PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES 15: The International Treaty – Current Concerns 16: Agrobiodiversity: Dynamic Change Management 17: Managing Agrobiodiversity through Use: Changing Paradigms PART VII: THE ROLE AND GROWTH OF THE SEED SECTOR 18: The Growth of the Indian Seed Sector: Challenges and Opportunities 19: Revitalizing the Indian Seed Sector PART VIII: INTEGRATED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 20: Managing and Improving Soil Health 21: Increasing Water-use Efficiency 22: Agroforestry in India: The Way Forward PART IX: IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE 23: The Impact of Global Climate Change on Agricultural Growth 24: Towards Climate-smart Agriculture PART X: INNOVATION IN EXTENSION 25: Linking Research with Extension for Accelerated Agricultural Growth 26: Empowering Farmers through Innovative Extension Systems PART XI: THE ROLE OF WOMEN AND YOUTH 27: Women’s Empowerment for Agricultural Development 28: Attracting and Retaining Youth in Agriculture PART XII: POLICY REFORMS FOR ACCELERATED GROWTH 29: Revitalizing the Indian Agricultural Education System 30: A Strategy for Doubling Farmers’ Income 31: Future Challenges and Opportunities in Agriculture 32: Change We Must – But Change is Difficult
£40.71
CABI Publishing Biological Control of Plant-parasitic Nematodes:
Book SynopsisPlant-parasitic nematodes are one of multiple causes of soil-related sub-optimal crop performance. This book integrates soil health and sustainable agriculture with nematode ecology and suppressive services provided by the soil food web to provide holistic solutions. Biological control is an important component of all nematode management programmes, and with a particular focus on integrated soil biology management, this book describes tools available to farmers to enhance the activity of natural enemies, and utilize soil biological processes to reduce losses from nematodes.Table of ContentsA: Foreword B: Preface Section I: Setting the Scene 1: Ecosystem Services and the Concept of ‘Integrated Soil Biology Management’ Section II: The Soil Environment, Soil Ecology, Soil Health and Sustainable Agriculture 2: The Soil Environment and the Soil–Root Interface 15 3: The Soil Food Web and the Soil Nematode Community 4: Global Food Security, Soil Health and Sustainable Agriculture Section III: Natural Enemies of Nematodes 5: Nematophagous Fungi and Oomycetes 6: Nematodes, Mites and Collembola as Predators of Nematodes, and the role of Generalist Predators 7: Obligate Parasites of Nematodes: Viruses and Bacteria in the Genus Pasteuria Section IV: Plant-Microbial Symbiont-Nematode Interactions 8: Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi, Endophytic Fungi, Bacterial Endophytes and Plant Growth-promoting Rhizobacteria Section V: Natural Suppression and Inundative Biological Control 9: Suppression of Nematodes and Other Soilborne Pathogens with Organic Amendments 10: Specific Suppression of Plant-parasitic Nematodes 11: Integrated Soil Biology Management: The Pathway to Enhanced Natural Suppression of Plant-parasitic Nematodes 12: Biological Products for Nematode Management Section VI: Summary, Conclusions, Practical Guidelines and Future Research 13: Biological Control as a Component of Integrated Nematode Management: The Way Forward 14: A Practical Guide to Improving Soil Health and Enhancing Suppressiveness to Nematode Pests
£64.26
CABI Publishing Climate Change Impact and Adaptation in
Book SynopsisThe focus of this book is future global climate change and its implications for agricultural systems which are the main sources of agricultural goods and services provided to society. These systems are either based on crop or livestock production, or on combinations of the two, with characteristics that differ between regions and between levels of management intensity. In turn, they also differ in their sensitivity to projected future changes in climate, and improvements to increase climate-resilience need to be tailored to the specific needs of each system. The book will bring together a series of chapters that provide scientific insights to possible implications of projected climate changes for different important types of crop and livestock systems, and a discussion of options for adaptive and mitigative management.Table of Contentsa: Introduction 1: Climate projections for 2050 2: Rainfed Intensive Crop Systems 3: Climate Sensitivity of Intensive Rice-Wheat Systems in Tropical Asia: Focus on the Indo-Gangetic Plains 4: Climate Change Challenges for Low Input Cropping and Grazing Systems – Australia 5: Diversity in Organic and Agroecological Farming Systems for Mitigation of Climate Change Impact, with Examples from Latin America 6: UK Fruit and Vegetable Production – Impacts of Climate Change and Opportunities for Adaptation 7: Intensive Livestock Systems for Dairy Cows 8: Climate Change and Integrated Crop-Livestock Systems in Temperate-Humid Regions of North and South America: Mitigation and Adaptation 9: Land Managed for Multiple Services 10: Adaptation of Mixed Crop-Livestock Systems in Asia 11: Enhancing Climate Resilience of Cropping Systems 12: Shaping Sustainable Intensive Production Systems: Improved Crops and Cropping Systems in the Developing World 13: The Role of Modelling in Adapting and Building the Climate Resilience of Cropping Systems 14: Agroforestry Solutions for Buffering Climate Variability and Adapting to Change 15: Channelling the Future? The Use of Seasonal Climate Forecasts in Climate Adaptation 16: Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change: New Approaches to Knowledge and Learning 17: What are the Factors that Dictate the Choice of Coping Strategies for Extreme Climate Events? The Case of Farmers in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia
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CABI Publishing Urban Insect Pests: Sustainable Management
Book SynopsisA companion to 'Urban Pest Management', this book builds on the issues of insect pests in urban settings to discuss control strategies that look beyond products. From an environmental and health perspective, it is not always practical to spray chemicals indoors or in urban settings, so this work discusses sustainable control and best practice methods for managing insects that are vectors of disease, nuisance pests and the cause of structural damage.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Urban Insect Pests: Sustainable Management Strategies Partho Dhang Chapter 2: Bed bug Management Clive Boase and Richard Naylor Chapter 3: Emerging technologies for urban mosquito management Julian Entwistle Chapter 4: Filth Fly Management in Urban Environments Robert Pereira, John Cooksey, Rebecca Baldwin and Philip Koehler Chapter 5: Sustainable cockroach management using insecticidal baits – formulations, behavioral responses and issues Hui-Siang Tee and Chow-Yang Lee Chapter 6: Fleas and Flea Management Clive Boase, Alica Kocisova and Frantiesk Rettich Chapter 7: Products and Strategies for Nuisance Urban Ant Management Grzegorz Buczkowski and Changlu Wang Chapter 8: Management Strategies for Subterranean Termites Michael Rust Chapter 9: Management of Drywood termites: Past practices, present situation, and future prospects Vernard Lewis and Brian Forschler Chapter 10: Urban Timber Pest Beetles: Risks and Management Donald Ewart Chapter 11: Molecular ecology meets urban entomology: how molecular biology is changing urban pest management Edward Vargo Chapter 12: Controlling hematophagous insects: The quality-of-life scenario Rajeev Vaidyanathan Chapter 13: Urban Pest Management: Need for Correct Mixture of Knowledge and Practice Grzegorz Buczkowski Chapter 14: Marketing Integrated Pest Management as a Value Added Service Partho Dhang Chapter 15: Plants with Pest Control Properties against Urban Pests Partho Dhang and K. Purusotaman Sanjayan
£46.98
CABI Publishing Transition Pathways towards Sustainability in
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on understanding farming transition pathways towards sustainability, using case studies from Europe. It assesses the utility of the multi-level perspective in transition theory for addressing contemporary issues and identifies future research needs, making it an essential read for researchers of rural or agricultural change.Table of ContentsI: Contributors II: Glossary III: Acknowledgements 1: Introduction 2: Socio-technical transitions in farming: key concepts 3: Understanding the diversity of rural areas 4: Utilising the multi-level perspective in empirical field research:methodological considerations 5: Lifestyle farming: countryside consumption and transition towards new farming models 6: More than just a factor in transition processes? The role of collaboration in agriculture 7: High nature value farming: environmental practices for rural sustainability 8: Transition processes and natural resource management 9: On-farm renewable energy: a ‘classic case’ of technological transition 10: ‘The missing actor’: alternative agri-food networks and the resistance of key regime actors 11: Local quality and certification schemes as new forms of governance in sustainability transitions 12: Transdisciplinarity in deriving sustainability pathways for agriculture 13: Conceptual insights derived from case studies on ‘emerging transitions’ in farming 14: Conclusions
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook on the Globalisation of Agriculture
Book SynopsisGuy Robinson and Doris Carson have assembled a wonderfully comprehensive and timely book that both reveals and joins together the many and varied elements of diverse contemporary agriculture and food production systems. The book stands as a valuable scan of the diverse forces and processes of change in agriculture and also makes visible, through its various and well-chosen case analyses, the abiding and sometimes colliding roles of structure , agency, power and place in shaping farm and food futures.'- John Smithers, University of Guelph, Canada'An excellent, timely and innovative contribution to the wide-ranging debates on the globalisation of agriculture. The book brings together a wide array of authors who approach agricultural globalisation issues from various angles spanning both the social and natural sciences, including key contributions on agriculture/environment issues, food security challenges, policy regimes, transnational corporations, and challenges of an increasingly globalised agriculture.'- Geoff A. Wilson, Plymouth University, UKAgriculture is becoming increasingly influenced by globalisation. The result is a more interconnected world where new forms of trade and cultural exchange can thrive on an international level. This novel Handbook provides insights to the ways in which globalization is affecting the whole agri-food system, from farms to the consumer.The expert contributors cover themes including the physical basis of agriculture, the influence of trade policies, the nature of globalised agriculture, and resistance to globalisation in the form of attempts to foster sustainability and multifunctional agricultural systems. They present a state-of-the-art summary of current debates and provide a starting point for subsequent research into solutions aimed at addressing food insecurity, global hunger and uneven development.Drawing upon studies from around the world, the Handbook will appeal to a broad and varied readership, across academics, students, and policy-makers interested in economics, trade, geography, sociology and political science.Contributors: K. Anderson, D.K. Bardsley, P. Basu, A. Blay-Palmer, S. Bringezu, L. Bryant, D. Burch, D.A. Carson, A. Dorward, J. Entwistle, S.J. Fielke, D. Fuchs, T. Gomiero, W. Grant, P. Hoppe, B. Ilbery, A. Kalfagianni, J. Klepek, I. Knezevic, G. Lawrence, T. Li, Y. Liu, H. Long, D. Maye, J. Morrison, S. Nicholson, M. O'Brien, A. Omer, C.R. Parfitt, K.E. Rickson, R.E. Rickson, D.F. Robinson, G.M. Robinson, N. Russell, B.A. Scholten, H. Schütz, S.R. Sippel, R. Taylor, B. WindersTrade Review‘Guy Robinson and Doris Carson have assembled a wonderfully comprehensive and timely book that both reveals and joins together the many and varied elements of diverse contemporary agriculture and food production systems. The book stands as a valuable scan of the diverse forces and processes of change in agriculture and also makes visible, through its various and well-chosen case analyses, the abiding and sometimes colliding roles of structure, agency, power and place in shaping farm and food futures.’ -- John Smithers, University of Guelph, Canada‘An excellent, timely and innovative contribution to the wide-ranging debates on the globalisation of agriculture. The book brings together a wide array of authors who approach agricultural globalisation issues from various angles spanning both the social and natural sciences, including key contributions on agriculture/environment issues, food security challenges, policy regimes, transnational corporations, and challenges of an increasingly globalised agriculture.’ -- Geoff A. Wilson, Plymouth University, UK‘It is clear that this handbook provides a wide and very rich overview of topics, themes, theoretical reflections and scholarly debates addressing recent transformations in global agriculture in its broadest terms. The volume excels due to a combi-nation of wide perspectives with multiple foci. In general, the chapters are clear and concise, illustrating the wealth and depth of this research area. That makes this vol-ume an excellent reference work and a sound point of departure for new research.' -- Comparativ – Zeitschrift für Globalgeschichte und vergleichende GesellschaftsforschungTable of ContentsContents: 1. The Globalisation of Agriculture: Introducing the Handbook Guy M. Robinson and Doris A. Carson PART I THE PHYSICAL BASIS OF AGRICULTURE 2. Agriculture and Environment: Fundamentals and Future Perspectives Ros Taylor and Jane Entwistle 3. Effects of Agricultural Activities on Biodiversity and Ecosystems: Organic versus Conventional Farming Tiziano Gomiero 4. Measuring and Managing the Global Agricultural Foot-print of Countries’ Consumption Stefan Bringezu, Helmut Schütz and Meghan O’Brien 5. Meeting the Food Security Challenge through Sustainable Intensification Noel Russell and Amani Omer PART II GLOBALISATION AND POLICY REGIMES 6. Agricultural Trade Wyn Grant 7. US Agricultural Policy and the Globalization of World Agriculture Bill Winders 8. Contributions of Trade Reforms to Agriculture’s Globalization Kym Anderson 9. Heroes, Villains and Victims: Agricultural Subsidies and Their Impacts on Food Security and Poverty Reduction Andrew Dorward and Jamie Morrison 10. Agricultural Production in China under Globalization Hualou Long, Yansui Liu and Tingting Li PART III GLOBALISATION AND TRANS-NATIONAL CORPORATIONS 11. Geographies and Histories of the Green Revolution: From Global Flows to Place-based Experiences Pratyusha Basu and James Klepek 12. Biotechnology and the Global Food Riots: Why Genetically Modified Foods Will Not End World Hunger Simon Nicholson 13. Private Agrifood Governance and the Challenges for Sustainability Agni Kalfagianni and Doris Fuchs 14. Trade-related Intellectual Property: Implications for the Global Seed Industry, Food Sovereignty and Farmers’ Rights Claire R. Parfitt and Daniel F. Robinson 15. The Financialization of Food and Farming Geoffrey Lawrence, Sarah Ruth Sippel and David Burch 16. All You Need is Export? Moroccan Farmers Juggling Global and Local Markets Sarah Ruth Sippel 17. Inequality Regimes in Food Processing Industries Lia Bryant 18. Global Companies and Local Community Relations: Power, Access and Partnership in Food Production and Rural Resource Development Roy E. Rickson, Kara E. Rickson, Peter Hoppe and David Burch PART IV CHALLENGES TO THE GLOBALISATION OF AGRICULTURE 19. Multifunctional Agricultural Transition: Essential for Local Diversity in a Globalised World Simon James Fielke 20. Recreating Diversity for Resilient and Adaptive Agricultural Systems Douglas K. Bardsley 21. The Changing Dynamics of Alternative Agri-food Networks: A European Perspective Brian Ilbery and Damian Maye 22. Building Sustainable Communities through Alternative Food Systems Alison Blay-Palmer and Irena Knezevic 23. The ‘White Revolution’ and Dual Dairy Economy Structures Bruce A. Scholten Index
£50.30
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook of Critical Agrarian Studies
Book SynopsisExploring the emerging and vibrant field of critical agrarian studies, this comprehensive Handbook offers interdisciplinary insights from both leading scholars and activists to understand agrarian life, livelihoods, formations and processes of change. It highlights the development of the field, which is characterized by theoretical and methodological pluralism and innovation. The Handbook presents critical analyses of, and examines controversies about, historical and contemporary social structures and processes in agrarian and rural settings from a wide range of perspectives. Chapters explore the origins of critical agrarian studies, the concepts underpinning the diverse theoretical approaches to the field, and the strengths and weaknesses of different methodologies used within the field. Finally, it illuminates debates around the topic and trajectories for future research and development. This will be a vital resource for graduate students, scholars and activists interested in critical agrarian studies. The analytical and empirical insights will also be helpful to students of environmental and development studies as well as agricultural and development economics, human geography and socio-cultural anthropology.Trade Review‘This impressive Handbook captures and reflects the vibrancy of, and will propel further, the rapidly expanding field of critical agrarian studies. It is an indispensable reference in the field for students, teachers, researchers, policy experts, and activists.’ -- Saturnino M. Borras Jr., International Institute of Social Studies, the Netherlands and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Peasant Studies‘The Handbook of Critical Agrarian Studies is a magnificent field-building achievement. Ambitious and comprehensive, it marks the coming of age of critical agrarian studies, with first-rate contributions from foundational thinkers and emerging stars on everything from agroecology and land, to financialization, territoriality, extractivism, migrant labour, and dozens of other topics.’ -- Marc Edelman, Hunter College and The Graduate Center, City University of New York‘Critical agrarian studies is not a sentimental journey into the past but ways of rethinking how the dynamics of agrarian change reflect and shape some of the most important issues of our time. In these creative and thoughtful short chapters, leading scholars provide new angles on familiar questions such as land ownership, the ways we eat, agrarian extractivism, ecological crisis and rural social movements and on many new issues as well. Authors also lead readers through current debates and introduce them to the particular methodological problems of agrarian studies.’ -- Bridget O’Laughlin, International Institute of Social Studies, the Netherlands and Co-Editor of the Journal of Agrarian Change'The Handbook of Critical Agrarian Studies is an excellent and solid work that takes us through the foundational and current debates of this research field, its main concepts and methodological approaches, the intersection of the agrarian question with environmental, territorial, techno-science and financialization issues, among other topics. An essential reference book.’ -- Carla Gras, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina‘This Handbook will surely become the point of departure for anyone planning research on agrarian issues from a critical perspective. The 72 contributions – most by well-regarded experts in the field—provide both succinct literature reviews and substantive insight on a broad range of relevant topics. Some of the chapters, such as on The Agrarian Question, Land Grabs, and Feasible Utopias are superb. Whether for clarification of key concepts or to grasp the contours of current debates, the Handbook will be useful to students, researchers, those teaching in the field, as well as policy advocates and activists.’ -- Carmen Diana Deere, University of Florida, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword xxiii Tania Murray Li Acknowledgements xxv 1 An introduction to the Handbook of Critical Agrarian Studies 1 A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi, Kristina Dietz, Bettina Engels and Ben M. McKay PART I ORIGINS 2 Frontiers, regimes and learning from history 9 Ulbe Bosma and Eric Vanhaute 3 Origins of peasant studies 15 Harriet Friedmann 4 The diversity of classical agrarian Marxism 25 A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi and Cristóbal Kay 5 Debates on the historical origins of agrarian capitalism 34 Xavier Lafrance 6 An alternative perspective on the agrarian question in Europe and in the developing countries 45 Utsa Patnaik PART II CONCEPTS 7 The agrarian question 53 Michael Watts 8 Class 67 Sara Berry 9 Land 72 A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi 10 Frontiers: Commodification and territorialization 80 Mattias Borg Rasmussen and Christian Lund 11 Labour 91 Jonathan Pattenden 12 Labor and social reproduction 99 Smriti Rao 13 Peasants 109 Jan Douwe van der Ploeg 14 Gender 120 Avanti Mukherjee 15 Gender, nature, body 131 Andrea J. Nightingale and Wendy Harcourt 16 Kinship 139 Pauline E. Peters 17 Generation 150 Ben White 18 Intersectionality 157 Carol J. Pierce Colfer, Markus Ihalainen and Bimbika Sijapati Basnett 19 Merchant and usurer’s capital 165 John Harriss 20 Agricultural markets 171 Muhammad Ali Jan and Barbara Harriss-White 21 Financialization 178 Jennifer Clapp and S. Ryan Isakson 22 Agrarian law 187 Sergio Coronado 23 Territoriality 197 Annie Shattuck and Nancy Lee Peluso 24 Agrarian/land reform 205 Ben Cousins 25 Food regimes 218 Philip McMichael 26 Crisis 232 Robert Chernomas, Ian Hudson and A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi 27 Food sovereignty, food security and the right to food 238 Priscilla Claeys, Annette Aurélie Desmarais and Jasber Singh PART III METHODOLOGIES 28 Qualitative research 251 Elisa Greco 29 Quantitative analysis 258 J. Paul Dunne 30 Geographical research 266 Oliver Pye 31 Questions and answers 272 A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi PART IV REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES 32 The agrarian question in Africa: Past, present and future 279 Samir Amin 33 Social movements in times of extractivism: The ecoterritorial turn in Latin America 285 Maristella Svampa 34 Agrarian change in China: Historical origins and competing perspectives 296 Qian Forrest Zhang 35 Beyond confrontation: Silent growers, symbiosis and subtle peasantness in post-socialist Eurasia 305 Oane Visser, Brian Kuns and Petr Jehlička 36 BRICS and global agrarian transformations 316 Gustavo de L.T. Oliveira and Ben M. McKay 37 Neoliberalism and the crisis in India’s countryside 324 Prabhat Patnaik 38 Crises of capitalism in the countryside: Debates from the South 334 Praveen Jha and Paris Yeros PART V DEBATES 39 Land grabs 346 Ariane Goetz 40 Water for agriculture 357 Larry A. Swatuk 41 Biofuels 366 Carol Hunsberger 42 Industrial fisheries and oceanic accumulation 374 Elizabeth Havice and Liam Campling 43 Forests and current transitions 387 Markus Kröger 44 Artisanal and small-scale mining 401 Boris Verbrugge and Robin Thiers 45 Footloose labour 410 John Harriss 46 Contract farming 416 Helena Pérez Niño and Carlos Oya 47 Biotechnology 427 Matthew A. Schnurr and Lincoln Addison 48 Agroecology 438 Nils McCune and Peter Rosset 49 Identities and culture in the rural world 453 Nicholas Copeland 50 Everyday politics in agrarian societies 463 Benedict J. Tria Kerkvliet 51 The state and rural politics 469 Leandro Vergara-Camus 52 Experts, land regimes and the politics of mapping 480 Facundo Martín 53 Rural social movements/transnational agrarian movements 491 Giuliano Martiniello 54 Industrial agriculture and agrarian extractivism 503 Ben M. McKay and Henry Veltmeyer 55 Rural dispossession and capital accumulation 515 Derek Hall 56 Ecological crises in the rural world 525 Marcus Taylor 57 Microfinance and rural financial inclusion 536 Marcus Taylor 58 Rural indebtedness 547 Julien-François Gerber 59 The neoliberal diet 556 Gerardo Otero 60 Meatification 561 Tony Weis 61 Digital agriculture 568 Kristina Dietz and Franza Drechsel 62 COVID-19 581 A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi PART VI TRAJECTORIES 63 The interface of critical development studies and critical agrarian studies 594 Henry Veltmeyer 64 Political ecology 601 Kristina Dietz 65 Pluriloguing postcolonial studies and critical agrarian studies 610 Johanna Leinius 66 Agrarian justice: Land, human rights and democratization 620 Jennifer C. Franco and Sofía Monsalve Suárez 67 Strategic linkages between STS and critical agrarian studies 630 Ryan Nehring 68 The Capitalocene response to the Anthropocene 636 Kees Jansen and Joost Jongerden 69 Degrowth in agrarian and fisheries studies 647 Arnim Scheidel, Irmak Ertör and Federico Demaria 70 Reconfiguring the intersection between urban food movements and agrarian struggles: Building an urban political agroecology praxis 656 Chiara Tornaghi and Severin Halder 71 Radical transformation: Creating alternatives to capitalism in the countryside 666 Kristina Dietz and Bettina Engels 72 Feasible utopias 676 Ray Bush Index 689
£279.00
CABI Publishing Food Gardens for a Changing World
Book SynopsisFood gardening is becoming increasingly popular, as people look for new ways to live more sustainably and minimize harm to the environment. This book addresses the 21st century trends which bring new challenges to food gardening - anthropogenic climate change, environmental degradation, natural resource scarcity, and social inequity - and explains the basic biological, ecological and social concepts needed to understand and respond to them. Examples throughout the text demonstrate how to successfully use these concepts, while supporting gardeners' values, and their goals for themselves, their communities and the world.Table of ContentsPART I: Starting at the beginning: gardens and the big picture Chapter 1: What can Food Gardens Contribute? Gardens and Wellbeing Chapter 2: Changes coming to your garden Chapter 3: Responding to change as a food gardening strategy. Appendix - Worked formal garden experiments PART II: Starting the garden Chapter 4: Garden placement Chapter 5: How plants live and grow Chapter 6: Starting and caring for garden plants PART III: Garden management Chapter 7: Soil, nutrients, and organic matter Chapter 8: Water, soils, and plants Chapter 9: Managing pests, pathogens, and beneficial organisms Chapter 10: Saving seeds for planting and sharing
£93.87
CABI Publishing Food Gardens for a Changing World
Book SynopsisFood gardening is becoming increasingly popular, as people look for new ways to live more sustainably and minimize harm to the environment. This book addresses the most pressing challenges facing food gardening in the 21st century - worldwide changes in climate, the environment, natural resources, and communities - and the basic biological, ecological and social concepts which influence our understanding. Examples throughout the text demonstrate how gardeners can use these theories to their advantage.Table of ContentsPART I: Starting at the beginning: gardens and the big picture Chapter 1: What can Food Gardens Contribute? Gardens and Wellbeing Chapter 2: Changes coming to your garden Chapter 3: Responding to change as a food gardening strategy. Appendix - Worked formal garden experiments PART II: Starting the garden Chapter 4: Garden placement Chapter 5: How plants live and grow Chapter 6: Starting and caring for garden plants PART III: Garden management Chapter 7: Soil, nutrients, and organic matter Chapter 8: Water, soils, and plants Chapter 9: Managing pests, pathogens, and beneficial organisms Chapter 10: Saving seeds for planting and sharing
£46.98
CABI Publishing Molecular Breeding in Wheat, Maize and Sorghum:
Book SynopsisThe global population is projected to reach almost 10 billion by 2050, and food and feed production will need to increase by 70%. Wheat, maize and sorghum are three key cereals which provide nutrition for the majority of the world's population. Their production is affected by various abiotic stresses which cause significant yield losses. The effects of climate change also increase the frequency and severity of such abiotic stresses. Molecular breeding technologies offer real hope for improving crop yields. Although significant progress has been made over the last few years, there is still a need to bridge the large gap between yields in the most favorable and most stressful conditions. This book: - Provides a valuable resource for wheat, maize and sorghum scientists working on breeding and molecular biology, physiology and biotechnology. - Presents the latest in-depth research in the area of abiotic stress tolerance and yield improvements. - Contains the necessary information to allow plant breeders to apply this research to effectively breed new varieties of these crops. It provides a consolidated reference for plant breeders and crop scientists working on the challenges of enhanced crop productivity and climate change adaptability.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Recent Understanding on Molecular Mechanisms of Plant Abiotic Stress Response and Tolerance Chapter 2: Breeding Strategies to Enhance Abiotic Stress Tolerance and Yield Improvement in Wheat, Maize and Sorghum Chapter 3: Recent Advancement of Molecular Breeding for Improving Salinity Tolerance in Wheat Chapter 4: Genomics and Molecular Physiology for Improvement of Drought Tolerance in Wheat Chapter 5: Molecular Breeding for Improving Heat Stress Tolerance in Wheat Chapter 6: Molecular Breeding for Improving Waterlogging Tolerance in Wheat Chapter 7: Molecular Breeding for Improving Aluminium Resistance in Wheat Chapter 8: Molecular Breeding for Enhancing Iron and Zinc Content in Wheat Grains Chapter 9: Recent Advancements of Molecular Breeding and Functional Genomics for Improving Nitrogen-, Phosphorus- and Potassium-Use Efficiencies in Wheat Chapter 10: Molecular Breeding for Improving Yield in Wheat: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives Chapter 11: Tools for Transforming Wheat Breeding: Genomic Selection, Rapid Generation Advance and Database-Based Decision Support Chapter 12: CRISPR-Mediated Gene Editing in Wheat for Abiotic Stress Tolerance Chapter 13: Application of Pangenomics for Wheat Molecular Breeding Chapter 14: Recent Advancement of Molecular Understanding for Combating Salinity Stress in Maize Chapter 15: Isolation of Genes/Quantitative Trait Loci for Drought Stress Tolerance in Maize Chapter 16: The Genetic Architecture and Breeding Towards Cold Tolerance in Maize: Review Chapter 17: Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Excess Moisture Stress Tolerance in Maize: Molecular Breeding Opportunities to Increase Yield Potential Chapter 18: Recent Molecular Breeding Advances for Improving Aluminium Tolerance in Maize and Sorghum Chapter 19: Physiological and Molecular Interventions for Improving Nitrogen-Use Efficiency in Maize Chapter 20: Recent Advancement in Molecular Breeding for Improving Nutrient-Use Efficiency in Maize Chapter 21: Molecular Breeding for Increasing Nutrition Quality in Maize: Recent Progress Chapter 22: Molecular Breeding for Improving Yield in Maize: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives Chapter 23: CRISPR-Mediated Genome Editing in Maize for Improved Abiotic Stress Tolerance Chapter 24: Molecular Breeding for Combating Salinity Stress in Sorghum: Progress and Prospects Chapter 25: Quantitative Trait Locus mapping and Genetic Improvement to Strengthen Drought Tolerance in Sorghum Chapter 26: Improving Abiotic Stress Tolerance to Adapt Sorghum to Temperate Climatic Regions Chapter 27: Isolation of Quantitative Trait Loci/Gene(s) Conferring Cadmium Tolerance in Sorghum Chapter 28: Molecular Breeding for Increasing Micronutrient Content in Sorghum Chapter 29: Ideotype Breeding for Improving Yield in Sorghum: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives
£168.70
CABI Publishing Conservation Agriculture in Africa: Climate Smart
Book SynopsisTillage agriculture has led to widespread soil and ecosystem degradation globally, and more particularly in the developing regions. This is especially so in Africa where traditional agricultural practices have become unsustainable due to severe exploitation of natural resources with negative impacts on the environment and food system. In addition, agricultural land use in Africa today faces major challenges including increased costs, climate change and a need to transform to more sustainable production intensification systems. Conservation Agriculture has emerged as a major alternative sustainable climate smart agriculture approach in Africa and has spread to many African countries in the past decade as more development and research, including in sustainable mechanization, has enabled its extension and uptake. It is key to transforming Africa's agriculture and food system given its ability to restore soil health, biodiversity and productivity of millions of smallholder farms as well as larger-scale farms. This landmark volume is based on the material presented at the Second Africa Congress on Conservation Agriculture which was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, 9-12 October 2018. The main theme of the Congress was 'Making Climate Smart Agriculture Real in Africa with Conservation Agriculture: Supporting the Malabo Declaration and Agenda 2063'. The Congress was aligned to mobilize stakeholders in all agriculture sectors to provide greater technical, institutional, development and investment support, impetus and direction to the vision and agenda for transforming African agriculture as set out by the Malabo Declaration and Agenda 2063. This book is aimed at all agricultural stakeholders in the public, private and civil sectors in Africa engaged in supporting the transformation of conventional tillage agriculture to Conservation Agriculture. The book will be of interest to: researchers, academics, students, development stakeholders, public and private sector investors and policy makers as well as institutional libraries across the world.Table of ContentsPart 1: Making Climate Smart Agriculture Real in Africa 1: The Malabo Declaration and Agenda 2063: Making Climate Smart Agriculture Real with Conservation Agriculture in Africa 2: Development of Climate Smart Agriculture in Africa 3: Climate Smart Agriculture for Africa: The Potential Role of Conservation Agriculture in Climate Smart Agriculture Part 2: Mainstreaming of Conservation Agriculture 4: Mainstreaming of the Conservation Agriculture paradigm in Africa 5: Challenges and Approaches to Accelerating the Uptake of Conservation Agriculture in Africa and Europe 6: Conservation Agriculture in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania: Learnings from Two Decades of Research for Development 7: Historical Review and Future Opportunities for Wider Scaling of Conservation Agriculture in Tunisia 8: Assessing the Application and Practice of Conservation Agriculture in Malawi Part 3: Research for Conservation Agriculture Systems Development 9: Research and Technology Development Needs for Scaling Up Conservation Agriculture Systems, Practices and Innovations in Africa 10: Moving paradigms – Conservation Agriculture with Alternative Agronomics to Minimize Inputs 11: Economic and Yield Comparisons of Different Crop and Crop–Pasture Production Systems 12: Livestock Integration in Conservation Agriculture 13: Enhancing Climate Resilience Using Stress-tolerant Maize in Conservation Agriculture in Southern Africa 14: Tillage Effect on Agronomic Efficiency of Nitrogen Under Rainfed Conditions of Tanzania 15: Effect of Conservation Agriculture on Soil Properties and Maize Grain Yield in the Semi-Arid Laikipia County, Kenya 16: Increasing Adaptation to Climate Stress by Applying Conservation Agriculture in Southern Africa 17: What Drives Small-scale Farmers to Adopt Conservation Agriculture Practices in Tanzania? 18: Impact of Conservation Agriculture on Soil Health: Lessons from the University of Fort Hare Trial Part 4: Education and Training for Conservation Agriculture 19: Formal Education and Training for Conservation Agriculture in Africa 20: Strengthening Conservation Agriculture Education in Africa 21: Conservation Agriculture Innovation Systems Build Climate Resilience for Smallholder Farmers in South Africa 22: Lessons Learnt from Concern Worldwide's Conservation Agriculture Interventions in Malawi and Zambia, 2010–2018 23: Development of Adaptive Training Materials for Conservation Agriculture Promotion in Africa Part 5: Investing for Agricultural Transformation 24: Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization and Commercialization for Widespread Adoption of Conservation Agriculture Systems in Africa 25: Centres of Excellence in Conservation Agriculture: Developing African Institutions for Sustainable Agricultural Development 26: On-farm Experimentation for Scaling-out Conservation Agriculture Using an Innovation Systems Approach in the North West Province, South Africa 27: Conservation Agriculture for Climate Smart Agriculture in Smallholder Farming Systems in Kenya 28: Conservation Agriculture for Smallholder Farmers in Rainfed and Irrigated Systems in the Eastern Indo-Gangetic Plain: Lessons Learned 29: Evaluation of the Technical Capacity of Artisans to Fabricate the Animal-powered Direct Seeder Super-Eco in Sénégal Part 6: The Future 30: The Future: Towards Agenda 2063
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CABI Publishing Climate Change, Adaptation and Gender: Policy,
Book SynopsisThis book offers a wide, in-depth study of the gender-climate change-agriculture nexus. The crux of understanding these connections comprises gender equality and tools to measure gender discrimination, the evolution of the concept of gender inclusiveness and its concerns; and the need to address the same by formulating gender-inclusive policymaking. Despite the fact that more than 50 years have elapsed since gender concerns were included in explorations of this nexus, there is still ambiguity around the foundations, connections, and approaches for planning gender-inclusive climate policies. This book aims to clear that ambiguity by: · Being the first to explore exclusively this issue in detail. · Revealing how and why consideration of gender is so important for understanding how climate change impacts rural communities and agricultural systems globally. · Exploring every dimension of climate change (including belief systems and perceptions, knowledge, experience, coping strategies, adaptation, and mitigation strategies) and linking it to gender. It includes new theoretical and methodological approaches that go far beyond the household as the unit of analysis (using various approaches, including intersectional analysis). The book not only throws light on major themes of research, but also covers different methodologies ranging from review methods to mathematical models, conceptual frameworks and empirical analysis. It will be of wide interest to students, scholars, and researchers in gender studies, agriculture, climate change and rural development research, and also to practitioners, extension workers, and planners designing new climate-resilient practices.Table of ContentsPart I: Setting the Context Chapter 1: Introduction Part II: Gendering Climate Change Chapter 2: Gender Matters in Agriculture and Climate Change Chapter 3: Gender-inclusive Climate Policies Part III: A Gender Analysis in Climate Events Chapter 4: Farmer’s Cognitive Perspectives in Dealing with Climate Risk: A Narrative Review Chapter 5: Gender in Dealing with Climate Risk: Data Triangulation Evidence Part IV: Gender Responses to Climate Changes Chapter 6: Coping Strategies and Adaptation Strategy: Framings and Perspectives Chapter 7: Gender Inclusiveness in Climate-smart Agriculture Chapter 8: Gender-differentiated Responses to Climate Risk: Conceptual Literature Review Part V: Gender and Social Inclusion Dimension in Farming System Analysis Chapter 9: Unpacking Heterogeneous Nature of Climate Stresses and Varying Gendered Roles Across Crop Cycles Chapter 10: Gender, Climate Change and Sustainable Farming Systems Part VI: Methodological Underpinnings and Suggestions for Future Research Chapter 11: Gender Analysis for Climate-smart Agriculture: Perspectives and Research Implications Chapter 12: Mediator and Moderator Variables in Gender Analysis Chapter 13: Methodological Applications for Future Research Plans for CRS
£88.92
Emerald Publishing Limited SDG14 - Life Below Water: Towards Sustainable
Book SynopsisSDG14 - Life Below Water: Towards Sustainable Management of Our Oceans describes the dependence of human beings on shore and marine resources and highlights how oceanic life sustains the livelihoods of people living in coastal areas, affects global economy and plays a significant role for making earth habitable. Chapters give accounts of human interventions on oceanic life and demonstrate the various ways in which the sustainability of the oceanic system is threatened. Looking to sustainable management and protection of marine and coastal ecosystems, chapters investigate best practices initiated in different countries, address issues such as overfishing and the legal framework for conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources. Concise Guides to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals comprises 17 short books, each examining one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The series provides an integrated assessment of the SDGs from economic, legal, social, environmental and cultural perspectives.Table of ContentsChapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. Oceans and Sustainable Development Chapter 3. Sustainable Management and Protection of Marine and Coastal Ecosystems Chapter 4. Marine Pollution Chapter 5. Marine Biodiversity and Development in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Chapter 6. Legal Framework for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Oceans Chapter 7. The Road Ahead
£41.99
CABI Publishing Managing Risk in Agriculture: A Development
Book SynopsisThe book addresses and documents farmers' risks in developing and emerging economies. It draws lessons from experimental economics on measuring risk preferences, attitudes, gender differences in managing risks, and risk management strategies in countries across Africa and Asia. It argues policy makers, especially in emerging economies, need a better understanding of farmers' attitudes toward risk and choices of risk management strategies when designing policies to support production agriculture. The book includes chapters on three themes: understanding risk attitudes and preferences; using experimental economics to measure risk, preferences, and risk management strategies; and understanding climate change, risk, and risk management. The book critically examines the currently held beliefs about risk preference, attitudes, and empirical estimation of risk management strategies, emphasizing developing and emerging economies (DEE)."The agricultural development space is an inherently risky one and this welcome collection belatedly helps to plug an important hole." Jock R. Anderson, Emeritus Professor of Agricultural Economics, University of New England, Armidale, Australia"Over time, agricultural production practices have evolved, as have the markets and value chains for food and agricultural products. A constant consideration, however, and one that continues to define agriculture worldwide, is risk. The risks that impinge on agriculture come in all shapes and sizes. Of course, production risks are ubiquitous. But so are market risks. And the same is true for macroeconomic and financial risks and the risks associated with an evolving climate. This book will be a valuable, comprehensive resource for any applied economist desiring to understand the risk management principles relevant to modern food and agricultural systems." Matthew Holt, Prof. and head of the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA, USA.
£103.50
CABI Publishing Afghanistan-Pakistan Shared Waters: State of the
Book SynopsisThere is currently no water cooperation between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Of the nine rivers that flow across the border, none possess a formal agreement or mechanism to manage shared water resources. Further, there is very little information available about the status of environment, hydrology and water resources management for these river basins that could be used as a starting point for dialogues on transboundary water coordination. This State of the Basins book co-develops an overview of the three most important river basins, in collaboration with international experts and water professionals from Afghanistan and Pakistan. It covers water resources, land resources, ecological health, environment, climate change, and the social and economic conditions for sustainable management of these precious resources. It will inform decision making within the two countries, and begin to establish benefits that can accrue from more active collaboration on these shared waters. This book: Focuses on portions of the Indus shared by Afghanistan and Pakistan. Features extensive engagement and co-development with Afghan and Pakistani professionals. Is the first book on the shared waters in the Indus, developed in the context of regional realities associated with post-August 2021 Taliban takeover.The book is aimed at students and researchers in water rights and resources, and government decision makers, private sector investors, donors, intermediary organizations that work directly with farmers, researchers and students. It is a reference book for graduate students and researchers working on these basins, and on transboundary river basin management in Asia and beyond.
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CABI Publishing Nanoformulations for Sustainable Agriculture and
Book SynopsisNanotechnology research and its application in agriculture has become a major focus in recent years. Nanoformulations offer the possibility to develop more efficient and less damaging agrochemicals in the environment. Smart delivery systems for nanosensors, molecules that can help to detect biotic or abiotic stresses before they can affect production, are being developed and applied. Nanotechnology also provides new techniques for genetic manipulation and plant breeding. The use of nanoformulations in agriculture is increasingly being used to enhance food values, reduce agricultural inputs, improve nutrient contents and create a longer shelf life for many products. Nanotechnology is also being applied to many aspects of food security, disease treatment, new tools for pathogen detection, effective delivery systems and packaging materials. All of these applications are supposed to assist in addressing the needs of a growing population, and help in mitigating the effects of climate change and other ecological disturbances.This book highlights new applications of these nanoforms in the field of agricultural science, written by an international team of experts from across this broad discipline. It is essential reading for graduate students, researchers and practitioners involved in the application of nanotechnology in agriculture. The book: examines the role of nano-formulations in crop yield improvement whilst reducing reliance on chemical fertilizers and pesticides; covers specially enabled delivery systems for the release of nanoformulations, field-sensing systems to monitor environmental stresses, and improvement of plant traits against environmental stress and diseases; is unambiguous, lucid, scientific and precise, with chapters supplemented by ample illustration and case studies to help clarify and summarize key points throughout.
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Sustainable Land Management: Strategies to Cope
Book SynopsisIn large parts of the world, the reduction in the viability of agriculture and rural areas is an escalating problem. Sustainable Land Management offers a contemporary overview of the strategies employed to cope with the marginalisation of agriculture, through analyses of case studies and regional trends in marginalisation.The authors argue that complexities and driving forces governing marginalisation are not always the same across nations and regions due to climate, geography, economics, legislation and political status. This book illustrates in what form these complexities exist, and how these unravel at the national and regional levels. As the need to understand and cope with marginalisation processes has developed, the concept of multi-functionality has also gained a vital place in the string of coping strategies. This work contributes essential knowledge for the development of marginalisation mitigation policy actions across the globe.Informative and well-documented, this book will appeal to those researching and working in the fields of agricultural and resource economics, rural geography, environmental governance and sustainable development.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction Floor Brouwer and Teunis van Rheenen PART I: UNDERSTANDING MARGINALISATION AND MULTIFUNCTIONALITY 2. Understanding Marginalisation in the Periphery of Europe: A Multidimensional Process Teresa Pinto-Correia and Bas Breman 3. Multifunctionality: What Do We Know of it? Patrick Caron and Dominique Cairol 4. The Clock is Ticking for Rural America Michael Duffy PART II: EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN VIABILITY OF AGRICULTURE 5. Northern European Features and Vulnerability to Marginalisation: Exploring Indicators and Modes of Coping Shivcharn S. Dhillion, Anna Martha Elgersma, Marja-Liisa Tapio-Biström and Hilkka Vihinen 6. Marginalisation of Rural Economies in the Czech Republic and Hungary Alajos Fehér, Josef Fanta, Gábor Szabó and Frantisek Zemek 7. Rural Amenities in Mountain Areas Thomas Dax and Georg Wiesinger 8. Marginalisation in Spanish Dry Areas: The Case of Villafáfila Lagoons Reserve Jordi Rosell, Lourdes Viladomiu and Anna Zamora 9. How Visible is Marginalisation in Europe? Teunis van Rheenen and Floor Brouwer PART III: SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES 10. High Nature Value Farming and the Agri-food Chain in Japan Yoichi Matsuki and Miki Nagamatsu 11. Social Capital: A Dynamic Force Against Marginalisation? Georg Wiesinger, Hilkka Vihinen, Marja-Liisa Tapio-Bistrom and Gábor Szabó 12. Understanding the Quality of Agricultural Land Use Systems Anna Martha Elgersma, Shivcharn S. Dhillion, Arnold Arnoldussen, Josef Fanta and Eva Boucníková 13. Emerging Perspectives on Changing Land Management Practices Floor Brouwer, Teunis van Rheenen and Shivcharn S. Dhillion Index
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CABI Publishing Economics of Regulation in Agriculture:
Book SynopsisThis work debates and investigates the cross-compliance system - whereby farmers comply with certain standards relating to the environment, food safety and animal and plant health. It discusses cross-compliance in the context of existing standards, on-farm costs and the competitiveness of farm businesses. Analysing the economics of regulation both within the internal market of the EU and the broader world market by examining a broad range of agricultural products. This resource will be of value to agriculture and resource economists, policy makers, researchers and students in environmental and agricultural policy and modelling.Table of Contents1: Introduction PART I: PUBLIC CONCERNS - A REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE 2: The role of cross compliance in greening EU agricultural policy 3: State and federal responses to increasing input intensity in the USA 4: Canadian agricultural environmental policy: from the right to farm to farming right 5: Decentralized, outcome oriented management of agricultural environmental issues in New Zealand 6: Voluntary certification and legal standards in the EU PART II: TRADE, COMPETITIVENESS AND PUBLIC CONCERNS - A COMMODITY APPROACH 7: Environmental and health standards in the dairy sectors of the EU, the US and New Zealand 8: An EU/US perspective on nutrient management policies and growth hormone bans in the beef sector 9: Good agricultural and environmental conditions in the EU and their implications for international trade in cereals 10: Trade effects of environmental and animal welfare standards in the hog sectors of the European Union, United States and Canada 11: Environmental standards in the fruits and vegetables sector of Spain PART III: EMERGING POLICY PERSPECTIVES 12: Evaluating WTO institutions for resolving trade disputes involving non-tariff measures: four cases involving Brazil 13: Meeting standards in EU agriculture: the changing policy context 14: The pollution haven hypothesis and the location of livestock production: two North American case studies 15: Cost effectiveness of sediment abatement policies in potato production: assessing policies in Canada, the Netherlands and the U.S. 16: Environmental compliance costs in developed country agricultures: implications for trade and competitiveness
£98.68
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Law and Governance of Water Resources: The
Book SynopsisThis path-breaking book focuses on the law and legal doctrine within the wider policy context of water resources and analyses the concept of sustainability.To achieve the sustainable use and development of water resources is a daunting challenge for both global and local communities. It requires commitments from all groups within international, national and local communities from their own particular, possibly conflicting, perspectives. Without a set of coherent legal arrangements designed to ensure effective governance of water resources, their sustainable use and development is unlikely to be achieved. Douglas Fisher considers how legal arrangements for managing water resources have evolved across the continents over hundreds of years. He explores their relevance for contemporary society; how the norms of current international and national legal regimes are responding; and, most importantly, how legal rights and duties should be structured so as to achieve sustainability in the future.This detailed textual and linguistic analysis of legal doctrines and instruments in relation to water resources will be invaluable for international and national water resources policy analysts, water resource managers and water resource lawyers. Students of water resource management, sustainable development and sustainability will also find this book of great interest to them.Trade Review'. . . this is a formidable work and its detailed analysis of the law, its institutions and norms will be highly useful as a reference text for postgraduate law students and legal academics.' -- Poh Ling Tan, Australasian Journal of Environmental ManagementTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction Part I: The Challenge of Sustainable Water Resources Governance 1. Water Resources Governance in Context 2. The Conceptual Framework of Sustainability 3. Governance for Sustainable Development Part II: The Formal Structure of Water Resources Governance 4. The Doctrinal Foundations of Water Resources Law 5. The Range of Functions Performed by States 6. Individual Water Rights 7. Water Entitlements Part III: The Normative Structure of International Arrangements 8. Norms of International Law 9. Norms in Interstate Agreements Part IV: The Normative Structure of Arrangements Within States 10. Normative Arrangements in Federal Jurisdictions 11. Normative Arrangements in Unitary Jurisdictions Part V: Evolving International Arrangements for Water Resources Governance 12. The Dynamics of the International Legal System 13. The Dynamics of Interstate Agreements Part VI: Evolving National Arrangements for Water Resources Governance 14. Grundnorms Underlying Water Resources Development 15. Planning for Water Resources Development 16. Water Rights as Regulatory Instruments Part VII: Towards Sustainable Water Resources Governance 17. Evolving Statutory Structures for Water Resources Governance 18. The Need for Doctrinal Innovation 19. Models of Doctrinal Innovation Bibliography Index
£126.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Intellectual Property, Agriculture and Global
Book Synopsis'The instability of the global food supply system requires our urgent attention. There are no easy solutions but the starting point must entail a critical analysis of the existing institutions governing the ownership and exchange of the plant genetic resources that underpin our long-term food security. Dr Chiarolla s book makes a valuable contribution to the debate.' --Graham Dutfield, University of Leeds, UK'This book captures some of the key issues underlying the ever-lasting food crises both at national and global levels. It demonstrates how global policies impact national and local actions while the food insecurity seem to be a constant companion to many in spite of decades of our work on securing food as a fundamental right for the poor.'-- Balakrishna Pisupati, United Nations Environment Programme, Kenya'This thoughtful book raises important issues about ownership of agricultural resources, the environment and food security. Claudio Chiarolla has written an important book that challenges traditional notions of plant genetic resources and agricultural research. The author's detailed and thorough approach ensures that the book will make a valuable contribution to the debate about sustainable agricultural development and it is highly recommended to anyone interested in intellectual property rights and sustainable agriculture.'-- Duncan Matthews, Queen Mary University of London, UKThis well-researched book focuses on international governance of crop diversity and agricultural innovation. It highlights the implications that the future control of food, including access to agricultural resources and technologies, might have for global food security.Claudio Chiarolla analyzes developmental implications of global regulatory reforms that impact on access to agricultural knowledge, science and technology for sustainable development. Current global arrangements fall short of halving the proportion of people who suffer from hunger in accordance with the Millennium Development Goals' framework. Therefore, the book proposes ways to achieve international equity in the way agricultural research is conducted, how its results are disseminated and the benefits shared.This definitive study will be appreciated by anyone interested in intellectual property, agricultural innovation, environmental policy, and biotechnology and associated regulatory challenges. It will be a valuable resource for policymakers and practitioners, legislators, academic professionals, civil society activists and scholars in legal, environment and development studies.Contents: 1. Introduction and Overview; 2. Patents, Agricultural Innovation and Sustainable Development; 3. Plant Intellectual Property Protection: Patents and Plant Variety Rights; 4. The International Legal Framework of Access to Plant Genetic Resources and Benefit Sharing; 5. Case Study: The Regulation of Crop Diversity in Viet Nam; 6. Conclusions; Bibliography; IndexTrade Review‘The instability of the global food supply system requires our urgent attention. There are no easy solutions but the starting point must entail a critical analysis of the existing institutions governing the ownership and exchange of the plant genetic resources that underpin our long-term food security. Dr Chiarolla’s book makes a valuable contribution to the debate.’ -- Graham Dutfield, University of Leeds, UK‘This book captures some of the key issues underlying the ever-lasting food crises both at national and global levels. It demonstrates how global policies impact national and local actions while food insecurity seems to be a constant companion to many, in spite of decades of our work on securing food as a fundamental right for the poor.’ -- Balakrishna Pisupati, United Nations Environment Programme, Kenya‘This thoughtful book raises important issues about ownership of agricultural resources, the environment and food security. Claudio Chiarolla has written an important book that challenges traditional notions of plant genetic resources and agricultural research. The author’s detailed and thorough approach ensures that the book will make a valuable contribution to the debate about sustainable agricultural development and it is highly recommended to anyone interested in intellectual property rights and sustainable agriculture.’ -- Duncan Matthews, Queen Mary, University of London, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction and Overview 2. Patents, Agricultural Innovation and Sustainable Development 3. Plant Intellectual Property Protection: Patents and Plant Variety Rights 4. The International Legal Framework of Access to Plant Genetic Resources and Benefit Sharing 5. Case Study: The Regulation of Crop Diversity in Viet Nam 6. Conclusions Bibliography Index
£94.00
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Sustainable Agricultural Development: An Economic
Book SynopsisThis book provides a non-technical, accessible primer on sustainable agricultural development and its relationship to sustainable development based on three analytical pillars. The first is to understand agriculture as complex physical-biological-human systems. Second is the economic perspective of understanding tradeoffs and synergies among the economic, environmental and social dimensions of these systems at farm, regional and global scales. Third is the understanding of these agricultural systems as the supply side of one sector of a growing economy, interacting through markets and policies with other sectors at local, national and global scales. The first part of the book introduces the concept of sustainability and develops an analytical framework based on tradeoffs quantified using impact indicators in the economic, environmental and social domains, linking this framework to the role of agriculture in economic growth and development. Next the authors introduce the reader to the sustainability challenges of major agroecosystems in the developing and industrialized worlds. The concluding chapter discusses the design and implementation of sustainable development pathways, through the expression of consumers’ desire for sustainably produced foods on the demand side of the food system, and through policies on the supply side such as new more sustainable technologies, environmental regulation and payments for ecosystem services. Table of Contents Introduction Economic Development, Sustainable Development and Agriculture Sustainability of Agricultural Systems Challenges of Sustainable Agriculture in Developing Countries Challenges of Sustainable Agricultural Development in High-Income Countries Pathways to Sustainable Agricultural Development
£28.49
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Agriculture, Livestock Production and
Book SynopsisThis two-volume set discusses recent approaches and technological innovations for sustainable agriculture in smallholder farming systems impacted by climate change. The systems covered include crop-based agricultural production, as well as aquaculture and livestock production as related systems using similar techniques to combat food security issues brought about by climate change and resource overuse. The chapters detail innovations involving crop diversification, soil resilience management, geoinformatics and land suitability monitoring for smart farming, information technology in livestock production, and nutrient resource management in fishery aquaculture. Researchers, practitioners and industries will be able to use this information to implement socially and economically sustainable practices to achieve food security in impoverished areas vulnerable to climate change, while also learning about the rapid evolution in information technology that is applicable for and available to small holder farmers. Volume 1 focuses on current innovations in agricultural and livestock practices in response to climate change. It covers the technological challenges, approaches and mitigation strategies encountered by both scholars and practitioners working in livestock and agricultural production systems impacted by climate change.Table of ContentsChapter1. Impact of future climate change on Agriculture, Livestock Production and Aquaculture: Challenges and Policy.- Chapter2. Managing agricultural nitrogen losses in crop production and mitigation of climate change effects.- Chapter3. Critical analysis and evaluation of groundnut value chain for revamping its production for global food security.- Chapter4. Aluminum uptake, callose accumulation and invertase activity in lowland and upland rice genotypes in related to aluminum stress tolerance.- Chapter5. Gender issues in farming — Challenging socially embedded positions in agrarian context.- Chapter6. Characterization and Appraisal of Crop based Farming System for Sustainable Development of Agriculture.- Chapter7. Nitrogen based for farming system.- Chapter8. Resilience for salt tolerance in rice cultivars using various strategies of conventional breeding, molecular breeding and transgenic approaches.- Chapter9. Geoinformation for land suitability modelling for climate smart farming in Africa.- Chapter10. Climate Change Adaptation: Remote Sensing-based Flood Crop Loss Assessment to Support Crop Insurance.- Chapter11. Smallholder Pig value chains development and livelihood security.- Chapter12. Revolutionizing impact of poultry resources in food security and rural economy.- Chapter13. Milk and Milk Product Safety and Quality Assurance for Achieving Better Public Health Outcomes.- Chapter14. Diversification in Aquaculture Resources and Practices for Smallholder Farmers.- Chapter15. Value addition in meat and fish products for human health and nutrition.- Chapter16. Indian Fish as Bioindicators species.- Chapter17. Conclusion.
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Springer International Publishing AG Sustainable Agriculture in the Era of the OMICs
Book SynopsisAccess to food with enough calories and nutrients is a fundamental right of every human. The global population has exceeded 7.8 billion and is expected to pass 10 billion by 2055. Such rapid population increase presents a great challenge for food supply. More grain production is needed to provide basic calories for humans. Thus, it is crucial to produce 60-110% more food to fill the gap between food production and the demand of future generations.Meanwhile food nutritional values are of increasing interest to accommodate industrialized modern lives. The instability of food production caused by global climate change presents another great challenge. The global warming rate has become more rapid in recent decades, with more frequent extreme climate change including higher temperatures, drought, and floods. Our world faces various unprecedented scenarios such as rising temperatures, which causes melting glaciers and the resulting various biotic and abiotic stresses, ultimately leading to food scarcity. In these circumstances it is of utmost importance to examine the genetic basis and extensive utilization of germplasm to develop “climate resilient cultivars” through the application of plant breeding and biotechnological tools. Future crops must adapt to these new and unpredictable environments. Crop varieties resistant to biotic and abiotic stresses are also needed as plant disease, insects, drought, high- and low-temperature stresses are expected to be impacted by climate change. Thus, we need a food production system that can simultaneously satisfy societal demands and long-term development.Since the Green Revolution in the 1960s, farming has been heavily dependent on high input of nitrogen and pesticides. This leads to environmental pollution which is not sustainable in the long run. Therefore, a new breeding scheme is urgently needed to enable sustainable agriculture; including new strategies to develop varieties and crops that have high yield potential, high yield stability, and superior grain quality and nutrition while also using less consumption of water, fertilizer, and chemicals in light of environmental protection. While we face these challenges, we also have great opportunities, especially with flourishing developments in omics technologies. High-quality reference genomes are becoming available for a larger number of species, with some species having more than one reference genome. The genome-wide re-sequencing of diverse varieties enables the identification of core- and pan-genomes. An integration of omics data will enable a rapid and high-throughput identification of many genes simultaneously for a relevant trait. This will change our current research paradigm fundamentally from single gene analysis to pathway or network analysis. This will also expand our understanding of crop domestication and improvement. In addition, with the knowledge gained from omics data, in combination with new technologies like targeted gene editing, we can breed new varieties and crops for sustainable agriculture.Table of ContentsChapter. 1. The utilization of speed breeding and genome editing to achieve zero hungerChapter. 2. Multiomics approach for crop improvement under climate changeChapter. 3. The intervention of multi-omics approaches for developing abiotic stress resistance in cotton crops under climate changeChapter. 4. Big data revolution and machine learning to solve genetic mysteries in crop breedingChapter. 5. Applications of multi-omics approaches for food and nutritional securityChapter. 6. Applications of high throughput phenotypic phenomicsChapter. 7. Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) : Botany, Genetic resource, Cultivation, Conservation, and Stress factorsChapter. 8. Multi-Omics Approaches for Breeding in Medicinal PlantsChapter. 9. Applications of some nanoparticles and responses of medicinal and aromatic plants under stress conditionsChapter. 10. Sustainable agriculture through technological innovationsChapter. 11. Sustainable Rice Production under Biotic and Abiotic Stress ChallengesChapter. 12. Emerging Techniques to Develop Biotic Stress Resistance in Fruits and VegetablesChapter. 13. Genome editing in crops to control insect pestsChapter. 14. CRISPR revolution in gene editing, targeting plant stress tolerance and physiologyChapter. 15. Genomics for Abiotic Stress Resistance in LegumesChapter. 16. Genetic and molecular factors modulating phosphorous use efficiency in plantsChapter. 17. Recent Trends in Genome Editing Technologies for Agricultural Crops ImprovementChapter. 18. Recent trends and applications of omics based knowledge to end global food hungerChapter. 19. Nutritional enhancement in horticultural crops by CRISPR/ Cas9: status and future prospectsChapter. 20. Physiological interventions of antioxidants in crop plants under multiple abiotic stressesChapter. 21. Proteomics and its scope to study salt stress tolerance in quinoaChapter. 22. Sustainable Cotton Production in Punjab: Failure and its Mitigating StrategiesChapter. 23. Biosafety and biosecurity in genetically modified crops
£170.99
Springer International Publishing AG Microbiomes for the Management of Agricultural
Book SynopsisThis volume discusses innovative advancements in soil and crop microbiome technology and methods to support agricultural sustainability and reduce soil degradation. As climate change impacts agricultural productivity and soil health in impacted regions throughout the world, potential alternatives to find balance between soil health and crop yield are increasingly needed. Therefore, this book provides a timely, global perspective with a collection of expert authors to address how microbiomes can be used to achieve agricultural sustainability in threatened and degraded areas, while also covering related matters including soil health, pest management, waste disposal, environmental contamination, biofertilizer production, composting, and microbial engineering. The book is meant to serve as a reference for agriculturalists, environmentalists, graduate and post-graduate students, researchers, and professors of sustainability and agricultural management.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Integrated Approaches to Agri-Nanotechnology: Applications, Challenges and Future Perspectives.- Chapter 2. Microbiota in sustainable degradation of organic waste and its utilization in agricultural industry.- Chapter 3. Microbial degradation of toxic Agri wastes.- Chapter 4. Introduction of Biofertilizers in Agriculture with Emphasis on Nitrogen Fixers and Phosphate Solubilizers.- Chapter 5. Biofertilizers and biopesticides: approaches towards sustainable development.- Chapter 6. Credibility of biofertilizers towards restoration of fertility phenomenon in degraded soil environs.- Chapter 7. Macrophytes as biofertilizer for Agriculture: Concept and Applications.- Chapter 8. Potential role of biofertilizers in fruit crops.- Chapter 9. Microbial Biofertilizers: An Approach to Sustainable Agriculture.- Chapter 10. Actinomycetes as biofertilizers for Sustainable agriculture.- Chapter 11. Innovations in Biotechnology: Boon for Agriculture and Soil fertility.- Chapter 12. Microbiomes in Climate Smart Agriculture and sustainability.- Chapter 13. Genetic engineering towards improvement of phosphorus agricultural utilization.- Chapter 14. Pseudomonas as backbone for environmental health.- Chapter 15. Cyanobacteria as sustainable microbe for agricultural industries.- Chapter 16. Functional Diversity of Endophytic Microbiota in Crop Management of Cucumis sativus L.- Chapter 17. NANOSCIENCE IN AGRICULTURAL STEADINESS.- Chapter 18. Carbon and Silver Nanoparticles for Applications in Agriculture.
£143.99
New India Publishing Agency Dryland Agriculture
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£234.60
New India Publishing Agency Computers in Agriculture
Book SynopsisComputer applications have gained increasing importance in recent times due to the growth and development of the electronic, communication, information technology, and computer industry. The book in question has been designed to serve as a comprehensive knowledge base while also helping readers to understand the fundamentals of computer applications. Furthermore, the book explains data analysis using Ms-Excel, providing students with the opportunity to analyze their statistical research data. The book commences with an introductory chapter that covers all topics related to computers and the use of statistical tools in solving problems. The first chapter provides an overview of the anatomy, generation, and classification of computers, as well as discussing personal computers, booting, and viruses. The second chapter, titled Operating Systems, describes the disk operating system and its commands. The third chapter discusses working in Windows, while the fourth chapter describes word processing, including creating, saving, opening, and editing documents, as well as formatting options. The fifth chapter introduces Ms-Excel and explains how to create, edit, and save documents, while the sixth chapter discusses mathematical functions and their use in Excel. The seventh and eighth chapters describe the various features of data analysis using Excel, including data analysis tools, tests, graphs, and ANOVA, along with illustrated examples. The ninth chapter introduces the reader to Ms-Access database, and the tenth chapter provides an overview of the basic concepts of the internet. The eleventh chapter discusses pictures, flowcharts, and algorithms, while the twelfth chapter covers data analysis using Excel.
£40.72
New India Publishing Agency Conservation Agriculture for Carbon Sequestration
Book SynopsisThis book consists of 41 chapters that address various issues, prospects, and the significance of conservation agriculture practices employed in diverse regions, with a particular emphasis on rainfed regions. We hope that this book on conservation agriculture will prove to be of great utility to researchers, scientists, students, farmers, and land managers for the purpose of efficient and sustainable natural resource management.
£75.10
New India Publishing Agency Cutting Edge Technology for Agricultural
Book SynopsisThe book, which comprises 33 chapters, delves into various areas of agricultural science, including water resource management, irrigation water management, soil resource management, sustainability in agriculture, and crop management and productivity. These chapters have been authored by esteemed researchers from around the globe. The book is expected to be a significant addition to the field of agricultural technology, as it aims to provide researchers and policymakers with up-to-date scientific information.
£104.96
New India Publishing Agency Field To Lab: A Comprehensive Handbook For
Book SynopsisThe primary objective of this handbook is to provide students with a comprehensive grasp of the principles and practices of agricultural extension. This includes an overview of extension methods, tools, and techniques, as well as an understanding of the roles and responsibilities of extension agents and the communities they serve. This book contains a series of twelve practical exercises aimed at equipping students with the necessary skills and knowledge to effectively work in rural development. Each practical exercise is designed to provide hands-on experience and promote active learning. The following is a list of the practical exercises included in this book:1. Group Discussion Exercises2. Handling and Preparation of Audio-Visual Aids3. Preparation of Extension Literature4. Presentation Skills Exercise5. Micro-teaching Exercise6. Understanding the Problems Encountered by Villagers/Farmers7. Organization and Functioning of DRDA and Various Development Departments at the District Level8. NGOs for Learning from Their Experience in Rural Development9. Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) Techniques with Their Application in Village Development10. Community Radio and Television Studio for Understanding the Process of Programme Production11. Script Writing for Print and Electronic Media12. Developing Scripts for Radio and Television
£186.16
New India Publishing Agency Evaluation and Impact Assessment of Technologies
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New India Publishing Agency Food and Nutritonal Security By Sustainable
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New India Publishing Agency Integrated Farming System Practices: Challenges
Book SynopsisThis book examines various Integrated Farming System practices in eastern India and aims to expand the technology for community benefit. It offers a comprehensive and concise overview of the principles, obstacles, and prospects for the benefit of researchers and policymakers.
£80.94
New India Publishing Agency Nutraceutical Values of Horticultural Crops and
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£78.66
New India Publishing Agency Rainfed Agriculture and Watershed Management
Book SynopsisThe book has been designed to meet the educational requirements of students who are interested in rainfed agriculture. The chapters have been carefully chosen and organized in a logical sequence to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of both the theoretical and practical aspects of the subject. The book includes relevant examples and diagrams to facilitate a deeper understanding of the material. The books organization allows students to better comprehend and apply the concepts they learn to the real-world challenges associated with rainfed agriculture.
£80.86
New India Publishing Agency Rainfed Agriculture
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£114.16
New India Publishing Agency Sustainable Agriculture: A Vision for Future
Book SynopsisThere is a lot of confusion in alternative agricultural systems being promoted in India and elsewhere. Though , a large amount of valuable information is generated, it is very much scattered and becomes difficult to the readers to locate them under one roof. Hence, in this book an attempt has been made to compile and present the available information on sustainable agriculture under various chapte The book is sub-divided into nine s which starts with an introductory picture covering the scope, need and meaning of sustainable agriculture. It gives the readers a clean understanding of the definition of the term sustainable and its usage in a broadened horizon. Owing to its systematic, in-depth and critical arrangement of the valuable information , upon completing the book, the reader will have a feeling of an enrichment of his knowledge in the field of sustainable agriculture in its right perspective.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Concept of Sustainable Agriculture 3. History and Development of Sustainable Agriculture 4. Principles of Sustainable Agriculture 5. Resource Conservation and Environmental Issues 6. Agro-ecology and Sustainable Agriculture 7. Approaches to Sustainable Agriculture 8. Good Agricultural Practices 9. Terminologies
£77.00
