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  • Areawide Pest Managementby O. Koul; G.W. Cuperus; N. Elliott

    CABI 2008; US$ 190.00

    Pest management has long been a problem for farmers worldwide and new techniques are continually being developed to reduce the adverse effects of pest populations. With a discussion of areawide pest management, this book explores the theoretical development and implementation of techniques from a worldwide perspective. more...

  • Environmental Impacts of Pasture-based Farmingby R.W. McDowell

    CABI 2008; US$ 150.00

    Focusing on the different types of grassland farming and their impact on the environment, this book addresses issues facing environmental quality, namely soil, water and air quality and socioeconomic impacts. It also offers a commentary on how the different pastoral sectors influence environmental issues. more...

  • Agronomy of Grassland Systemsby Craig J. Pearson; Ray L. Ison

    Cambridge University Press 1997; US$ 67.00

    This new expanded edition, with an increased emphasis on systems, has been revised to reflect the current environmental and ethical issues concerning the use of grasslands. As such it addresses the need for a different approach, providing novel and provocative material to instruct, stimulate and enthuse the reader. more...

  • Farming for Healthby Majken van Dijk; Jan Hassink

    Springer 2006; US$ 209.00

    The utilization of agricultural farms as a base for promoting human health and social well-being is a promising development. Social farming appears as a dynamic scenario. This book contains scientific papers dealing with different aspects of Farming for Health. It also describes the situation in different countries. more...

  • The State of the World's Land and Water Resources for Food and Agricultureby Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 59.95

    The State of the World's Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture  is FAO's first flagship publication on the global status of land and water resources. It is an 'advocacy' report, to be published every three to five years, and targeted at senior level decision makers in agriculture as well as in other sectors. SOLAW is aimed at sensitizing... more...

  • Pesticide Residues in Food and Drinking Waterby Denis Hamilton; Stephen Crossley

    Wiley 2004; US$ 310.00

    This book explores human exposure and consumer risk assessment in response to issues surrounding pesticide residues in food and drinking water. All the three main areas of consumer risk assessment including human toxicology, pesticide residue chemistry and dietary consumption are brought together and discussed. Includes the broader picture - the environmental... more...

  • Genes in the Fieldby Stephen B. Brush

    International Development Research Centre 2000; US$ 30.00

    The diversity of crop plants is one of our most important biological resources, and the most important source of crop genes are the fields of peasant farmers in regions where crop domestication and evolution have occurred. Today, however, crop genes are threatened by social and technological change such as human population growth, the use of new agricultural... more...

  • CAP Regimes and the European Countrysideby F. Brouwer; P. Lowe

    CABI 2000; US$ 130.00

    The 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...

  • GM Cropsby Jennifer Thomson

    CSIRO Publishing 2006; US$ 35.95

    A balanced, scientific perspective on the issues surrounding genetically modified crops. more...

  • Environment, Water Resources and Agricultural Policiesby OECD Publishing

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2006; US$ 70.00

    China?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...