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Pesticide Residues in Food and Drinking Waterby Denis Hamilton; Stephen Crossley
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2004; US$ 279.00This 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 fate of pesticides Takes an international approach with contributors from the European Union, USA and Australia Highlights the increasing concerns over food safety and the risks to humans more...
Agronomy of Grassland Systemsby Craig J. Pearson; Ray L. Ison
Cambridge University Press 1997; US$ 63.00This 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...
Shady Practicesby Richard A. Schroeder
University of California Press 1999; US$ 12.95Shady Practices is a revealing analysis of the gendered political ecology brought about by conflicting local interests and changing developmental initiatives in a West African village. Between 1975 and 1985, while much of Africa suffered devastating drought conditions, Gambian women farmers succeeded in establishing hundreds of lucrative communal market gardens. more...
The Spirit of the Soilby Paul B. Thompson
Routledge 1994; US$ 45.95Identifies four 'worldviews' which approach agricultural ethics from different philosophical perspectives and examines current issues, such as the use of pesticides, from these perspectives thu s achieving a workable account of sustainability. more...
Tropical Agroecosystemsby John H. Vandermeer
CRC Press 2002; US$ 119.95Tropical 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...
Genes in the Fieldby Stephen B. Brush
International Development Research Centre 2000; US$ 30.00The 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 technologies, the development of new varieties, and the commercialization of agriculture. Gene banks have been successful in capturing much of the genetic diversity of crop species, but it is also essential that the environmental systems where the crop genes evolve also be conserved. This work provides an interdisciplinary foundation for an important new conservation program: maintaining... more...
Advances in Agronomyby Donald L. Sparks
Elsevier 2006; US$ 182.00Advances in Agronomy continues to be recognized as a leading reference and a first-rate source for the latest research in agronomy. As always, the subjects covered are varied and exemplary of the myraid of subject matter dealt with by thislong-running serial. Volume 89 contains six comprehensive and timely reviews. Chapter 1 presents a thorough coverage of wet chemistry and state-of-the art molecular scale techniques, such as x-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopies, that can be used to characterize phosphorus in organic wastes. Chapter 2 discusses the Wheat Genetics Resource Center that has served the scientific community for 25 years. These resources have been useful to scientists in 45... more...
Environment, Water Resources and Agricultural Policiesby OECD Publishing
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 per capita endowments in the world. The serious water shortage, particularly in the north of China, is exacerbated by poor efficiency in its use and contradictions in the way water is allocated, distributed and managed. Water pollution is contributing to water shortages as well as increasing the cost of provision of water for agriculture. Since agriculture is the main consumer of water and one... more...
CAP Regimes and the European Countrysideby F. Brouwer; P. Lowe
CAB International 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...
Environmental Policies for Agricultural Pollution Controlby J.S. Shortle; D. Abler
CAB International 2001; US$ 99.95Environmental problems associated with these of pesticides, chemical fertilizers and the disposal of wastes have become major policy issues in many countries. This book provides a review and guide to policy options and their economic, administrative and political merits. more...