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CAP Regimes and the European Countryside
CABI 2000; US$ 130.00The objectives of this title are to review assessments made on the environmental effects of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and to judge the contribution of agricultural policy to environmental quality in the European Union. more...
Environment, Water Resources and Agricultural Policies
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2006; US$ 70.00China?s leaders face the daunting challenge of feeding the world?s largest population with limited resources. China?s per capita endowment of arable land is low and water scarcity is of particular concern. Not only is China?s endowment of water resources extremely low, but it is also badly distributed, with the North China Plain having one of the lowest... more...
The Agri-Environment
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 48.00An academic textbook and practical guide to farm conservation, based on the authors' extensive teaching experience. more...
Defending the Social Licence of Farming
CSIRO Publishing 2011; US$ 55.00The authors document the definition of and issues associated with the 'social licence to farm'. more...
Ecosystem Services from Agriculture and Agroforestry
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 105.00Agricultural systems are no longer evaluated solely on the basis of the food they provide, but also on their capacity to limit impacts on the environment, such as soil conservation, water quality and biodiversity conservation, as well as their contribution to mitigating and adapting to climate change. In order to cope with these multiple service functions,... more...
Climate Change and Food Security
Springer 2009; US$ 64.99Roughly a billion people around the world continue to live in state of chronic hunger and food insecurity. Unfortunately, efforts to improve their livelihoods must now unfold in the context of a rapidly changing climate, in which warming temperatures and changing rainfall regimes could threaten the basic productivity of the agricultural systems on... more...
Evaluation of Agri-Environmental Policies
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2012; US$ 96.00Governments are increasingly aware of the importance of monitoring and evaluating their policies − including agri-environmental policies − and are devoting efforts to strengthening their monitoring and evaluation systems and capacities. They aim to improve their performance by establishing evidence-based policy-making, evidence-based management... more...
Environmental Impacts of Modern Agriculture
Royal Society of Chemistry 2012; US$ 104.00Modern agriculture must seek to feed the world's growing population with little or no cost to the Environment. Modern agriculture is capable of producing greater yields than ever before, but intensification of agriculture does come at a price. This comprehensive volume examines the environmental impact made by agriculture in the 21st Century, looking... more...
Tropical Agroecosystems
CRC Press 2002; US$ 149.95Tropical areas present ecological, cultural and political problems that demand analysis that is distinct from general ecological analysis. At a time when the sustainability of natural resource use in the tropics has become a big issue, this guide provides a scientific foundation for progress. more...
Natural Resource Management in Agriculture
CABI 2004; US$ 120.00Discusses the features and methodological difficulties of NRM impact assessment. This book examines the strengths and weaknesses of various impact assessment approaches, including econometric, bio-economic, and more direct methods. It also assesses and identifies data requirements for developing impact indicators. more...









