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Ecology in Agriculture
Elsevier Science 1997; US$ 102.00Agricultural crops are prominent features of an increasing number of variously perturbed ecosystems and the landscapes occupied by these ecosystems. Yet the ecology of agricultural-dominated landscapes is only now receiving the scientific attention it has long deserved. This attention has been stimulated by the realization that all agriculture must... more...
Nature's Matrix
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 34.95Landscapes are frequently seen as fragments of natural habitat surrounded by a 'sea' of agriculture. But recent ecological theory shows that the nature of these fragments is not nearly as important for conservation as is the nature of the matrix of agriculture that surrounds them. Local extinctions from conservation fragments are inevitable and must... more...
Evaluating Agri-Environmental Policies
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2005; US$ 112.00These conference proceedings present a series of evaluations of agri-environmental policies in OECD countries. They examine how effective the policies have been in achieving objectives and what policy makers have learned about the design and implementation of their policies. . These proceedings show that different methods of policy evaluation... more...
Agriculture, Trade and the Environment The Arable Crops Sector
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2005; US$ 65.00This study takes an in-depth look at the arable crops sector in OECD countries and draws some conclusions about the impacts of agricultural support policies, trade liberalisation, agri-environmental payments, and agri-ennvironmental regulations. It contains economic and structural data, agri-environmental indicators for the arable crops sector,... more...
Environmental Indicators for Agriculture, 3
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2001; US$ 121.00Overall the environmental performance of agriculture in OECD countries over the last 10 to 15 years has been mixed. According to the indicators examined in this book pollution levels from nitrogen and pesticide loadings in water remain relatively high, for certain regions within OECD countries. Environmental risks persist, such as soil erosion and... more...
Guidelines for Cost-effective Agri-environmental Policy Measures
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2010; US$ 42.00Improving the environmental performance of agriculture is a high priority in OECD and many non-OECD countries. This will be of increasing concern in the future given the pressure to feed a growing world population with scarce land and water resources. Policy has an important role to play where markets for many of the environmental outcomes from agriculture... more...
Farming and the Fate of Wild Nature
Watershed Media 2012; US$ 16.95Farming and the Fate of Wild Nature addresses an urgent and complex issue facing communities and cultures throughout the world: the need for heightened land stewardship and conservation in an era of diminishing natural resources. Agricultural lands in rural areas are being purchased for development. Water scarcities are pitting urban and development... more...
The Spirit of the Soil
Taylor and Francis 1994; US$ 51.95The Spirit of the Soil challenges environmentalists to think more deeply and creatively about agriculture. Paul B. Thompson identifies four `worldviews' which tackle agricultural ethics according to different philosophical priorities; productionism, stewardship, economics and holism. He examines current issues such as the use of pesticides and biotechnology... more...
Natural Disasters and Extreme Events in Agriculture
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG 2005; US$ 169.99Vulnerability associated with the hazards of natural disasters can be controlled to some extent by timely prediction and by taking counter-measures to reduce their impacts on agriculture. This book based on an expert meeting held in Beijing, China is of interest to the organizations involved in disasters reduction and mitigation of extreme events. more...
Agriculture, Environment, and Health
University of Minnesota Press 1994; US$ 90.00Offers an interdisciplinary exploration of the implications of changes in institutional design and policy reform now underway at the global level. Particular attention is given to the institutions that conduct research and implement changes in technology and practice in the fields of agriculture and health, as well as those that monitor the changes... more...









